Wed, 31 July 2013
Apple Brings More of Developer Center Back to Life MacNN: Developers See Delays in App Review Post Dev Center Downtime Apple Releases betas for Xcode 5 and Remote Desktop Apple Issues Minor Update for Final Cut Pro X FileMaker Says Bye-Bye to Bento Sprint Sold 1.4 Million iPhones in Second Quarter Business Insider: Secret Source Says Lower-Cost iPhone will be Called iPhone 5C Cult of Mac: iPhone 5C Box Photo May Be Fake Mac mini Shipping Times Back to Within 24-Hours In China: Scalpers Stand Between Customers and Genius Bars Nexus 7 Launch Marred by Skewed Adoption Numbers |
Tue, 30 July 2013
iOS 7 beta 4 Indicates Biometric Tech Coming to iThings iOS 7 beta 4 Replete with Tweaks Report: iOS 7 beta 4 Adds T9 Chinese Pinyin Input Keyboard Option BGR: Apple Plans Two More iOS 7 betas Before the GM Apple Releases iTunes 11.1 beta 1 and Apple TV 5.4 seed 3 iOS 7 beta 4 Brings NFC-Style Remote Pairing to Apple TV Apple TV beta Adds Ability to Buy iTunes Music Complaint Against Pegatron Seems to Confirm Polycarbonate iPhone Apple Responds to Charges of Worker Abuse at Pegatron Focus Taiwan: Foxconn on Hiring Spree Ahead of Premium iPhone Production Unlikely Allies Side with Apple Ahead of Product Ban iOS Pinch-to-Zoom Patent in Jeopardy |
Mon, 29 July 2013
Apple Developer Center Shows Signs of Life Pics Emerge of Possible Certified Low-Cost iPhone Case WeiPhone.com Image: iPhone 5Huh? HopStop Transit App Sees First Update Post Apple Buy EU iBookstore Price-Fixing Case Ends with Penguin Settlement Apple Brings Higher-Ed Heavyweights to Supplier Responsibility Table The Amazing Disappearing/Reappearing/Disappearing Bob Mansfield Cult of Mac: Ballmer Acknowledges Surface RT Sales Trouble Guy Goes to Jail After Falling for Malware Warning |
Fri, 26 July 2013
Citi Research Analyst Sees Gloom and Doom for iPad Apple Tops in Computers and Smartphones and Tablets in Latest Harris Interactive Poll With $16 Billion Buyback, Apple Bets Big on Apple CNET: Phishing Scam Piggybacks on Apple Dev Center Hack iPhone Activation Servers Reportedly See Downtime on Thursday Apple Posts Page on Charger Safety to Chinese Site Slip in Ship Times May Indicate New Mac mini Soon Google Sells Out of Free Streaming in ChromeCast Promotion |
Thu, 25 July 2013
Wall Street Waits on New Stuff from Apple Maynard Um Expects Next iPhone on 27 September YouTube Video Shows Somewhat Convincing Low-Cost iPhone Case Rumor Has Apple Trimming iPhone Line to Two Models Apple Offers Update on Dev-Center Downtime Apple Seeds New beta of OS X 10.8.5 to Developers Google Targets iPad mini with Faster, Less Expensive Nexus 7 New Nexus 7: More Retina Than Retina Play Textbooks: Aiming Android at Education Chromecast: Google Takes Another Run at the TV Apple is Top Sales Partner for Electronic Arts |
Wed, 24 July 2013
San Francisco DA Seems Pleased with iOS 7 Activation Lock Best Buy Relaunches iPad Trade-In Promotion Apple Patents System for On-Hold iPhone Content Chitika Insights: iPad Surfing Share Hits 84.3-Percent in U.S. and Canada A Recap of Apple 3Q Earnings and Analyst Q-and-A |
Tue, 23 July 2013
Analysts Expect Bad News from Apple Earnings Call Piper Jaffray: iOS Continues to Dominate Mobile Browsing in the States Apple Releases Fourth beta of OS X 10.9 Mavericks to Developers HopStop Stops for Windows Phone Leap Motion Controller to Hit Best Buy on 28 July iPad Puts a Hurt on Hasbro Toys for Boys Division Abandoned U.S. Mines May Be Rich in Rare Earths iTunes Hits One-Billion Podcast Subscriptions |
Mon, 22 July 2013
Apple Updating Developer Site After Intruder Alert and Possible Information Loss 9 to 5 Mac: And the Intruder May Be... SIM Card Vulnerability Could Lead to Identity Theft and Eavesdropping Apple Releases Software Update for New MacBook Air Best Buy Cuts $200 to $300 Off of Some 13-Inch MacBook Pros in Back to School Promotion Apple Buys Crowdsourced Mapping Service Locationary Apple Buys Transit App Hopstop All Things D: Don’t Forget Verizon Has to Pay Apple $23.5B for iPhones This Year Report: Apple and Samsung Were Close to Settlement Five Months Ago WSJ: Apple Asks Suppliers for Bigger Screens and Smaller Screens That May Be for Nothing |
Fri, 19 July 2013
Over Half of 7.5 Million Verizon Smartphones Were iPhones in 2Q2013
Financial Analysts Encouraged by Verizon iPhone Activations
CCTV: Knock-Off USB Charger Likely Culprit in iPhone Electrocution
Microsoft Takes $900 Million Writedown Over Surface RT Issues
Flurry: iOS Users (Still) Spend Significantly More on Apps Than Do Android Users
Apple Invites More People to Try iWork for iCloud beta
9 to 5 Mac: Apple Pumps Up iWatch Team with Fitness Experts
TMO: Apple TV Brings Content to Cable Cutters
NYT: Apple Buddies Up with Existing Cable Players |
Thu, 18 July 2013
Apple and Other Tech Giants Call on US Government for Greater Transparency Around Surveillance The Telegraph: Apple’s iPhone Range ‘Is Stalling’ Fortune: Canaccord Sees iPhone Disappointment; Morgan Stanley Sees Upside Surprise Fortune: Analysts Expect Modest iPhone Growth for Recently Ended Quarter High-End Smartphone Adoption Slowdown May Open Door for Low-Cost iPhone Asymco: What Smartphone Adoption Slowdown? Times of India: Something is Wrong with iPhone Sales in India Seeking Alpha: Something is Wrong with Times of India Apple Seeds New Build of OS X 10.8.5 to Developers |
Wed, 17 July 2013
Lazard Analyst Sees Fruit for Apple in the Fall Credit Suisse Analyst Expects Low-Cost iPhone Harvest Apple Launches Logic Pro X Apple Charges $199 for Logic Pro X with No Discounted Upgrade Path Report: Apple Willing to Pay TV Stations to Let People Skip Ads Study Says Apple TV Owns Over Half of Streaming Video Device Market TMO: Apple Eyeing Motion Sensing Tech Firm PrimeSense TechCrunch: Or Not Apple and Samsung Heading (Back) to Court to Argue Sales Bans Ransomware Poses as FBI Warning with $300 “Get Off the Hook” Offer Janicab.A Malware Uses an Old Windows Trick That May Be New to Mac Users Little League World Series Goes High Tech with iPads |
Tue, 16 July 2013
Jefferies & Co. Analyst Predicts the Thoroughly Predictable Apple Reaches Out to Retail Employees for Ideas to Increase iPhone Sales 23-Year-Old Flight Attendant in China Electrocuted While Talking on Charging iPhone 5 Munster Says Apple Should Make Chipmakers Better, Not Make Chips of Its Own DigiTimes Says No Retina Display iPad mini Until 2014 Apple Releases Graphics Update for Mavericks Preview 3 Report: Mr. Softy Making a See-Through Metal Smartwatch |
Mon, 15 July 2013
Financial Times Says Apple Hiring More Engineers for iWatch Rumor Has Apple Looking to Build Its Own Processors for Mobiles Rumor Has Samsung Producing 14nm A-Series Processors for Apple in 2015 PhoneArena: Top Three Carriers in Russia No Longer Selling iPhone NPD Sees Notable Growth for Chromebooks Microsoft Cuts Prices on Surface RTs by $150 Apple Looking Into Concerns Over Conflict-Tin Get 10% Off of Your Squarespace Order with Coupon Code macosken7 at Squarespace.com/macosken |
Fri, 12 July 2013
Analysts Expect Zero Revenue Growth for Apple 3Q FY2013 Apple 19th on 2013 Fortune Global 500; Will Not Do as Well in 2014 Moffett Research: Verizon Could Owe Apple $14 Billion for iPhone Sales It Cannot Make SoftBank Completes Purchase of Majority Stake in Sprint WSJ: Ebook Loss Could Put U.S. Goverment at Table in Future iTunes Negotiations Best Buy Runs Two-Day Trade-in Program; iPad 2s and Third-Gen iPads Fetch $200 Gift Cards 14-Month-Old Buys Car Through eBay on Unsecured iPhone Apple and Google Off of Random YouGov U.S. Brands List Get 10% Off of Your Squarespace Order with Coupon Code macosken7 at Squarespace.com/macosken |
Thu, 11 July 2013
Apple Found Guilty in Ebook Price Fixing Case Apple Plans to Appeal Ebook Price Fixing Defeat CEO of Barnes and Noble Resigns as Woes Mount for the Bookseller Gartner: Tablets Still Bleeding PC Sales (Including for Apple) Apple Seeds New Build of OS X 10.8.5 beta to Developers Mayor of London Appeals to Apple and Other Smartphone Makers for Help with Smartphone Theft Deterrence Steve Jobs to be Recognized at Disney D23 Event Next Month Remains of 15th Century Hospital Uncovered at Apple Madrid Store; Soon to be Covered Bak Up Get 10% Off of Your Squarespace Order with Coupon Code macosken7 at Squarespace.com/macosken |
Wed, 10 July 2013
iPhone Production: Two Tales of a Supply Chain Apple Asks USITC to Delay Injunction Against GSM iPhone 4 and iPad 2 Pending Appeal with Federal Court 9 to 5 Mac: Indications that iWork and iLife Titles for iOS May Go Free iOS 7 Find May Indicate AirPlay Implementation of iOS in the Car Apple Awarded Patent for Touchscreen Car Control Dashboard System iMessage Suffers 36 Minutes of Downtime for 30-Percent of Users on Tuesday Apple Ends App Store versus Appstore Legal Battle with Amazon Fortune Debunks the iPhone 5 Most-Hated Meme Apple I Sells Through Online Auction for Just Under $388,000 Get 10% Off of Your Squarespace Order with Coupon Code macosken7 at Squarespace.com/macosken |
Tue, 9 July 2013
TUAW: T-Mobile USA Tweaks iPhone 5 Pricing Kantar Worldpanel Says T-Mobile Helps Grow iPhone Share in US to Nearly 42-Percent Apple Rehires YSL President and CEO Paul Deneve CNET: A Number of Companies Claim to Own the Term iWatch in a Number of Countries Apple Seeds Third beta of iOS 7 to Members of Developer Program Apple Seeds Third beta of OS X Mavericks to Members of Developer Program Third beta of Mountain Lion 10.8.5 Out to Developers Apple Opens iWork for iCloud beta to Free-Tier Members of Developer Program Apple Back-to-School Sales Promotion is Underway Boston University Sues Apple for Alleged Patent Infringement iMore: Bloatware, Apple Expectations and a Logo Stand Between NTT DoCoMo and iPhone TUAW: NTT DoCoMo Loses 3.2 Million Customers in 4.5 Years Without iPhone Irish Parliament Will Not Quiz Apple Execs Over Use of Ireland as Tax Haven Apple Giving Away Popular Apps for Fifth Birthday of App Store Get 10% Off of Your Squarespace Order with Coupon Code macosken7 at http://Squarespace.com/macosken |
Mon, 8 July 2013
Prelude to tomorrow's Mac OS Ken |
Tue, 2 July 2013
Marketwatch: Antitrust Authorities in France Raid Apple Offices to Investigate Unfair Pricing for Wholesalers GigaOm: Antitrust Authorities in France Raid Apple Offices to Investigate Platform Lock-Ins FT: Apple Paid Zero Corporate Tax in UK in 2012 Kantar Worldpanel Comtech: Almost Half of All Smartphones Sold in Europe are a Samsung HP Says It Will Get Back Int Smartphones (Someday (When the Time is Right)) Raymond James Analyst Sees Lock-In as Key to Phase 2 of Mobile Computing for Apple Apple Q3 FY2013 Earnings Call Set for Tuesday 23 July Apple and Samsung Eliminate Products from Planned 2014 Patent Trial Apple Applies for iWatch Trademark in Mexico and Taiwan 9 to 5 Mac: Apple Getting Strict with Retail Employees Showing Off iOS 7 beta to Customers and Other Employees Apple Plans Solar Array for Reno, NV Data Center; Will Also Feed Energy to Local Power Grid |
Mon, 1 July 2013
comScore: iPhone Tops in Smartphones in US; iOS Second in Mobile Operating Systems
Chitika: iPhone 5 Accounts for 75-Percent of 4G Phones Sold in North America and Last Year; 40-Percent of All 4G Phone in North America
NPD Group: MacBooks Air Controls 56-Percent of Light-and-Thin Laptop Market in the States
Apple Invites Select MBA Users to Test Wifi-Centric Software Update
WSJ Says TSMC Inks Deal to Produce Processors for iThings in 2014
9 to 5 Mac: Apple Applies for iWatch Trademark in Japan
BlackBerry Abandons PlayBook Plans
Apple Reportedly Selling Patriotic iPhone Cases in Select US Stores This Week
Macintosh and iPod Make Top 12 List Honoring World Industrial Design Day
Yahoo Shutting Down AltaVista on 8 July
Album Art made with an image from the Flickr stream of garlandchannon |