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Apple Senior VP of Marketing Phil Schiller is all up in Twitter
Phil Schiller, Apple’s Senior VP of marketing is all up in Twitter ya’ll, haven’t you heard? Though a member for over two years, Schiller didn’t tweet very much, if at all, until 9to5Mac noticed a flurry of activity from Schiller’s account recently. Somewhat impressively, when you consider how secretive Apple is, Schiller not only posts […]
Continue reading...An iPhone flashlight app that actually works
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
For reasons that defy any semblance of logic, an assortment of flashlight apps have not only littered the iTunes App Store for months, but have actually generated significant sales/downloads for a few lucky developers. But with the recent release of the iPhone 4, Apple is finally shipping a phone that comes with LED flash. The end […]
Continue reading...Apple executives cash in on stock options as Apple share price hits all-time high
Friday, March 26, 2010
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With Apple’s stock price currently trading at all-time highs, two of Apple’s senior executives thought it’d be a good time to cash in their stock options while the gettins’ good. Writing for BrainstormTech, Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports that Apple COO Tim Cook recently sold 300,000 shares of Apple stock at prices ranging from $226.9 to $230.7. […]
Continue reading...Phil Schiller’s favorite iPhone apps
Sunday, December 6, 2009
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In a recent interview with the New York Times, Apple’s Senior VP of worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller talked about some of his favorite apps for the iPhone, and the results really aren’t too surprising. First, Schiller said that he’s a fan of the music recognition app Shazam. Shazam essentially allows you to hold up […]
Continue reading...Phil Schiller defends and explains Apple’s app store approval process
Monday, November 23, 2009
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Since its inception, the iTunes App Store has been shrouded in controversy over what many people perceive to be Apple’s inconsistent, hypocritical, and sometimes downright confusing app store rejection policies. Over the past few months, Apple has rejected apps that improperly use Apple’s trademarks, politically based apps, and even e-book readers.
Continue reading...Apple calls Psystar’s deposition of Phil Schiller “harassment”
Friday, August 21, 2009
General Hospital has nothin’ on the unfolding drama in the Psystar/Apple legal case. We reported earlier that Psystar’s deposition of Apple executive Phil Schiller didn’t go as planned, prompting Psystar to file a motion wherein it labeled Schiller as being “unprepared” to answer questions related to any lost profits incurrred by Apple as a result […]
Continue reading...Phil Schiller emails Steven Frank regarding his iPhone boycott
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Steven Frank is a well-known Mac programmer who along with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington created quite a stir a week or so ago when they announced, separately, that they were giving up their iPhone’s as part of a moral protest against Apple’s draconian app store policies. Now comes word that Phil Schiller has reached out […]
Continue reading...Phil Schiller chimes in on “censoring” of Ninjawords dictionary app
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Two days ago we wrote about how Apple’s app store review team forced the developers of the dictionary app Ninjawords to remove certain objectionable words from their app, yet still slapped a 17+ rating on it, a seeming contradiction in terms. But to Apple’s credit, they’ve responded in the form of a Phil Schiller email […]
Continue reading...Phil Schiller takes potshot at Palm during WWDC Keynote
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Usually when Apple takes a jab at a competitor during the WWDC, it’s a safe bet that Bertrand Serlet, Apple’s Senior VP of Software Engineering, is somewhere close by. But in a change of pace, it was keynote presenter Phil Schiller who delivered a keynote zinger by taking a jab at the just released Palm […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs won’t be delivering the WWDC keynote
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
When Steve Jobs temporarily stepped away from Apple a few months ago, he said he’d be back in June, and according to Apple executives, that’s still the plan. But if you were expecting that Jobs would make a triumphant return to Apple in the form of a killer keynote that would see him introduce an […]
Continue reading...No DRM is great, but people are over-reacting
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Phil Schiller recently announced that the iTunes store was going fully DRM-free, and for whatever reason, people are still finding something to complain about. First off, Apple is charging 30 cents a song to upgrade to a DRM-free library. Does it suck? Is it annoying? Sure, but people need to calm the f down. I […]
Continue reading...Watch the Macworld 2009 Keynote and iLife guided tours
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Check out a stream of Phil Schiller’s Keynote over here. Or check out guided tours of the new iPhoto and iMovie over here.
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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