Apple Names Jeff Williams Chief Operating Officer

Tor Myhren Joins Apple CUPERTINO, California — December 17, 2015 — Apple® today announced that Jeff Williams has been named chief operating officer and Johny Srouji is joining Apple’s executive team as senior vice president for Hardware Technologies. Phil Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, will expand his role to include leadership of the revolutionary App Store® across all Apple platforms. Apple also announced...

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Kyocera’s DuraForce Pro is a smartphone and action cam in one

Along with the 13-megapixel rear and 5-megapixel front camera, the DuraForce Pro packs a third “Super Wide View” 1080p action camera. It has its own image processor that gives it slow-mo, sports, action and underwater modes. The 135 degree field of view is similar to dedicated action cams, and Kyocera will eventually release a case that supports GoPro-style mounts. It’s pitching the device as superior in some ways to...

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ICYMI: Wannabe spies can make iPhone screens invisible

A robot pilot developed by KAIST University in South Korea is capable of handling a simulated takeoff, flight and landing, easily.And woodcarving fans might appreciate the buggy creations of Dedy Shofianto, powered by electronics but creepily kinetic in every other way. As always, please share any interesting tech or science videos you find by using the #ICYMI hashtag on Twitter for @mskerryd. More here: ICYMI: Wannabe spies can make...

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ICYMI: Wannabe spies can make iPhone screens invisible

A robot pilot developed by KAIST University in South Korea is capable of handling a simulated takeoff, flight and landing, easily.And woodcarving fans might appreciate the buggy creations of Dedy Shofianto, powered by electronics but creepily kinetic in every other way. As always, please share any interesting tech or science videos you find by using the #ICYMI hashtag on Twitter for @mskerryd. The rest is here: ICYMI: Wannabe spies...

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Record-Breaking Holiday Season for the App Store

CUPERTINO, California — January 6, 2016 — Apple® today announced that customers around the world made this holiday season the biggest ever for the App Store®, setting new records during the weeks of Christmas and New Year’s. In the two weeks ending January 3, customers spent over $1.1 billion on apps and in-app purchases, setting back-to-back weekly records for traffic and purchases. January 1, 2016 marked the biggest day in App Store...

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