
San Francisco: Apple is going to start letting users store movies on its iCloud remote storage service, allowing them to access their movies from PCs, iPhones and other Apple devices through the Internet. The company is also upgrading its Apple TV set-top box so that it can play movies in "1080p" format, the highest-resolution commonly used video standard. The small box, which comes with a remote, will still cost $99....

12:23 AM, Mar 08, 2012

San Francisco: Apple Inc is betting a 4G-equipped iPad, which will tempt more US consumers to pay extra to watch high-quality video on the go, and in turn, give Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc a revenue boost. Until now, Apple's fan legion has been reluctant to shell out extra money even for iPads with 3G connections. The cheaper Wi-Fi-only model - with more limited Web access - is by far...

11:52 PM, Mar 06, 2012

Cupertino: Apple Inc shareholders rejected demands that the company disclose a succession plan for ailing chief Steve Jobs, and the company kept mum on how many had backed that proposal. The reluctance to reveal details of the vote on a proposal by the Central Laborers' Pension Fund raised speculation that a sizable contingent of shareholders may have supported it, and prompted an affiliated group to push for more disclosure. "It...

09:44 AM, Feb 24, 2011

Berlin: Apple's set-top box TV system Apple TV has long since passed the phase where it's the domain of hobbyists, according to Apple head Steve Jobs. That's because the second generation of the Apple TV system is set to surpass the million sales mark in the next weeks, if it hasn't done so already. "Apple had seriously underestimated the possible sales of Apple TV, particularly in Europe," said Archibald Horlitz,...

10:00 AM, Jan 03, 2011

New York: Apple Inc expects sales of Apple TV to top 1 million units this week, showing that the device is gaining traction in bringing the Web to TV. Apple also said on Tuesday that iTunes users are now renting and buying more than 400,000 TV shows and more than 150,000 movies per day. "One million is a real benchmark," said Daniel Ernst, an analyst with Hudson Square Research. "To...

12:14 PM, Dec 22, 2010
San Francisco: Apple Inc unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of its Web-to-TV device on Wednesday, stepping up a battle with Google Inc and Microsoft Corp for control of the digital living room. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs also rolled out a completely overhauled lineup of iPod media players and the latest version of iTunes, with a new logo that does away with the outdated image of a CD. The new Apple...

09:22 AM, Sep 02, 2010