Thursday, February 6, 2014

Apple's 19.5 percent share of global PC & tablet sales now larger than Dell & HP combined

Apple's iPad share increasing despite cheap tablet alternatives, same for iPhones & Macs

Combine this with the numbers above, and it's looking really good for Apple

Tablets expected to make up 75% of the mobile computing market by 2017

Apple's iPhone loses the New York Times' selfie smackdown

Selfies, like Facebook and Twitter, are a major social media phenomenon. The word "selfie," Wood points out, was the Oxford Dictionaries' neologism of the year. And "#me" is the third-most-common tag on Instagram.

With 184 million selfies on Instagram, how could Apple miss it?

Your Best Selfie - Video - NYTimes.com

Apple's iPhone loses the New York Times' selfie smackdown - Apple 2.0 -Fortune Tech

Shares of Apple, Inc. go ex-dividend as it gears up to distribute nearly $3 billion to holders

Large stake investors clash over Apple cash ahead of shareholder meeting

Apple's 30 and On the runway with iPhone 5s videos are definitely signs Angela Ahrendts is already on the job at Apple

Apple snips down iPhone 5s footage from Burberry fashion show for new video

Apple - iPhone

Making of 30 Years of Mac - "1.24.14" Film

Apple - Thirty Years of Mac - "1.24.14" Film

Apple's growth scorecard

Apple's Growth Scorecard |

HTML5 catches up to Apple iOS

HTML5 Catches Up To Apple – ReadWrite

How the "value trap" squeezes Windows PC makers' revenues and profits

How the 'value trap' squeezes Windows PC makers' revenues and profits | Technology | theguardian.com

The Apple/ARM disruption of Intel gains momentum

Apple Inc. (AAPL) news: The Apple / ARM Disruption Of Intel Gains Momentum - Seeking Alpha

Video demo of Sapphire iPhone display leaves it unscathed by concrete block torture

Video demo of Sapphire-coated iPhone display leaves it unscratched by concrete | 9to5Mac

Apple intensifies research into quantum dot-enhanced displays

Apple needs to catch Samsung, Amazon in displays, researcher says | Apple - CNET News

Apple, Imagination Technologies extend iPhone, iPad graphics chip license pact

Imagination shares rose by as much as 20 percent on the London Stock Exchange following news of the deal.

Apple, Imagination Technologies extend iPhone, iPad graphics chip license pact

Rumor: Apple hires 'sleep expert' from Philips Research for iWatch project

Apple acknowledges AirPlay mirroring issue with new Mac Pros & MacBook Pros

Apple acknowledges AirPlay Mirroring issue with new Mac Pros & MacBook Pros | 9to5Mac

What a creepy slimy company

Samsung wants Olympians to hide the Apple logo on their iPhones during opening ceremonies

Flash is up to its old tricks, leaking like a sieve.

Adobe Flash Player gets emergency update

BBC News - Adobe Flash Player gets emergency update

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Tim Cook Confirms Istanbul Store, Says It's 'Unique'

Cook told the president that iPads and iPhones have become necessities of modern life, and called on the government to exempt them from the country's luxury tax, usually 18 percent.

Tim Cook Confirms Istanbul Store, Says It's 'Unique'

President Obama uses iPad to take class video during school visit

President Obama uses iPad to take class videos during school visit [Videos] | 9to5Mac

Apple has reportedly resumed iPhone 4 production for sale in developing markets

A report on Tuesday claims Apple has returned the discontinued iPhone 4 to production, though the three-generation-old handsets will be available only to very specific markets in India, Indonesia and Brazil.

Apple has reportedly resumed iPhone 4 production for sale in developing markets

Apple, Samsung provide final list of patents and accused products for California spring trial

FOSS Patents: Apple, Samsung provide final list of patents and accused products for California spring trial

This woman is a horrible example of a journalist. She's a hack. She has never been objective, always subjective. She used Steve Jobs' illness and death to advance her career. Now she's using his ghost.

A first peek at Yukari Iwatani Kane's 'Apple after Steve Jobs'

A first peek at Yukari Iwatani Kane's 'Apple after Steve Jobs' - Apple 2.0 -Fortune Tech

Instead, Apple eventually put Sony out of the computer business like they put them out of the Walkman business.

The backstory: Sony's 2001 offer from Steve Jobs to run Mac OS on Vaio laptops

The backstory: Sony's 2001 offer from Steve Jobs to run Mac OS on Vaio laptops | 9to5Mac

The tales of Steve Jobs & Japan #02: casual friendship with Sony | Steve Jobs and Japan | nobi.com (EN)

They steal from Windows too, but mostly OS X

It's what both North and South Korea do: steal from Apple.

North Korea's Red Star OS goes Mac

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss The Who

A picture is worth a thousand words.

I give you this one, from Microsoft.

Microsoft, Past and Future

Daring Fireball: Microsoft, Past and Future

Microsoft's new CEO's first stupid comment

Microsoft Prescription: More Bill Gates - WSJ.com

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Apple iWatch could trigger sales as high as $17.5B:

Morgan Stanley

Apple iWatch could trigger sales as high as $17.5B -- analyst | Apple - CNET News

Morgan Stanley sees 'iWatch' ringing up $17.5B from iPhone users in first year

Apple Building Out Their Own CDN To Deliver Content To Consumers

Apple Building Out Their Own CDN To Deliver Content To Consumers - Dan Rayburn - StreamingMediaBlog.com

Duh?

Apple's bandwidth boom could signal TV ambitions

Apple's Bandwidth Boom Could Signal TV Ambitions - Digits - WSJ

Apple's iWatch: The killer apps may be in hospitals, not health clubs

Apple's iWatch: The killer apps may be in hospitals, not health clubs - Apple 2.0 -Fortune Tech

Apple to contribute $100M to ConnectED high-speed internet for education drive - report

Apple vs Judge Cote: The odds are in Apple's favor today

A "weird and fascinating grudge match" is headed to a federal appeals court.

Apple v. Judge Cote: The odds are in Apple's favor today - Apple 2.0 -Fortune Tech

Apple asking appeals court to freeze monitor

Next round in grudge match over price-fixing decision

Apple asking appeals court to freeze monitor - Fortune Features

More air miles

First Apple Store in Turkey to open in Istanbul in April, government requests R&D and Siri improvements

First Apple Store in Turkey to open in Istanbul in April, government requests R&D and Siri improvements | 9to5Mac

Tim Cook to visit Turkish president this week, may discuss $4B iPad deal

Apple posts behind the scenes video of '1.24.14' Mac ad

Sketchy Report Claims Full iPhone 6 iPhone Details: Larger IGZO Screens, More RAM and Storage

Sketchy Report Claims Full iPhone 6 iPhone Details: Larger IGZO Screens, More RAM and Storage - Mac Rumors

Microsoft rearranges the deck chairs

Microsoft names Satya Nadella CEO as Bill Gates demoted from Chaiman to "Technology Advisor"

Microsoft names Satya Nadella CEO as Bill Gates demoted from Chairman to 'Technology Advisor' | 9to5Mac

Pretty soon they'll qualify for a small business loan

Dell is planning to lay off 15,000 employees

Rumor Has It Dell Is Planning To Lay Off 15,000 Employees – UPDATE | TechCrunch

What can I say?

Google Barge must find a new home, agency says

Google Barge must find a new home, agency says | Internet & Media - CNET News

Monday, February 3, 2014

Apple's $13.1 billion quarter was the 4th highest for all corporations of all time

Apple has had 5 of the 10 biggest quarters. But Wall Street is looking for earnings growth.

Apple's $13.1 billion quarter was the 4th highest of all time - Apple 2.0 -Fortune Tech

Apple skips pricey Super Bowl ad, pays homage to 30 years of Mac via online movie shot using iPhones

Apple - Thirty Years of Mac - "1.24.14" Film

Not entirely buying this logic, which assumes that apple will never ever reach emerging markets, or by the time it does, those markets will be saturated and satisfied with whatever Google's partners' devices exist.

It also assumes that Apple will never be a player in the Enterprise or Cloud computing, which isn't the case.