Thu, 23 February 2012
Hong Kong-Based NGO Says Foxconn is Pulling the Wool Over FLA’s Eyes
Former Wintek Employees Call on Apple Customers to Sign SumOfUs.org Petition for Worker Rights for Apple Supply Chain
NYT: Apple and Proview Face Off in Chinese Court, Receive No Ruling from Court
Barclays Analyst Pumped for Second iPhone Carrier in China and the Approach of Mountain Lion
iPodNN: Japan Gets Access to iTunes in the Cloud; iTunes Match Still Missing
MacNN: iTunes Match for iTunes Japan Should Hit in Second-Half of 2012; Other iTunes Features Added This Week
Apple Sells Beatles Ringtones Through iTunes on iThings
Apple to Open Amsterdam Store at 10am on Saturday 3 March
TUAW: Apple Encouraging MobileMe Users to Make the Migration to iCloud Ahead of June Deadline
California AG: Major App Store Operators to Require Privacy Policies for Personal-Data-Skimming Apps
Business Insider: CA AG Solution Good for the One-Percent Losing Sleep Over AddressBookGate |
Wed, 22 February 2012
NPD and Piper Jaffray Look at Current-Quarter Mac Sales |
Tue, 21 February 2012
China Telecom to Start Sales of iPhone 4S on 9 March
Oppenheimer And Company Raises Apple 12-Month Price-Target to 570-Dollars on iPhone and iPad Strength
FLA CEO Says Organization Has Uncovered “Tons of Issues” at Foxconn Plant in Shenzhen
ABC’s Nightline to Feature a Look Inside Foxconn Tonight
Foxconn Raises Salaries for Factory Workers in China by 16-25%
WSJ: Google Sneaks Past Default Privacy Setting on Safari to Leave Cookies
Microsoft Says Google Cheating Privacy Setting on IE9
Members of Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus Ask FTC for Information on Google/Safari Issue
Apple Wins Ruling Against Motorola Mobility in Germany for Violating Slide-to-Unlock Patent on Android-Based Smartphones
ITC Says Apple Does Not Violate HTC Patents Covering Power Management and Phone Number Directories
Apple Settles AntennaGate Suits in the States
Text in Code Makes Messages Look Like a Mountain Lion-Only Feature After beta
Apple Launches Contest Counting Up to 25-Billion Apps
Apple Launches “Start Developing iOS Apps Today” App Development Overview |
Fri, 17 February 2012
Apple Announces OS X Mountain Lion Release for Late Summer 2012; Releases Developer Preview
Wired Says Apple Will Do One Big OS X Update a Year from Now On
Apple Makes Messages App for Mac Available as a Public beta
Apple Posts Teaser Video of Mountain Lion OS
NYT Looks at iCloud Integration of iOS and OS X Devices
Reports Say Some Early Intel-Based Macs Won’t Make the Jump to Mountain Lion
Apple Releases betas of Safari 5.2 and Xcode 4.4 to Developers
Apple Updates Xcode to Version 4.3
WSJ Interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook Makes ARM-Based Mac Seem Possible (Not Necessarily Probable)
All Things D Posts Papers Online That Seem to Show Apple Buying “iPad” Term from Proview
Hong Kong Court Ruled in Apple’s Favor on Proview/iPad Case Last July
Apple Adds Screenshots and Promo Codes for iBookstore Publishers
SumOfUs Upset Over FLA President’s Comments Commending Foxconn and Apple |
Thu, 16 February 2012
Twitter Says Its iOS App Uploads User Address Book Info if They Use the “Find Friends” Feature; Stores Info for Up to 18-Months
Congress Seeks Answers Around “Address Book-gate” as Apple Promises Fix in Future iOS Update
Reports: Apple Has Amazon China Pull iPad from Its Site
Authorities Tell Proview Execs That an iPad Export Ban is Unlikely
Apple Seeks Permission from Bankruptcy Judge to Sue Kodak
FLA President Pleasantly Surprised by First Look Inside Foxconn Factory
AdAge: Apple Drops iAd Commitment to 100-Thousand-Dollars
Gartner Says iPhone Sales to Decline This Quarter Versus Last Quarter (and the Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow) |
Wed, 15 February 2012
WSJ: Apple Is Testing 8-Inch Tablet Screens
Fortune: No Reason to Expect 8-Inch iPad
Daring Fireball: No Reason to Expect an 8-Inch iPad
NYT: Confiscation of iPads in China Escalates as Proview Complaints Increase
Bloomberg/BusinessWeek: Proview Seeks to Block Export of iPad from China as Trademark Complaints Continue
Apple Sees Significant Delays in Time Capsule Shipping
Bloomberg/BusinessWeek: Pegatron Says It Hasn’t Heard Anything About Inspections of Working Conditions at Factories
JP Morgan Analyst: First Round of PC-Based Ultrabooks Not Likely to Meet With Success Enjoyed by MacBook Air
Barclays Capital Analyst Sees Six Potential Catalysts for Apple Shares
Jeffries and Company Analyst Says Apple Will Start Paying Dividend in Second-Half of 2012
Tim Cook Talks iPhones, Cash, Workers Rights and More at Goldman Sachs Conference
Hear the Tim Cook Presentation at Goldman Sachs Conference at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/conference/ |
Tue, 14 February 2012
Apple Shares Close Above 500-Dollars
NPD Says Spending on Apple Accounts for Close to One-Fifth of Tech Spending in the States
Harris Interactive Poll Puts Apple at Top of US Companies in Terms of Image/Reputation
WSJ Says Next iPad to Support 4G/LTE Connectivity Through AT&T and Verizon
AT&T Doubles Device Upgrade Fee From 18-Dollars to 36-Dollars
Fair Labor Association Begins Inspections of Apple Suppliers
Report: Apple Issues “Them or Us” Ultimatum to Pegatron Over Asustek Ultrabook
Reports Have Authorities in One City in Northern China Pulling iPads from Store Shelves as Trademark Battle Continues
EC Green-Lights Google Acquisition of Motorola Mobility
US DoJ Gives Its Approval for Motoroogle Deal
US DoJ Approves Purchase of Nortel Patents by Apple/Microsoft/RIM Combo
\Apple Streaming Tim Cook Presentation at Goldman Sachs Technology Conference Today at 12:30 PST/3:30 EST at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/conference/ |
Mon, 13 February 2012
Apple Replaces MacBook White with EDU-Only 13-Inch MacBook Air
Apple Insider: Secret Sources Say Style of MacBook Pro to Morph Into Style of MacBook Air
Shaw Wu: Now’s a Sensible Time for Apple to Pay a Dividend
Mizuho Securities Starts Apple Coverage with 635-Dollar Target; Dividend or Stock Buyback Expectation
Electronista: Dwindling Stock at 3rd-Party Resellers Points to New Apple TV Set-Top Box
German Court Rules Against Motorola Mobility in Patent Case Against Apple
Apple Files Suit in California Against Motorola Mobility Over Licensing Suit in Germany
Apple Files a New Suit in the States Against Samsung for Alleged Patent Infringement; Seeks to Block Galaxy Nexus Sales
Electronista: Internal USA Today Numbers Indicate Huge Disparity Between iOS and Android App Adoption |
Fri, 10 February 2012
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All Things D Says Apple Will Hold Event for Next iPad in the First Week of March
The Loop Says “Yep” to All Things D iPad Event Story
Your Daily Mac Puts Release of iOS 5.1 on 9 March (and Maybe Next iPad as Well)
Game Developers Conference 5 March Through 9 March at Moscone Center; May Be Disrupted (Again) by iPad Event
Microsoft Details Plans for Windows on ARM
Germany Says Changes to Saumsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N Enough to Avoid Violating Apple Intellectual Property Rights
NOAA Drops RIM’s BlackBerry for Apple’s iPhone
Analysts for Needham and Company and Canaccord Genuity Raise Price Targets on Apple
SumOfUs.org and Change.org Activists Deliver “Ethical iPhone” Petition to Apple Retail Locations
Report: Foxconn Hacked By Hackers Hacked-Off Over Worker Treatment
Kodak Getting Out of the Consumer Digital Camera Business by Mid-2012
FBI Releases Its Steve Jobs File |
Thu, 9 February 2012
Sponsor Message: Get 10-Percent Off of VMWare Fusion 4 with Coupon Code macosken10 at http://vmware.com/mac
Sprint Sells 1.8-Million iPhones in 4QCY2011; Takes Huge Hit to Bottom Line on Subsidies
CNN Money: The High Cost to Carriers of Carrying iPhone
T-Mobile USA Giving Away Phones and Tablets as Part of “Valentine’s Day Sale” (Three Days Before Valentine’s Day)
Priceonomics: iPhone Best Smartphone Value Over Time
Path Apologizes and Purges Uploaded User Address Book Info
Hipster App Also Sends Address Book Info to Company Servers Without User Knowledge
Hipster Apologizes; Plans to Hold a Privacy Summit
ZDNet Goes Chapter and Verse on iOS Apps and Data Collection
Apple Live-Streaming Paul McCartney Concert Tonight via iTunes and Apple TV
Amazon Makes Streaming Video Deal with Viacom
New EFI Firmware Updates Bring Lion Internet Recovery to MOst Macs Made Since 2010
MacRumors Says Apple Kills MacBook White for Educational Institutions
PCMag Awards Final Cut Pro X “Editors Choice” After Recent Update
Change.org and SumOfUs.org Plan Petition Deliveries at Apple Stores Around the World
Smart Audio Technologies Goes a-Trollin’ Against Apple, Creative Arts, and Philips Over Audio Playlist Patent
Virgin Australia Airline Sued for Not Having Flight CHarts on iPads Before iPad Was Released |
