Although Tim Cook has remained hush hush about Apple’s plans for getting into the TV market, Apple is reportedly working with component suppliers in Asia to test several TV-set designs, including a large-screen high-resolution TV. Officials at some of Apple’s suppliers, who declined to be named, have said that Foxconn, the manufacturer who assembles the ...

Police in Victoria, Australia issued a warning to motorists this weekend regarding Apple Maps after several travelers became stranded in the Murray-Sunset National Park trying to reach the city of Mildura using Apple Maps directions. Some of the motorists located by police had been stranded for up to 24 hours without food or water and ...

Last Thursday, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple would be investing $100 million to build a line of its Mac computers exclusively in the U.S. next year, but didn’t say which one. SiliconANGLE Contributing Editor John Casaretto discussed the standards that a Mac line would have to meet in order to be a made-in-the-USA ...

Last Wednesday, Instagram disabled the ability for Twitter to properly display Instagram photos on the Twitter site and within Twitter applications. According to All Things D, as of Sunday, Instagram pulled the plug completely on Twitter card support. Instagram’s CEO, Kevin Systrom, had announced last week that they would be removing this ability to embed ...

During its annual investor meeting, Broadcom announced Thursday that it would provide sample LTE chips its top cell phone customers in 2013 in an effort to keep up with rival Qualcomm. Bob Rango, general manager of Broadcom’s wireless division, delivered the LTE plan announcement. According to a Reuters article, Broadcom Chief Executive Scott McGregor would ...

Amazon announced yesterday that app downloads in the Amazon Appstore have increased more than a staggering 500% this year. SiliconANGLE Contributing Editor John Casaretto attributed this tremendous growth to their Kindle Fire tablet line, including its latest, the Fire HD. He said, “The Amazon Appstore has an exclusive place on that device, so it’s an ...

Yesterday, Instagram removed Twitter card support, which disabled the ability for Twitter to properly display Instagram photos. Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom confirmed this action and announced they plan to completely cut off embedding pictures on Twitter’s website. SiliconANGLE News Desk Editor Kristen Nicole expressed uncertainty as to whether this is the best move for Instagram, ...

Google Play is coming to the enterprise! On Tuesday, Google announced that it’s extending the Google Play Store to its Google Apps customers. Basically, this will allow enterprise customers to internally distribute apps to their employees. Users will have access to a private channel in the Google Play Store where they can download Android apps ...

Yesterday Netflix entered into a multi-year deal with Walt Disney studios that makes them the only online video distributor in the U.S. with licensing to show first-run live-action and animated films from the studio. Why is this such a huge deal for Netflix? CEO and Founder of “Are You Watching This?!” Mark Phillip simplifies it ...

HP CEO Meg Whitman delivered a keynote address yesterday at the HP Discover Conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Wikibon Chief Analyst Dave Vellante was in attendance and shared the highlights with Kristin Feledy on the Morning NewsDesk Show. Overall, he said, HP is excited. Despite all the recent turmoil with the Autonomy debacle, write-offs and restructuring, ...