eWEEK Staff

FBI Director James Comey is criticizing recent security changes by Apple and Google, saying they will make it more difficult for law enforcement officials to gain information about potential criminals. The two companies recently said data encryption services will be turned on by default, which Comey said could affect police efforts to fight terrorism and […]

Apple announced that it will soon have a new update to replace the flawed iOS 8.0.1 update that was briefly made available on Sept. 24. The flawed update caused serious device problems for many users of the company’s latest iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones, such as causing users to lose the ability to […]

Some iPhone 6 users are reporting that the thinner models of the new devices are bending when users keep them in a pants pocket. Pictures of this problem have circulated widely on the Web. One reason for the issue is that with their longer and wider displays and thinner bodies, the new iPhone 6 and […]

BlackBerry CEO John Chen announced that the company will price its new Passport smartphone at $599 without subsidies when it goes on sale Sept. 24. He explained that this price is about $100 lower than that of unsubsidized phones sold by rivals. The new iPhones from Apple start at $649 without a contract for the […]

Microsoft announced that it is doubling the amount of free OneDrive cloud storage to 30GB, from the recently upgraded 15GB limit. This is part of a limited-time offer that requires that users designate OneDrive as their photo and video backup destination. Douglas Pearce, group program manager of Microsoft OneDrive, explained that the added capacity will […]

Alibaba, a China-based e-commerce merchant made financial history Sept. 19 with its record IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. The company garnered $21.8 billion on its first day as a public company, which easily eclipsed the previous record, $19.7 billion, set by Visa International when it went public in 2008. Alibaba sells a variety […]

Apple has released its iOS 8 operating system with a full array of new capabilities and new features, but you might want to wait before installing it on your devices. As with all new major software packages, early adopters can run into glitches that later users might not experience. The company is calling this the […]

Apple has been under a great deal of scrutiny in light of the iCloud celebrity picture hacking attack. In response, the company has tightened security by enforcing two-factor authentication for iCloud access. With two-factor authentication, a second password is required in order to log into a site or service. While Apple has offered two-factor authentication […]

Microsoft recently released iOS, Android and Windows apps for Dynamics NAV, its enterprise resource planning software platform for small and midsize businesses. The new tablet-optimized Dynamics NAV applications have snuck onto the Apple App Store, Google Play and Windows Store. More SMBs have been adopting tablets for their productivity-boosting benefits, according to a survey from […]

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones have set a new Apple record, with more than 4 million devices being preordered in advance of their initial release. This has caused the company to advise customers that many devices won’t be delivered until October due to overwhelming demand. In addition to U.S. customers, smartphone buyers […]