Although Apple reported somewhat improved iPhone sales for the June quarter, there was, as usual, no breakdown for individual models. It was left to third parties to make good guesses. So we know the total was 41 million. But before we look at the estimated breakdowns, consider that Apple achieved these results at a time […]

The world is about to end. The populace is planning to build a small fleet of spaceships to enable specially selected people to leave the planet and look to the stars for a new home. Wait a minute! That’s a plot line used for several sci-fi films about how humans cope with Armageddon. One of […]

One thing is certain: When someone attempts to predict Apple’s future plans, you should be cautious about the result. Well, unless that news comes direct from Apple. Even then, there’s the expected hype factor. So we have those almost endless reports about whether the so-called iPhone 8 will have a Touch ID fingerprint sensor or […]

When Apple debuted Touch ID on the iPhone 5s in 2013, it wasn’t the first fingerprint sensor to appear on a mobile phone. But it probably reached far more people than any predecessor or successor for that matter. As with some other technologies, such as the Siri digital assistant, Apple didn’t just invent fingerprint sensing […]