Tue, 29 January 2013
Ken gets the flu! |
Fri, 25 January 2013
All Things D: Apple Shares Down 11-Percent on Fourth-Most-Profitable Quarter Posted by Any Company Ever
Financial Analysts Lower Apple Price-Targets; Still Bullish on the Cupertino-Company
Tim Cook Holds Post-Earnings Town Hall Meeting with Apple Employees
Apple Insider Notes Sharp Price-Drops for MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs at Big Authorized Resellers This Week
AT&T Activates Over Eight-and-a-Half-Million iPhones in 4QCY2012
Strategy Analytics Puts Apple in Second in Smartphones and Third in Cellphones Worldwide in 4QCY2012
IDC Gives Third-Place in Smartphones to Huawei, Not Nokia
Gartner: Samsung Takes Top Semiconductor Consumer Title from Apple in 2012
Apple Seeds Eighth beta of OS X 10.8.3 to Developers
Apple Issues Annual Supplier Responsibility Report |
Thu, 24 January 2013
Apple Reports Record Quarterly Earnings; Record Sales for iPad and iPhones Analysts Voice Tepid Support After Apple Numbers Hear the Apple Earnings Call Online for Yourself at http://investor.apple.com |
Wed, 23 January 2013
Verizon Sold a Record 6.2 Million iPhones Last Quarter, Though Only Half Were iPhone 5
Apple-Tracking Financial Analysts Pleased with Verizon iPhone Sales Numbers
Apple Webcasting 1Q FY2013 Earnings Call Today at 2pm PST/5pm EST
Kantar Worldpanel ComTech: iPhone Takes 51.2% of US Smartphone Sales in Last Quarter of 2012
Survey: Majority of UK iPhone Owners Do Not Look Past Top 25 App Lists in App Store
Munster Reasserts His Belief in a Full-On Apple Television in 2013
Report: Apple Launching New Retail Initiatives in Indonesia
Microsoft Releasing Intel-Based Surface Pro on 9 February
Apple Launches Valentine Promotion in Online Store |
Tue, 22 January 2013
Report: Production of 9.7-inch iPad Displays Slows to a Crawl at Sharp; No Drop at LG or Samsung
Report (Three Times Removed) Has Apple Working on a 4.8-inch Phablet to Be Released By June
iPad-mini Shortages Persist While Full-Sized iPad Supply is Plentiful
Barrons: Wells Fargo Analyst Sees Better Second-Half of 2013 in Store for Apple While UBS Analyst Looks to Apple’s “Next Big Thing”
UBS Analyst Lowers Apple Target from $700 to $650 Based on New CIRP Survey
Silicon Valley Execs - Including Apple CEO Cook - to Answer Questions in No-Poaching Court Case
Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad and wil.i.am to Present on Macworld/iWorld Opening Day
Fred Armisen to Talk Apple Technology and Creativity at Macworld/iWorld 2013 on February 1 |
Fri, 18 January 2013
Intel Sees Quarterly Profit Fall 27% on Weak PC Demand
Apple Gets Early Release Window for 20 Heart Publication Magazines on Newsstand
Rolling Stone Hits the iOS App Store (for iPad Only)
Rewind: Rolling Stone Publisher Says it Could Be Decades Before He Bring His Titles to iOS (a Year-and-a-Half Ago)
Apple Gets Rights to Release the Last Three Episodes of “Downton Abbey” to Season Pass Holders Ahead of Broadcast
MacNN: Apple TV Goes on Sale in South Africa Today
Amazon Launches HTML Version of MP3 Store Aimed at iPhone and iPod touch
Apple Hiring New Writer for Siri (Update: Position No Longer Available) |
Thu, 17 January 2013
Global Equities Analyst Sees iPhone Display Cuts as Sign Apple is Moving to IGZO Displays
Analysts from Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Others Continue AAPL Defense
Pacific Crest Analyst Cut AAPL to Sector Perform; Sees Market Saturation at High-End and Nothing Truly New on the Horizon
KGI Securities Analyst Expects All-Retina Display MacBook Pros and Retina Display iPad mini in 2013
Apple Launches Installment Payment Options for Consumers in China
Apple Launches Back-to-School Promotion in Australia and New Zealand
Apple Seeds Seventh Build of OS X 10.8.3 to Developers
Dutch Court Rules Against Apple in Design Patent Case Against Samsung Galaxy Tabs
Facebook Adds Free Call Feature to Messenger App for iOS |
Wed, 16 January 2013
DisplaySearch Analyst Says Aggressive iPhone 5 Launch Likely Reason for Display Order Cuts
Shaw Wu Thinks “iPhone 5 Demand Remains Robust”
ChangeWave: 50% of Survey Respondents Plans to Buy an iPhone in the Next 90-Days; 71% of iOS Users “Very Satisfied”
ChangeWave: Intent to Buy a Samsung Smartphone Rises to 21% Among Survey Respondents
TechCrunch Makes a Mobius Strip of Analyst Notes
Analyst Numbers Indicate iPad Outsold Surface RT in December-Quarter by at Least 20-to-1
Judge in Apple v. Amazon “App Store v. Appstore” Case Orders Companies to Try for Settlement
Belgian Consumer Advocacy Group Goes After Apple Over Marketing of AppleCare
Russian Railway RZD Sues Apple for Alleged Trademark Infringement
VP of Apple Retail Jerry McDougal Resigns
Report: Approval Bottleneck at Intel Keeping Thunderbolt Devices Low
Cellular GPS Glitch Sends Cops and People Seeking Lost Phone to One Man’s Address for Two-Years Running |
Tue, 15 January 2013
Business Insider: WSJ Story Was One-Month Old; Crushed Apple Shares Anyway
Barrons: Bulls Run Against WSJ Story
Apple Launching WiFi + Cellular 4th-Gen iPad and WiFi + Cellular iPad mini in China on Friday 18 January
Gartner Estimates Mac Sales Rose 5.4% in Holiday-Quarter 2012 Versus Holiday-Quarter 2011
TMO: The First Lightning-Compatible iThing Accessories Show Up at Apple Retail
Apple Insider: Third-Party Resellers Running Out of Thunderbolt Displays
Samsung Says Sales of Galaxy S Smartphones Now Over 100 Million Units
Samsung Shelves Plans for Windows RT Tablet (at Least for Now)
MacNN: Apple Lincoln Park Store in Chicago Opens on Monday Despite Having Car Crash Into It on Sunday
USDHS Computer Emergency Readiness Team Discourages Use of Java for Now, Even After Installing Java 7 Update 11
Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sale of Kodak Patents to Group of Companies Including Apple
The Presidential Inaugural Committee Launches iOS and Android Apps for Next Monday’s Ceremonies |
Mon, 14 January 2013
Cook Tells China That China Will Be Top Apple Consumer at Some Point Translation Trouble: Reuters Removes Schiller Story Dismissing Cheaper iPhone Translation Take Two: Reuters Says What Schiller Is Said to Have Really Said Forbes: Removal of First Reuters Story Practically Proves Development of Low-Cost iPhone WSJ Says Apple Cuts iPhone 5 Display Orders Canaccord Genuity Analyst Estimates 48.2-Million iPhones Sold in December-Quarter Topeka Capital Analyst Expects Updated iPad and iPad mini in March Apple Disables Java Plug-In Through OS X Anti-Malware System Due to Zero-Day Exploit Oracle Updates Java to v.7 Update 11 to Address Zero-Day Exploit Apple TV Gets Access to New Subscription Video Service in Germany Apple Hires Xerox CFO as New Corporate Controller Someone Accidentally Drives Lincoln Town Car into Chicago-Lincoln Park Apple Store |
Fri, 11 January 2013
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TC Watch: Captain Cook Takes a Meeting With China Mobile
Schiller Seems to Shut Down Cheap/Less-Expensive iPhone Talk
Munster Cuts Apple Price Target to $875 on Margin Concerns Related to Cheaper iPhone that Schiller Indicates Apple is Not Targeting
TUAW: Tim Cook Says iPad mini with Wifi plus Cellular Available in China By End of Month
Apple Launches Chinese New Year Gift Guide for China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia
IDC Sees 0.2% Decline in Mac Sales in the States for 4QCY2012; Mac Still Holds Third-Place
Wait Still Close to a Month for 27-Inch iMac; Display Problems May Be to Blame
Apple Adds 1TB Fusion Drive Option to 21.5-Inch iMac
Correction: There IS a Skype Preview App Available for Windows Phone 8 |
Thu, 10 January 2013
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Verizon Activates 9.8-Million Smartphones in 4QCY2012 with “Higher Mix of Apple Smartphones”
T-Mobile USA CEO Says iPhone Sales to Start in 3-to-4 Months
Bloomberg: Secret Source Says Apple Working on Cheaper iPhone for Developing Markets
Munster: Low-Cost iPhone Could Add $6.5 Billion to Apple Revenue This Year (!?!)
NPD DisplaySearch: Tablets to Out Ship Notebooks This Year
Apple Freezes App Store Screenshots in Attempt to Thwart Scammers
Don McAllister: App Store Screenshot Freeze Does Not Affect Newsstand Apps
Horace Dediu Says iTunes Store Likely Generates More Revenue Annually Than Apple Did When It Launched the iTunes Store
Apple Drops Price of 2-meter Thunderbolt Cable to $39; Intros Half-Meter Thunderbolt Cable for $29
Anniversary Week: Apple Releases iTunes on 9 January 2001
Anniversary Week: Apple Releases Safari on 7 January 2003
Anniversary Week: Apple Intros iPhone on 9 January 2007
Microsoft Killing Windows Live Messenger for Skype on 15 March
TC Watch: Apple CEO Schmoozes Staff at Apple Authorized Reseller in China
iPhone-Inspired Steve Jobs Memorial Unveiled at University in St. Petersburg, Russia |
Wed, 9 January 2013
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Tue, 8 January 2013
Build your own site with Squarespace yourself? Go to Squarespace.com/macosken, click "enter an offer code" under pricing and use the offer code macosken1 Apple Announces 40-Billion Downloads in App Store, 2-Billion Downloads in December and 500-Million Payment Methods On-File Neil Mawston: 2013 Will Be the Year of the Phablet Business Insider: Apple is Nowhere in Phablets (But May Be on the Way) Rewind: Topeka Capital Analyst Says Apple May Go Bigger and Smaller in Next Round of iPhones Analysts: What Apple Needs Is a Cheaper iPhone That Is Not Just Last Year’s iPhone Shaw Wu Thinks iPads, Macs and Windows 8 will Slow Windows-Based PC Sales Growth in 2013 Munster Sees Big Growth for Big iPad Thanks to Big Business in 2013 |
Mon, 7 January 2013
NPD: MacBook Sales Down 6% in U.S. for Holidays 2012 Versus Holidays 2011
Fujitsu Limited to Miss Annual Sales Expectations on “Weak” Windows 8 Demand
Forrester Sees Growth for Apple in the Enterprise in 2013; Stagnation for Windows-Based Machines
RBC Analyst Sees Robust Growth for Apple in 2013; Muted Growth for Tech Sector
The Telegraph: On Analysts and iPhone minis
WSJ: Retailers Complain to States Attorneys General Over Walmart Ad-Practices Tied to Holidays and iPhone 5
TUAW: Corning to Show Gorilla Glass 3 at CES
US Customs and Border Patrol Nabs $635,000 Worth of Fake Lightning Connectors From Chinese Plane
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Fri, 4 January 2013
Bernstein Research Analyst Says Apple Growth is Slowing (Though There’s Still Plenty in the Tank)
Evercore Partners Analyst Expects December Quarter Sales of 50-Million iPhones and 24-Million iPads
Chitika Insights Sees 7% Market Share Drop for iPad Over the Holidays (Kind of)
Barnes and Noble Says the nook Took a Beating in Holiday Sales
comScore: Apple and Samsung Grow Cellphone Share in US While Everyone Else Sees Shrinking Shares
Wednesday: Rumor Has Apple Considering Buying Community-Based Traffic and Navigation Service Waze
Thursday: Reality Has Apple NOT Considering Buying Community-Based Traffic and Navigation Service Waze
Upper West Side NYC Apple Store Closed Temporarily Due to Neighborhood Fire
Ashton Kutcher/Steve Jobs Biopic Set for April Release
Apple Fined Just Under $166,000 in China for Copyright Violation |
Thu, 3 January 2013
Telsey Advisory Group Analyst Expects Something “We Haven’t Even Thought of Before” from Apple
Munster: Apple Has a Future in Wearable Computers
Last Week: Left Field Rumor Has Apple and Intel Making a Smartwatch
Topeka Capital Markets Names Apple Share Top-Pick for 2013; Expects New and Different iPhones in May/June Period
Apple 1Q Fy2013 Conference Call Set for 23 January
Flurry Analytics Says Worldwide Mobile App Downloads Hit 1.76-Billion in Last Week of 2012; Over 50-Million iOS and Android Devices Activated
Topeka Capital Analyst Sees “Insatiable Demand” for iPad mini in China and Hong Kong
Samsung Loses Bid in Judge Koh’s Court to Keep Device Sales Data Secret
Apple Says Samsung Should Withdraw Some USITC Charges Based on Withdrawal Before European Commission
The Mac Observer: Rumor Has Unimicron Technology Winning Apple Contract for A-Series Processor Production
9 to 5 Mac: Rumor Has TSMC Winning Apple Contract for A6X Processor Production
Apple False Advertising Case Against Amazon Appstore Dismissed; Trademark Case Continues
iOS 6 Do Not Disturb Feature Goes Long in First Week of New Year |