Archive | January, 2013
Pundit absurdly suggests booting Tim Cook and promoting Jony Ive
Depending on what you read, it may seem as if Apple as a company is being torn apart at the seams. No one’s buying iPhones anymore. iPhone 5 demand is waning. Samsung is the new king of the mountain. The company is doomed without Steve Jobs. Shares of Apple keep on plummeting. Indeed, there are no […]
Continue reading...Digitimes retracts report of iPhone with 4.8 inch display
22. January 2013
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Earlier this week, Digitimes released a dubious report alleging that Apple was working on an iPhone model (dubbed iPhone Math) that would sport a 4.8-inch screen. This mythical, larger screened iPhone was reportedly going to come with an 8 megapixel camera and was going to launch alongside the iPhone 5S. And oh yes, the initial […]
Continue reading...63% of Verizon’s Q4 2012 smartphone activations were iPhones
22. January 2013
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Verizon earlier today released their earnings figures for Q4 2012 and recorded 9.8 million smartphone activations, of which 6.2 million were iPhones. And of that 6.2 million figure, nearly half were iPhone 5s. By way of contrast, Verizon in the holiday quarter of 2011 recorded 7.7 million smartphone activations of which 4.2 million where iPhones. […]
Continue reading...All eyes are on Apple’s 2013 Q1 earnings; Street expects EPS of $13.34
22. January 2013
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All eyes will be on Apple tomorrow afternoon as the company will release its earnings results from the recent holiday quarter. This earnings release will be especially important for Apple investors in light of the recent report regarding Apple’s scaling back of iPhone display orders and the corresponding drop in share price. Recently, shares of […]
Continue reading...Apple looking for Siri Writer to make Siri a “distinct, recognizable character”
22. January 2013
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Well just look at what Apple is up to these days on the Siri front. A recent job posting from Apple on LinkedIn reveals that the company is looking for someone with writing skills to jazz up Siri’s dialogue. We’re looking for a uniquely creative individual to help us evolve and enrich Siri, our virtual […]
Continue reading...Was Apple’s $500 close on Friday the result of market manipulation?
21. January 2013
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On Friday, Apple shares closed at exactly $500 a share, and in the wake of reports regarding a bevy of call option activity some believe that forces of market manipulation may have been rearing their ugly heads. Specifically, it’s been reported that there are approximately 60,000 call options betting that shares of Apple would be […]
Continue reading...Did Apple and TSMC strike a deal to manufacture A6x processors?
21. January 2013
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In remarks made on Friday, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) CEO Morris Chang said that he anticipates that his company, in 2013, will be responsible for nearly all the chips built using the 28nm process. Consequently, some believe that Chang’s statements indicate that TSMC has at last struck a deal to manufacture chips for the […]
Continue reading...Why Apple purchased LaLa and how Steve Jobs makes an offer “you can’t refuse”
21. January 2013
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Aubry Johnson, who was previously a lead designer at Color, recently put up a blogpost (since removed) describing the buyout process as applied to Apple’s purchase of LaLa and later Color. Remember than many members of the original LaLa team went on to found Color. Thank god for Google Cache, right? First off, Johnson describes […]
Continue reading...Angry Birds is Apple’s free app of the week
21. January 2013
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I’ve been rather upfront regarding my addiction to Angry Birds: On the advice of a good friend, I picked up the app for a mere $0.99 and have been unable to put it down since. Quick gaming sessions (such is the plan) have consistently morphed into hours of turning colorful birds into dangerous and precise […]
Continue reading...Sharp reportedly halts iPad display production
21. January 2013
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Hot on the heels of reports, albeit unsubstantiated, that Apple was scaling back its iPhone display orders comes word via Reuters that Sharp has effectively ceased production on displays for the 4th-gen iPad. Sharp Corp has nearly halted production of 9.7-inch screens for Apple Inc’s iPad, two sources said, as demand shifts to its smaller […]
Continue reading...Apple working on 4.8-inch iPhone – Report
21. January 2013
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If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em, right? A new report claims that Apple may, after all these years, follow the trend and release an iPhone model with a 4.8-inch screen dubbed iPhone Math. An unusual name to be sure, which leads some to believe it may simply be an internal codeword for the device. […]
Continue reading...Ashton Kutcher as a vested Steve Jobs and Josh Gad as Steve Wozniak [Photo]
17. January 2013
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Behold, a photo of Ashton Kuther as Steve Jobs and Josh Gad as Woz. Gad seems like an interesting choice for the role, and he certainly could use some help with his beard. Kutcher, on the other hand, has the Jobs look down pat. The indie film, creatively titled “Jobs”, will be released this April […]
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22. January 2013
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