Monday, November 23, 2015




Apple Watch supplier plans $4.2B  OLED plant






And should continue to lead through 2020 and beyond

It's official: The Apple WATCH is dominating the competition






Report from Katy Huberty

Apple and Google expected to lead electric car race






Or take the Tube!

MasterCard offers Londoners free Monday rides for using Apple Pay






New Visa Ad campaign for Apple Pay starts today in the UK with "anticipation" theme (video)





Apple's iPhone China October sales in good shape






They forgot the question: "Do you have to lie or hide the fact about how secure, cost-saving, and easy to use Apple products are in order to save your job?"

That would be a 100% yes.

CIOs see Apple taking more enterprise business



CIOs see Apple taking more enterprise business - AAPL IBM CSCO - Investors.com




Many IT/CIOs I talk to state that offering Macs to new hires is essential to court millennials: A demographic they want badly.





Welcome to the ecosystem

How Apple, Inc might eventually make $153 off each user every month






Spreading to other countries now, Pay works at 700,000 locations

Here are all the places that support Apple Pay, including 600+ banks and credit unions 







So, given the above, why would Apple undo safety features.

Apple's CEO on encryption: "You can't have a back door that's only for the good guys."







Unlock iPad Pro's full potential w/ iOS: 9 features, third-party apps, much more






Still severely constrained at Apple's own stores, Apple Pencil expands to Best Buy






Leaked screenshots show glimpse of Apple troubleshooting app for iOS







Apple to open 27th Chinese Apple Store this week in Beijing






Chengdu opens second Apple Store







Photos are usually 2 weeks old on Cupertino's site

Cupertino: Apple Campus 2 Construction update






Apple's spaceship campus is big enough to hold Disneyland







Costs as much as an iPhone

First look: DJI Osmo 4K steadicam with iPhone connectivity & control







Apple wins DRM patent lawsuit leveled by ContentGuard






Federal Appeals court shoots down Samsung in Apple patent fight






I've read they could easily cut ten times this number of jobs

Samsung cut 5,000 jobs in 2015 with half coming from smartphone division & more cuts on the way






Intel couldn't even get it together to produce new desktop chips for Mac Pros and Mac minis in the past 3 years.

Instead, they've been working very hard on this PC/tablet combo to help their PC buddies compete with Apple.

Intel CEO sees declining tablet market










Friday, November 20, 2015

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iPhone Market Share expected to grow in 2016 while Samsung's will continue to be in Free-Fall






Or a Mac Pro or Mac mini, but at the rate of speed Intel operates this could be another 3 years away.

They haven't even produced SkyLake chips for Mac mini or Mac Pro yet.

Maybe Kaby Lake is what they've been waiting for, but I doubt it considering their past record.

Intel Corp.'s biggest Kaby Lake Chip could be a great fit for Apple Inc.'s next 5K iMac






Is Apple preparing to take $8 Billion from Google?





You know, all they're going to do is copy the iPhone and iOS, rebrand it and have a chinese company produce it. 

China Seeks to Build its Own Secure Smartphones to Ensure no Foreign Country Back Doors






Of 101M iPhones now in U.S installed base, 62% are iPhone 6 models with Apple Pay support






Half of data connections by top 500 Android apps are 'covert' with no effect on user experience


Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered that half of the communications connections established by the top free Android apps are hidden to the user, and much of the data is being transmitted for unknown purposes.





Here are 10 big funds that dumped Apple last quarter






Gives instructions on how to re-boot for temporary fix

Apple acknowledges iPad Pro screen blackouts, offers no immediate word of upcoming fix







First look: Apple Pencil paired with iPad Pro is no ordinary stylus






Iovine apologizing, walking it back, but the damage is done.

I knew these guys were going to be a PR nightmare.

First Dr. Dre and his buddies blab about his deal on social media before it's done.

Then Eddie Cue encounters the wrath of Taylor Swift speaking for all artists' royalties, and now this.
 

Jimmy Iovine says finding music is difficult for some women







Yeah, write a headline like this:

Apple plummets to 4th place among hedge holdings, from No. 1 then bury the lead and omit the facts 




Thursday, November 19, 2015




iPhone 6s launch propels Apple to further gains in global smartphone market, Gartner says






Goldman: Apple will get even better at milking cash cows







Supply chain report claims Apple on track for 10M Apple Watch sales as it seeks an additional supplier






Apple WATCH hits Swiss watch industry hard, suffers biggest slump in 6 years






It's only the beginning (Chicago)

Apple's sales in India cross the $1 Billion mark






Apple iPhone 6s, 6s Plus shipments surge after slow start in India






Use the iPad Pro like a Wacom Cintiq







Input and output devices are computers too


Apple Pencil torn apart to find incredibly small logic board, folded in half to maximize space



Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities indicated earlier this week that production of the Apple Pencil is extremely complicated, and assembly is not going as smoothly as Apple and its manufacturing partners had hoped. Kuo expects Pencil yields to improve as producers overcome inefficiencies associated with building a new format device.







iFixit Apple Pencil Teardown






The Verge: The best set-top box you can buy






Apple TV (2015) international review






Holiday Buyer's Guide: iPhone accessories for photographers & filmmakers







Apple spotlights ABC app, Muppets in new Apple TV ad






From these illustrations, the Apple Store appears to have a midwestern ranch house style "hip roof" popularized by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Apple Store: Michigan Avenue at Chicago River



Below: Lloyd Wright roof at Taliesin



Looking south on Michigan Ave






Silicon Valley bracing for severe El Nino flooding: Apple, Campus 2 outside primary flood zone







SunPower's solar farms for Apple in China to quadruple power






$495 to hear what these guys think about the  WATCH

Glance: A deep look at Apple WATCH







My review of the Apple Pencil






The sky is falling, the sky is falling

The fear mongers want unfettered access to our personal information for the rest of our lives, and this is how they can get it.

McCain, Feinstein & Head of Senate Intelligence Committee Calling for a Debate on Encrypted Networks






This is how we lose our freedom, not protect it.

Apple Makes Terrorism Cases 'Go Cold' Says Manhattan DA