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iPad poised to hit 30 more countries this week
Apple is quietly but surely expanding its iPad rollout this week to include an additional 30 countries. Beginning on Friday, May 11, the following countries will be getting the iPad treatment: Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Malta, Martinique, Mauritius, Morocco, Peru, Taiwan, Tunisia, [...]
Continue reading...Sprint CEO to take 2012 pay cut on account of iPhone subsidies
8. May 2012
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Well this is sort of an odd story. So remember how Sprint, in an effort to save the company, bet the farm on the iPhone by agreeing to purchase $15 worth of iPhones over the course of a few years? That is to say, Sprint committed to purchasing x amount of iPhones regardless of whether [...]
Continue reading...Verizon pushing Android 4G handsets over the iPhone
7. May 2012
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A few days ago, CNN ran a story detailing how Verizon sales representatives are aggressively marketing Android smartphones instead of the iPhone. David Goldman writes: Here’s what I found: Next time you walk into a Verizon store looking to buy a smartphone, expect the hard sell on a 4G Android device. In each of the [...]
Continue reading...Liquidmetal co-inventor anticipates technology being used in “breakthrough” Apple product
7. May 2012
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A few weeks ago, a report surfaced claiming that Apple’s next-gen iPhone will make use of liquid metal alloys as a means to create a device that’s thinner, lighter, and more robust than previous models. If your recall, Apple back in 2010 signed a deal with Liquidmetal Technologies for the exclusive right to the company’s [...]
Continue reading...China overtakes US in terms of smartphone shipments
7. May 2012
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The iPhone is currently available on two of the top 3 carriers in China. The lone holdout is China Mobile which just so happens to be the biggest carrier in the world, featuring over 655 million subscribers as of January 2012. To put that into perspective, that’s about six times as many subscribers as Verizon, [...]
Continue reading...Revamped iPad 2 with 32nm A5 delivers stellar battery life – Report
6. May 2012
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Oh Apple, you sneaky devil. Word on the street is that when Apple released the new iPad and dropped the price of the iPad 2, they upgraded the processor from a 45nm A5 to a 32nm A5. The result, noticeably better battery life on the new iPad 2 (iPad 2,4 below) compared to the original. [...]
Continue reading...Google may see fine of tens of millions of dollars over Safari privacy issue
6. May 2012
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Bloomberg reports that the FTC may slap Google with fines that may reach into the tens of millions of dollars as a result of its efforts to circumvent a privacy restriction on Apple’s Safari browser. The FTC is preparing to allege that Mountain View, California-based Google deceived consumers and violated terms of a consent decree [...]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 to feature 4-inch screen with new aspect ratio and metallic back
3. May 2012
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iLounge, which has provided remarkably accurate iPhone rumors in the past, is back with some more goodies this Thursday morning. Forget about the teardrop mockups and prototypes we saw last Summer, Jason Horwitz writes that the next-gen iPhone will, as previously rumored, sport a larger 4-inch screen that will be accomplished by implementing a longer [...]
Continue reading...iPad gains marketshare as Kindle Fire sales plummet
3. May 2012
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New data from IDC indicates that Apple’s iPad continues to best the competition, with its market share rising from 54.7% in the last quarter to 68% in the current quarter. And as Apple’s iPad continues to surge, Android tablet sales are trending downward with the Kindle Fire in particular seeing a drop in shipments from [...]
Continue reading...Apple’s Scott Forstall sells 95% of his AAPL shares
2. May 2012
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With Apple’s share price in the lower $600 range, Apple’s Scott Forstall decided to cash out on 95% of his Apple shares this past Friday by selling 64,151 shares for a net take of $38.7 million according to a filed SEC Form 4. According to Phillip Elmer-DeWitt, Forstall’s holdings were the result of a bonus [...]
Continue reading...In search of page views? Blame Apple for destroying jobs
2. May 2012
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A typical and hollow hit piece on Apple from the good folks over at Business Insider who do some “leg work” to determine all of the jobs Apple has destroyed by creating products that have left companies struggling to keep up, thereby creating layoffs across multiple industries. But what about the competitors Apple has bumped [...]
Continue reading...Apple wants to keep Steve Jobs deposition secret
2. May 2012
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The Hollywood Reporter reports: Aftermath Records, a division of Universal Music Group, is about to go to trial in a case that will determine what money is owed over digital music to producers of many hit Eminem records. Meanwhile, in another case — a class action against UMG brought by many musicians including Rob Zombie, [...]
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9. May 2012
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