Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a powerful player in the electronics market and one of the United States' most iconic and successful companies, symbolizing American technology leadership like no other. However, the death of Steve Jobs prompted debate regarding how viable the Cupertino … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) patent activity reveals continued focus on fitness, touch-based controls
Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) patent activity today gave an additional confirmation of the technology giant's continued interest in both fitness tracking products and new ways to implement touch-based control systems. Apple was granted a patent for health and fitness tracking earphones … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) A-Series processor plans herald product releases, future Samsung troubles
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) typically plays its cards very close to the vest, announcing new products only when they are about to appear on the market. The firm is even more secretive when it comes to relations with other tech companies, such as Samsung. Nevertheless, various pieces of … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) drops Samsung as manufacturer for A8 processor, but not A9
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), in the usual schizophrenic manner of massive corporations, is simultaneously involved in brutal litigation with Samsung over the Korean firm's blatant copycatting, and ordering advanced processors from the same company. Today, TechNews Taiwan reported that … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) versus Samsung fray – an exercise in futility
Theoretically, the legal fray between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Samsung over smartphone designs should be an engine for innovation. The extended legal wrangles and massive, nearly $1 billion damages awarded to Apple Inc. in the famous 2012 judgment should have acted as a powerful … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) iBeacons installed at two Major League Baseball stadiums
Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) new iBeacon technology was confirmed by Major League Baseball as being fully installed at two West Coast stadiums this morning, according to several sources. 65 iBeacons are now in place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, the largest ballpark in the United … [Read more...]
Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) Strategy: Focus on success and profit, not flashy market share numbers
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) seems to follow a strategy which draws criticism from market analysts at times, yet which has thus far led to solid ongoing success and profits, as the contrast between sales and revenue in the 2013 Android and iOS smartphone market highlights. Google Inc. … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) prepares to discontinue iPad 2 as sales tank
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is planning to cease production of the iPad 2 tablet in the immediate future, according to information provided by industry sources today. Consumers now overwhelmingly prefer the iPad Mini and iPad Air, causing new shipments for the first quarter of 2014 to … [Read more...]
Battle of the super titans: Apple iOS vs. Google Android – who will reign superior
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is still the leader in profits from smartphone sales, according to recent analysis by International Data Corp, or IDC. Though Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) phones moved almost 800 million units in 2013 and there is no sign yet of the torrent of purchases … [Read more...]
Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iOS and Android jockey for first place as global smartphone shipments surpass 1 billion
The iOS mobile operating system made by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) was one of the two leading systems during 2013, when smartphone sales rose above one billion, according to an IDC report issued today. Android led the field in sheer volume, outselling iOS in terms of units sold three or … [Read more...]
Dealings between Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Carl Icahn highlight emergent corporate checks and balances
After ISS Governance (NYSE: MSCI), a proxy advisory firm, counseled investors to vote against Apple Inc. (AAPL) acceding to Carl Icahn's demand for a $50 billion share buyback at the upcoming shareholders' meeting, the activist investor backed down. On February 10, 2014, Mr. Icahn … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) may not use sapphire screens on iPhone 6
Apple Inc. (AAPL) has spent more than $578 million on its ambitious "Project Cascade" plant in Mesa, Arizona, a new sapphire crystal manufacturing facility that will increase the world's capacity for making this high tech substance by at least 200 percent. Speculation was rife that … [Read more...]
Watching Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) partners could reveal investment opportunities
Though the shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL) itself are the most closely watched by the market, recent events have shown that the computer giant's partners may present additional investment opportunities for investors interested in the Cupertino firm. As discussed earlier, GT Advanced … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) acts as a catalyst for secondary investment opportunities, Arizona sapphire glass plant
Apple Inc. (AAPL) facilities are a major prize that states vie fiercely for, offering numerous concessions that attract other businesses and cause local economic growth beyond that directly provided by the latest branch of the Cupertino, California technology giant. The sapphire glass … [Read more...]
Carl Icahn has pressured Apple Inc. into buyback but it’s a mistake
Egged on by the famous investor Carl Icahn, Apple Inc. (AAPL) has been buying back its own shares vigorously – which, according to a statement earlier today from Egan-Jones Ratings Co., is a mistake. The independent ratings and analysis firm, established in 1995, urged … [Read more...]
Rumor has it Apple Inc. might release iOS 7.1 in March
Release dates for Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) release of iOS 7.1 have proven to be elusive, but rumors have recently solidified around a March 2014 release date. The latest information came today from 9to5Mac, which asserts that "reliable sources" indicate that next month is the most likely … [Read more...]
USPTO publishes Apple Inc. patent application for “Second Thoughts” autocorrect
Anyone who has ever pressed "Send" and then spotted a hideous typographical error in an important message a moment before the screen changes may be interested in Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) latest published patent application. The patent application is for a new autocorrect feature known … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. and Imagination Technologies extend their PowerVR processor contract
Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Britain's Imagination Technologies (LON: IMG) reached an agreement on Thursday for the English microchip firm to continue producing electronics components over the course of several more years. The precise length of the new contract was not revealed, but jittery … [Read more...]
Mannheim Regional Court sets trial date for $2 billion lawsuit against Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. (AAPL) will face the latest of a seemingly endless barrage of patent lawsuits on Tuesday, February 11 2014, according to a press release issued today by the presiding authority, the Mannheim Regional Court. The German court will be hearing arguments both from Apple's … [Read more...]
Patent trolls watch out – Apple and Google join forces to make you think twice
Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) are today heading a group of 15 companies which have formed a rather unlikely alliance to call on the United States Supreme Court for a strong shift in litigation rules. The highly litigious companies, which frequently level charges of patent … [Read more...]
