Monday, May 26, 2014





AAPL Year to Date +37.96% w/o dividends added in





To go along with iOS in the car?

Apple expected to unveil new smart home platform at WWDC - report






New ARM based Mac(s) TBA at WWDC?

If true, WWDC would be the place to unveil it, as applications will have to be (re)written for the new hybrid device(s).






Apple seeks Samsung product ban, retrial in second California lawsuit









Google's current stance on patents with Android would have prevented Google from ever having existed










In my opinion, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos should be in a federal prison and so should judge Denise Cote for conspiracy and possibly bribery!

Amazon has gone too far

The e-book monopolist, having strong-armed Hachette, may finally get its day in court.





Apple Negotiating Paid Interconnect Deals With ISPs For Their Own CDN






Daring Fireball:  

About that Apple Beats Deal







Apple's Mac Pro ship times fall below one week for first time since launch






Apple expands cheaper 8GB iPhone 5c availability to India






Apple's expanded "Your Verse" campaign pitches iPad as Mobile creation tool





How Much Does It Cost to Book Your Favorite Band?





Microsoft already has a good small tablet—it's called the iPad mini





As if Google couldn't get any creepier

Google reportedly developing 'Project Tango' tablet with 3D mapping capabilities









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Friday, May 23, 2014



Apple Shares hit a new 52-week intra-day high on Thursday.

Big investors still haven't joined in, some are still shorting AAPL

Smart money bet against Apple just before it hit a 12-month high







Jonny Evans reading the WWDC tea leaves

Apple has big plans for WWDC 2014


There's plenty of evidence to support this:

  • The two-hour keynote
  • The date: Keynote, June 2; 7-1 stock split, June 9.
  • Apple hasn't yet announced the content of dozens and dozens of WWDC sessions. The company is being blatant about this, giving these sessions names like, "No comment", "This one is sealed", "To be announced", "Shhh, can't tell you", "You'll never guess".
  • Click on any of them and Apple says: "The title and description of this session will be revealed after Keynote on Monday June 2. Check back to view the updates schedule."




Apple Gets Most Sales Per Square Foot, Tiffany Third



Apple averages $4,551 in sales per square foot of retail space in the last 12 months, according to eMarketer Retail. The company's stores feature a sleek, minimalist design with rows of iPads, iPhones and MacBooks on display.




The Apple Store circa 1998

The online Apple Store's humble beginnings





Apple Could See a Flurry of Upgrades With the iPhone 6






Apple could save over $1B on alleged Beats deal with international acquisition - report





Comment on Ken Segall's Macworld UK article this week

Think Different: Portrait of a petulant Steve Jobs

It wasn't easy to get Jobs to record the words to Apple's famous ad.





Most of the real talent in Silicon Valley either started at or passed through Apple

Creator of Apple's Core Animation leaves for new role, likely at Facebook






Not to worry though, that 26% figure is almost exactly what was gained by T-Mobile
 
Verizon really ate AT&T's lunch this year, and they were very cold and indifferent towards promoting Apple's iPhone.

iPhone accounts for over half of Verizon's smart phone sales.

Apple's share of AT&T's shipments fell 26% year over year





Verizon will really love all the iPhone 6 subscribers, so they better start showing Apple some respect.

Verizon announces VoLTE, getting ready for the iPhone 6 and iOS 8






Apple Stores will soon run on renewable energy





Former Apple designer nabs fresh funding to make photo-blogging on the iPad a delight






Apple invents a new Robotic Arm Testing System for the iPhone and introduces a new iPhone Antenna that Adds NFC






Pixelmator releases version 3.2 'Sandstone' with 16-bit support and new Repair Tool






The Revenge of Vinyl

As Streaming surges, record stores turn the indie knob up to 11






hp is cutting a total of 50,000 jobs, and considering moving back into the founder's garage







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Thursday, May 22, 2014




Apple, iCloud and the "wrecking" of the Internet







Led by Apple Inc. iPhone, smartphones now account for 87 percent of U.S. handsets






China Mobile 4G adoption continues to be driven largely by Apple's iPhone







These guys have a lot of baggage 

Tight-lipped Apple could keep quiet on Beats deal thanks to SEC rules






Unlike Android, Apple's mobile devices know which way is up






Cool your thumbs texting addicts! No need for lawsuits, all will be fixed in due time. 

Apple pledges to fix longstanding iMessage bug in upcoming iOS update







Apple preparing expansion into new 290,000 square foot Sunnyvale campus





Patagonia's environmental VP puts Apple's on the spot

Legendary adventurer Rick Ridgeway challenges former EPA chief Lisa Jackson at Fortune's Brainstorm Green.






I think the iWatch is where liquid metal will be used 

Watch the Omega video

Apple renews exclusive rights to Liquidmetal in consumer products into 2015







Apple granted license to sell and market products, conduct research in Saudi Arabia






Apple ad man Ken Segal on convincing Steve Jobs to Think Different when naming iMac






Boeing Wants to Be Like Apple





Before there was "The Voice" and "YouTube" there was "MTV Basement Tapes"

1985 was the second time Stay With Me was featured on MTV

In 1984 it was featured on MTV News with Kurt Loder when incumbent Indiana Governor Robert Orr used clips from the video for his reelection campaign.

This is an account from a band member that won in 1985. The band changed their name to Extreme.

We met them at the 1991 BMI Music Awards in Hollywood, where Henry and Extreme both received awards. 

MTV Basement Tapes commercial (1985)


...A few years later, Cherone and The Dream appeared in a music video produced by David Horgan, on the early MTV program, Basement Tapes, a show in which the viewing audience "voted" (via a toll-free telephone number) for one of two competing amateur music videos submitted by unsigned artists. The Dream's video for "Mutha, Don't Wanna Go to School Today," won their contest, beating a then-unknown Henry Lee Summer by just 1% of the total vote.[1] Incidentally, both Cherone and Summer had once had aspirations of playing basketball as a career.




It's probably every unit Tony Fadell & Google manufactured and shipped.

Nest recalling 440,000 smoke alarms, providing refunds






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