Tue, 31 July 2012
This Week’s Show Sponsored by Vimov - Makers of Weather HD, Which Gets a Really Pretty Update Today Apple Says OS X Mountain Lion Downloaded Over 3-Million Times in First Four Days Apple Seeds Lion 10.7.5 beta to Developers iLounge: Secret Source Seems to Confirm Mid-September iPhone Announcement All Things D: September 12 Date for Apple Event “Confirmed” Strategy Analytics: iPhone Gains Share and Android Loses Share in 2Q CY2012 Versus 2Q CY2011 Jury Selected in U.S. Apple v. Samsung Trial Apple Sued by Taiwan University Over Alleged Patent Infringement in Siri NYC Police Commissioner: 40% of Things stolen in NYC are iThings NY State Audit Says NYC MTA Slanted Bidding for Grand Central Location in Apple’s Favor Microsoft Admits in 10-K That Making the Surface Might Bother Partners and Smartphones and Tablets Might Hurt PCs Apple Design Knight Jony Ive Speaks in Posters and T-Shirts About Apple |
Mon, 30 July 2012
This Week’s Show Sponsored by Vimov - Makers of Weather HD, Which Gets a Really Pretty Update on Tuesday
iMore: Secret Sources Says New iPhone and iPad Mini to be Announced on 12 September
Best Buy Reduces iPhone 4 Price to $49.99 (with New 2-Year Contract)
Apple Agrees to Buy Biometrics and NFC Firm AuthenTec for $356 Million
Apple Purchase of AuthenTec Could Be Slowed by Shareholder-Related Investigation
NYT: Apple Was Thinking About Investing in Twitter at One Point and May Think Again About Investing in Twitter
WSJ: Apple Investing in Twitter Talk was So 2011
Apple Legal Still Slugging Away at Amazon for Using the Term “Appstore”
5 Injured at Far-East Enclosure Maker Catcher
Google Brings Photorealistic 3D-Maps to iOS via Google Earth App
Nokia Stops Production at Lone Remaining Plant in Finland
Apple Has New Ads on TV (You May Already Hate Them)
Forbes: Proview Lawyers Want iPad Trademark Turned Over to Them (Not Apple) Until Proview (Not Apple) Pays Them |
Fri, 27 July 2012
Apple v. Samstuff: Court Documents Show Apple Pulling in 49-58% Gross Margins on iPhone and 23-32% Gross Margins on iPad
Apple v. Samstuff: Court Documents Reveal Prototype iPhones and iPads
Apple v. Samstuff: Samsung May Try to Use Sony-Inspired iPhone Design Exercise Against Apple in Trial
Apple v. Samstuff: Documents Show Awareness by Samsung Employees of Similarities to Apple Products, Perhaps Enough to Confuse Consumers
Apple v. Samstuff: Documents Show Google and Designers Warning Samsung Against Too Much Similarity to iThings
Apple v. Samstuff: Settlement Talks Last Week End in Stalemate
Apple v. Samstuff: Apple WOuld Like $2.525 Billion from Samsung
Apple v. Samstuff: Judge Koh Denies Samsung Request to Increase Time and Number of Exhibits at Trial
Apple Gets EU-wide Injunction Against Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7; Denied Injunctions Against Galaxy Tab 10.1N and Galaxy Nexus
London Court Stays Apple Court Ordered Samsung Messages, Pending Appeal
BTIG Analyst Thinks Longer Upgrade Cycles at Carriers Hurt iPhone Sales in Apple 3Q FY2012 Windows Malware Spotted Tied to App in iOS App Store
Now Safari 6 for Windows
Apple Opening New Store in Barcelona on 28 July
Time Names Steve Jobs One of the 20 Most Influential People in American History |
Thu, 26 July 2012
Apple Releases Mountain Lion 9 to 5 Mac: Apple Re-Issues Up-to-Date Promo Codes for Mountain Lion RoaringApps.com Shows Application Compatibility with Mountain Lion Before Making the Upgrade Apple Issues MacBook Air Firmware Update 1.6 to Bring Mountain Lion’s “Power Nap” to Mid-2011 MacBook Airs Apple Releases Safari 6.0 Apple Updates iWork, iPhoto, iMovie and Aperture Apple Updates iWork for iOS Titles to v1.6.1 to Add iCloud Synchronization Apple Updates Xcode, Remote Desktop and iTunes U Apple Updates iOS Podcasts App to Version 1.0.1 Apple Sends Out Reminders: iWork.com beta Closes for Good on 31 July Analysts Stay Strong on Apple Despite Disappointment in 3Q FY2012 Earnings Fortune: Indies Miss 3Q Numbers in a Big Way, While Morgan Stanley’s Katey Huberty Comes Closest to a Bullseye |
Wed, 25 July 2012
Apple Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Earnings, Beating Its Own Guidance While Missing Expectations
Apple Makes Third Quarter Earnings Call Available as a Podcast
Fortune Takes a Look at Apple’s Earnings Call
Apple Releasing Mountain Lion to Consumers Today Via Mac App Store |
Tue, 24 July 2012
451/ChangeWave Survey Shows “Unprecedented” Demand for Apple’s Next iPhone; No Joy This Fall for Phone Makers Besides Apple and Samsung
Reuters Joins the Long Line of News Orgs Saying Apple Will Shrink Dock Connector in Next iPhone
iMore Source Says Apple Will Make a 19-Pin to 30-Pin Adaptor
WSJ: Apple Gets Paid for iThings Before It Pays for iThings
In-App Purchase Hacker Says iOS 6 Fix Kills In-App Purchase Hack
DoJ Bashes Apple’s Argument Against eBook Price Fixing Settlement Proposal
Wait Time for MacBook Pro with Retina Display in US Apple Store Drops to 1-2 Weeks
Apple Taps Martin Scorsese as Latest Pitchman for Siri and iPhone 4S
Rare Pixar Image Computer Up for Bids on eBay
Apple Reports 3Q FY2012 Earnings Today at 2pm Pacific/5pm Eastern |
Mon, 23 July 2012
FBR Analyst Bullish on Apple, Though Concerned Over Last Quarter and This One
Bernstein Research Analyst Bullish on Apple, Though Concerned Over Last Quarter and This One
Verizon Reports iPhone Sales of 2.7 Million Units for the June Quarter, or Growth of 17% YoY
New iPad with Retina Display Sees Orderly Launch in China
Apple Offers Developers a Quick-Fix Against In-App Purchase Stealing; Promises Permanent Fix in iOS 6
Forbes: Russian Developer Replicates iOS In-App Purchase Stealing Hack for Mac App Store
20th Century Fox Brings Its Movies to iTunes in the Cloud
Apple Expands Countries Covered by iTunes Movies in the Cloud
Apple and Motorola Mobility Each Appeal Judge Posner’s June Dismissal of Their Suit/Countersuit
Apple Appealing Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Design Loss in the UK
Qantas Rolling Out iPad as In-Flight Entertainment on Domestic 767 Fleet
Report: Apple Building “Tactical” Data Center Next to Current Data Center in Maiden, NC |
Fri, 20 July 2012
Big bummer. No news today. |
Thu, 19 July 2012
Pacific Crest Analyst Thinks The Street Expects Too Much from Apple’s 3Q Earnings (Though He’s Still Bullish on Apple) U.K. Judge Orders Apple to Post Messages and Run Ads Saying Samsung Did Not Copy the iPad with the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Samsung Tries to Block Numerous References to Steve Jobs in Upcoming U.S. Trial Judge Koh Bars Jobs’ “Thermonuclear War” Against Android Remarks from Upcoming Apple/Samsung Trial Judge Koh Denies Joint Request by Apple and Samsung to Seal Most Documents in July 30th Trial NY Senator Schumer Urges U.S. DoJ to “Drop the Apple E-Books Suit” Apple Issues MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Update 1.0 for Mid-2012 Machines OMG: Apple Intros SMS Order Status Service ;) Portuguese Association for Consumer Protection to Sue Apple Over Allegedly Misleading AppleCare Marketing Apple Buys Land for Austin, Texas Expansion |
Wed, 18 July 2012
WSJ: Next iPhone to Use In-LCD Touch Sensors for Thinner, Better Screens Munster Marvels at Planned Purchases of Next iPhone Morgan Stanley Analyst Thinks The Street Expects Too Much from Apple’s 3Q Earnings (Though She’s Still Bullish on Apple) SMH: Australian Airline Qantas Drops BlackBerry for iPhone Evercore Partners Analyst: 25% of Tablets Replacing PCs and Another 25% “Effectively” Replacing PCs Apple Loses Design Patent Case Against Motorola Over Xoom in Germany Wired: Apple Awarded Major Patent Covering Touchscreens, GUIs and Data Apple Looking Into Audio Issues Between Some New MacBook Airs and 27” Thunderbolt Display EPEAT Reviewing All Ultra-Think Laptops in Its Program (Not Because of Apple, Just Because (of Apple)) |
Tue, 17 July 2012
Munster Thinks 3Q iPhone Sales Concerns Are Overblown; Suggests Clients Buy Apple Ahead of Next Week’s Earnings Call
FT: European Wireless Carriers Reportedly Stocking Up on nano-SIMs in Preparation for Next iPhone
Munster Expects 5-Percent Year-Over-Year Growth for Mac in 3Q FY2012 Earnings Report
The Mac Observer: Samsung Expected to Widen Its Smartphone Sales Lead Over Apple
Macworld UK: Apple and Samsung Bicker Over Jury Instructions Ahead of U.S. Trial
iOS 6 beta 3 Brings in icloud.com Email Option and Improved Apple Maps App
Fortune: Sources Say mac.com and me.com Email Addresses will Still Work in iCloud.com World
Apple Releases New Developer Preview of Xcode 4.5 Along with iOS 6 beta 3
Apple Surprisingly Adds MacBook Pro with Retina Display to EPEAT Roster with “Gold” Status
Apple Plays Whack-a-Mole with Russian Developer Hacking the In-App Purchase System
Adobe Issues DIY Fix for InDesign Crashes on Updates Mid-2012 MacBook Airs and MacBook Pros
Google Nexus 7 Said to Be Sold Out in the States (Though What That Means is a Mystery) |
Mon, 16 July 2012
9 to 5 Mac: Rumored Apple Retail Overnight May Hint at OS X Mountain Lion Release on Wednesday 25 July
Apple Brings Eligible Products Back to EPEAT
TUAW: Wait Times Improve for MacBook Pro with Retina Display
NYT: Secret Sources Say Apple Will Out a 7.85-inch iPad This Year
Apple Legal Sends Letters to U.S. Sellers of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to Stop Selling the Device
Russian Developer Offers Method for Stealing In-App Purchases (and Gets Access to User Personal Data Too)
Apple Investigating Russian In-App Stealing Workaround
GigaOm: AT&T Drops Price on Nokia Lumia 900 to $49.99 (and Why It Won’t Help)
CNET: Why the Next iPhone Shouldn’t Be Called “iPhone”
NYT: Why Smartphones Should Be Called Trackers Instead |
Fri, 13 July 2012
Nielsen: Android Still Top Smartphone OS in the States, Apple Still Top Smartphone Maker
Janney Capital Markets Analyst Ups Apple Target Based on Strength of Next iPhone
Business Insider: Amazon Plucks Windows Phone Exec from Microsoft (Second One This Year)
Needham & Co. Analyst Ups 3Q FY2012 iPad Sales Expectations to 20-Million Units
China Daily: Some Doubt New iPad’s Success in China Thanks to Grey Market and Long Delay
IDC: An iPad mini Released This Year Would Cement Apple’s Tablet Dominance Through 2016
Rumor: News Corp Mulls Killing Its Tablet-Only News Source “The Daily”
Google Dropping Chrome Development for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard After Version 21
Greenpeace Gives Apple Marginally Better Grades on Its Made-Up Data Center Report Card
Barrons: Citigroup is Not Down on Apple, It Just Lost Its Apple Guy
Apple Opens “Food and Drink” Category on iOS App Store with 2,800 Apps
Apple Reopens SoHo Store in NYC on 14 July at 10AM |
Thu, 12 July 2012
IDC and Gartner Agree and Disagree on Mac Shipments for 2Q CY2012
Fortune: Apple Helped Create Original EPEAT Standards and is Helping with the EPEAT Update
Recent Versions of Adobe InDesign Crashing on New MacBook Pros and Airs
GetShell.A: Interesting Malware for Older Mac Operating Systems, PCs and Linux Machines
UK Retailer Currys/PC World Expects “Apple Mystery Product” to be a Top-Seller This Holiday Season
Microsoft COO: 44 Stores by June of 2013
WSJ Hears Rumors Indicating Amazon Smartphone in the Works
Tim Cook Spotted at Allen & Co. Event
Ronald Wayne to Open and Attend the Appule Pro User Live Expo in London |
Wed, 11 July 2012
Barclays Capital Analyst: Possible Negatives in Apple 3Q Earnings Already Factored-In
BMO Analyst Raises Apple Target Price to $700 Despite Potential Near Term Misses
Bernstein Research Analyst Think T-Mobile USA Could FInally Get the iPhone in 2013
San Francisco Says No More Macs for City Agencies After Apple Withdraws from EPEAT Program
The Loop: Apple Touts Environmental Friendliness of Its Computers Despite EPEAT Withdrawal
iPad with Retina Display Set for Sale in China Beginning 20 July
Ballmer Indicates Microsoft Taking Serious Aim at Apple
Ballmer: Surface is a Design Point (Against Which Partners will Have to Compete)
WSJ Says Google Close to Settling Safari Cookie Case for $22.5 Million |
Tue, 10 July 2012
Apple Releases Gold Master of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion to Developers
Apple Releases Gold Master Seed of Xcode 4.4 and Urges Developers to Submit Their Mountain Lion Apps
Speculation: Mountain Lion May Check to Make Sure a Mac Can Run Mountain Lion Before Downloading
Apple Reportedly Targeting for Takedown Sites Offering Access to the iOS 6 beta for Non-Developer Program Members
Topeka Capital Markets Analyst Sees Weakness for Apple’s Taiwanese Suppliers (Though He’s Still Stoked About Apple)
Munster: At $299, Apple Could Sell 4-6 Million “iPad minis” in the Holiday Quarter
Apple Sees Slight Smartphone Share Decline in Russia as Samsung’s Share More Than Doubles
Apple Sees Smartphone Share Nearly Double in China as Market Grows 164%
Apple Moves from 111th to 55th Place on 2012 Fortune Global 500
UK Judge Says Samsung Galaxy Tabs to Do Not Infringe iPad Design Patents Because They’re Not as Cool
Macworld UK: Outrage Over 12+ Rating for iOS App “Pole Dancer Pro” |
Mon, 9 July 2012
Wedge Partners Analyst Suggests Drawing Down iPhone Sales Expectation for Last Quarter and Current Quarter |
Fri, 6 July 2012
WSJ Hears Talk of an iPad mini
Bloomberg: Amazon Developing a Smartphone of Its Own
App Store Hit by Bug Causing Updated Apps to Crash
Apple Acknowledges iOS Updated Apps Crash Bug
Apple Fixes iOS Updated Apps Crash Bug
Macworld: Trojan Horse Found In (and Removed From) iOS App Store
Fortune: Apple Loses Against HTC in Courts Both Here and Abroad
Apple and Samsung Whittle Down Claims Ahead of US Case
Google Pushing Update to Eliminate Samsung Galaxy Nexus Ban; Plans to Request Review of Apple-Held Patent
Munster Sees Apple Adding a Few Verticals a Year to Siri’s Services
Apple Sued in China Over Alleged Patent Violation in Siri
Best Buy Test Stores Seem to Take Cues from Apple Retail |
Wed, 4 July 2012
Secret Sources Tell Bloomberg That a Low-Cost iPad-Mini is Coming by Year’s End
NPD: Tablets to Overtake Laptops in Mobile PC Share in 2017
Sharp Sales Fall for Wintek Could Mean In-Cell Panels for Next iPhone
O2 UK: Study Shows People Using Smartphones as Everything But Phones
Amazon Reportedly Buys Its Way Into the 3D-Mapping Game with Purchase of UpNext
Apple Appeals Latest Charges by Italian Competition and Marketing Authority
Kodak Gets Go-Ahead to Sell Patents Despite Apple Protests
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview for Rent Through iTunes
Cult of Mac: Apple Loads Retina Display MacBook Pro with 10 Liquid Sensors
Horace Dediu: PC to Mac Sales Ratio Back to 1985’s 20-to-1
Fortune’s Elmer-DeWitt Figures 2003’s Release of iTunes for Windows Started the Ratio's Return |
Tue, 3 July 2012
TUAW: Apple Sets 3QFY2012 Earnings Call for 24 July, Which May Mean Mountain Lion on 25 July
ComScore: Android Still Dominant in the States with iOS a Strong Second; Samsung First in Smartphones with Apple in Third
NetApplications: iOS Owns Mobile Web Share, Mac Shows Slow and Steady Growth
Apple Updates iOS Device-Management App Configurator to v1.1
Apple Adding “Food and Drink” Category to iOS App Store
Topeka Capital Markets Analyst Likes the Way the Apple v. Samsung Things is Going
Italian Competition and Market Authority Still Upset with Apple Over AppleCare
Apple Reminds iWork.com beta Users to Clear Out Their Things by 31 July
UK Retailer John Lewis Sees Strong Sales in Electronics Thanks Largely to New iPad
HP Opts Out of Making ARM-Based Windows RT Tablets
CA Governor Gives Apple’s Spaceship Campus Special Review Designation |
Mon, 2 July 2012
Goldman Sachs Analyst: Current Crop of iOS Users Worth $295 Billion to Apple
Bernstein Research Analyst Concerned Over Possible 3Q FY2012 Weakness for iPhone in China (Though He Leaves His Numbers Unchanged)
Munster: Typing Into Google Yields Better Comprehension and Accuracy Than Talking to Siri
Chinese Court Says Apple and Proview Settle iPad Trademark Suit for $60 Million
Apple Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Samsung-Made Galaxy Nexus
Samsung Files Motion to Appeal Galaxy Nexus Preliminary Injunction
Judge Koh Denies Entirety of Huge Summary Judgement Motion Brought by Samsung
Google: Chrome Browser Issue Was Crashing and Freezing New MacBook Airs
CNET: Best Buy Discounts New MacBook Airs and MacBook Pro with Retina Display
Apple Closes MobileMe, Though Leaves Time to Transfer Files to iCloud |