Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is poised to be named the new CEO of Hewlett-Packard later today…
Month: September 2011
Vendors cast doubts on success of 7-inch Amazon tablet, Android Ice Cream Sandwich vs. iPad
After seeing major companies like Research in Motion, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard struggle…
Via Reuters, Financial Times claims Web-based app more popular than App Store app, offers no hard proof
FT.com Managing Director Rob Grimshaw told Reuters that the new Web-based app…
Getting ready for iPhone 5: How to prep your iPhone 4 for resale
There are many ways to resale your used iPhone 4 to make some extra cash…
Delays in rolling out Apple Retail Stores in China may be opportunity for Android peddlers, analyst claims
Apple Inc. is opening stores in the China region at a quarter the pace it forecast…
How Apple played it smart with iPhone exclusivity
Apple’s trajectory with exclusivity reflects a very smart and elaborate plan…
Apple’s iPhone has 89% retention rate, HTC a distant second at 39%
A whopping 89 percent of iPhone owners have indicated they will stick with Apple…
Apple plans program to loan iPads to retail staff
Apple this past week detailed plans to introduce an interesting new program…
Play Blu-ray movies on your Mac without first having to convert them
Lots of people want to watch Blu-ray movies on their Macs…
Massachusetts Attorney General, victim of iTunes fraud, says she’ll demand answers from Apple
“Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said on Tuesday that her office…
Apple sued by Via Technologies over U.S. patents for microprocessors
Apple Inc., the world’s biggest technology company by value, was sued by Taiwan’s Via Technologies…
Apple patent app describes future iOS devices communicating with parking meters, doors, cash registers and much more
On September 22, 2011, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application…
Verizon CEO McAdam: AT&T should be allowed acquire T-Mobile USA
Verizon Communications chief executive Lowell McAdam has gone on record…
In Senate hearing, Schmidt says Google’s search results not ‘cooked’
Google chairman Eric Schmidt defended the company’s business practices…
Gartner says Apple iPad to have free run in tablet market this Christmas amid flummoxed also-rans
Worldwide media tablet sales to end users are on pace to total 63.6 million units…
Apple continues cutting out derivative Samsung; looks elsewhere for DRAM and NAND flash
Apple has increased its purchases of DRAM and NAND flash from Japan…
Apple-Samsung dispute heads back to courts in South Korea and Australia
As the global patent battle between Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc…
KDDI to sell iPhone 5 this year, breaking Softbank’s exclusive grip in Japan
KDDI Corp. has broken Softbank Corp.’s exclusive grip on iPhone products…
Why Apple is unveiling two new iPhones next month
It won’t only damage the competition, it will crush, destroy, and eliminate them…
Sprint to cap mobile hotspot data to 5GB on October 2nd
We’ve seen ETFs increase, Sprint Premier go away, upgrade fees raised…
Apple gains ground in China piracy battle with new patents
Apple has some new ammunition with which to fight the rampant piracy of its products that is an ongoing problem in China…
iPhone trade-in volume spikes alongside iPhone 5 rumors
In the last two weeks, capped off by Wednesday morning’s report…
Analyst: Two new iPhones on October 4th, then 4G iPhone with ‘materially improved user interface’ in 2012
Wedbush Securities’s Scott Sutherland today reiterates an Outperform ratin on AAPL…
Google says Oracle seeking at least $2 billion in Android dispute
Google Inc. said Oracle Corp. lowered its damages request to at least $2 billion…
U.S. stocks end sharply lower after Fed decision
Stocks closed near session lows after selling off sharply in the final hour…
Apple’s silence on iPod speaks volumes
More than half of September has gone by without a single word from Apple about new iPods…
U.S. DOJ won’t explain decision to challenge AT&T’s purchase of T-Mobile USA
The U.S. Justice Department will not hold a briefing for lawmakers to explain its decision…
Employee-owned Apple iOS devices an ‘unstoppable train’ in the enterprise
Younger employees prefer consumer technologies like iPhones and iPads over enterprise-provided alternatives…
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse: 2011 guidance excludes any iPhone launch
Sprint Nextel would need to change its full year guidance for 2011…
Citigroup sees Apple iPad dominance of ‘tablet’ market increasing
Those considering a tablet now express a preference for Apple 77% of the time…
Microsoft’s plan to stanch Bing’s hemorrhaging of $1 billion per quarter
Bing, Microsoft’s two-year old search engine, is losing nearly a $1 billion a quarter…
Apple iOS accounts for 83% of mobile devices using Wi-Fi in airports worldwide
Boingo Wireless today released its Wi-Fi Snapshot, a data-driven…
Apple board member Al Gore, speaking at conference, ‘confirms’ new iPhones – plural – in October
Former Vice President and Apple board member Al Gore has confirmed…
5 things you won’t see at Apple’s October 4th special media event
As Apple prepares for its Oct. 4 iPhone introduction, you can feel the thrill starting to build…
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman being considered for HP CEO job to replace Apotheker, say sources
Meg Whitman is being considered by Hewlett-Packard directors as a possible candidate for CEO…
Streetspace sues Apple, Google, others over online advertising patents
Delaware based company called Streetspace has launched a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple…
Apple revealed as owner of iPodSolar.com
A recent change to the WHOIS registry for the domain name iPodSolar.com…
After October 4th media event, how many days until iPhone 5 goes on sale?
A look at previous lag-times suggests that Apple’s iPhone 5 release date…
HTC exec: We will definitely beat Apple in patent disputes
HTC, Asia’s No. 2 smartphone maker, is confident of defeating Apple…
Goldman Sachs ups Apple price target to $520
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are up in early trading as the positive notes continue to flow in…
French papers team up in attempt to force Apple into concessions on subscriptions
Apple’s tight control over media content on its iPad is about to fall foul…
Beleaguered RIM drastically cuts production of PlayBook flop
Quanta Computer has reportedly cut back production lines for RIM’s PlayBook…