Fri, 31 May 2013
Apple Intros Stripped Down 16GB Fifth-Gen iPod touch for $229 Apple: 100 Million iPod touches Sold Apple Knocks $100 Off Price of Non-Retina 13-Inch MacBook Pro for Education Buyers Nuance Confirms Its Part in Siri Voice Recognition Samsung Confirms Galaxy S4 Mini Apple Agrees to Pay $53 Million to Settle iPhone/iPod Liquid Sensor Class-Action Suit Former EPA Official Comments on New Job at Apple Apple Adds RAW Support for 13 Cameras with Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 4.06 Alaska Airlines Adopts Apple Passbook Integration Apple Announces Dates and Early Acts for iTunes Music Festival London Mac Game Store Bundles Six Big Games for $20 Through Saturday at Midnight Pacific Grumpy Cat Gets a Picture Deal Enter to Win a Transporter at FileTransporter.com/v2mosk |
Thu, 30 May 2013
Tim Cook D:11 Review - Adam Lashinsky Seems Frustrated Tim Cook D:11 Review - Tom Krazit Seems Bored Tim Cook D:11 Review - Twitteratti Seem Mixed Tim Cook D:11 Review - Gene Munster Seems to Be Hearing Things No One Else Hears Tim Cook D:11 Review - Greenpeace Likes the New Hire Full D:11 Tim Cook Interview Available to View Online and Via Apple TV Asymco’s Horace Dediu Says Apple TV Share of Streaming Devices Equal to iPod Share of MP3 Players (with a Caveat or Two) Experian: iPhone Owners Use Smartphones More Than Android Owners (Though Less of That Time is Talking) WSJ: Pegatron Will Be Primary Builder of Low-Cost iPhone Reuters Two Weeks Ago: Pegatron Vies to Be Primary Builder of Low-Cost iPhone Apple Updates iTunes Movie Trailers App with Fandango Purchases and Video Playback Improvements Apple Updates Fuji Xerox Printer Drivers Enter to Win a Transporter at FileTransporter.com/v2mosk |
Wed, 29 May 2013
Rumor Has Next iPhone Doubling Retina Resolution of iPhone 5 |
Tue, 28 May 2013
European Commission Reportedly Looking Into Apple Tactics Regarding iPhone Sales |
Mon, 27 May 2013
KGI Analyst Sees First-Ever Year-Over-Year Decline in iPad Sales this Quarter
Apple to Double Lobbying Spending This Year
Best Buy Drops $50 Off of iPhone Prices in Four-Week Promotion
Intel VP: Haswell Laptops Should See 50-Percent Power Increase and 20-Times Longer Standby
Apple Seeds New beta of OS X 10.8.4 to Developers
Motorola Mobility Appeals Dismissal of Case Involving Phones and Proximity Sensors Before the USITC
Apple Store Fifth Avenue in NYC Sees Flooding Issue for Second Time This Month
Functional Apple I Sells at Auction for New Record Price of $671,000
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Fri, 24 May 2013
Amazon Opens Kindle Fire Sales to Over 170 Countries Rumor: iPhones and Low-Cost iPhones of Many Colors on the Way Apple Says Samsung Violating Rules By Suing Over Standards Essential Patents Without Seeking Licensing Deal First Judge in Apple eBook Price-Fixing Case: DoJ Can Likely Prevail All Things D Says Apple Says 10AM Keynote on Opening Day of WWDC iAd Becomes First Mobile Ad Network to Earn Full Media Ratings Council Accreditation Windows 8 Ad Beats Up on iPad (and Uses Siri Voice to Do So) Cult of Mac: Microsoft iPad vs Windows Ad Have Casual Relationship with Truth |
Thu, 23 May 2013
Morgan Stanley: Current Quarter iPhone Sales on Track to Beat Expectations NPD: Nearly One in Three Smartphones Sold in the U.S. in 1Q Was Prepaid Cricket Offering Samsung Galaxy S4 for Up-Front Price of $55 Prepaid Wireless Carriers Combined Beat Big-Four Carriers in 2013 ACSI Jennifer Lopez Launches Verizon-Powered Viva Movil to Serve Latino Wireless Consumers KGI Securities Analyst: Expect No iWatch This Year Changes to Apple Online Store: Square Daddy-O German Apple Online Store Now Accepting PayPal as Payment Option Penguin Offers $75 Million Settlement in Civil Case Over Alleged eBook Price Fixing Former Gartner Analyst Michael Gartenberg Joins Apple Marketing Team The Reviews Are In: The Tim Cook Senate Show Wowed the Crowd |
Wed, 22 May 2013
Cook and Oppenheimer to Committee: Apple Supports Jobs and Pays Taxes and Does Not Break the Law The Verge: Cook Cool and Collected Before Senate Subcommittee Kentucky Senator Rand Paul Berates Senate Subcommittee for Dragging Apple Execs In Irish PM: Ireland Has No Special Tax Deal for Apple or Any Multinational Company iPhone Still Tops on ACSI, Though Competition is Gaining Apple Stays on Top of BrandZ List for 2013 Munster: NPD Mac Numbers Look Good (Though He Is Not Sure He Can Trust the Numbers) Apple Opening First South Australia Store in Adelaide on Saturday 25 May |
Tue, 21 May 2013
Apple CEO Heads to Washington to Face Tax Avoidance Questions Senator Carl Levin of Michigan Blasts Apple Ahead of Tuesday Hearing NYT: Apple Accused of Nothing Illegal in Tax-Avoidance Investigation Samsung Announces 276 PPI Display Panel Forrester: Macs Command Computers Among Loyalists and Devotees (Though Most Consumers are Free Radicals) AT&T to Allow FaceTime Over Cellular for Unlimited LTE Customers by Mid-June; 3G by End of Year F-Secure: 91-Percent of Mobile Malware Target at Android with the Rest Targeting Symbian MacRumors Says Other Rumors Say Trials Are Underway for iWatch Kodak Launches Pricey Scanner Aimed at Mac Users in North America and Europe Guy Steals Three iPhones from Dallas-Area Apple Store Apple Reportedly In the Running to Provide 10.6-Million iPads to Turkish Education Initiative Headcast: Put Stephen Fry in Your Pocket, Then Take Him Out and Play with Him |
Mon, 20 May 2013
Apple Insider: MacBook Airs Drying Up Ahead of Haswell and WWDC Fortune: On the Cheers for 10-million Galaxy S4s in 30 Days and the Jeers for 5-Million iPhone 5s in Three Days iOS Gets Pentagon Approval for Secure DoD Networks iPad Deployment Expected to Save USAF More Than $50 Million Over Next 10-Years 9 to 5 Mac: Streaming Albums on iTunes Easy Picking for Pirates Reports: Sony the Fly in the iRadio Ointment Credit Suisse Analysts: Wearables Are the Next Big Thing Mac Roundtable Founding Member Tim Verpoorten Passes Away |
Fri, 17 May 2013
Politico: Cook to Share Apple Ideas on Comprehensive Tax Reform Before Senate Subcommittee Next Week Raymond James Analyst Calls for Cheaper iPhone or Bigger iPhone or Both Global Equities Analyst: Apple Has a Messaging Problem in India IDC: Windows Phone Takes Third-Place from BlackBerry for Worldwide Smartphone OS Market Share FLA: Foxconn Still Has Issues Complying with Chinese Labor Laws Regarding Working Hours CW to Land Ad-Supported Content App on Apple TV In Coming Weeks Haunting Melissa: Horror Flick Harnesses iThings Apple Releases iTunes 11.0.3 with MiniPlayer Changes and Other UI Tweaks Apple Issues “Mandatory” MacBook Air Flash Storage Firmware Update 1.0 for Mid-2012 Machines Apple Plans Bigger Union Square Store for Downtown San Francisco Ohio Man Wins App Stores 50-Billionth Download Contest Squarespace - Everything you need to create an exceptional website! Get 10% with offer code macosken5 at Squarespace.com/macosken! |
Thu, 16 May 2013
Verizon Offering $100 iPhone 5 to Select Featurephone Customers Apple Insider: AT&T Reportedly Offering Free iPhone 5 to Select Customers with iPhone 4S Trade-In Strategy Analytics: Nearly All the Profits in Smartphones Are Taken by Apple and Samsung Apple Says 50-Billionth iOS App Downloaded - Winner Not Yet Announced Tim Cook Expected to Testify on Corporate Tax Avoidance Before Congressional Committee Next Week DoJ Still Thinks Apple is Guilty in eBook Price-Fixing Case; Apple Still Maintains Its Innocence New beta Build of OS X 10.8.4 Seeded to Developers Apple Seeks Engineer with Experience with Liquidmetal Google Launches Subscription Music Service: Google Play Music All Access Google Opens YouTube Live Streaming Capability to Accounts with One-Thousand Subscribers or More TBS and TNT to Start Streaming Online (for Pay-TV Customers Only) Squarespace - Everything you need to create an exceptional website! Get 10% with offer code macosken5 at Squarespace.com/macosken! |
Wed, 15 May 2013
Gartner: Android Powered 75-Percent of Smartphones Sold Worldwide Last Quarter; iOS Powered 18-Percent Apple Seeks to Add Samsung Galaxy S4 to 2014 Patent Infringement Case Apple Faces Potential Class-Action Suit Over iPhone 4 Power Button New Siri Answers to Long Queries Encourage Brevity BlackBerry Plans to Make BlackBerry Messenger Available for Android and iOS This Summer iMore: If BlackBerry Messenger Gets Made, All of the Major Mobile Competitors Will Make Apps for iOS Apple Remembers It Has iWork; Hires Lots of People for It Apple Issues Minor Update for iMovie for OS X CNN/Money Lists Things Apple Might Do and Make at Some Point Business Insider Looks at Cases to Turn iPhones Into Weapons (or Tools for Self-Defense) Coffee with Cook Charity Auction Closes with $610,000 Winning Bid Squarespace - Everything you need to create an exceptional website! Get 10% with offer code macosken5 at Squarespace.com/macosken! |
Tue, 14 May 2013
Peter Misek: Just Another Financial Analyst When It Comes to iPhone 5S Report: Pegatron Picking Up Apple Business That Would Normally Go to Foxconn Up-Front Price for T-Mobile iPhone 5 Makes Surprising $50 Jump New York Attorney General Writes to Smartphone Makers About Battling Smartphone Theft TD Ameritrade: Individual Clients Rush Into Apple Shares on Low-Cost, Dividend and Share Buyback Plans ABC to Bring Live Local Streaming to iOS Apps (As Long As You Pay for Cable) Samsung Announces 5G Testing Breakthrough (That It May Have Ready for Sale by 2020) Squarespace - Everything you need to create an exceptional website! Get 10% with offer code macosken5 at Squarespace.com/macosken! |
Mon, 13 May 2013
Munster Lowers Apple Target Thanks to Anticipated Lower-Margins for (Unconfirmed) Low-Cost iPhone AT&T Starts iPhone Sales Through New Pre-Paid Subsidiary “Aio” Samsung-Infringed Apple Patent Gets Tentative Rejection from USPTO Apple Wins Case Over Use of Term “iBooks” Apple Insider: Unnamed Source Says Big Changes Coming to AppleCare and AppleCare+ Apple Insider: Apple Rolls Out Two-Step Verification to at Least 13 More Countries Amazon Launches Photo Stream Competitor Cloud Drive Photos for Mac and iOS WSJ: Microsoft Working on Set-Top Streamer (It May Never Release) 14-Year Old Presents on Hazards Related to iPad 2 and Implanted Defibrillators at Heart Rhythm Society |
Fri, 10 May 2013
Apple Back Among Top-Five Smartphone Makers in China Bloomberg: Falling iPad Mini Demand to Push Pegatron Electronics Sales Down Fortune: Bloomberg Pegatron Piece an Odd Telling of the Tale Apple Opposes Google “Friend of the Court” Brief in Apple v. Samsung v. Apple Case Tuesday: Bloomberg Says Apple Seeks Documents from Google Related to Case Against Samsung Thursday: Businessweek Says Google Ordered to Reveal How It’s Searching for Documents Sought By Apple Related to Case Against Samsung BestBuy.com Knocks $125 Off of Certain MacBook Airs (But You Should Wait a Few Weeks If You Can) Apple Issues New beta Build of OS X 10.8.4 to Developers Apple Issues Thunderbolt Firmware Update 1.2 to Address Target Disk Mode Issues Report: Universal Signs on for iRadio While Sony Stalls for More Money RIAA Counting Streaming Audio and Video in Gold and Platinum Song Tallies WSJ: Amazon Working on Two Smartphones and an Audio Streamer Jim Dalrymple Launches The Loop Magazine for iOS Newsstand Support this weeks' sponsor: Get a free audiobook at http://audiblepodcast.com/macosken |
Thu, 9 May 2013
T-Mobile Sells Close to Half-a-Million iPhone 5s in First Two Weeks of Availability T-Mobile Launches iPhone 5 Centered TV Ad Morgan Stanley Analyst Expects Production of Multiple New iPhones to Start in June or July Ex-Apple Ad Man Makes the Case for Multiple New iPhones iMore: An Entrepreneur Makes the Case for Apple in Wake of Walkley Prediction MacRumors: Sites See Spikes in Visits from iOS 7 Bloomberg Says Apple Exec Peter Oppenheimer Was Top Paid CFO for 2012 AT&T Drops Price of “Facebook Phone” HTC First From $99 to 99-Cents Fifth Avenue Apple Store in NYC Hit With Minor Flood Support this weeks' sponsor: Get a free audiobook at http://audiblepodcast.com/macosken |
Wed, 8 May 2013
Philip Elmer-DeWitt Notes Change in Wall Street Journal Attitude on Apple
Cannacord Genuity: Apple and Samsung Take 100-Percent of Cellphone Industry Profits in First Quarter of 2013
Google, HTC, Red Hat and Rackspace File Friend of the Court Briefs in Apple v. Samsung v. Apple Appeal
WSJ: Legal Battles Between Apple and Samsung Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing (So Far)
Munster Sees Vast Majority of Mobile Web Traffic Originating on iOS Devices (from Significant Minority of Top Sites)
UBS Analyst Likens State of Apple to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (in a Good Way (Maybe))
German Court Says Apple Violates Consumer Data Protection Laws
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Tue, 7 May 2013
Barclays Raises Apple Target from $465 to $525; First Target Price Elevation of 2013 Fortune: Apple Widens Lead on Exxon Mobil as Most Valuable Publicly Traded Company Apple Lands Atop Barron’s 500 Apple Takes Sixth Spot on Fortune 500; First Time in Top 10 Bids on Coffee with Cook Back Up to $605,000 EC Investigating Possible Abuse of Standards-Essential by Motorola Against Apple in Germany Taiwanese University Sues Apple Over Video Compression Technology in FaceTime and QuickTime Amazon Opens Appstore to China in Apparent Lead-Up to Kindle Hardware Sales Acer Shelves Plans for Windows RT Tablet Until Next Version of Software at the Earliest Support this weeks' sponsor: Get a free audiobook at http://audiblepodcast.com/macosken |
Mon, 6 May 2013
comScore: iOS Gains on Android in Q1; iPhone Widens Lead on Samsung Smartphones
US Cellular to Start Sales of Apple Products (aka iPhones) Later This Year
MetroPCS Not Getting iPhone Anytime Soon Despite T-Mobile Acquisition
Business Insider: Customer Service a Key iPhone Feature
Magazine Giant Hearst Hits One-Million Digital Subscribers One Quarter Later Than Expected
Barnes and Noble Adds Access to Google Play to Color Editions of Nook Tablets
Google: Tell Us if Google Now on iOS is Draining Battery (And We’ll Tell You You’re Wrong)
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Fri, 3 May 2013
IDC: iPad Sales Grow as Market Share Shrinks Apple Adds 256GB and 512GB Flash Options for iMac Line Apple Releases iPhone 5-Specific iOS 6.1.4 Update to Update Audio Profile for Speakerphone WSJ: Apple Devices Running iOS 6 and Samsung Galaxy Smartphones Expected to Receive USDoD Security Approval Soon T3: Less Than Half of 16GB Samsung Galaxy S4 Capacity Available to Users Trend Micro: Over 100 Legitimate Sites Compromised in Apple ID Phishing Expedition App Store Approaches 50-Billionth App Download Updated Qantas App for iOS Adds Passbook Support Blockbuster Launches Streaming Video Rental App for iOS McDonalds Lands Kids Promotional App in the App Store: McPlay Rolling Stones Guitarist Keith Richards Can’t Get No Satisfaction from an iPod |
Thu, 2 May 2013
Wired: Why Apple is Borrowing Billions When It Already Has Billions More
Bloomberg: iOS 7 May Or May Not Be Late
Speculative Fiction Writer Peter Misek Says Large Screen iPhone Due in June of 2014
Apple Loses State of Maine Education Contract to HP
Apple Scores Low in EFF Report on Government and User Data Protection
Amazon Kindle Update for iOS Brings Improvements for Blind and Visually Impaired Users
Path: Sort of Spamming for Friends
American Airlines: iPad as Flight Bag Saves the Backs of Pilots
Tim Cook to Open 11th Annual D: All Things Digital Conference |
Wed, 1 May 2013
9 to 5 Mac: OS X 10.9 to Cater to Power Users and Borrow Some Core Functionality from iOS 9 to 5 Mac on the Rumored New Look for iOS: In a Word, Flat 9 to 5 Mac: Apple Looking to Deeply Imbed iOS in Cars Apple Seeds Fifth OS X 10.8.4 beat to Developers Apple Scores Highest in Latest Computer Technical Support Survey from Consumer Reports Next Round of Apple v. Samsung v. Apple Trial 2012 Set for November Apple and Other Tech Companies Take Possession of Kodak Patents Shaw Wu Out at Sterne Agee BlackBerry CEO Sees No Need for Tablets in Five-Years Report: Apple to Deem Original iPhone Obsolete by Mid-June |