Tuesday, February 28, 2017





Apple's iPhone the leading Smartphone in Australia in Q4 2016 Overtaking Android due to iPhone 7






Apple 3.0 Podcast: Ben Bajarin on Apple's secret sauce






They're on the right track with the iPad Pro

The tablet computer is growing up






Apple Store at Pentagon City to reopen March 4 with next-generation design






Similar to how Apple and IBM collaborated, and those efforts have since been joined by Deloitte

Apple & SAP to release tool to build business apps, SDK for iOS on March 30






Apple services are a big deal that will only get bigger

Banco Santander partners with IBM to develop suite of iOS MobileFirst banking apps






Apple readies New 2017 iPad Pro, low-cost iPad -- but release date?






iPad Pro 2 rumor roundup






Supply constraints will limit OLED to just 'iPhone 8,' benefitting Apple in long run - report






Apple has 1,000 engineers working on AR, may debut in iPhone 8 - UBS







One analyst thinks the iPhone 8 w8ll still have lightning connector with USB-C adapter for Europe







Korean prosecutors charge Samsung head, other execs with bribery & embezzlement

































Monday, February 27, 2017




Apple reigns as Dow's best performing stock in 2017






Apple Inc valuation now more than $134 billion greater than Alphabet's Google






Warren Buffett grows Berkshire Hathaway AAPL stake to 133 million shares worth $17 billion






Warren Buffet says Apple is their Second-Biggest Holding because they have 'Quite a Sticky Product'






Apple: Waiting for the Buffet effect






Institutional funds can't grok AAPL

Apple still trades like a steel mill going out of business






Apple board member Al Gore sells $29.5M of company stock





Crooked media (armed with Apple devices) vs. Trump/Bannon







Apple, other tech giants will support transgender student's case







The best Apple ad from each year since its 1984 Super Bowl hit






Editorial: The future of Steve Jobs' iPad vision for Post-PC computing






Editorial: The future of Steve Jobs' iPad vision for Post-PC computing, part 2






More and more car manufacturers are adding CarPlay just like more and more retailers are adding ApplePay

Jeep & Porsche reveal new vehicles equipped for Apple's CarPlay







Apple is making its own Internet gear so that their data centers cannot be compromised by any government power, like the US, Russia, Israel, Korea or China.

Uber, Yelp, OKCupid among major iOS apps potentially affected by massive 'Cloudbleed' leak






February Apple Park drone footage shows completed R&D facility, near-final solar installations



Above: Apple Park looking West

Below: R&D building looking Southeast with furniture visible through windows 



Above:  Theater work seems slow

Below: Sliding glass doors work seems slow: They are still using temporary upright supports.





Temporarily drying out the soggy campus...

Blue skies over Apple Park



Below: Top soil is being added both inside and outside the ring along with more plantings, but rains have slowed progress.





Is there an Oscar in Apple's future






Apple has at least five different groups working on wireless charging ahead of iPhone 8





This may help them avoid a class action suit in Kansas, but I'm not sure of that.

Apple says third-party iPhone screen repairs no longer fully void your warranty 






EduTech: How to turn your notes & handouts into searchable PDFs without iOS






CalDigit's Thunderbolt Station 3 Lite for MacBook Pro (Giveaway)






Beats X may be the greatest wireless earbuds yet






Rare 2002 original iPod prototype with red internal board makes its way to eBay, asking $100K






We used Macs in our music business starting in 1987.  

One of our road managers, Joe Morris, had a mac like the one below that he carried in a bag on tour.

Macintosh, Midi, and Music circa 1988






Samsung is chasing Apple's tail (as always) at MWC 

Samsung introduced the new Tab S3 and Galaxy Book Today at a Special Event in Barcelona Spain






Friday, February 24, 2017




Analyst says Apple has upper hand on Samsung now more than ever






Apple's Tim Cook marks Steve Jobs's 62nd birthday on Twitter






Harman details its first wireless Apple CarPlay infotainment system for automakers






As opposed to the unlawful extraction they did for the FBI to torpedo Hillary Clinton's bid for President.

Cellebrite director says firm now doing 'lawful' extraction of data through iPhone 6






Apple to expand Seattle AI & machine learning efforts with more space & staff






I think Apple suspected (or knew) that these servers had been compromised, perhaps by a government.

Server firmware security incident in 2016 forced Apple to sever ties with vendor Super Micro

 




Apple iPhone supplier TSMC on track to ship 10nm chips in this quarter, 'expand rapidly'






Apple Supplier Announces 5nm Processors Scheduled for 2019-2020 Time Line and Work on 3nm is Progressing






Gamblers usually go on a spending spree if they win big in Macau, so they won't have to pay taxes on their winnings when they leave the district.

China's biggest gamblers really love their iPhones





Apple says iOS 10.2.1 has eliminated the majority of iPhone 6s shutdown issues





Apple says it is looking into viral video that shows an iPhone 7 Plus catching fire





Rumor: 10.5 and 12.9-inch iPads may not ship until May or June