Apple earnings: Stock shrugs off miss on iPhone sales to surge 7%

Apple's Mac business hauled in $7.5 billion in the March quarter to post surprise growth. That was up from $7.2 billion a year before. Analysts, meanwhile, were expecting only $6.8 billion. Third-party data providers were more upbeat in suggesting Apple saw growth in the fiscal second quarter.

The last thing the iPad needs is a spec bump

When Apple CEO Tim Cook and a bunch of his deputies take the virtual stage next week to announce new iPads, they’re going to spend a lot of time talking about specs. If the rumors are true, we’re going to get new iPad Pros with OLED screens and thinner ...