Tuesday, February 11, 2014

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iTunes is now nearly half the size of Google's core business

And at 34% year over year, it's growing slightly faster says Asymco's Horace Dediu.





Fortune 130





Chart of the day: Is this the picture of the end of a love affair?

A debate over the future of the tablet splits Silicon Valley venture capitalists.





Apple paving way to "revolutionary" iPhone display





Apple's Arizona sapphire plant spurs construction of new renewable energy projects



Apple's Arizona sapphire plant spurs construction of new renewable energy projects



Notice that he is riding a BMW, but it looks like he is wearing Frye boots and Levi jeans. 

Steve Jobs featured in new 'American Cool' exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery


Visitors to the National Portrait Gallery's new "American Cool" exhibit will find late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs highlighted alongside cultural icons like Miles Davis, Paul Newman, and Jay-Z. 





Apple vs. Judge Cote: The appellate court split the difference

The judge gets to keep her watchdog. But he's on a tight leash -- as Apple had demanded.





Ken Burns digitizes documentaries in Apple App (audio)




Looks like a site Apple would pick for a new store to me

The Pohland-Haus: New Apple Store site in Cologne?





Another one bites the dust!

Barnes & Noble Fired Its Nook Hardware Engineering Staff




iOS and OS X are killing it, that's what

What the Heck is Happening to Windows?


Windows 8.1 Update 1 again proves that design by committee never works, and that by not strictly adhering to a singular product vision, the solution that is extruded out to customers on the other side is messy, convoluted, and compromised. Say what you will about Sinofsky, but Windows 8 was his baby. 





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Filmmaker Burns Digitizes Documentaries in Apple App (Audio) - Bloomberg


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Monday, February 10, 2014



Apple's iPhone, the new international currency





Another stop on Tim Cook's world tour

Besides the obvious huge deals involved here, this is an image building PR tour for Cook

Apple CEO Tim Cook talks education and government services collaboration with UAE officials — report



Gergawi and Tim Cook discuss improving m-government services - Khaleej Times




Cook discusses bigger iPhones, Motorola sale, Android and more in interview






Apple's CEO Tim Cook discusses emerging markets and plans for cash & 50 new carriers







Cook and investors win, Icahn melts away

Carl Icahn drops Apple buyback proposal






Update: See above, Icahn backs off 

Apple: Icahn says it should be trading at $1,245 based on Google's multiple




WSJ: What about Carl Icahn's proxy proposal to distribute another $50 billion in cash by September, beyond your existing plans?

Cook: We think you want a cash-return program that's flexible. We may see a huge company tomorrow that we want to acquire or something may happen in the stock market that's unpredictable. You want to be able to adjust for the long-term interest of the shareholders, not for the short-term shareholder, not for the day trader.






New Berklee tower on Massachusetts Avenue is all but complete, students move into new dormitory section as work continues.

They will also begin offering a Masters degree program at the Boston campus in addition to the Valencia, Spain campus program.

Berklee is Apple Macintosh throughout, and incoming freshmen are required to use Mac Book Pros.


My Alma Mater, Berklee College of Music urban campus, growing with new 16 story tower (slide show)




Valencia Spain City of the Arts Berklee campus

Virtual Campus tour




Meaning it will always suck like Windows

Tim Cook: Android is like Europe, Google wasn't committed to Motorola



"I wasn't surprised," said Cook in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. "Google gets rid of something that's losing money, something that they're not committed to." Cook went on to state that becoming a company that melds hardware, software, and services together is quite difficult and that Google obviously hasn't quite gotten proficient in this arena, which makes "Apple so special."




What Apple's data centers are all about

Is Apple about to cut Akamai out?








New Mac Pros support AMD's CrossFire GPU teaming, but only within Windows






Apple, Google, Microsoft: Where does the money come from?





Samsung and Google like fighting Apple in the German courts backing patent troll with $$

Samsung, Google lawyers to represent patent licensing firm in tomorrow's $2 billion Apple trial





Judge Koh denies Samsung's request for a retrial based on Apple's closing argument 








It's truly the least they could do!

Feds scold Samsung for using standards-essential patents to seek iPhone ban






Two Future Stores Spotted In China






Two thirds of UK tablet owners have an iPad






Apple's Sudden Push into Sapphire Manufacturing Sends Taiwanese Manufacturers Scrambling to Secure Patents






USA Bobsled & Skeleton coaches use iPads to record and analyze their athletes




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Friday, February 7, 2014




Apple repurchases $14B of own stock over two weeks after 8% decline


In a move he called "aggressive" and "opportunistic," Cook authorized the $14 billion repurchase, which brings the grand total to $40 billion worth of shares in the past year. To put that in perspective, Apple spent $16 billion on buybacks over a full quarter in 2013.

"We've looked at big companies. We don't have a predisposition not to buy big companies," Cook said. "The money is also not burning a hole in our pocket where we say, 'let's make a list of 10 and pick the best one.' We have no problem spending ten figures for the right company, for the right fit that's in the best interest of Apple in the long-term. None. Zero."





Tim Cook's 2-week, $14 billion Apple buying opportunity





New data may reveal Apple's 2013 holiday iPad model sales mix






Apple just procured enough Sapphire crystal furnaces to make 100-200 M 5-inch iPhone displays in Arizona






First Phase of Apple's new $300M Austin, TX campus nears completion






Apple confirms first Brazilian Apple Store to open on Feb. 15






New flagship Apple Store green-lit by San Francisco Planning Commission




New flagship Apple Store green-lit by San Francisco Planning Commission



Retail stores part of Apple marketing plan as far back as 1976, says Silicon Valley ad whiz



Retail stores part of Apple marketing plan as far back as 1976, says Silicon Valley ad whiz

Apple's 1976 marketing plan included Apple Stores | Apple - CNET News



This  Store design has had problems from the start with arching glass ceiling causing light and heat problems

It's essentially a "green house" design

Apple Tracing Source Of Store Odors


Apple Tracing Source Of Store Odors



City Commission Conditionally Approves SF Store



City Commission Conditionally Approves SF Store



Apple lowers MFi & Lightning licensing fees, paving way for more affordable iOS accessories

Apple lowers MFi & Lightning licensing fees, paving way for more affordable iOS accessories



Fact or fiction: What does (and doesn't) actually speed up your Mac

Fact or fiction: What does (and doesn't) actually speed up your Mac | Macworld



The good, the bad, and the ugly

You get the dongle you pay for in Google's Chromecast






Google opens up Chromecast with new streaming SDK for iOS, Android, Chrome





I wonder what Samsung thinks about this?  It's obviously a hedge against anything going wrong with the Google-Samsung relationship.

Google made a massive investment in Lenovo the day after it sold Motorola


Many analysts believe Lenovo overpaid for Motorola, which Google bought for $12.5 billion back in August 2011, and that it will have a difficult time turning the unprofitable business around. Its latest handsets, the Moto X and the Moto G, appear to be popular devices, but reports have claimed they're not selling all that well.

Nevertheless, Lenovo's purchase has taken it from the fifth-largest smartphone maker in the world to the third-largest.





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