Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: The significance of iPhone naming, nano SIM cards on delivery, Steve Jobs’ effect on tech company slogans, and the world’s largest retailer looks to incorporate the iPhone. Read more »
The event will be held, as is customary for many Apple events, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts at 10 a.m. GigaOM will be there and covering the event live as it unfolds. Read more »
The publication of 1 million unique iOS unique device identifiers serves as a reminder that Apple has not instituted a new anonymous identifier system for iOS devices that would not be tied to devices. Read more »
With so many different photo and social networks out there, our digital memories are usually all over the place and out of sync on a variety of different services. Irrive gathers these things into a single product that makes it easy to share single events across the web. Read more »
The new site should be helpful to owners of websites, brands, music or images whose content is being used without permission in apps to directly and easily contact Apple. But it’s especially useful for developers, whose apps or games are sometimes cloned outright. Read more »
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: Hardware specs for a smaller iPad, another brewing Apple-Samsung legal battle, a courtroom loss for Apple in Japan, new iMacs, and some clarification on Apple’s new executive lineup. Read more »
At WWDC in June, Apple only briefly mentioned the iOS App Store would be getting a makeover. But the lack of emphasis on the details at the time doesn’t accurately reflect how important those changes are going to be for both developers and users. Read more »
The impetus for these talks was reportedly Apple’s landmark victory in its Samsung patent case last Friday. Apple hasn’t sued Google directly for infringing on iOS patents with Android, but a jury found very easily that Google’s most important and most successful Android customer did. Read more »
One in 10 is a paltry figure compared to how fast Apple’s mobile software is updated by its users. But the speed of OS X Mountain Lion’s uptake on desktop Macs is unprecedented for Apple’s desktop software. Read more »
Samsung’s threatening to fight back against Apple after its recent courtroom defeat with another set of patents: those related to LTE devices. Samsung has one of the largest mobile infrastructure patent portfolios, and could try to use it to neutralize Apple’s design patent win. Read more »
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: Apple TV sales, and the pieces of the content puzzle it’s still missing, meet Apple’s two newest SVPs, penny-pinching at the Apple Store and new online tech support. Read more »
Both Apple and Qualcomm were denied an investment opportunity and exclusive access. But it’s always surprising to hear a company like TSMC, so invested in the mobile device market, rebuff the most cash-rich tech company, and the world’s largest chip buyer. Read more »
Craig Federighi and Dan Riccio have been promoted to SVP of Mac Software Engineering and Hardware Engineering, respectively. In addition, Bob Mansfield, who planned to retire and had already named Riccio as his successor, suddenly reverses course and plans to stay at the company. Read more »
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: Samsung and Apple’s relationship post-verdict, what went on in the jury room, the ‘Apple tax,’ legal inconsistencies in Friday’s outcome, and the future of mobile innovation. Read more »
Apple is now asking for Judge Lucy Koh to prevent Samsung from continuing to sell seven Galaxy model phones and the Droid Charge after each were found to infringe at least one of Apple’s patents by a jury on Friday. Read more »
The rate at which Android and iOS-powered mobile devices are being adopted worldwide is far outpacing that of any other technology. That growth is being driven by purchases outside of early-adopting markets. The most dramatic growth is in Asia, South America and the Middle East. Read more »
The impact of Apple’s landmark victory over Samsung in their patent trial on Friday has resulted in Apple shares hitting their highest mark yet. Here’s how some of the largest investors in Apple and Google are looking at the verdict on Monday morning. Read more »
It was Steve Jobs that vowed to go “thermonuclear” on Android for infringing on Apple’s patents. He stepped down from the company he founded a year ago today, so Apple’s huge win in court over Samsung on that anniversary is infused with even more meaning for Apple. Read more »
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: more evidence a new Apple TV isn’t coming soon, Apple’s room for growth, a longtime Apple ad maker quits, and the results of Korea’s Apple v. Samsung patent case. Read more »
Facebook says the app has been rewritten so it’ll not only open and scroll faster, but news feeds and notifications will load right away. To do that, Facebook rewrote it as a native iOS app, doing away with HTML5. Read more »
Mountain Lion’s first update is out and it fixes a variety of bugs discovered when the desktop OS was released a month ago. Though not mentioned in the update guide, some users report the update improves MacBook battery life. Read more »
Friday marks the one-year anniversary of Tim Cook stepping into the most challenging role in tech history: following in the footsteps of Steve Jobs as Apple CEO. Here’s a look at what we’ve learned about him in the past year, and what we still have yet to see. Read more »
The move follows Apple’s decision to stop airing the ads on TV after a week. Some thought the campaign portrayed Apple customers as hapless or clueless. Apple’s decision to disappear the ads from the web too shows Apple’s embarrassment over the public reaction. Read more »
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: Update on Apple’s independent audit of Foxconn, warnings about tinkering with iCloud folders, iTunes account security, Apple ads and “common sense,” and the iPhone’s success in China. Read more »
AT&T says it’s not blocking any apps and that users can still use FaceTime over Wi-Fi as before. The carrier also says there’s a place for “reasonable restrictions” on preloaded apps on the iPhone — but the definition of “preloaded” can be a bit tricky. Read more »
UBS analyst Steven Milunovich argues that the biggest threat to Apple’s dominance in the long run is not a plethora of copycat smartphone and tablet makers — but a competitor out-innovating Apple, which could be ushered in by Samsung losing and Apple winning. Read more »
Samsung makes Apple’s A5 custom-designed chips at its Austin plant, used in the iPad 2, iPhone 4S and new iPad. The part of the factory that’s getting a makeover could build even more A5 chips, or the next generation of Apple’s mobile chips. Read more »
A barista inputing your coffee preference via an iPad isn’t new. But the simplicity of touch-screen and cloud-based checkout could be a revelation for grocery owners used to paying tens of thousands of dollars for point of sale systems and the required training for them. Read more »
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: Apple’s market capitalization is now the highest of any company ever, Apple responds to SMS security report, how the iPad is outgrowing the iPhone, and Apple’s moves in Russia. Read more »
Though the legal drama hasn’t offered the most flattering view of either company, Apple, particularly, has taken a huge gamble with this trial. It’s hard to believe it would squander the ability to exact a legal judgment by opting for resolution outside of court. Read more »
AT&T won’t make users pay to use Apple’s video call service over a cellular connection once that capability goes live this fall. But the carrier says this option is only available to customers who sign up for its new shared voice and data plans. Read more »
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: why Apple can’t disrupt cable today the way it did the music industry, where the Apple-Google spat is heading, an SMS security concern, plans for Oregon data center. Read more »
The in-person customer service offered to customers by Apple Store retail staff is key in winning Apple new customers and keeping old ones around. The quick backtrack on staffing changes shows Apple knows the perception of cutbacks in this area is risky to its brand. Read more »
SEC filings reveal AuthenTec was shopping around a new product a year ago and Apple was the only interested company that could afford it. After months of collaboration, Apple decided to buy AuthenTec instead. Could we see this new tech in a new product soon? Read more »
From iOS developer Kudit, the service will let anyone easily participate in iOS Passbook, a feature coming in the next version of the software. In the future, PassSource will also offer an analytics dashboard for pass creators to track how their passes are being used. Read more »
Apple is talking to some of the biggest U.S. cable providers, but no deals are in place, according to the WSJ. Apple has an uphill battle ahead in order to catch up with Microsoft, who’s been able to woo cable companies to its own set-top box. Read more »
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: Apple-Samsung judge wants CEOs to try to settle, the truth behind smartphone market-share numbers, Office won’t be Retina-ready any time soon, and a refresher on Apple’s patent strategy. Read more »
Hopper’s multiyear mission to use big data tools to bring structure to the web’s travel-related information continues with a fresh infusion of cash. CEO Frederic Lalonde talked about how his company is taking advantage of acquisition-happy Google’s interest in travel information. Read more »
Two Korean iPhone carriers are reportedly in talks with Apple to include LTE radios in the next iPhone. LTE is booming in Korea and the carriers want to be able to add to those subscriber numbers instead of investing in older networks. Read more »
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: Deutsche Telekom readies for a new iPhone, Apple retail store layoff rumors, Apple’s looming e-waste problem, Apple TV’s cable plans and a history of iOS compatibility. Read more »
