Tag Archives: Apple

Reminder that Apple is Allegedly Having an iPad Event TODAY at 1PM EST (10AM PST)

If you have been even glancing at tech news sites and blogs recently you have noticed a theme – every day we ‘know’ something new about the iPad 3 / 2S / HD … and that about 50% of the time it is a direct contradiction to the new stuff we learned the day before! [...]

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Apple Hits 25 Billion App Downloads, is the Most Admired Company

To say that Apple is on a roll seems a bit superfluous, as the company has spent much of the last dozen years as one of the most reported on and profitable companies in the world. And yet it seems like every time we turn around there is something new and amazing to discuss. First [...]

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Infographic iKill Looks at Us, Foxconn and Apple … Again

I have already talked about the history of Chinese manufacturing and how blaming Apple alone is singularly wrong-minded, concluding: If we want to get to the root cause we need to look in the mirror. WE are the reason all of our electronics are made in China, WE are the reason all of our clothes [...]

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Tales From The Apple Store

(image courtesy Macrumors) The other day Judie and I were in Manhattan for the Dell/Intel create work inspired event and we decided that we needed to make a pilgrimage to the Apple Store at Grand Central Station. If you have not been there you should make a point of stopping in the next time you [...]

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Apple TV All About Social Media? Nah.

Image courtesy of iJailbreak Tech-head Dave Winer is a smart guy, and has been writing interesting things about technology for pushing 20 years now, and he is one of the few in that category that I really respect.  But in his recent post about Apple TV, what he thinks it will offer, and why he [...]

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Apple Announces OS X Mountain Lion With Even More iOS-Like Features!

Have you ever walked up to your Mac after working on your iPad for a while and thought “I wish my Mac could do THAT”? Well, despair no more – Apple has just released a preview page sharing what is coming to a Mac near you this summer!

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As Apple Stock Hits $500 Reflections on the Past and Present

This week Apple’s stock broke through the 500 per share mark, and the Wall Street Journal did a spot on just how huge the company has become – to the point where analysts assessing financial health of the economy have to exclude Apple due to the enormous weight it carries (look at the grey box [...]

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FBI Releases File on Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs passed away several months ago now, and the burst of news at the event, followed by the (just days later) release of Jobs’ biography by Walter Isaacson, has pretty much abated.  So what possible news could Jobs be making now, from beyond the grave?

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Chinese Manufacturing Has Always Been Abusive … Why Blame Apple ONLY?

There was a recent article in the New York Times that pretty much singles out Apple as being to blame for the work conditions in China. Sure, they off-handedly refer to ‘other companies’ and repeatedly say ‘other devices’ as a footnote, but again and again it is Apple, iPhone and iPad that are mentioned. Apple, [...]

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Wait … Apple TV Is More Popular Than Roku?

There is always loads of data to mine in corporate earnings announcements, and yesterday’s Apple announcement is no different. Dan covered the highlights including iPhones, Macs, iPads and iPods … but I noticed a mention at GigaOM about AppleTV sales. Apparently AppleTV sold 1.4 million units during the last quarter. I really didn’t think too [...]

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Apple’s Amazing Quarter Makes the iPhone Bigger Than ALL of Android!

It was only a few weeks ago when I posted the news that Android and iOS were in a virtual tie for market share of the smartphone market based on recent data, I said that ‘everyone wins’. I still believe that – I think that having strong competition in any market makes everyone work harder [...]

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Apple By the Numbers… Wow… Simply Wow.

In case you missed it, Apple is doing well. (Okay, ridiculously understated and then some.) Yes, Apple reported revenue of over $46 billion and saw its profit exceeded $13 billion for the quarter. That translates to $13.87 earnings per share. For comparison sake, at this time last year the company earned $26.74 billion, or $6.43 [...]

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Apple Television on the Way? More Likely with Nuance Unveiling Dragon TV

There some time there has been speculation that Apple might get into the television business and the past months have seen the rumor mill heat up significantly. Still, questions remained open with regard to what such tv would actually be and why Apple would enter a market with such small margins in the fist place. [...]

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Someone At Apple Was A Ghostbusters Fan…

I love “Ghostbusters”. It’s one of my favorite movies of all time. In fact, I had a plastic Stay-Puft Marshmellow Man decorating more than one of my apartments post-college. How can you not love it? It’s pretty much the perfect movie. And according to The Verge, back in the ’80s someone at Apple felt the [...]

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Agency eBook Pricing Model Under Anti-Trust Scrutiny!

The European Union has finally stepped up to handle the biggest issue facing the economy today. It’s a long time coming, but someone is finally asking questions and looking for answers. Yes, the “agency model” for ebooks is finally being investigated! What, you thought I meant something else? According to Businessweek, several publishers as well [...]

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PlayStation Vita Game System Review – Part I

Gamers gain a more robust mobile console experience with the PlayStation Vita versions using Wi-Fi/3G or Wi-Fi only online capabilities plus a rear touchpad, two analog sticks and a sharp OLED display.

BANG! Your Lights Are Out

Back in the days when I was on the look out for the “perfect tablet” (in other words, before I [...]

RIP Eugene Polley, Inventor of the TV Remote at 96

Image courtesy of Wikipedia I remember reading an article about 25 years or so ago! on how everything wired was [...]

Get a Droid RAZR 16GB 4G LTE Plus $25 Apps Plus $40 Credit Plus Double Data

AmazonWireless had the 16 GB Droid RAZR for just $0.01 with new two year contract. Thatnis pretty amazing considering the [...]

Windows XP’s “Bliss” Background: A Blissful Happenstance

Most people who have been using PCs in the past decade or so have doubtless seen this image, the default [...]

Google Music Pre-Summer One-Day $2.99 Album Sale!

Google Music is having a cool one-day ‘pre-summer’ sale with a bunch of albums for $2.99, including Daft Punk, Smashing [...]