Tue, 31 January 2012
Tim Cook Says Apple “Didn’t Bet High Enough” on iPhone 4S Demand
Apple Actively Discussing Best Use of Its 98-Billion Dollars
Apple Calls iCloud Part of Its Strategy for the Next Decade
Apple TV Still a Hobby (Though One About Which Cook Seems Excited)
Tim Cook Sees “Huge Opportunity” for Apple in Brazil
TUAW: Progress Seen Toward Brazilian iPad Production
Florian Mueller: Judge’s Interpretation of Apple Patent Could Have Significant Bearing on Android as a Whole
Samsung Loses Complaint Against Apple in Germany, While Italians Get an Explanation About AppleCare and the Law
Report: T-Mobile USA to Offer Official (Though Limited) Support for Unlocked iPhones on Its Network
Apple Announces New Employee Discounts for Macs and iPads
TMO: Questions Remain About New Apple Employee Discounts
The Telegraph: The Thorny Issue of Apple and Human Rights
Apple Insider: NYT Sort of Buries Chinese Response to Apple and Human Rights Story
Apple CEO Responds to Allegations of Indifference to Human Rights Abuses in Supply Chain
Report: Wisconsin Buying 1,400 iPads with Money it Got from a Microsoft Settlement
Former Apple Exec Jon Rubinstein Out of HP
Former Apple Retail Chief Outlines Plans for JC Penney |
Mon, 30 January 2012
Macworld/iWorld: A conversation with SecureMac about their new Mac app PrivacyScan |
Thu, 26 January 2012
Analysts Trip Over Themselves to Raise Apple Target Price |
Wed, 25 January 2012
Apple Posts Record Revenue, Profit, Mac, iPhone, and iPad Sales Forbes: Apple FYQ1 Crushes Street Estimates MarketWatch Runs Through Wall Street Expectations Ahead of the Apple Earnings Call Electronista: Apple Retakes Smartphone Lead from Samsung in Holiday Quarter Verizon Earnings Show 55-Percent of Its Smartphones Sold Last Quarter Were iPhones Apple Posts FY1Q Earnings Call as Podcast Gartner: Apple the Biggest Buyer of Semiconductors in CY2011 One Carrier in Denmark Says Lumia 800 Windows Phone Demand is Comparable to iPhone 4S Demand, Two Others Say It’s Not Reuters: Apple Loses Appeal to Bar Sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the Netherlands 24 January 2012: The Mac Turns 28 First Lady Michelle Obama Invites Steve Jobs’ Widow Laurene Powell Jobs to Be Guest at State of the Union Address |
Tue, 24 January 2012
Pew Internet Survey Says Ownership of Tablets Nearly Doubled Over the Holidays, As Did Ownership of eReaders
British Airways Expanding iPad Deployment for Cabin Crew
Global Equities Research Says 350k iBooks Textbooks Downloaded in First Three Day; 90k Downloads of iBooks Authors
Apple Launches Support pages for New iTunes U at http://www.apple.com/support/itunes-u/
Apple Names Anderson Teixeira Its First Ever Head of Latin American Division
Ovum: Android to be Bigger with Developers than iOS by Start of 2013
Virgin America Dubs One of Its Planes “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish” |
Mon, 23 January 2012
Piper Jaffray Analyst Pleased with Apple Education Announcements
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pilot Bodes Well for iBooks Textbooks
CNET: Apple’s Answers to EDU Raise at Least as Many Questions
RIM Co-CEOs Out, New CEO “Confident” in Current Line of BlackBerry Phones and PlayBook Software Update
M1 Selling Modified, No-Camera iPhones to Members of Singapore Military
Apple Seeks to Stop Kodak from Trading on a Digital Camera Patent It Says It Owns
German Court Hands Samsung a Legal Loss and Apple Hands Samsung a New Lawsuit
Apple Releases Driver Update for Brother Printers
Foxconn Clarifies Gou Remarks Likening Workers to Animals
Extra Credit Reading: THE iECONOMY - How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work |
Fri, 20 January 2012
Apple Announces iBooks 2, iBooks Textbooks, and iBooks Author
Engadet and All Things D: iBooks Textbooks Top Out at $14.99
TechCrunch: iBooks Textbooks Start with Eight Titles Despite Partnerships with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill and Pearson
Apple New iTunes U App for iOS Devices; Organizes All Aspects of Courses Into App
Apple Updates iTunes to v10.5.3 Adding Support iBooks Textbooks Syncing
Business Insider: Potential Problems in the Way of Apple’s EDU Revolution
Apple Posts Thursday EDU Event as a Podcast on iTunes Here
China Unicom Says First-Week iPhone 4S Sales Better Than First-Week iPhone 4 Sales
Security Firm Study Finds iOS Taking Top Spot From BlackBerry in Corporate Smartphones
IHS: Windows Phone to Take Second Place from iOS Phones in 2015
IHS iSuppli: Apple World’s Largest Buyer of Microphones in 2011
At the Taipei Zoo: Hon Hai Chairman Likens Managing Million-Person Workforce to Managing a Million Animals |
Thu, 19 January 2012
Credit Suisse Analyst Reiterates Overweight Rating on Apple Shares Based on iPhone and iPad Strength RBC Capital Analyst Ups Apple Price Target to 525-Dollars Shaw Wu: iPad 3 Likely to Drive iPad Sales to 48-Million Units in CY2012 Nielsen: iPhone 4S Helps iOS Narrow Gap with Android in 4Q CY2011 Apple Shares Back in Record-High Territory New Study Sees Big Value in Used-iPhone Market Nissan Shows Off “Self Healing” iPhone Case Apple Issues Sixth beta of OS X 10.7.3 to Developers IDC Expects Rebound for Dedicated Handheld Game Devices in 2012 IHS: In-App Purchases to Make Up Nearly Two-Thirds of Mobile App Revenue by 2015 Canadians Call for Apple to Do Something About Desirability of Apple Products (or Something) |
Wed, 18 January 2012
Piper Jaffray Raises 1Q FY2012 iPhone Sales Expectations; Lowers Expectations for Holiday Mac Sales
Shipping Time on iPhone 4S Drops to 3 to 5 Business Days in the States
Canaccord Genuity Analyst Stoked for Next iPhone and iPad and New MacBook Airs; Not Worried About Ultrabooks
Macotakara Sources Say iPad 3 and iOS 5.1 Event in February; Release in March
Report: iOS 5.1 beta 3 Full of Hints of Facebook Integration
Apple Opens iTunes Match to 19 New Countries
Apple Brings New Smartphone Suit Against Samsung in Germany
Upcoming Book - Inside Apple - Says Scott Forestall Likely Next CEO of Apple
Inside Apple Says Eddy Cue the Real “Dealmaker” for Jobs and Cook
Ars Technica: Apple EDU Event to Include Textbook Platform to “Digitally Destroy” Textbook Publishing
Fortune: Apple EDU Event Being Blown Our of Proportion
Revisiting Jobs’ Thoughts on Textbooks Today from the Walter Isaacson Biography
ZDNet: Publishers Stoked for Apple EDU Event and the Chance to Kill the Used Textbook Market
WSJ: iWork Head Roger Rosner Said to Be Leading eTextbook Initiative |
Tue, 17 January 2012
IDG Study: 9-out-of-10 Business People with iPads Use It More for Business Than Anything Else DigiTimes Sources Says Microsoft and Intel Pricing May Strangle Wintel Tablets Before They Get Going TechCrunch: Windows 8 ARM-Based Tablets Will Be Windows 8 Only Apple Opens iTunes Match to the Netherlands German Interior Ministry Bans iPhones and BlackBerries for Ministry Employees Apple No. 8 on Interbrands 100 Best Global Brands of 2011 Classic Computing: 80 Minutes with John Sculley InIcons Drops Plans for Creepy Steve Jobs Action Figure |
Mon, 16 January 2012
NYT: Apple Suspends Sales of iPhone at Its Physical Stores in Mainland China / iPhone Gets Fourth and Potentially Disruptive Carrier in France / Bloomberg Sources Say Next iPad Due in March; Will Sport High-Def Display, Quad-Core Processor, and 4G/LTE Support / Morgan Stanley Analyst Sees, Thinner, Quad-Core 3G/4G/LTE iPhone Later This Year / Apple Loses Preliminary Ruling in ITC Case Against Motorola / Apple Makes Supplier Responsibility Report More Transparent; Joins Fair Labor Association / iPodNN: Email Reportedly from Tim Cook Talks FLA Membership and Apple Working for Supply Chain Workers / Apple Supplier Responsibility Report Confirms Aluminum Dust as Cause of Foxconn and Pegatron Explosions in 2011 / Apple Expands Recycling Program in UK, France, and Germany to Include iPhones and iPads / Apple Supplier to Take 6-Million Dollar Hit to Making USB and Power Cords More Eco-Friendly |
Fri, 13 January 2012
Sponsor Message: Get 10-Percent Off of VMWare Fusion 4 with Coupon Code macosken10 at http://vmware.com/mac / MacNN: Thousand Cue-Up for iPhone 4S in China / Sanlitun Beijing Store Fails to Open on iPhone 4S Day; Gets Pelted by Eggs / Piper Jaffray Analyst Says the Next iPhone is Going to Be Bigger Than Big in Terms of Sales / Verizon Says All of Its New Smartphones in 2012 Will Be 4G/LTE Devices / Macworld: Big Phone-Makers at CES Talk Trimming the Number of Models on the Market / UBS Sees Huge Holiday-Quarter for Apple Based on Huge Holiday Quarters for Apple Suppliers / Target Confirms Plans for Apple Mini-Stores at 25 Locations as Part of Bigger Store-in-Store Push / ForeSee Survey: Apple.com Tops in Satisfaction for Shopping Via Mobile Devices / Report: Apple Leasing Space for 1,300 Workers in Sunnyvale / Samsung Exec Belittles Steve Jobs Statements About “Cracking” TV / Lenovo CEO: Apple Has Tablets Locked Up Near Term |
Thu, 12 January 2012
Sponsor Message: Get 10-Percent Off of VMWare Fusion 4 with Coupon Code macosken10 at http://vmware.com/mac / Apple Sends Invitations for NYC Education Event on 19 January / Gartner: PC Sales Fall 1.4-Percent Worldwide in 4Q CY2011; Down Nearly 6-Percent in the States / IDC: PC Sales Fall 0.17-Percent Worldwide in 4Q CY2011; Down 6.7-Percent in the States / MacRumors: Apple Issues Fifth beat of Mac OS X 10.7.3 Update / Piper Jaffray Analyst Up iPhone Sales Expectations to 30-Million Units for Holiday Quarter / T-Mobile USA Says It’s Still Interested in Having an iPhone / Imagination Technologies Announces Series6 of PowerVR GPUs / Apple Confirms Purchase of Israeli Flash-Firm Anobit / Spanish Tablet-Maker Accuses Apple of Extortion / Reuters Source Says Over 250 Apple Employees Attending CES / PaidContent.org: Apple Head of iOS Marketing Seen Prowling the Floor at CES / Sony Entertainment Network Plans iOS App for Its Music Unlimited Service This Quarter |
Wed, 11 January 2012
Sponsor Message: Get 10-Percent Off of VMWare Fusion 4 with Coupon Code macosken10 at http://vmware.com/mac / iLounge Editor-in-Chief Says He’s Seen (What Appears to Be) iPad 3 / 9 to 5 Mac: References in iOS 5.1 beta 3 Seem to Indicate Siri for iPad at Some Point / Report: SAP Second, Korea Telecom First in Corporate iPad Deployment / Amazon Launches Kindle Store Optimized for iPad / Corning Plans Improved Gorilla Glass for Second-Half of 2012 / Verizon and News Corp Do Deal to Put The Daily on Verizon Android Devices / New Class-Action Suit Take Issue with AT&T/iPhone Exclusivity, Closed App Store Model, and Disco / Eastman Kodak Files Suit Against Apple and HTC for Alleged Patent Violation Related to Digital Imaging / Apple Tops Ipsos Reid Survey of “Leading Edge” Brands with Canadians / Report: iOS Acceleration Made Objective-C the Fastest Growing Programming Language in 2011 |
Tue, 10 January 2012
Sponsor Message: Get 10-Percent Off of VMWare Fusion 4 with Coupon Code macosken10 at http://vmware.com/mac / Apple Sets Annual Shareholder Meeting for 23 February / Tim Cook Paid 900-Thousand Times More Than His Predecessor as Apple CEO / Deutsche Bank Analyst Says Various Legal Offensives By Apple Against Android Could Yield Bales of Cash / NPD: iPhone Steals Significant Share from Android in October/November 2011 U.S. Sales / ChangeWave Sees Continued Strength for “Intent to Buy” and Satisfaction for iPhone / Analysts From Goldman and Needham Up Expectations Ahead of 1Q FY2012 Apple Earnings Report / WSJ: Regulatory Approval for Apple Device Could Mean Second Carrier Soon for iPhone in China / 9 to 5 Mac: References Found to Quad-Core Processing in Second iOS 5.1 beta / iPodNN: Third iOS 5.1 beta Brings Back the “Enable 3G” Toggle / PC World: Apple Inspiration All Over CES / Samsung Makes Interesting TV Announcements at CES / Nuance Launches Dragon TV Platform for OEMs at CES / Acer Blatantly Copies iCloud Promo Material in Introducing AcerCloud / High-End Audio Component Maker Klipsch Gets Stoked About AirPlay / GigaOm: Thunderbolt Makes Noise at CES |
Mon, 9 January 2012
Sponsor Message: Get 10-Percent Off of VMWare Fusion 4 with Coupon Code macosken10 at http://vmware.com/mac / Forrester Research: Global Enterprise Spending on Apple to Rise 50-Percent This Year / Bernstein Analyst: Apple Makes More Money Reselling NAND Flash Than NAND Flash-Makers Make Making It / China Unicom Offering Free iPhone 4S with Two-Year or Three-Year Contract / Nine Chinese Authors Sue Apple for Unauthorized Apps Featuring Their Writings / DigiTimes Says Two iPads This Year (And Business Insider Misrepresents Gruber) / Gruber Agrees with DigiTimes on iPad 3 in March; Disagrees on iPad 4 This Fall / Rumor: Apple Eyes Target for New Store-In-a-Store Partnership / Rovio Sees 6.5-Million Downloads of Angry Birds on Christmas Day 2011 / Disney Mobile Sees 6-Million Downloads of “Where’s My Water” for Android and iOS During Holiday Week 2011 / Motorola Warns of 4Q CY2011 Miss on Expectations / WWDCAlerts: Two Developers Set Up Alerts for WWDC Ticket Availability at http://wwdcalerts.com / PaidContent: Apple Legal Probably Can’t Stop the InIcons Steve Jobs Action Figure |
Fri, 6 January 2012
Verizon CFO: We Sold 4.2-Million iPhones Last Quarter / UBS Analyst Sees Around 35-Million iPhone Sold in 1Q FY2012 Based on Verizon Number / Shaw Wu Sees Next iPhone as Biggest Apple Story of 2012 / Barclays Analyst Says Investors Should Not Worry Over Conservative 2Q FY2012 Guidance from Apple (Assuming Apple Issues Conservative 2Q FY2012 Guidance) / Judge Denies Samsung Request for Preliminary Injunction Against Sales of iPhone 4S in Italy / Apple and Elan Microelectronics Settle Patent Suits / Report: Apple Plucks Adobe Exec to Head iAds / The Guardian Out of the UK Says Apple Not Believed to Be Bidding for Premier League TV Rights (Citing No Sources) / Reality TV Powerhouse Ditches Apple’s Final Cut for Avid / Nielsen Soundscan: US Album Sales Up for the First Time Since 2004 / Seagate Says HDD Demand will Outpace Supply for 2012 / Apple Reportedly Eyeing Store for Halifax, Nova Scotia / Infinity Blade Titles Earn 30-Million Dollars in Revenue in a Little Over One Year / Apple Moves to Block Creepy Steve Jobs Action Figure / Toy-Maker Doubts Apple Has Legal Case Against Jobs Action Figure |
Thu, 5 January 2012
Apple Q1 FY2012 Earnings Call Set for 24 January / Apple Launching iPhone 4S in China and 21 Other Countries on 13 January / ABI Research Sees Huge Gulf in App Consumption Between iPads and Android-Based Tablets / NPD/DisplaySearch: Tablets to Share Equal Footing with Notebooks by 2017 / The Daily Mail Says Apple Expected to Bid on Premier League TV Rights (Though It Doesn’t Say WHy It Thinks So) / USA Today: Apple Television Talk to Rule CES Without an Apple Presence at the Show / Secret Source Says Jony Ive has “Slick 50-Inch TV” in His Design Shop / Roku Plans “Streaming Stick” for Second Half of 2012 / Motions Still in Motion in Apple v. Psystar / Canadian Man Says He Crossed U.S. Border with Scan of Passport on His iPad / Customs Says Guy Crossing Border with iPad Passport-Scan Also had His Birth Certificate (He Says He Did Not) / Rupert Murdoch Tweets Disappointment with Isaacson Biography of Jobs / Thurrott: Sources Say Windows and Nokia to Pay AT&T Retail Workers a Big Bounty on Each Nokia Windows Phone Sold |
Wed, 4 January 2012
TechCrunch: Apple NYC Event to Involve Publishers and iBookStore and No New Hardware / Clayton Morris: NYC Event to Focus on iTunesU and Apple in Education / iPodNN: January Event Rumors Seem to Center on Textbooks, eBooks, and iBooks / Business Insider Finds Support for Education at Apple Event in Isaacson Bio of Jobs / Ticonderoga Securities and Piper Jaffray Bullish on Apple Into 2012 / Morgan Keegan Analyst Lowers Apple 12-Month Price Target Slightly; Still Bullish on Apple Into 2012 / Barclays Analyst Thinks Addition of Disney CEO to Apple Board Could Lead to Apple-Shareholder Dividends / MacRumors: Mac Pros May (or May Not) Be in for a Refresh / Apple Continues “Mystery Bag” Sales on New Year’s Day in Japan / Apple Hosting Far-East Sales for Chinese Lunar New Year This Friday / Flurry Analytics: Worldwide Mobile App Downloads Cross One-Billion in One Week for Last Week of 2011 / RIM Cuts Price of All BlackBerry PlayBooks to 300-Dollars / DigiTimes Reruns “Two New iPads Plus iPad 2” Story Dropping the Macworld/iWorld Bit / Adam Lashinsky’s Book “Inside Apple” Set for 25 January Release |
Tue, 3 January 2012
All Things D: Apple Rumored to Hold Small but Significant Media Event in NYC at End of January / TMO: Secret Source Says iPhone Made Up 66-Percent of Sales at Corporate-Owned AT and T Stores in December / Apple to Appeal 1.2-Million-Dollar Italian Fine Related to AppleCare / Stories Citing Argentinian-Ban on iPhone Sales Deemed False / Siri Imitators Show Up on Android Market / Google Pulls “Siri for Android” from Android Market While Other Blatant Imitators Remain / Rumor has Apple Opening New London, Ontario Store This Fall / Largest Apple Authorized Reseller in France Sues Apple for Alleged Unfair Competition / Door at Lehigh Valley Apple Store Shatter Nine Times in 2011 / Jonathan Ive Receives Knighthood / Cirque du Mac at Macworld/iWorld Set for Friday 27 January / Apple Rejects Steve Jobs-Themed “Tribute Calendar” App / Toy Companies Plan February Release for Creepy Steve Jobs Action Figure |