Megafon and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) reached a new accord today which once again permits the major Russian mobile phone carrier to sell iPhones, according to Megafon company representatives. Mobile phones and smartphones are ubiquitous throughout the former Soviet Union, making it … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Gaining On Windows Professional Sales
The world of desktop computing has changed--as evident by Forrester Research’s second annual Forrsights Workforce Employee Survey, which found just 32 percent of people who use computers professionally at least one hour per day prefer Windows over Apple Inc. … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Loses Rights To ‘iPhone’ In Brazil
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may have made billions off of thinking different, but Brazilian firm IGB Electronics SA is banking from a thinking forward strategy. The company is set to win the sole rights to use the iPhone trademark in Latin America’s largest market. … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Wins California Supreme Court Credit-Card Case
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and other online retailers won a victory in California court Feb. 4 when the state’s high court ruled Apple (AAPL) did not break California law by requiring customers to provide their addresses and phone numbers in order to make credit card purchases online. … [Read more...]
Steve Wozniak Said Apple Inc. (AAPL) Started as a “Hobby”
During a Jan. 30 speech at Georgia State University, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) co-founder Steve Wozniak told students to find interesting side projects to complete for self-fulfillment, not profit. “If you try to do a bunch of projects for yourself,” Wozniak said, “you develop … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Patent Describes ‘Ad-Hoc Cash Dispensing Network’
Proving it is still capable of thinking different, a newly-released Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) patent application describes a technology that would turn iOS users into one another’s cash machines. The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office published the application Jan. 31, although Apple … [Read more...]
Battle of the Titans Apple Inc (AAPL) vs. Google (GOOG)
As Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) continue to be duke it out for supremacy in the smartphone and tablet markets this coming quarter, it seems that in the position of the dominant discourse of tech news—Apple still reigns supreme. Even though its chief rivals—Google, Amazon and … [Read more...]
Facebook (FB) and Apple (AAPL) Remain Friends, Not Speaking to Google (GOOG)
While Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) remain friends, the social network is no longer on speaking terms with Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG). During a conference call that followed his company’s Jan. 30 earnings report, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained Facebook … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Releases Software Update for Apple TV
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) actually released two updates Jan. 28—the much-reported iOS 6.1 as well as a new version of its Apple TV software. The latter update added support for iCloud, Up Next and the ability to use a Bluetooth keyboard with Apple TV. … [Read more...]
Siri Gets Busy with Apple Inc. (AAPL) iOS 6.1 Update
In its first major update of iOS 6, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) released iOS 6.1 Jan. 28 with some exciting new features. Not only does the update include 4G LTE support for 36 additional iPhone and 23 new iPad carriers, but U.S. users can now purchase movie tickets through Fandango … [Read more...]
Apple (AAPL) Stock Nose Dives Again on Target Price Adjustment
In an investors note released Friday morning, UBS analyst Steven Milunovich announced that he expects Apple (AAPL) iPhone and iPad sales to drop next year, as he cut sales estimates for the March, June and September 2013 quarters by 5 million units for the iPhone and 2 million for the … [Read more...]
Samsung Demands Apple’s (AAPL) Source Code in Korean Court
The international patents battle between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd is starting to mimic a schoolyard game of tag. Back and forth the two tech giants drag one another to court, making new claims against each other in a bid to win sole rights to sell … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Discounts Indian iTunes To Reach Emerging Market
The spotlight has never been focused more on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), after its much-anticipated earnings report disappointed Jan. 23 and saw already low stock tumble more than 12 percent in 24 hours. Has Cupertino jumped the proverbial shark, or will it rise again? There are … [Read more...]
And They Said Tim Cook Couldn’t Fill Steve Jobs Shoes at Apple
It was the summer of 2011, as the story goes, when Apple (AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs called Tim Cook to his home. “There has never been a professional transition at the CEO level in Apple.” Jobs told Cook, the latter recently recounted for Bloomberg. “Our company has done a lot … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook Says Apple Could Revolutionize the TV Space
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook is still keeping quite about any plans the company may have to expand into the television sector. In what CNET’s Donna Tam is calling a “bit of Déjà vu,” Cook explained that the company as of yet had no concrete plans to do so when questioned … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Removes Popular App for Pornography
Few would consider Michelangelo’s masterpiece “David” a form of pornography, but the reviewers for Apple’s App Store might. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) pulled the popular app 500px—which allows professional and amateur photographers to share their art—from it store Jan. 21, claiming it … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Sales Over $54 Billion and Stock Falls 10% AH
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares fell more than 10 percent following the company’s much-anticipated earnings report Jan. 23 just after the closing bell. Investors had been on the edges of their seats for days—or even weeks—as the nail-biter report neared amid expectations it would help … [Read more...]
Will Apple Inc. (AAPL) Release iCloud iTV to Compete Against Netflix (NFLX)
With so many professional and armchair analysts sure that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will not disrupt Netflix (NFLX) with an iCloud streaming implementation of Apple TV, it’s fair to note they've made several good points. Apple (AAPL) still has many good reasons to embrace it as … [Read more...]
66% of Women Say Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPad is Their Favorite Device
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is still a market innovator and dominator according to a Perion survey published Wednesday morning. The report shows that a majority of iPad users claim it's their preferred device for checking email when compared to PCs and smartphones. … [Read more...]
Boston Globe Swapping Out Paper for Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPad
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad will be replacing paper for some readers of the Boston Globe. The Boston Globe school program "Newspaper In Education" will be issuing iPads to Massachusetts public schools and will include a subscription to the Boston Globe. The Newspaper In Education … [Read more...]
