Archive | September 1st, 2012
Apple taps LG and AU Optronics for iPad Mini displays – Report
Following a report that Sharp was struggling to get its iPhone 5 display production up and running, it now appears that Apple may have learned its lesson. Bloomberg is reporting that when it comes to Apple’s anticipated iPad Mini, the Cupertino-based company has tapped LG and AU Optronics to provide the displays. Apple will use […]
Continue reading...Sharp reportedly falling behind on iPhone 5 display production
1. September 2012
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With Apple’s expected iPhone 5 unveiling just days away, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sharp, one of the three companies Apple has tapped to produce iPhone 5 displays along with LG and Japan Display, hasn’t begun the manufacturing process yet. Sharp, a major supplier of liquid crystal displays to Apple, had planned to […]
Continue reading...About that iPad Mini, what to expect on the inside
1. September 2012
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Marco Arment, of Instapaper and Tumblr fame, found a few interesting device data strings show up in his stat logs the other day. One was for an iPad2,5 while the other was for an iPad2,6. As a quick refresher, when Apple introduces a major product revision, it increases the first number by a factor of […]
Continue reading...Eduardo Saverin’s early advertising pitch for Facebook
1. September 2012
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Eduardo Saverin, one of four Facebook co-founders, famously sued Mark Zuckerberg years after the social networking site went mainstream – a point later popularized by Aaron Sorkin’s film “The Social Network.” But way back in the day, when Saverin was still acting CFO and business manager of the company, the Brazilian born was tasked with […]
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1. September 2012
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