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Bright and early Saturday morning, I got up and paid the cable bill. Then I started thinking, which is never a good thing. We sure pay a lot for media around here. At this point, there are only two of us in the house. We haven't added services or purchased much in the way of pay-per-view films (and zero when it comes…

Just in time for the holidays, Apple and Amazon have struck a deal dramatically expanding the selection of Apple devices sold on the e-commerce platform. Amazon said today its website will now offer the most-recent iPhones — including the XS and XS Max, introduced in September — as well as iPad, Mac computer, Apple…

Apple unveiled an updated version of its iPad today at its education event in Chicago, touting a discounted price for schools. The new 9.7-inch iPad now supports the Apple Pencil (aka: a stylus) and boasts a vivid Retina display, advanced cameras and a speedier microprocessor. Perhaps most eye-catching is the price…

Apple’s smartphones and tablets remained the gift of choice this holiday season, according to new data from Flurry Analytics, a firm whose software helps developers track the performance of their mobile apps. iPhones and iPads accounted for 44% of the new mobile devices activated around the globe in the week leading…

Apple has unveiled Make A Film With iPad, a spot that will air during today’s Oscar telecast. It showcases the iPad as a filmmaking tool for next-generation directors. The commercial, which features excerpts from Martin Scorsese’s commencement speech to the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Class of 2014, chronicles the…

Stephen Colbert played funnyman at today’s Apple event in California, by way of plugging his final few weeks on Comedy Central and his move to CBS. Apple, meanwhile, was unveiling its thinnest-ever iPad at its Cupertino headquarters, and trying to make light of its accidental release of new iPad images the previous…

Apple‘s share price fell right after CEO Tim Cook closed today’s new product event without a major surprise such as an update to the Apple TV or an iWatch. We’ll see whether investors warm to the gadgets as they digest the details. As expected, the company upgraded its iPad line: The new iPad Air tablet weighs 1 pound…

Advertising and network execs say that they’ve already waited too long for the ratings colossus to figure out how to measure the growing number of people who watch TV shows on smartphones and tablets. No surprise, then, that many clients — and investors — are eager to hear the details next week when, according to the W…

Apple would have had to stop importing and selling the iPad 1 and 2 for AT&T and the iPhone 4 for AT&T and T-Mobile, among other products, if U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman hadn’t stepped in today to veto a U.S. International Trade Commission ban on them. The ITC ruled on June 4 that Apple had infringed on Sa…

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Neal Edelstein (Mulholland Dr., The Ring, The Invisible) and his Hooked Digital Media partners have their sights on the future of content consumption. They’re banking on it moving to the micro-screen. Their new digital production shingle will focus solely on making original filmed content designed…

They’ll have twice the maximum space of the current fourth-generation iPads, but they’re not for bargain hunters: The Wi-Fi-only model of the new 128GB iPad will carry a suggested retail price of $799, while the ones that also handle cellular connections will go for $929. They’ll be available next Tuesday at Apple‘s…

That’s a real possibility, and a potential milestone for a three-month period during which the consumer electronics company has declined more than 28% from its 52-week high of $705. Apple‘s down about 1% in early trading today to $506, the lowest it’s been since February. Investors fear that iPhone 5 sales are short…