Fri, 29 March 2013
Facebook Holding Android Press Event Next Week; Fabled Facebook Phone Expected by Many Rumor: Samsung to Get Dedicated Store-in-Store Areas in Select Best Buy Locations Apple Releases Refined and Streamlined Find My Friends App for iOS Apple Issues Update for Final Cut Pro X, Motion, and Compressor Apple Launches Online Final Cut Promo Aimed at Video Pros Apple Releases Apple Launches New iPad and iPad mini Promotional Page Apple Highlights Parents Guide to iTunes in UK App Store After Rash of Complaints About Kids and App Store Purchases Apple Making iTunes Store “Report a Problem” Option More Accessible Apple Hiring Maps Ground Truth Workers for Lots of Parts of the Planet |
Thu, 28 March 2013
Shaw Wu Sees T-Mobile USA Adding iPhone as a Big Deal for Apple Munster: iPhone 5 Launch Saw 5x the Number of Twitter Mentions as the Galaxy S4 Launch Pacific Crest Analyst Lowers iPhone and iPad Sales Expectations for Current Quarter Apple Thinks Judge Koh Made $85 Million Error in Award Owed by Samsung Apple Sued by Chinese Firm for Alleged IP Infringement Related to Siri Fortune: Chinese People Not Buying Chinese Apple Bashing Reuters: Popularity Helps Buffer Apple from Chinese State-Media Attacks WSJ: Commenters on Chinese Financial Magazine Website Rail Against State-Run Monopolies in Wake of Apple Editorials Minyanville: China is Pro-Harmony Not Anti-Apple Business Insider: Why The Beijing Olympics Were A Huge Mistake For China Sun Liping: The Third Stage in the Failure of Power |
Wed, 27 March 2013
T-Mobile USA to Start iPhone 5 Sales on 12 April Under new Uncarrier Plan
TechCrunch: T-Mobile Uncarrier Walks and Quacks Like a Carrier (Mostly)
Munster Sees Gloom for First Half of the Year for Apple Followed by Boom in the Second Half
IDC Says Apple Gained on Samsung in Electronics Sales in 4Q CY2012
comScore: Counting Mobile Puts Apple Online Properties in the Top 10 with U.S. Users
Report: Apple Strengthening Premium Reseller Expansion as Passage to India
First Chapter of Authorized Steve Jobs Manga Hits Online and Newsstands in Japan |
Tue, 26 March 2013
CNET: Source Says T-Mobile Will Talk iPhone at Uncarrier Event Today
Apple Offers Free Next-Day Shipping on All iPhones Through US Online Store
Chevy Runs Ads Touting Siri Eyes-Free Integration on the Sonic
Macworld UK: Apple Adds Trojan.Yontoo.1 to XProtect.plist
Forbes: Annual Chinese TV Investigative Program Lambasts Apple Over Warranty Policies in China
Apple Responds to Chinese TV Accusations and Gets Lambasted by Chinese Newspaper
China Daily: Apple Pursuit Lures 20,000 Students Into High-Interest Loans
GigaOm Looks at the PR Battle Between Chinese Media and Apple
Cult of Mac: Three Possible Reasons for Chinese Media Hating on Apple
Japan Finds Huge Deposits of Rare Earth Metals
Bloomberg: Hon Hai Posts Record Profit as Apple Expands Product Line
UK Officer Reports Son for Fraud Over £3,700 in iOS App Charges |
Mon, 25 March 2013
Early Friday: Glaring Vulnerability Found in Apple ID Security
Mid-Friday: Apple Acknowledges Apple ID Security Issue
Late Friday: Apple Patches Apple ID Insecurity
Doctor Web Warns of Tracking and Ad-Injections Malware for OS X: Trojan.Yontoo.1
Apple Buys Indoor-GPS Company WifiSLAM
Apple Adds In-App Purchases Notification to Titles in App Store
Strategy Analytics: iCloud Top Cloud Service In Terms of Users in US
SMH: Microsoft and Adobe Execs Fail to Satisfy Australian Parliament in IT Pricing Inquiry
Rumor: LG Working on Smartwatch and a Google Glass-Like Wearable Something |
Fri, 22 March 2013
Apple Tops JD Power Smartphone List for 9th Consecutive Survey comScore Puts Amazon in Second in Tablets in the US Behind Apple and Ahead of Samsung Apple Hits 75-Percent Renewable Energy Use at Corporate Locations and 100% at Data Centers Apple Offers Two-Step Verification for Apple ID Apple Kicks Skeuomorphic Elements Out of Podcasts App for iOS Apple Sends Podcasters New Requirements for Album Art and Streaming Settings Apple Rejecting Apps Accessing UDID Starting May 1; Requiring New Apps and App Updates to Support iPhone 5 and Retina Display WSJ: Sources Say Jony Ive Working More Closely with Human Interface Team Schmidt Implies Apple Holding Up Google Now for iOS; Apple Says App Never Submitted for Review |
Thu, 21 March 2013
Canacord and Credit Suisse Analysts Positive on Apple Thanks to Belief in Low-Cost iPhone iPhone Sales Help China Telecom Beat Analyst Expectations for Most Recent Quarter IHS Expects Samsung to Significantly Widen Its First-Place Hold on Cellphones Worldwide in 2013 DRM-Firm Intertrust Sues Apple for Alleged Infringement of 15 Patents New Passcode Vulnerability Found in iOS 6.1.3 Affecting iPhone 4 Only Apple Updates GarageBand for iOS with Minor Tweaks and Added Audiobus Compatibility Audiobus Celebrates GarageBand for iOS Compatibility with Limited Time 50% Discount Walmart Tripling Its iPhone-Based Scan-and-Go Self-Checkout Tests Fortune: Economic Policy Institute Suggests Apple Give Part of Cash Hoard to Employees INstead of Shareholders USPOT Approves Trademark Application for the Term iAd Did You Know Sony Has a SmartWatch? |
Wed, 20 March 2013
Apple Fixes Passcode Vulnerability and Improves Maps in Japan with Release of iOS 6.1.3
iOS 6.1.3 Kills evasi0n Jailbreak; Credits evad3rs with Discovery of Four-of-Six Vulnerabilities Patched
Apple Updates Apple TV Software to v5.2.1; Includes Revamped Hulu-Plus App, More Music in the Cloud
Topeka Capital Markets Analyst Suggests Apple Do What Financial Analysts Keep Saying Apple Should Do
Bernstein Analyst Believes In the Positive Effect of an iWatch on Apple Shares (Despite Not Having Any Idea What It Will Do or Cost)
Samsung Says It Has Been Working on a Watch Product for Some Time
Yankee Group Expects iPhones to Widen Lead Over Galaxy Phones in U.S. in 2013
Yonhap News: Samsung and LG in Patent Row Over Eye-Tracking Technology
EU Justice Commissioner Says Apple is Not Doing Enough to Inform Consumers of Their Warranty Rights Under EU Law
Judge Encourages Lawyers to Seek Sanctions Against Apple in Locationgate Case
Apple Poaches Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch
Apple Store Barton Creek in Austin Reopens This Saturday at 10am |
Tue, 19 March 2013
Apple Up Over 5-Percent and Samsung Down Nearly 5-Percent Since Introduction of Galaxy S4 TMO: Apple Up Based on Belief of Analysts That Apple Will Increase Dividend Gazelle CEO Says Trade-Ins of Samsung Phone Up Huge Since Galaxy S4 Event (Though Not So Much iPhones) Morgan Stanley Analyst Predicts Unspecified “Killer Feature” for Next iPhone T-Mobile USA Holding Some Sort of Press Event Next Tuesday BlackBerry CEO Says the iPhone User Interface Has Gotten Old IDC: Traditional PC Sales Expectations Go From Bad to Worse NPD Group Says Mac Sales Up 14% Year-Over-Year for January and February Starwood Hotel Aloft Cupertino Picks Up Apple TV for In-Room Entertainment Computerworld Thinks WWDC Will Be June 10-14 MacNN: Apple Opening a New Store in Leeds, England This Thursday; Hiring for Two Stores in Germany Funny or Die Releasing Comedic Steve Jobs Biopic on 15 April |
Mon, 18 March 2013
Apple Launches “Why iPhone” Page in Wake of Samsung Galaxy S4 Event Gruber and Siegler Think Schiller Goofed Going After Samsung and Android Ahead of Galaxy S4 Event Apple Shares Rise on First Day After Samsung Galaxy S4 Event Shaw Wu Believes in the Low-Cost iPhone in 2013 and the Bigger iPhone in 2014 Sound Technology Powerhouse THX Sues Apple For Alleged Patent Infringement in Consumer Electronics Apple Loses Legal Bid for iFone Trademark in Mexico TMO: Apple Faces Class-Action Suit Over Image Ghosting in Some MBPs with Retina Display Tim Cook Drops from No. 1 to No. 18 on Glassdoor.com List of Top Tech CEOs Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Tops 2013 Glassdoor.com Top Tech CEOs List Former Head of Apple Retail Says He Was Not Incompetent, He Just Did Not Fit with Apple Release Date Postponed for Ashton Kutcher/Steve Jobs Biopic |
Fri, 15 March 2013
Apple Releases OS X 10.8.3 to the Public; Security Updates for Lion and Snow Leopard Apple Issues SMC Update for 15-Inch MBP with Retina Display Apple Adds VESA Mount Adapter Option with Latest iMacs Apple Puts Fourth-Gen Full-Sized iPad and iPad mini in Refurbished Store Samsung Officially Announces 5-Inch Galaxy S4 for April Launch USITC Postpones Samsung/Apple Patent Decision; Appears to Mull Ban of Sales of iPhones and iPads BTIG Analyst: Signs Against Apple Says It’s a Good Time to Buy BTIG Analyst: Apple Pretty Much Has to Make a Low-Cost iPhone YouTube Releases YouTube Capture App for iPad and iPad mini CBS Launches App For Streaming Full-Episodes of Most Shows on iThings Picture on Apple Site Seems to Show Evidence of Colored iPhones Coming (But Probably Does Not Show That) |
Thu, 14 March 2013
Schiller Slams Android to the Wall Street Journal Andy Rubin Steps Aside as Head of Android; Chrome OS Developer Takes the Robot Reigns Pew Research Center: One-in-Three Teens in the States Has a Smartphone Kantar Media: Samsung Spent the Most in US Smartphone Advertising in 2012 IDC: Apple Second-Largest Smartphone Vendor in India by Revenue Thanks to Sales Shift to Mom-and-Pop Shops MacRumors: Training Docs Indicate Mac, iPad and iPhone Sales Headed to Staples in the States Judge Says Apple CEO Cook Must Be Deposed in eBook Price Fixing Case Amazon Lowers Price of Kindle Fire HD 8.9; Opens Tablet Sales to More Countries Google Killing Google Reader on 1 July 2013 Apple Fined for Making Retail Workers in France Work Past 9PM |
Wed, 13 March 2013
The Speculative Fiction of Peter Misek Takes Many Sad Turns Barclays Analyst Thinks Apple Will (or Should) Give More Money Back to Shareholders IDC: iPad to Fall Under 50% in Tablets in 2013 as Android-Tablets Rise Video Server Ooyala Says Two-Thirds of Its Mobile Video Viewers Came Via iPhone in 2012 Semiconductor Analysis Firm Says A5 Processor in Apple TV Still Made By Samsung Apple Seeds Another OS X 10.8.3 beta to Developers Apple Makes Multiple Improvements to iOS Maps App Apple Updates Apple Store iOS App Adobe Killing Physical Sales of Software |
Tue, 12 March 2013
Third Sample of Apple TV A5 Processor Found to Be Significantly Smaller; May Not Be Made by Samsung
Fortune: Apple Supply Chain Checks Give Financial Analysts Renewed Cause for Concern
Apple Insider: Apple Supply Chain is Hiring
Analyst Appearances on CNBC and Bloomberg Boost Apple Shares by End of Trading Day
Apple Opposes Delay of Second Samsung Case Pending First Samsung Appeal
Judge Koh Allows Second Apple/Samsung Case to Proceed as Planned
Samsung Exec Blames Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface for Weakness in PCs
Crazy Sounding Story: China Times Says Rumored Low-Cost iPhone to Use Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor Instead of Apple A-Series
Sony Develops Software to Transfer Data from iPhone to Xperia Line
US Office of Naval Research and DARPA Developing iPad App to Help Prevent PTSD
Apple Offering Discounts on Refurbished Macs, iPods and iPads Through Its eBay Store |
Mon, 11 March 2013
Ben Bajarin of Creative Strategies talks wearable computing on this special edition of Mac OS Ken |
Fri, 8 March 2013
JP Morgan Analyst Expects iPad mini to Force Lower Prices for Competing Tablets UBS Analyst Calls for Apple Analysts Day and More Cash for Shareholders Cloud Services Provider Egnyte Says iOS Dominant in the Enterprise; Taking Share from Android Phil Schiller Tweaks Google’s Nose on Android Vulnerability Via Twitter Appthority Report Says iOS Apps Less Careful with User Personal Data Than Apps for Android Three Samsung 3G Standards Essential Patents Deemed Invalid in UK Court Apple Far-East Supply Chain Hits 99% Compliance on 60-Hour Works Week in January New York Post: Sources Say Apple Lowballs Record Labels on Proposed Streaming Service Pay Apple Issues Stability and Bug Fix Update for iWork for iOS Apps Marvel Launches iOS Comic Subscription App |
Thu, 7 March 2013
comScore: Apple Widens Lead on Samsung in Smartphone Sales in the States; Second-Place iOS Grows While Others Shrink Ads Say iPhone 5 Headed to Utah-Based Regional Carrier Strata Networks Citigroup Analyst Lowers Apple Target to $480 on iThing Concerns Berenberg Bank Analyst Cuts Apple Target from $800 to $360 (and Should Probably Not Be Listened to About Apple) Barclays Analyst Expects Growth Drivers for Apple in H2CY2013; Lowers Apple Target to $530 Fortune: Bullish Cross-Inspired Losses Could Reach Into the Billions Samsung Buys Three-Percent Stake in Sharp Samsung Investment in Sharp Creates Tighter Tangle in Apple Supply Chain Apple Seeks to Have Case Calling the App Store a Monopoly Dismissed Nokia Supports Apple Argument in Friend of the Court Brief Regarding Samsung Case Apple Stuff to Hit Shelves at Staples in the US by End of March News Corp Announces K-12 Curricula for Existing Tablets as Well as a Tablet Aimed at Public Schools The Verge: Vulnerability Found to Allow Access to Passcode Protected Samsung Galaxy S III |
Wed, 6 March 2013
iMore Says iPhone 5S Targeted for August; Possible iPad and iPad mini Refreshes in April Yankee Group Survey: iPad Dominant in Intent-to-Buy Survey IDC Expects PC Sales to Drop at Least 1.3% This Year Apple Updates Its Education-Only iMac The Mac Observer: Apple Drops Price on 768GB Flash Storage Option for iMac by $400 Shipping Times for 21.5-Inch and 27-Inch iMacs Drop to “Within 24 Hours” at Apple Online Stores in U.S. and Canada Apple Seeds 13th Build of OS X 10.8.3 to Developers (Really This Time!) Apple Opens iBookstore to Japan; Updates iBooks App to v3.1 Judge Koh Denies Plaintiffs Class-Action Status in “Locationgate” Case The Magic Kingdom at Disney World Pilots iPod touch Entry System Chairman of Ferrari Says Company Working with Apple to Expand In-Car Entertainment Systems German Government Goes for 5,000 BlackBerry Z10s CNET: Why Samsung Settles for Plastic Three Men Use Bear Spray to Knock Over an Apple Store in Vancouver, Canada |
Tue, 5 March 2013
Bloomberg Winds Up the Apple Watch Story (Again) The Verge: Current iWatch Prototypes Facing Battery Life Issues Apple Ends Monday Down 2.42% Despite Bloomberg iWatch Watch Fortune: Philip Elmer DeWitt on the Hard Crash of Bullish Cross Ben Bajarin: Control of the Reality Distortion Field Has Passed to Wall Street (and It’s Being Used Against Apple) All Things D: Title of Most Valuable Company Shifts Back from Apple to Exxon Mobil Gartner: Revenue for Sales of Mobile Apps to Hit $25 Billion This Year ABI Research Predicts App Downloads will Skew Heavily for Android in Smartphones and iOS in Tablets in 2013 Cult of Mac: Job Listing Likely Means Multiple Colors for Next iPhone Apple Issues Java for OS X 2013-002 1.0 |
Mon, 4 March 2013
Judge Koh Cuts Award from $1.05 Billion to $600 Million in Apple v. Samsung v. Apple Case
Lawyers in Locationgate Legal Case Move for Class-Action Status
Credit Suisse Analyst Lowers EPS Expectations for 2013 and 2014; Maintains Outperform Rating on Apple Shares
Rules Changes at Apple Require Execs and Board Members to Hold Significant Amount of Apple Shares Until Retirement
Einhorn Drops Lawsuit Against Apple
Apple Blocks Older Versions of Adobe Flash Player in Safari to Protect Against Newfound Vulnerabilities
Apple Makes 13th beta of OS X 10.8.3 Available to Developers
9 to 5 Mac: Wait on New iMacs Down to 1-3 Business Days for Both Sizes
Evernote Resets Passwords of Its Nearly 50-Million Users After Hack
The Next Day - First Bowie Album in 10-Years Streams Free on iTunes Ahead of 12 March Release
Patently Apple Says Corning Willow Glass Not the Only Bendy Display in Town |
Fri, 1 March 2013
NPD DisplaySearch Says Display Orders Shifting Heavily Toward iPad mini Over Full-Sized iPad Corning Exec Says Flexible Displays Likely Three-Years Out UK Judge Who Once Ruled Against Apple in Favor of Samsung Now (Kind of) Working for Samsung Florian Mueller Wonders Whether Samsung/Judge Tie-Up Might Stir Calls for Reform Samsung Loses Data Transmission Patent Case Against Apple in Japan Apple Tops Annual Fortune List of World’s Most Admired Companies for Sixth Straight Year iTunes U Downloads Top One Billion Thursday: Apple Sees Problems with Multiple iCloud Services Tallahassee, FL Tops Gazelle List of Klutziest Cities for iPhones Dunkin’ Donuts Adds Passbook Support to Its iOS App Apple Says SPAM Filter Blocked “Barely Legal Teen” Emails |