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There's a lot shaping up for Apple this year, and it's going to bewild. In fact, there's so much going on at Infinite Loop in Cupertinothese days that it makes me believe that 2014 will be the first post-Steve Jobs year when Apple -- in the eyes of the broader tech world --stops dancing around and finally brings the rain ...

True, market-changing, life-changing innovation comesfrom three key elements: passion, patience and pressure ...

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Google has dominated the world of search for years, so much so that "Google" is not only synonymous with searching -- it's a verb, too. Who hasn't told someone to google something? That's awesome mindshare, and its power is translated to billions of dollars of ad-related revenue for Google. Where will search grow in the future? ...

While the tech world has gone mobile, there's one key tool that hasn'tchanged in years: the printer. Most printers are still big, bulky and boring. They do a job, and they stay put. Right where you left them -- at home or in the office ...

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Amazon is widely expected to reveal a new set-top video streaming device on Wednesday. The company sent out teaser invites to journalists that includea photo of a couch with popcorn and the words, "Please join us for anupdate on our video business." ...

I'm usually not a prediction sort of guy because it'scosmically silly -- we're tiny little humans on a tiny littlerock spinning in a very large universe. Yet here I am, looking at2014 and the latest batch of smartwatch efforts from Samsung, Google,Motorola and LG ...

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Apple's CarPlay initiative is a profoundly new tactic for Apple.Compared to its behavior in recent years, when Apple has focused intense control overevery element of its product environment -- frompackaging, hardware and operating systems to the submission process for its App Stores -- Apple's stance in its CarPlay initiative is a very big deal ...

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Of all the Samsung Galaxy S5 rumors to hit this week, the one that hadme sit up straight and pay close attention is the rumor that the newGalaxy S5 may be both waterproof and dustproof ...

Amazon and Apple just can'tseem to catch a break with the advertising elite on Madison Avenue. Infact, advertising sales are a "tough slog" forboth companies, mourns a feature in the latest Advertising Age. The problem? Apple and Amazon won't reveal enoughinformation about their customers ...

Smartphone sales have been rising.The 968 million smartphones sold surpassed the sales offeature phones for the first time, Gartner noted earlier this month. However, sales actually topped 1 billion, according to IDC. What's the difference of 32 million betweenfriends? Not much. ...

In any city or dense urban environment, getting around can be ahassle. Owning a car is expensive, and parking it can be a nightmare -- never mind actually driving it. ...

If the latest sapphire tech rumor is true, Apple's exclusivemanufacturing partner, GT Advanced Technologies, is gearing up itsMesa, Ariz., manufacturing facility with enough furnaces to forgeas many as 200 million iPhone displays ...

There are two words I try to avoid connecting: "greatest" and"challenge." Clearly I've failed. I try to avoid this phrasebecause it reeks of hyperbole -- and yet here I am, typing it out inassociation with Apple's utterly mythical "iWatch." ...

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The iPhone 5c has been bugging me. As a product, it's so good -- and yet so wrong. By not saying much at all during the financial conference call with analysts this week, Apple has confirmed doubts while presenting new questions. Does the iPhone 5c represent a colossal misstep by Apple? Or is it just a mediocre product that remains profitable? Can it be both a misstep and a profitable device at the same time?...

iPhone rumors hit pretty much every week of the year, but some rise to the top -- with or without great sources. The latest bigger-screen iPhone 6 rumor comes courtesy of The Wall Street Journal in an article written by three authors who span the globe, writing together fromHong Kong, Taipei and San Francisco ...