Fri, 30 August 2013
A conversation today with Ari Weinstein about his app DeskConnect, and his trip from 13 year old hacker to startup veteran, MIT freshman, and featured app developer |
Thu, 29 August 2013
Report: T-Mobile Blacks Out Employee Leave from 9/20 - 9/22 Bloomberg Said New iPads on September 10th Too (Then It Didn't) Jim Dalrymple at The Loop - Nope Bloomberg Says New Apple Store Planned for Tokyo in 2014 JailbreakNation Gets Stabby with an Alleged Gold iPhone 5S Casing GameStop Bends Time, Offers to Buy Used iPhone 5S Apple Seeks Senior Plastics Person for iPhone/iPad Materials Team Report: Apple Buys Data Compression Firm AlgoTrim on the QT Apple Confirms AlgoTrim Purchase to All Things D Warn People Who Should Be Warned About the Dangers of iTunes Phishing Android Product Management VP Hugo Barra Leaves for Job at Xiaomi Xiaomi Welcomes Barra via Twitter |
Wed, 28 August 2013
Good News/Bad News For Apple in Ebook Price Fixing Saga Needham & Co. Analyst: Switcher Incentive May Be Over for Mac Apple TV Gets More TV iTunes Store Down for 20 Percent of Users Tuesday Morning Virgin Mobile Holds Massive One-Day iPhone Sale (Yesterday) Apple Streamlines Its Support Pages and Adds 24/7 Chat Support Apple Changes Policy: iThings for Citizens of iRan Samsung Exec Confirms Galaxy Gear Smartwatch |
Tue, 27 August 2013
Apple Retail Said to Be Prepping for iPhone Trade-In Program TechCrunch Says Trade-In Program Already Piloting in Some Apple Retail Locations Reports Say Traded iPhone Bound for Developing Markets NPD DisplaySearch Says Apple and Samsung Drive Display Revenues Up 55% in 2013 NTT DoCoMo Shares Spike When CFO Simply Mentions iPhone Sonny Dickson Posts Pics of Alleged Grey iPhone 5S Alleged iPhone 5C Casing Hits eBay, Leaves with No Winner Alleged iPhone 5C Casing Hits $13,600 on eBay Before Auctions Unceremonious End Nuance Email Seems to Put iOS 7 Release on 10 September Apple Insider: Next (and Possibly Last) Big Cat Imminent Some Users Blocked from iWork in iCloud Beta Due to “Overwhelming Response” Siri Pokes Fun at Google Glass |
Mon, 26 August 2013
Clayton Morris Hears of Faster A7 and Dedicated Motion Sensor in iPhone 5S Morgan Stanley Interns Into iPhones and Macs FBI and DHS Warn of Dangers Associated with Android Apple May Be Playing with App Store Algorithm iWork for iCloud beta Opens to All Apple’s Big Screen Mac Pro Teaser Hits YouTube DoJ Goes Better and Worse on Suggested Apple Ebook Price Fixing Remedy Damages Trail in Apple Ebook Price Fixing Case Set for May 2014 Apple and Samsung Can Keep Their Financial Secrets Secret Samsung Denied ‘Bounce-Back’ Patent Retrial Steve Ballmer to Retire as Microsoft CEO in Next 12 Months |
Fri, 23 August 2013
iMessage and Some iCloud Services Fail for a Small Percentage of Users on Thursday Find My iPhone Error Make App Developer Only Former Hulu Exec Confirms New Position at Apple QZ.com: Apple Reportedly Talking to Studios About Apps for Television Icahn Tweets of Buybacks and Dinner Plans with Tim Cook Apple Adds to Maps Arsenal with Embark Pandora Drops 40-Hour Limit on Free Mobile Listening Ahead of iTunes Radio Apple Revamps Education Section of Website Apple Releases Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 4.08 Delta Kitting 19,000 FLight Attendants with Windows Phones |
Thu, 22 August 2013
Nikkei Report Puts Next iPhones Shipping on 20 September UBS Ups Apple Price Target Based on iPhone 5C Potential in China China Telecom Sees Massive 3G Subscriber Growth in First Year with iPhone Alleged iPhone 5C Shell Very Scratch Resistant HP Earnings Show Continued Decline for Traditional PCs Iowa High School Opts for Apple Laptops Apple Seeds Sixth Developer Preview of Mavericks to Developers Report: Apple Hires New Head of West Coast Retail WSJ Says Vevo Inks Deal for Apple TV |
Wed, 21 August 2013
Morgan Stanley Analyst: Chinese Consumers Willing to Pay More Than Expected for iPhone 5C Gazelle Survey: New iPhones Not Always Worth It (But People Want ‘em Anyway) IDC Says iPad Shipments Slip in China; Says Little About iPad Munster Sees Mac Sales Slipping Five Percent Apple Initiates Graphics Card Replacement Program for Certain iMacs Apple Spruces Up Apps for iTunes Festival Apple Issues Minor Update for Logic Pro X Apple Issues Maintenance Update for iBooks AdAge: Big Names Pay Big Bucks for iTunes Radio Ads Google and Waze Cross-Pollenate Barnes & Noble Sticking with Nook Tablet Production |
Tue, 20 August 2013
WSJ: Foxconn Shipping Two New iPhone in Bulk Next Month All Things D Believes in the Gold-Colored iPhone KGI Analyst: Next iPhones Go to China Mobile KGI Analyst: iPhone 4S Will Stay - iPhones 4 and 5 Will Go CIRP: Where Do Smartphone Customers Come From? Apple Reignites Wearable Talk with Fitness Guru Hire Google Glass Apparently Delayed Until Next Year Apple Changes Affiliate Program Administrator Barnes & Noble Launches Nook Video Apps for iOS, Android and Roku |
Mon, 19 August 2013
iPhone or iPad: Which is Right for Your Persona? Forrester: Information Workers Wants Keyboards for Their Tablets IDC Lowers Sales Expectations for Touchscreen Laptops Apple Issues Minor iTunes Update Apple Seeds Second Beta of iTunes 11.1 to Developers Apple Apparently Upping iOS Developer Test Device Limit from 100 to 200 Apple Encourages Developers of Kids Apps to Designate Specific Age Ratings Apple Hangs Socially Responsible Help Wanted Signs in China MG Siegler Hears Apple and Television Rumors for 2013 Jobs Movie Reviews: Kutcher Hits, Script and Direction Miss Two Early Apple Employees Comment on Jobs Movie (And One Actually Saw It!) Woz Cannot Recommend Jobs Movie Jobs Film in Seventh-Place in Opening Weekend Sales Apple Running Mac Pro Teaser in Movie Theaters Across the States |
Fri, 16 August 2013
RBC Analyst Ups Apple Target to $525 Apple Seeds iOS 7 beta 6 Addressing One Known Issue KGI Analyst Expects Gold-Colored 128GB Options for iPhone 5S Lenovo Says Its Mobile Sales Beat Its Sales of Traditional PCs Gartner: Smartphones Outsell Feature Phones for First Time Ever China Mobile Chairman Indicates Progress on iPhone Talks Best Buy Runs (Yet Another) iPhone Trade-In Program Walmart Starts “Gadgets to Gift Cards” Trade-In Program Apple Tightens Restrictions on Apps Aimed at Kids and Gamblers Predator Digital Clock: $1.99 for a SciFi Clock You Can’t Read Get 10% Off of Your Squarespace Order with Coupon Code macosken8 at Squarespace.com/macosken |
Thu, 15 August 2013
Some Apple Analyst Find Icahn Ideas Interesting Moor Insights Analyst Sees Big Trouble for Apple in Icahn Icahn Bump Adds to Apple Share Rise Apple Falls on Forbes List of Most Innovative Companies Samsung Reportedly Launching a Smartwatch and a New Phablet on Wednesday 4 September September 10 Apple Event Would Disrupt TechCrunch Disrupt and Intel Developer Conference and Some Mobile Something Norway Says No Way to Apple Mapping Over Oslo iCloud.com beta Draws New Visual Cues from iOS 7 Get 10% Off of Your Squarespace Order with Coupon Code macosken8 at Squarespace.com/macosken |
Wed, 14 August 2013
Apple Buys Second-Screen Startup Matcha.tv
Apple Runs Bonkers Movie Bundle Sale on iTunes
All Things D: iPhone Event Expected on September 10
The Loop: Yep
Gene Munster Will Have Three iPhones, an APple Television and an iWatch
Global Equities Analyst Thinks Next iPhones Will Be Biggest Products for Apple Yet (But Tim Cook Still has to Go)
ISI Analyst Thinks iPhone 5C Could Grow Market Share and Margins
Foxconn Net Profit Up on Strong iPhone Sales
Apple Kills Three AirPort Base Station Bugs with Firmware Update 7.6.4
Apple’s Dev-Center Back to 100%
Tweets from Activist Investor Icahn Send Apple Shares Skyward
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Tue, 13 August 2013
Mac OS Ken kicks in again on Wednesday. |
Wed, 7 August 2013
Canalys: Apple Still Tops in PC Sales (If You Count Tablets as PCs) Amazon Drops Prices of 7-Inch Kindle Fire HDs ForeSee: iTunes Beats Netflix and Amazon in Mobile Media (By One Point) China Investigates Two Companies in Apple Supply Chain Over Pollution Concerns Apple Releases New betas of iOS 7 and Apple TV Software to Developers Apple Releases Xcode 5 Developer Preview Number Five Apple Rejects iOS Game “Joyful Executions” for Objectionable Content Apple Rejects Game Send Me To Heaven Out of Common Sense Get 10% Off of Your Squarespace Order with Coupon Code macosken8 at Squarespace.com/macosken |
Tue, 6 August 2013
Fortune: ITC Dissenting Opinion Lays Out Where ITC Went Wrong South Korean Government Displeased with White House ITC Veto Samsung Appealing Initial USITC Ruling Against Apple Samsung Loses and Apple Gains in First Day of Trading Post Veto Wells Fargo Analyst Thinks White House Veto Changes Patent Strategies for Big Companies Apple Updates Developer Center Status IDC Says iPad Market Share Down to 32.5-Percent Fortune: Is Strategy Analytics in Samsung’s Pocket? Apple Fighting Knock-Off Chargers with Take Back Program Apple Emails Internet Radio Providers for iTunes Radio Covers Get 10% Off of Your Squarespace Order with Coupon Code macosken8 at Squarespace.com/macosken |
Mon, 5 August 2013
White House Vetoes USITC Ban of iThings DoJ Proposes Stringent Remedies in Apple Ebook Price Fixing Case Apple Blasts Proposed Remedies in Ebook Case Fortune: DoJ Likely to Get Remedies it Wants from Judge Cote Apple Retains Most Valuable Company Title (for Now) Canalys: iPad Loses Market Share Dominance for First Time Apple Suspends iTunes Age Rules for Schools Apple Gives Away Free Content Through iOS Apple Store App Get 10% Off of Your Squarespace Order with Coupon Code macosken8 at Squarespace.com/macosken |
Fri, 2 August 2013
WSJ: Next iPad mini “Likely” to Have Retina Display Apple Purchases Passif Semiconductor in Possible Wearable Move All Things D: Apple Confirms Passif Purchase 3-Day Best Buy Promotion: Buy a Retina MBP, Get a Free Apple TV USITC Delays Decision on Samsung Product Bans Until 9 August Friday 2 August Deadline for White House to Overturn USITC Ban of Some GSM iThings Free 20GB iCloud Storage for MobileMe Movers Ends 30 September Apple Opening 13th Store in Italy on Saturday Listener Feedback: C is for China? |
Thu, 1 August 2013
Bipartisan Group of U.S. Senators Urge White House to Overturn Looming Ban of iThings ACSI: Samsung Smartphones Beat iPhones in Customer Satisfaction in the States ACSI: iPhones Beat Samsung Smartphones in Customer Satisfaction in South Korea Canaccord Genuity: Apple and Samsung Take All Smartphone Profits App Annie: Google Play App Downloads Top App Store Downloads for June-Quarter iOS 7 Code Indicates New iPad mini Models Without Retina Display iOS 7 Code Indicates New iPhone Models With A7 Processor Apple Email Promotes Upcoming Tax Holiday in 10 States Tim Cook Talks to China Mobile Apple Steps Up Fight Against iMessage Spam Apple Seeds Weekly Build of OS X 10.8.5 to Developers Jobs Movie Featurette Hits the Web |