Friday, February 27, 2015



Apple accounts for 10% of Nasdaq's index value






Billionaire Carl Icahn can't wait to drive an Apple car






A closer look at Apple's record setting quarter

Apple took a record high 89% of smartphone profits last quarter


In a release issued Thursday, Strategy Analytics reported that Apple took a record 88.7% share of worldwide smartphone operating profits in the December quarter, up from 70.5% in the same period last year.  Android's share, meanwhile, fell from 29.5% to a record low 11.3%. (Microsoft, BlackBerry and Others aren't even in the race.)





It's the games, stupid!

Apple partner Imagination unveils PowerVR 'super-GPU' with 512 ALU cores for game consoles






Watch Modern Family's Apple episode on your Apple device of choice 






This is sooner than people expected

Spring starts March 20 this year, so Apple watch could start shipping then?


Rumor: Unique display to showcase Apple Watch at high-end Paris department store






Vogue Paris calls the Apple Watch 'a small revolution' in new two-page spread






Listen up Rappers, Sheiks, Russian oligarchs and Pimps, the Apple Watch as bling

Brikk to sell platinum and diamond-encrusted Apple Watches for $75,000





Game controller?

Apple files for "Taptic Engine" trademark in Europe and China with possible surprise twist worth noting





Tim Cook visits Israel to open Apple's new R&D center






Tim Cook's latest stop in whirlwind international tour: Lond's Covent Garden Apple Store





Apple Watch will replace your car keys, says Tim Cook






Upper Eastside NY multi-millionaires really don't want Apple Store riff-raff standing in lines day and night, yadda, yadda, yadda

Neighbors organize protest over future Apple Store





This is their petition:




FCC votes to enforce net neutrality by regulating ISPs, unleashes municipal broadband





Pissed-off that they lost out on the mobile phone empire they thought they once had locked-up, Ericsson tries to play a hard ball renegotiating tactic with Apple

Ericsson seeks US iPad, iPhone ban as it sues Apple over patents






This is UnionPay and Alibaba trying to keep US companies out of China

US says absurd Chinese rules on selling technology to banks violate free trade agreements








Music industry sets friday as new global release day






Apple is definitely working on a top secret VR project





Apple supplier Foxconn expects robots to take over more factory work






5 billion Android apps open to hack






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Thursday, February 26, 2015







Could Jony Ive pull off an Apple car?






Ive is 47 and Musk 43

Musk has been looking for cash, dropping hints to Apple

Apple's Jony Ive and Tesla's Elon Musk "inseparable" in conversation at Oscars afterparty




Hmmm?


From 2013:




12-page print ad & digital video showcase Apple Watch in March issue of Vogue







What if the System on a chip were replaceable?

Every Apple Watch, and repairability






They're going to have specialized tables in the Apple Store, but...

The Apple Watch Store?







It's all about the chips and smart qualified humans

While Apple's CEO is in Israel to Open New Offices we learn that a Secret Project may be in the Works



In 2012 Apple presented the A6 chip, the main processor and graphic processor of iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c models. Unlike prior generations of the series, Apple developed it on its own, without collaborating with Samsung.  By developing chips internally Apple is shouldering significant development costs. Potentially, if the number of units used is high enough, it is benefiting from a lower cost per unit, not having to pay to an external supplier. It can also benefit from a better fit to the specific product, and prolong the time it would take competitors to get to the market with similar technologies.






Tim Cook to deliver commencement address at George Washington University, receive honorary doctorate






This is how hard it is to get a job at Apple





The US Justice Department should shut down that kangaroo court in Texas.

Apple to appeal $533 patent infringement award

"Smartflash makes no products, has no employees, creates no jobs, has no US presence, and is exploiting our patent system to seek royalties for technology Apple invented," the California tech giant said.

"We refused to pay off this company for the ideas our employees spent years innovating and unfortunately we have been left with no choice but to take this fight up through the court system."





Multi camera editing was always a sticking point for FCP and Hollywood 

Apple spotlights "Focus" starring Will Smith, edited entirely with Final Cut Pro X








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Wednesday, February 25, 2015



Apple Eats Samsung's Lunch While Taking 71% of Japan's Softbank Market Share for Handsets in Q4 2014


Apple siphoned off about a half of the world's smartphone revenues in the fourth quarter."

"Apple accounted for a significant 71% handset market share at Softbank, the 2nd largest wireless operator in Japan by handset volume shipped during the quarter, in Q4 2014.





Chase announces over 1M wallets provisioned on Apple Pay







This "court" in Tyler Texas is infamous for awarding huge claims to patent trolls.

They seldom stand up in higher courts.

Jury orders Apple to pay Patent Troll $532M for infringing gaming patents







Apple stock slips on capital return concerns






IBM MobileFirst Enterprise Apps will Include Location Awareness






As Apple flagship, mall stores, and licensed dealers sprout up all over the country

Apple and Other High Profile U.S. Tech Companies have been Officially Cut from China's State Purchases






Airs tonight

Modern Family co-creator details episode shot entirely with Apple products

"We shoot digitally anyway. Our thinking was, why shoot the episode with our sophisticated and ridiculously expensive cameras only then to have to run it through some process to make it look exactly like an iPhone?"





Modern Family's all-Apple episode airs tonight






Tim Cook met with Angela Merkel during Berlin visit and more





"That was great! I love Germany!"  Tim Cook

Das war großartig! Ich liebe Deutschland! 





Rumor: Tim Cook reveals waterproofing on Apple Watch has improved since unveiling, can be worn in shower






This might be the worst argument against the Apple Car






What, me worry?   Alfred E Neuman

Mercedes-Benz chairman not losing sleep over Apple Car





Students around the Globe that use Macs and iDevices May be Eligible to Receive Free Microsoft Office 365






For Apple's and Google's app stores, the money's in the games




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Tuesday, February 24, 2015



Apple closes in on $775B market cap, now twice as large as Exxon Mobil






Apple at $133: Look whose price targets are underwater now






The entrant's guide to the automobile industry







First the dash, then perhaps the whole car, muses Morgan Stanley





The untenable relationship

Rumor: Samsung tapped to supply DRAM for 'A9' chip in Apple's next iPhone






Speaking of untenable relationships, now Intel is saying Q4 for new chip.

Pathetic!

Future Macs won't run on silicon chips


Intel's Broadwell chips are late. The 14-nanometer wafers, which are believed to be integral to the much-rumored Retina MacBook Air, are due soon, but still not here.



Remembering Steve Jobs who would be 60 today






Apple to overhaul Genius Bar, changing appointments and using phones as pagers





Seele GmbH (Germany) is long-time Apple store glass-maker. Now they can openly brag as Apple HQ contractor.








Visa readies network tokenization launch in Europe, sets the stage for Apple Pay debut






Apple acquires popular instrument and effect plug-in maker Camel Audio







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