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The new interactive textbooks Apple showcased last week are quite similar to the highly praised and innovative iPad app “Our Choice”, which of course is based on a book by Apple board member and former Presidential candidate Al Gore. And not surprisingly, Apple’s textbook creation framework is similar in nature to the easy-to-use framework developed […]
Continue reading...Apple retail stores now a possibility in India
27. January 2012
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Apple’s retail guru Ron Johnson may have left the company, but Apple remains steadfastly committed to rolling out more and more retail shops across the globe. In that vien, livemint reported last week that Apple is considering opening up its first retail store in India. Interestingly, the option for Apple only became available recently following […]
Continue reading...iCloud – Apple’s strategy for the next decade
26. January 2012
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Apple isn’t exactly synonymous with seamless cloud computing solutions, but Apple’s iCloud roll-out thus far has seemingly gone off without a hitch. Speaking to Apple’s iCloud initiative, Tim Cook noted during Apple’s recent earnings conference call that the company viewed iCloud not merely as a product or service, but as an integral part of the […]
Continue reading...Nintendo on track for first annual loss in 3 decades
26. January 2012
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For the first time in history, Nintendo anticipates that it’ll experience its first annual loss since 1981. Bloomberg reports: Nintendo Co., the world’s largest maker of video-game machines, forecast its first annual loss in at least 30 years after the yen reached a postwar high and the new 3DS console had weaker-than-expected sales. The net […]
Continue reading...AT&T activates 7.6 million iPhones, 80.8% of all smartphone activations
26. January 2012
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Apple’s not the only company with record breaking iPhone news this week. AT&T earlier today reported their earnings for the December quarter and noted that they actiavted 7.6 million iPhone 4S devices during that period, a figure significantly higher than the 4.2 million iPhone activations Verizon reported recently. The 7.6 million iPhone activations represents an […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook announces that Apple employees, starting in June, will receive $500 off of Macs and $250 off iPads
26. January 2012
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Following Apple’s blowout quarter this week, Tim Cook sent a company wide email to Apple employees inviting them to a Town Hall meeting which was held yesterday. In addition to going over their record breaking quarter, Cook also delivered some welcome news to the Mac faithful. 9to5Mac reports: Cook announced that Apple employees will soon […]
Continue reading...About all those Google+ users
26. January 2012
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Google’s struggle to prop up Google+ as a legitimate rival to Facebook is ongoing. The search giant is working hard to leverage their other brands into more Google+ users, and while it’s certainly working in that regard, user engagement on the site remains piss poor.
Continue reading...iPhone 5 with 4-inch screen set to begin production – Rumor
25. January 2012
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The Apple blogosphere is still aflutter with Apple’s outstanding earnings results from the December quarter, but a new iPhone rumor managed to sneak into the news stream today courtesy of Seth Weintraub. Citing a reliable source at Foxconn, Weintraub writes that iPhone 5 production is set to begin and that sample devices are already making […]
Continue reading...Inside Apple’s “Top 100” retreat
25. January 2012
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I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of Adam Lashinsky’s new book Inside Apple (available now on Amazon as an e-book) and, suffice it to say, it’s chock full of new and interesting information that Apple fans will find of utmost interest. And especially because Apple is a notoriously secretive company, sometimes even […]
Continue reading...German Court rejects one of Samsung’s asserted 3G patents
25. January 2012
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It’s hard to keep up with all of the legal entanglements Samsung and Apple are currently embroiled in. The two companies have legal proceedings in-play across 4 continents and in over 10 countries. One of the busiest jurisdictions with respect to Apple and Samsung’s ongoing legal dispute is Germany where Apple achieved some success in […]
Continue reading...Contextualizing Apple’s incredible iPhone sales figures
24. January 2012
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Apple reported yet another blowout quarter this afternoon, thanks in large part to over 37 million in iPhone sales. The figure in and of itself is certainly impressive, but when you contextualize the figure while looking back at Apple’s annual iPhone sales since 2007, we can really see the extent to which Apple’s iPhone is […]
Continue reading...iPhone sales top 37 million as Apple records record-breaking quarter
24. January 2012
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Apple last quarter had a slight misstep when its earnings fell short of analyst expectations for the first time in years. Of course, the delayed release of the iPhone 4S had something to do with revenue coming in below expectations. But during last quarter’s earnings conference call, Apple CEO Tim Cook boldly predicted that December […]
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27. January 2012
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