TIM COOK

Sources at Google familiar with its mapping plans say the chances of Apple approving a dedicated Google Maps app on iOS 6 are "not optimistic."

Retailers forecast higher holiday sales as a flurry of new touch-screen toys were released just in time to stuff those Christmas stockings.

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) sold 3 million units of its newest iPad models this past weekend, but declined to specify how many of those sales were for its new iPad Mini.

The iPad Mini's performance is solid. The major question for the Mini: is it worth buying without a Retina Display? Unfortunately, no.

Apple announced a major executive shake-up that sees Senior VP iOS Software Scott Forstall exiting Apple by year-end and serving in an advisory role to CEO Tim Cook till his departure. On the exit mode is also John Browett, retail head with the organization.

Microsoft released its Windows 8 operating system alongside its first ever self-branded tablet on Friday. Apple CEO Tim Cook was quick to voice his opinion of the Windows-branded slate.

Apple’s Q4 2012 earnings fell below estimates, reporting quarterly fiscal Q4 income of $8.2 billion, or $8.67 a share.

Apple hopes to post strong year-over-year growth in all its key product lines in Q4 2012, particularly the iPhone and iPad.

The release date for two Windows Phone 8 devices for Verizon could be Nov. 12, according to an allegedly leaked internal document.

Despite all of the new products launched this year, iTunes 11 and the Mac Pro were particularly neglected at Apple's media event on Tuesday.

Mac mini with OS X Server features a quad-core processor, ultrafast Thunderbolt technology, and now twice the storage capacity.

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock plunged in the immediate aftermath of the iPad Mini reveal.

No matter how you slice it, the Mini models introduced Tuesday are the smallest, cheapest, lightest and thinnest iPads ever.

At an event today in San Jose, Apple said the revamped Mac Mini will have three USB 3 ports, dual or quad-intel Core i5 or i7 Ivy Bridge, with Intel HD Graphics 4000, and up to 16GB of RAM. It starts at $599 for a 2.5GHz computer with 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive.

The release date for Apple's new Retina Display MacBook Pro 13'' is set for today, as the company revealed at a media event on Tuesday.

The iPad is a terrific gadget, but the expensive $499 entry-level price is certainly a turn-off for cash-strapped consumers. That being said, many want to know to what extent, if any, Apple will appeal to these different tax brackets with the release of the iPad Mini.

Most analysts and sources close to Apple expect the 7.85-inch iPad Mini to do everything the traditional 9.7-inch iPad can do – Web surfing, book reading, game playing, movie watching, all of that – but what about speed? What about cameras? What about battery life? Here are the eight most important features and tech specs we're expecting to see in the all-new iPad Mini, set to be unveiled this Tuesday.

For the most part, everyone is expecting the 7.85-inch iPad Mini to do everything the traditional 9.7-inch iPad can do, but what about speed? Will this iPad’s Internet connectivity be restricted to Wi-Fi zones, or will Apple choose to endow its third iDevice with LTE support?

Top global electronics brands Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Nokia, Google and Amazon share a common problem: they're customers of Taiwan’s Foxconn.