[ad_1] Apple Inc. will release a new low-cost laptop and a professional-focused upgrade to the Mac mini desktop later this year, ending a drought of Mac computers that has limited sales of the company’s longest-running line of devices, according to people familiar with the plans. The new laptop will look similar to the current MacBook…
[ad_1] Finding billionaires in Silicon Valley isn’t hard. Dropbox Inc.’s Arash Ferdowsi and Veeva Systems Inc.’s Peter Gassner have both crossed the threshold this year, and tech fortunes make up a fifth — or about US$1 trillion — of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. But tracking down members of the three-comma club at Apple Inc. is…
[ad_1] Apple tried to make the case on Monday for why consumers shouldn’t jump ship to competitors who have been ramping up the innovation — arguably more than the iPhone maker. Companies such as Microsoft have been creeping into the Cupertino, Calif.-based company’s space with its Surface line of touchscreen products and creative-focused Windows 10…
[ad_1] Apple Inc. plans to announce an update to its laptop lineup at an annual conference for app developers in early June, a move that could help offset new competition from Microsoft Corp. as well as declining iPad sales. Apple is planning three new laptops, according to people familiar with the matter. The MacBook Pro…