Articles by Mark Hachman
‘Fastest smartphone chip ever,’ the A10 Fusion, powers Apple’s new iPhone 7
Apple's A10 Fusion at the heart of the iPhone 7 is the most powerful chip ever to appear in a smartphone, the company claimed. Apple's new ARM processor allocates low-effort jobs to special low-powered cores, then ramps up the performance when needed. The upshot: better battery life.Pokémon Go is coming to Apple Watch to get you outside and on the go
Apple and Poku00e9mon Go developer Niantic Labs said Poku00e9mon Go is coming to the Apple Watch, together with a new egg monitor that will spur you to go just a bit further.Smaller iPad Pro can use Microsoft Office for free, while larger iPad can’t
If you own a larger iPad Pro, Microsoft will require you to pay for an Office 365 subscription. But Microsoft's licensing loophole exempts the new, smaller tablet.Tim Cook: Apple ‘will not shrink’ from responsibility to protect customer privacy
Apple uses its March 21 product launch event to reiterate its stance on customer privacy.Box Capture’s new scanning tool lets you save physical documents in Box’s cloud
Box now allows you to scan, then store, physical documents within its cloud service and its Box Capture app.Microsoft pushes Office inking, Insider, and Morph tools to iOS and Mac
Microsoft announced a laundry list of improvements to its Office apps for the Mac and iOS, including an Insider program that will let Mac users see the latest Office improvements early.New Microsoft app Twist is like Instagram chat
The new Microsoft Garage app, Twist, allows "photo conversations" where users mash together photos in a conversation.Facebook ‘M’ deploys army of virtual assistants to help fix your life
Facebook has begun trials of M, a virtual assistant service of sorts that lives on the Messenger app.Apple will replace defective iSight rear cameras on Apple iPhone 6 Plus
Apple has acknowledged a manufacturing defect with some of the iPhone 6 Plus models sold late last year, causing photos to look blurry.Microsoft releases Office 2016 for Mac, but just for Office 365
After about half a decade of waiting for an up-to-date version of Office for the Mac, Microsoft has delivered -- even before it ships Office 2016 for Windows PCs.Here’s how the Siri of iOS 9 will push ahead of Google Now and Cortana
When Siri arrives as part of iOS 9 this fall, it'll be with new features that should make Google Now and Cortana take notice. Here are the standouts, from Spotlight to deeper app integration and more.Apple’s Siri becomes even more helpful with proactive assistance
Apple says that its Siri digital assistant will now better understand what you want, supplying the information you need when and where you need it.Bop.fm delivers almost ad-free, a la carte music streaming on the go
It may sound too good to be true, but startup Bop.fm says their music aggregation service for Apple iOS can pull in the best of what other paid services have to offer.Microsoft says new Office for Mac due in 2015, unveils new Outlook app
At long last, Microsoft is readying the new version of Office for the Mac, which will ship...late next year. But you can get a sneak peek at it with a new version of Outlook.
Apple’s Mac mini finally updated, starting price dropped by $100
Apple refreshes its "most energy efficient desktop computer," the Mac mini.Talko looks like a solution to the problem that iOS 8’s Messages has already solved
Software titan Ray Ozzie's new app offers live calling, but there's little else to distinguish this messaging app from what the iPhone already does natively.iPhone 6 Plus Display is the best there is (well, almost)
DisplayMate analyst Ray Soneira calls the iPhone 6 Plus display the "best performing Smartphone LCD display that we have ever tested." Which should make it the best, period, right?