Apple

What were the biggest tech stories of 2017?

Recode’s Kara Swisher and The Verge’s Lauren Goode count down the Top 10 news items of the year on the latest Too Embarrassed to Ask.

By Eric Johnson December 29

Apple’s response to its iPhone slowdown controversy is good — and a lesson to be more proactive about communicating

In the meantime, here’s a $30 battery swap.

By Dan Frommer December 28

Apple has finally turned on its podcast analytics feature

Podcast creators — and advertisers — know very little about podcast consumption. That’s going to change.

By Peter Kafka December 14

Why Apple is putting $400 million into lasers

Face ID today, AR tomorrow.

By Dan Frommer December 13

Apple has bought Shazam, the music recognition app

Somewhat unusual for Apple: They’re acknowledging the $400 million deal in public.

By Peter Kafka December 11

Apple is buying Shazam at a big discount

Snap too had approached Shazam about a possible deal.

By Theodore Schleifer December 8

The Recode 100

Tim Cook is officially underrated

Cook is No. 5 on the Recode 100.

By Dan Frommer December 6

A battle between Apple and an app developer has caught Congress’ attention

An attempt to crack down on spammy, duplicative apps has Apple at war with ChowNow, which aids restaurants.

By Tony Romm December 6

Why magazine mogul Tina Brown is ‘angry and upset’ at Google and Facebook

It’s time for the most powerful companies in digital media to stop playing dumb, Brown says.

By Eric Johnson November 20

Apple is hiring more diverse workers, but its total shares of women and minorities aren’t budging much

The company released its latest diversity report Thursday.

By Tony Romm and Rani Molla November 9

Apple is making a new TV show starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston

Friends stars, reunited! In 2019, probably.

By Peter Kafka November 8

The model for recycling our old smartphones is actually causing massive pollution

Millions of new iPhones will be sold this month. What really happens to the millions that get thrown out?

By Peter Holgate November 8

Yuri Milner’s big investments in Twitter and Facebook have now been tied to the Russian government

The so-called "Paradise Papers" also reveal that Apple was shopping for a new tax shelter.

By Johana Bhuiyan November 5

iPhone X order status: Apple is predicting a record holiday quarter and Wall Street is loving it

Shares are up 3 percent after hours, an all-time high.

By Dan Frommer November 2

iPhone X review review: They mostly like it!

Face ID seems to work well enough.

By Dan Frommer October 31

Why did Apple let a few YouTubers scoop the first iPhone X reviews?

A curious new launch strategy.

By Dan Frommer October 30

An Apple engineer showed his daughter the new iPhone X. Now, she says, he’s fired.

Apple sees all.

By Theodore Schleifer October 29

Apple’s new TV shows will be nipple-free

Tim Cook doesn’t really want ‘Game of Thrones,’ after all. At least not right away.

By Peter Kafka October 25

Smartphones are getting more expensive around the world

That’s after years of eroding prices.

By Rani Molla October 24

Facebook and Apple can’t agree on terms, so Facebook’s subscription tool will only launch on Android phones

The problem: Apple’s 30 percent tax.

By Peter Kafka October 19

Can Google catch up to Apple in hardware?

Google SVP of Hardware Rick Osterloh explains the company’s push into high-end gadgets on the latest Too Embarrassed to Ask.

By Eric Johnson October 13

Apple is partnering with Steven Spielberg on its new TV strategy. (What is Apple’s new TV strategy?)

Apple will reboot "Amazing Stories" as part of its move into original content. But we still don’t know why it’s making that move.

By Peter Kafka October 10

The new TV season has started. Here’s why Facebook and Google and Amazon (and you) care.

There’s a real small bundle of channels, and no one company owns the majority of that bundle.

By Edmund Lee September 23

Full transcript: Recode’s Dan Frommer answers your iPhone X questions on Too Embarrassed to Ask

On the iPhone X: "[Apple] really changed, significantly, how you use the phone in two basic ways."

By Recode Staff September 20

Tim Cook says DACA is the ‘biggest issue of our time’

"This is about basic human dignity and respect," says Apple’s CEO.

By Dan Frommer September 20

A top European Union official is planning to press Apple, Facebook and others this week on privacy and hate speech

Věra Jourová, an EU commissioner, is paying the Valley a visit.

By Tony Romm September 19

Should I pay $1,000 for the iPhone X?

Recode’s Dan Frommer joins Kara Swisher and Lauren Goode on the latest Too Embarrassed to Ask to answer your questions about Apple’s new hardware.

By Eric Johnson September 15

Full transcript: Author and NYU professor Scott Galloway on Recode Decode

Google is God. Facebook is love. Amazon is the gut. Apple is sex.

By Recode Staff September 14

Watch Recode’s full interview with Uber’s Bozoma Saint John

Saint John discusses the company’s recent scandals, culture crisis and what’s next with a new CEO on board.

By Kat Borgerding September 14

Apple is facing questions from the U.S. Senate on the privacy protections in iPhone X and Face ID

Sen. Al Franken wants to know how Apple will handle law enforcement requests.

By Tony Romm September 13

Design

Photos: What it was like to attend Apple’s iPhone X event — its first at the Steve Jobs Theater

Welcome to Apple Park.

By Dan Frommer September 13

Watch all the announcements from Apple’s iPhone X event in under five minutes

Just the good stuff.

By Meghann Farnsworth September 12

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