The fight between Apple and the US government comes down to a technical enigma wrapped in layers of emotional debate.

Add Bill Gates to the cacophony of voices weighing in on the debate that has erupted between Apple and the FBI over user privacy.

FBI and Apple could surely look at shooter's phone without betraying wider public rights.

It takes a really long time to crack an iPhone.

The company's huge installed userbase is its secret weapon.

Apple is facing a class action lawsuit over the phone-bricking "Error 53".

We live in an age of rapid technological change and disruption. But can the Big Five tech giants ever be disrupted?

Here are some of the useful iOS tips picked up on over the years.

Apple had some good news to share Wednesday: the tech company "is now responsible for creating and supporting 1.9 million jobs".

Toyota agreed to use a car-phone connectivity system championed by Ford in a front to keep Apple and Google from dominating control of dashboards.

Samsung has agreed to pay smartphone rival Apple just over US$548 million in a years-long patent battle in federal court in California.

Facebook wants to take all your information and route it through a platform it controls: Notify, an app that's purpose is to send you notifications.

Google and Apple have moved a third-party Instagram app from their online stores after reports surfaced the app was stealing usernames and passwords.

In a live address at the Wall Street Journal's WSJD Live event this week, Apple's chief executive made the ears of car company executives prick up.

Apple's voice assistant, Siri, is meant to have an answer for everything, until now.

Security analysts have found that at least 256 apps in the iOS App store are secretly gathering iPhone owners' email addresses, unique serial numbers and other personally identifying information that....

A very long question about the intricacies of President Barack Obama's Iran policy proved too much for Siri during a White House press briefing yesterday.

Apple is hosting its annual splash on Wednesday to unveil a new version of its most important product, the iPhone.

Apple is hosting its annual splash on Wednesday to unveil a new version of its most important product, the iPhone.

Leaked specs for the forthcoming iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus suggest both will have reduced battery capacities compared to the current models.

Apple has released a statement supporting rap mogul Dr. Dre following reports that he physically abused women.

It's no coincidence that NZ is now following the US and Australia in trying keep the official coffers topped up with tax revenue from online purchases, writes Juha Saarinen.

I doubt even Apple could launch a Live TV over the internet service worldwide, so don't hold your breath to see it in NZ any time soon, writes Juha Saarinen.

In the PC world I generally knew the answer. Here I knew nothing. I was a fish out of water and up a creek without a paddle, writes Chris Barton.

It is being touted as Apple's most personal device yet - and now it's officially available in New Zealand.

Apple is weak in a way it wasn't under Steve Jobs and has grown afraid of its own long shadow, writes Leonid Bershidsky.

They range in price from a sports version at NZ$599 to a rose-gold cased version for NZ$21,000.

Physical plastic sim cards could soon be a thing of the past in a move being discussed by industry heavyweights.