Tuesday, January 31, 2017



Apple's Q1 2017 expectations - updated










iPhone expectation meter






Very ambitious revenue guidance raise (see above)

Neil Cybart: Apple 1Q17 Expectations





What to expect from Apple's first-quarter earnings






Earnings preview: Wall Street expects record $77.4B revenue in Apple's best quarter in history






Apple's Q1 earnings call, today at 5 PM Eastern






On the day of Apple's earnings call, analysts expecting company to announce return to growth






Apple's secret, but very large profit center






Only the 14th German Apple Store

Apple Store Schildergasse Cologne, Germany 2nd half of February




Below: Apple logo sign in window of building






North Carolina requires test takers disable MacBook Pro Touch Bar for bar exam






Removal of Apple's iCloud Activation Lock check page may be linked to hacks relying on stolen serial numbers






Square promises $350 in waived fees to boost Apple Pay adoption










Hey Siri, who's going to win the Super Bowl?






LG UltraFine display, Apple's external monitor solution, can become unusable when near a router






Apple plans to start using your iCloud data to make Siri smarter







iPads 'more secure than voting systems' claim

















Monday, January 30, 2017



Apple is emerging as a big cap leader again






Will AAPL return to growth, or will it report a full 12 months of decline? 



"Analysts predict that overall revenue will rise about 2 per cent to $77.4bn for the three months ending in December, the first quarter of Apple's 2017 financial year," Tim Bradshaw reports. "Unit sales of the iPhone, the performance metric most closely watched by Wall Street, are expected to grow by 4 per cent to about 78m devices in the holiday quarter."  *





Cowen & Co. Predicts that Sales of Apple's iPhone 7 Plus will Break a Record for Apple's High-End Model




And Cowan is served up in this rather ambiguous missive from PED:




Apple demands specially-certified chips & factories for HomeKit devices, report says






Tim Cook sells another $3.6M batch of Apple stock






Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with Sen. Orrin Hatch, lunches with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner








Trump's next immigration move to hit closer to home for tech







Apple CEO Tim Cook on immigration executive order: "It is not a policy we support."





Read the incredible Trump/Bannon dictum here:




So close and yet so far

Finishing touches and trees being added to Apple's Campus 2 as heavier work largely completed (video)











Apple's "One night on iPhone 7 " ad campaign on display in 25 countries starting today






Behind Apple's new campaign: One Night on iPhone 7






iPhone 7 Plus sales suggest Apple likely to continue feature differentiation between smaller & larger models






Chump change and a necessary investment

OLED for 'iPhone X' could deal $50M hit to Apple's Q2 expenses, analyst says






Apple's 'differential privacy' policy invoked for opt-in iCloud data analysis in iOS 10.3





This means AppleWATCH is hurting Fitbit

Fitbit, Leader in Volume Sales of Cheap Fitness Bands, Plunges 16%, Cuts 6% of Staff, Lowers 2017 Forecast







Apple celebrates Chinese Lunar New Year with curated apps, Apple Store events






Apple honored with Louis Braille Award for efforts in device accessibility






Is Apple Going to sell a Vaporizer for Dope Heads like CNN Thinks? No, not in this Lifetime






Five of the best apps for getting started with creating art on the iPad






Final Cut Pro diary: A video novice takes the step up from iMovie






Members of Congress on Qualcomm's payroll:

Conservatives urge Trump to "Terminate" FTC's Qualcomm complaint











Friday, January 27, 2017





Look whose Apple price targets are underwater now






Apple shares back in vogue as Wall Street bets on iPhone surge







UBS: Solid quarter for Apple, but China is a drag





Insufficient Samsung security forces UK military communications project to switch to modified iPhone 7






The gear you need to make your iPad your only computer






Apple Patent Reveals New MacBook Hinge System with Torsion Bar to Provide Variable Cover Resistance






Apple Thinks different about AI, will cooperate with others






Apple's international iTunes business moves to Ireland on Feb. 5







Apple's Negotiations with India Could get tangled in Tax Issues from Individual States where Apple sets up Shop






Sales figures show importance of India as a growth market as Apple leads premium segment






Seven years ago today: Steve Jobs introduces the iPad






The Digital Assistant War for Home Automation Device Supremacy is about to get Really Heated






Trump eyes an H-1B visa aimed at "best and brightest"