Apple’s new programming language Swift might be a hit with coders, but bringing it to developers wasn’t quite as speedy a process as its name implies. Chris Lattner, director of Apple’s Developer Tools department, has updated his personal website with… Read more › 
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Monday’s fantastic WWDC keynote was the most significant product introduction since Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPad in 2010. But this time, the revolutionary product wasn’t hardware — it was software. The surprisingly well-executed event demonstrated two things: 1. Steve… Read more › 
Protecting user privacy and sensitive information might drive Snapchat’s disappearing messages, but the Federal Trade Commission is keeping its eye on the company just in case! The FTC has announced that it is settling with Snapchat after an investigation into… Read more › 
When the iPhone 5s was announced as featuring Touch ID, you could have been forgiven for assuming that the iPad Air and iPad mini would naturally follow suit. Like original thinking from Samsung, however, it never quite materialized — and… Read more › 
Leo’s Fortune is one of those games that just makes you feel good. It definitely gave Apple the warm fuzzies: they chose the game, which looks like a mashup between a Pixar movie and a classic platformer from the Super Mario World era,… Read more › 
CNBC has named Steve Jobs the most influential person of the last 25 years. On a list entitled “First 25: Rebels, Icons & Leaders,” Jobs ranks above the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Warren Buffet — along with the founders… Read more › 
A pair of manga artists have teamed up to create a new ongoing comic series, based on the early collaborations of Apple founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Although Apple’s early years have been fodder for comic books before, this… Read more › 
Apple is leading the way when it comes to U.S. companies stockpiling cash, according to a note from Moody’s Investors Service. Holding $ 158.8 billion, Apple’s cash pile is close to 30x what it was in 2004, when Apple has cash… Read more › 
Selling a half-billion of anything is impressive, especially when you can do it in less than seven years. That’s exactly what Apple has managed to do with the iPhone. Apple had sold 472 million iPhones in total at the end of… Read more › 
Hallelujah, iOS has come to the car! And on this week’s CultCast, we’ll tell you what we love and don’t about Apple’s new CarPlay-enabled automobiles. Plus: why Apple’s best years are still to come; why iOS 7.1 could drop at… Read more › 
