i, i, i… What’s with all this holding back and playing with our emotions?! Alas, it’s the nature of the Beast I reckon… When Steve Jobs died, Apple had a spotlight moment, an opportunity to leap ahead of the pack in a decisive and dominating way. But more timid minds prevailed. Instead of releasing the [...]
Apple announced today that they take responsibility in creating over a half a million jobs in America. About 304,000 (47,000 at Apple) are in fields such as engineering, manufacturing, and transportation, and 210,000 are attributed to the iOS app economy. Apple reported: A study by Analysis Group found that Apple has directly or indirectly created [...]
The ATF (US Department of Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms) announced they will be getting rid of the Blackberry as their primary communication devices. They are going with the iPhone, of course. “We’re going to delete the BlackBerry from the mix,” Rick Holgate, ATF’s chief information officer, said in an interview. They are going with the iPhone because [...]
Apple has hit another milestone today, the company reached $500 billion in market capitalization. Apple’s stock growth has accelerated in February because of the release of the iPad 3 coming out in early March. Apple is sitting in at over $507 Billion up 34% in just the first two months in 2012. Technorati Tags: Apple [...]
AT&T is working on a system that will allow app developers to pay for their customers data usage on the carrier. This is in comparison to toll free 800 numbers in the broadband world. [AT&T senior executive vice president for technology and network operations John] Donovan likened the service to toll-free calling for the mobile-broadband [...]
As we gear up for the release of the iPad 3 in just a few short days, and wait with baited breath to see what major modifications will arrive with it, I have to take a moment… Sometimes to see things clearly it’s best to take a step back, gain perspective, to better see both [...]
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The Associated Press has reported a California judge awarded an iPhone user $850 in a case filed against AT&T for purposely slowing down the already paid for data speed just so they can save their own bandwidth. The iPhone user was grandfathered into the unlimited data plan and had their data speeds slowed down after [...]
Happy Birthday to an ultimate legend of the world, Mr Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs was born on this day (Feb 24th) in 1955. Sadly the world lost him on October 5 2011 but he will always be a technology icon and a world legend that literally changed the world and the human being forever. He [...]
Adweek compiled all 84 iPhone advertisements and their stories behind them to make this awesome collage dating back to the first one in 2007. Take a look at all of them now here and reminisce about where you were or what you were doing when you first saw them on TV. Technorati Tags: iPhone commercials
The Japanese blog, Macotakara has reported that they had received information from a “reliable” source that Apple is targeting another September or October release. This is going to be the new iPhone release cycle to be kept for years to come, say goodbye to the Summer releases. A representative from a supplier that provides parts [...]
Even though Kodak filed for bankruptcy and calling it quits, Apple is still planning on suing them over patent infringement. Apple is filing a lawsuit in Manhattan and also a complaint with the International Trade Commision over patent infringement related to digital cameras, printers, and digital picture frames. While arguing bankruptcy law doesn’t prevent the [...]
Consumer groups SumOfUs and Change.org are planning to create a war over the working conditions at Foxconn. The groups said they got over 35,000 people to sign the petition in just 24 hours. Along with the petition, occupiers are staging a protest at 10 a.m. outside Apple’s new Grand Central Terminal retail store. A representative [...]
Paul McCartney is releasing his new album Kisses on the Bottom and the legend will perform live in Los Angeles Capital Studios streaming on iTunes to celebrate the new release.iTunes link Here are the details: Paul McCartney will commemorate the release of his new album, Kisses On The Bottom, with a free streaming performance that [...]
Apple and Sam’s Club, owned by Walmart corporation is coming to agreements to expand their partnership. Sam’s Club already sells the iPhone, iPad and iPods within its extremely large retail chain but both Apple and Sam’s Club are wanting to take their relationship to the next level. Apple is considering to expand their Apple retail [...]