Gene Munster: Apple will release a cheap “iPhone for the masses”

Apple's smartphone marketshare is growing slower than the overall smartphone market, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said today in a research note to investors. That fact will push Apple to release a cheaper iPhone for mass markets.

Tim Cook speaks, and speaks, and speaks, and speaks: the best bits

BusinessWeek published a huge 800-word 11-page interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook this morning. Here are the best quotes, with some commentary.

Boyfriend Maker sneaks violent sexual content — including references to pedophilia — onto Apple’s app store

Apple has worked hard to keep the app store free of porn. But it looks like one developer has snuck an app with violent sexual content -- including references to pedophilia -- into the app store right under Apple's nose.

Steve Jobs’ $250 million superyacht, Venus, finally sets sail

Venus is 80 meters long -- over 250 feet -- and was built with living quarters to accommodate 12 people. Its equipment and living space, according to SWNS.com, can be controlled from seven 27" iMacs.

Mac desktops are now a very lonely 3% of Apple sales

Remember when the fruity Cupertino, Calif. company used to be called Apple Computer? That seems a long time ago. A long, long time ago.

Remembering Steve Jobs: Apple reflects on his passing one year later

Apple reflects on Jobs' passing with a heartfelt video on Apple.com and a note from chief executive Tim Cook.

We made the iPhone and we’re sorry: 5 classic Apple apologies

Apple may not be a company accustomed to making public apologies for lacking products or services, but it does own up to its missteps on occasion, especially when its prized creation, the iPhone, is at the center of controversy.

For a look behind VC curtain, check out Sequoia Capital’s new website

Every three years or so, Sequoia Capital, one of Silicon Valley’s most accomplished venture capital firms, grabs our attention with a not-so-subtle change to its website.

In 2009, it changed the site to feature a simple search bar (see partial …

Leaked mock-ups show how Apple’s spaceship HQ will look inside

What would a spaceship look like inside if Apple designed it? Glad you asked. Pictures of the company's new "spaceship" campus were leaked today.

Apple to start a Pandora-like subscription music service

Apple is attempting to start a Pandora-like Internet radio service, according to the Wall Street Journal, which says that Apple executives have been talking to music industry players to negotiate licensing.

From Apple to Zynga: Eight tales of missing the investment trigger

We all have regrets, but they don't typically involve blowing billions of dollars.

What combo is Apple going to unleash against Google? Not what you expect

Apple has made it through the bruising hand-to-hand combat of its latest patent trial, and it's defeated all the lawyers that Samsung could throw at it. Now it's got to face the big boss at the end: Google.

YAAL (Yet Another Apple Lawsuit), this time from “employee for life” Wayne Goodrich

Promised a job for life? Better get that in writing.

The man behind the curtain of the exquisitely produced Apple events that helped Steve Jobs make presentation magic so many times was fired from the Cupertino company in December.

Google vs. Apple equals WWIII: How’s that for thermonuclear, Apple?

It is on. World War III, here we go.

Google is finished with helping Samsung and other Android sellers with its left hand behind the back, in a black box. It's tired of Apple attacking Google by fighting proxy wars with Asian manufacturers. No more cold war, no more semi-civilized conflicts in third-world countries no one has ever heard of.

Google vs. Apple, meet USA vs. USSR, circa 1985.

Steve Jobs was ‘very receptive’ to 7-inch iPad plans

Apple’s senior vice president of Internet software and services Eddy Cue said, in an email revealed today, that he believes there will be a market for 7-inch tablets. What’s more, the late Apple chief executive Steve Jobs agreed with him.…

Stop worrying about the supposed tyranny of Steve Jobs already

Apple had a disappointing quarter, even though it was surprisingly good compared to last year. Naturally, investors punished the company by stripping more than five percent from its stock price. Aren't you people ever satisfied?