Monday, November 9, 2015

  


Apple TV: Leading set-top box, ousts Amazon and Roku 







Apple's iPhone Chassis Supplier Records Record Quarter






Must be a deal they made with Barclays for more international customers, and Barclays gets greater exposure in the US in return.

Apple drops support for PayPal payment plans in US online store








1 way Alphabet, Inc can't catch up with Apple, Inc






And the lowest percentage of incorrect answers by far

Siri beats out Google Now and Cortana in survey, with 81% user satisfaction rating






Amazon refuses to sell Apple TVs, so...

Here's Apple's latest Amazon put-down






Should you get the iPad Pro?






Architects and engineers are important professions to bring Apple back into the Enterprise.

Viewpoint: How Apple's iPad Pro and devices like it will change architecture







Apple surprises "Shot on iPhone 6" photographers with coffee table books 






Apple Campus 2 instagram aerial and street view photos



Above: Looking southwest, preparing site for visitor center in foreground from SkyRon1 Nov 5

Below: Structures peeking over the fence are going up on the roof's ridge line and might provide daylight to the inner ring


Below: Looking east Nov 7 





Apple isn't lobbying the European Parliament nor European Commission, but you can bet all of their enemies are. 

The test of Apple's different political thinking






Korean High Court Dismisses Case against Apple for Collecting Location Information on Koreans






Judge dismisses Apple Store employee 'bag check' class action lawsuit






Apple retains US smartphone lead as LG reports surprising positive growth, study says







Hackers broke into the new iPhone remotely and won $1M from a spy agency






Japan Post service to support elderly people in cooperation with Apple, IBM






Universal drops Steve Jobs movie from thousands of theaters after poor box office results





Tesla vs Faraday?

A Chinese Billionaire wants to copy Tesla, build and sell cars in the US.

Probably has nothing to do with Apple

Rumor claims new electric car maker Faraday Future is front for Apple









Dumbest ads ever!

PC did what?











Friday, November 6, 2015



Apple's grabbing huge parcels of land in Silicon Valley


The ground that is being prepped across the street to the upper left of the ring will be the visitors center



Aerial photo above shot Nov 5


Apple has already outgrown their buildings under construction.

"We're proud to call the Bay Area home," an Apple spokesperson told Fortune. "We now have more than 25,000 Apple employees locally and once Apple Campus 2 is completed, Apple is expected to support over 41,000 jobs in the area. We want to make a positive impact on every community where we operate and we look forward to doing even more as we continue to grow here."





This building under construction below is at the top right of the previous photo above at the end of the massive garages

Apple earns "wows" for massive office expansion of up to 4.15 million Sq Ft




Above is one of the new office or research buildings sitting next to the two giant parking structures

Previously, two years ago, on this site above, Apple built a full scale module (see below) for the spaceship ring 

This section's facade below would be on the outer side of the ring.

The trees and parking space lines help with scale.


This module would fit into one of the empty outer bays below, about 10 parking spaces in width.

Each module section on the interior side of the spaceship ring is about 8-9 portable toilets wide below: 






This would leave the Samsung copycats in the dust and explain why Apple is not placing orders with the usual suspects for the next iPhone.

Rumored A10 production win for TSMC could be tied to device packaging advances


KGI Securities' Ming-Chi Kuo: Taiwan-based TSMC may have won sole production rights on the A10 chip slated for the next-generation iPhone 7. 





Apple hire suggests work on advanced EV software, 'digital license plate'






Apple's iPhone is the Top Brand Choice for Gift Giving





Apple Watch launches in India with 40 available configurations, Hermes edition left out






Use the old Apple TV remote with the new Apple TV






Three new malware strains infect 20k apps, impossible to wipe, only affect Android






Google looking for chip partners to enable Android to compete with Apple's A9 chip






Thursday, November 5, 2015





Apple shares approach ex-dividend as it gears up to distribute $3 billion to shareholders






1 hugely impressive part of Apple Inc's forward guidance








Could Apple WATCH revenue overtake iPad as soon as fiscal 2016?






Apple considering earlier-than-usual launch for 'iPhone 7' in 2016, source says






Apple reaffirms its superpower over Android 






Apple contemplating huge campus of up to 4.15 million square feet in north San Jose








Apple's Eddy Cue touts iOS for enterprise, demos iPad Pro at Dropbox Open






I think the world's largest company might know a thing or two about the enterprise

Apple's in your truck as Telogis ships iOS telematics 







The Truth: Google changed their name to Alphabet so they would appear before Apple in their search engine

ACLU: Google is embarrassed by Android security, isn't protecting vulnerable users like Apple's iOS







Apple opens subsidiary in Vietnam, tapping smartphone growth






Country star Kenny Chesney promotes Apple Music free trial, Apple Watch fitness in new ad






Andy Warhol's classic Macintosh ad can be yours for $600,000






Synaptics was copying Apple

Apple behind Schedule on Key iPhone 7 Component and has Reportedly Placed Orders with Synaptics