The Apple (AAPL) iPad and overall tablet bonanza that has propped up subscribers at wireless phone companies may soon be over. What’s next to make “postpaid” subscriber additions look better than they actually are? Maybe wearables, such as cellular-connected watches, though the first version of the Apple Watch lacks its own cellular links and is tethered to the iPhone. AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Sprint (S) in Q1 2015 again
A long-overdue refresh to the Apple TV set-top box reportedly will feature a radically redesigned remote control. The new remote will use a touch pad for scrolling around and include just two physical buttons, the New York Times reported Monday. It also will be slightly thicker than the current remote control, which has a click wheel and two other buttons. The new Apple TV and remote control are expected to be unveiled at Apple’s (AAPL) Worldwide Developers Conference, which runs June 8-12 in San Francisco. Other rumors about the next-generation Apple TV point to it using Siri voice search and controls as well as an App Store. Apple also is believed to be working on its own over-the-top Internet TV service to compete with similar offerings from Dish Network, Sony and others. Apple hasn’t significantly updated the Apple TV box since a third-generation model debuted in March 2012. The device…
Facebook (FB) will rake in $800 million in revenue from Oculus, its virtual reality arm, by 2018, and Apple (AAPL) is likely to make its own VR play with iPhone-compatible goggles, a UBS market forecast says. VR hardware sales will boom to $6.7 billion in 2020, while software-application sales reach $3.3 billion, forecasts UBS. UBS expects Apple to join Facebook, Google (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), Samsung, Sony (SNE) and Taiwan-based HTC in a VR