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HTC profits plunge in face of competition from Apple and Samsung
It may seem like ancient history at this point, but well before Apple sued Samsung over its implementation of Android, Apple fired its legal ammunition at HTC back in March of 2010. Since then, Samsung has withstood the full impact of Apple’s legal attack and has nonetheless posted a number of impressive and record beating […]
Continue reading...Anticipating Apple’s share price by following its capital expenditures
10. October 2012
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What you’re looking at below is a chart overlaying Apple’s yearly share price over its revenue (broken down by product line) and its quarterly expenditures. The chart, expertly put together by Horace Dediu of Asymco, shows that Apple’s share price has effectively gone up in conjunction with Apple’s revenue. Not a huge shocker there. But […]
Continue reading...New report highlights labor abuses at Samsung factories
10. October 2012
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Just a few days ago, Samsung posted record earnings that topped analyst estimates, largely thanks to healthy sales of its Galaxy lineup of smartphones. All told, operating profit increased by 91% while earnings increased by 93%. Not bad at all, and the company’s patent issues with Apple aside, the Korean electronics giant – which makes […]
Continue reading...MLB sees impressive adoption of digital ticketing via Passbook in iOS 6
10. October 2012
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While some companies are trying in vain to hasten the proliferation of NFC enabled smartphones, Apple, per usual, has chosen to go its own route. Rather than release an NFC-equipped iPhone, the company instead introduced a new feature dubbed Passbook in iOS 6. Passbook enables users to store tickets for various activities and events, from […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 supply contrained due to stricter quality control measures regarding scratches
10. October 2012
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Aside from all of the hoopla surrounding Apple’s new Maps app, the iPhone 5 launch has essentially gone off without a hitch. If anything, sales for Apple’s new smartphone remain so strong that Apple is reportedly still struggling to keep supply on par with demand. That said, Bloomberg reports that increased quality control regarding scratching […]
Continue reading...iPad Mini will be Wi-Fi only; Revamped iPad with UK 4G support in the works – Rumor
9. October 2012
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A report from the Guardian today claims that Apple will have more than an iPad Mini to show off at its rumored iPad-themed special event which will likely take place sometime in mid-October. Specifically, the report notes that Apple this month will also be unveiling a revamped iPad that will be 4G compatible in the […]
Continue reading...Last-minute iPad Mini design change forces case manufacturer to halt production – Report
9. October 2012
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Despite Tim Cook’s promise that Apple was going to “double down on secrecy” when it comes to their upcoming products, we effectively knew everything there was to know about the iPhone 5 weeks before it was released. Similarly, there have been no shortage of photos of alleged iPad Mini parts floating around along with purportedly […]
Continue reading...Apple responds to complaints regarding purple flare effect on iPhone 5 photos
9. October 2012
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Shortly after the iPhone 5 was released, some users began noticing a purple flare or halo on their photos when the camera is pointed at a bright light source. As tends to be the case, the issue only appears to be affecting some users and it certainly hasn’t attracted as much attention as the issues […]
Continue reading...5th-gen iPod Touch and new iPod Nano begin shipping
9. October 2012
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And so it appears that Apple’s fifth-generation iPod Touch has begun shipping, which isn’t all that surprising given that earlier today Apple posted a User Guide for its latest and greatest iPod to iBooks. When Apple first unveiled their new iPod Touch and iPod Nano models at its special event back in September, the company […]
Continue reading...By focusing on products and not money, Steve Jobs was able to change the world
9. October 2012
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This past Friday marked the 1-year anniversary of Steve Jobs’ passing. As expected, the blogosphere was filled with various retrospectives meant to capture the impact Jobs had on the world at large and illustrate the challenges the tech world may face moving forward in his absence. While reading a few of these pieces, one paragraph […]
Continue reading...Mark Zuckerberg admired Jobs’ focus; received free iPhone 5 from Tim Cook
9. October 2012
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Last Friday, Facebook announced an incredible achievement, noting that over 1 billion people activeuly use the popular social networking site daily. Take that Google+. Touting the statistic in a press release, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained, “Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in […]
Continue reading...Apple’s new vector Maps work great for offline browsing
8. October 2012
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Despite getting a lot of flack over the mapping inconsistencies and irregularities in its homegrown Mapping application, Apple’s new Maps are vector based as opposed raster-based and as a result enable iOS users to still browse Maps in surprising detail even when there’s no data connection, assuming of course that a user has visited the […]
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11. October 2012
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