Several OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard users are reporting that Power PC-coded apps no longer work after applying Security Update 2012-001 . The Apple support boards are full of stories about Rosetta apps crashing when any command is selected from the menu bar. Complaints …

In just five short years, Apple has become the third largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world. International Data Corporation , as part of the continuing Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker survey, noted that…

It’s not a good thing when a simple point release of Apple’s desktop OS causes a flurry of error reports with a central theme of ” I just installed the 10.7.3 version of Lion and now nothing works. ” Last…

Bloomberg’s Peter Burrows reports that Apple is making rapid headway selling into corporations — especially financial services and pharmaceutical firms. Burrows writes that Apple’s corporate sales are being driven chiefly by iPad, which “has become a standard business tool.” The article quotes Matt Wallach, co-founder of Veeva…

It’s the Wednesday after Macworld | iWorld 2012, I’ve finally unpacked my suitcase, and now it’s time to talk about the event. This year’s event was a blur for me, probably because I had a nasty cold that coincided with the busiest days of the …

This just in from the “not surprising since a rising tide lifts all boats” department — stock in Apple’s primary manufacturing partner, Foxconn, climbed to a recent high on speculation that Apple might be…

I don’t know about you, but I would have loved to be a fly on the wall when Apple was negotiating its iTunes deals with the major record labels. We can’t go back in time, but we can get an occasional glimpse of what it was like from those who…

Last year when Best Buy was planning its Super Bowl ad, the retailer’s US marketing chief, Drew Panayiotou had a revelation. Instead of getting a music or movie star for the commercial, Panayiotou suggested the company …

Apple relies on electronics assembly firm Foxconn to build iPads and iPhones in China. Now Foxconn is reportedly planning to build five new factories in Brazil to help meet the demand for Apple products. There’s already …

According to a report in China Daily , China Telecom may become the second Chinese wireless carrier to carry the iPhone 4S. The carrier reportedly released a press release on Tuesday with the big news. “China Telecom has already started preparatory work for the launch of the iPhone 4S,…