Apple’s Encryption Fight Continues

Bloomberg:

Apple Inc.’s fight over privacy with the U.S. isn’t over yet, even after the government dropped a demand for the company’s help in accessing a California shooter’s iPhone because someone else found a way to crack it.

March 2015 Apple Event Thoughts

Today’s Apple event, which was held at Apple’s Town Hall in Cupertino, was the shortest Apple event in over five years.

While time wise today’s event was small, the announcements we saw today were all at least mildly important. We had a good grasp…

FBI Delays Apple Trial

Buzzfeed:

Federal lawyers on Monday afternoon asked a judge to cancel a hearing scheduled for Tuesday on Apple’s challenge to the order issued by the court that it help the government access an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Supreme Court to hear Apple V. Samsung

Reuters:

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday stepped into the high-profile patent fight between the world’s two fiercest smartphone rivals, Apple and Samsung, agreeing to hear Samsung’s appeal of what it contends were excessive penalties…

9.7-inch iPad Pro to start at $599.

Mark Gurman, 9to5mac:

With the iPad Pro name and features, the new 9.7-inch iPad will be Apple’s first to come with a starting price higher than $499. The smaller iPad Pro will start at $599 and include 32 GB of storage, according to sources.

Apple’s Brief against the FBI in Tweets

Xeni Jardin, writing for BoingBoing:

The intensifying legal battle between Apple and the Government of the United States of America is blowing my mind. The legal briefs coming out of Cupertino are awesome reading for those of us who…

Craig Federighi on Apple VS. FBI

VP of Software Engineering at Apple, Craig Federighi, writing for The Washington Post:

That’s why it’s so disappointing that the FBI, Justice Department and others in law enforcement are pressing us to turn back the clock to a less-secure time…