Like MobileMe and Apple Maps did, a future iWatch could reinforce the notion that Apple isn’t good at web-based services. But — if done right — it could push Apple to get its web-based act together. Read more »
Amazon won a court ruling last week that restrict Apple’s access to its executives and documents. Filings from the case also show that senior Amazon executives are poised to testify for the government in its price-fixing case against Apple. Read more at paidContent »
Both Bloomberg and The Verge say it could debut in 2013. Plus, other details emerge about potential battery life and feature set. Read more »
Safari on the iPad utterly dominates tablet web traffic. Yet the experience of the web with tablet browsers is terrible, as users get an irritatingly predictable experience. Read more »
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason fired, Google CEO Sergey Brin feels emasculated by phones but not by nerd glasses and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is putting an end to remote work. Plus Oscars & Fashion. Here is our take on the week that was! Read more »
U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh knocked $450.5 million off of the patent infringement verdict Apple was awarded by a jury last summer. Read more »
The rule was instituted just before Apple shareholders voted down a similar proposal earlier this week. And it comes in the midst of a six-month-long stock slide. Read more »
Though he got what he wanted in regard to the shareholder proposal, this is not the end of David Einhorn’s spat with Apple. Read more »
Apple’s status page showed that earlier this morning there was a problem with all of its iCloud-based services. As of this posting only Photo Stream, Documents in the Cloud and iCloud backup are still affected. Read more »
Apple’s educational initiative hit a pretty big number this week, a year after it got its own dedicated app. Read more »
Apple’s board of directors was re-elected. But some of the most interesting questions about Apple’s future — on a new class of stock and what to do with its $137 billion in cash — went unanswered. Read more »
MLB continues to further integrate mobile tech into its fan offerings. While iOS is by far its most popular mobile platform, the head of baseball’s digital arm says it’s “shrinking every day” as Android grows. Read more »
A batch of rejections from Apple’s App Store had some reports wondering if Apple has begun forcing developers to use a new for tracking mobile app users. It hasn’t, according to our sources. Read more »
A company in the United Kingdom is using Kickstarter to fund an open-source version of its software for simply developing apps. It’s one way to help more people learn to code. Read more »
Parents frustrated that their kids racked up iTunes bills without their permission may be in luck — Apple is offering to pay up to many of those affected. A settlement offers a $5 iTunes credit or cash if the amount was more than $30. Read more »
Apple is enamored with China — and rightfully so. However, in not paying attention to India, it has allowed world’s second-largest mobile market to become a mostly Android phenomenon, leaving upper end of the market to Samsung. Wrong strategy, if you ask me. Read more »
Twelve years after their first opening, Apple’s expanding net sales and soaring store traffic show it could use more locations, especially in international cities, of Apple Stores. Read more »
A federal judge granted David Einhorn’s request to remove a proposal for shareholders to vote on Apple’s ability to offer preferred stock. Read more »
One of Wall Street’s top analysts covering Apple met with its CFO on Thursday, and got the impression Apple will make an iPhone for the lower end of the mobile market, and double the existing dividend. Read more »
David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital says his plan would mean Apple would spend about $1.9 billion per year issuing iPrefs. Not everyone is convinced the plan makes sense. Read more »
Naysayers may continue to ignore the trend, but tablets aren’t toys and the tablet market isn’t a fad, as 2012 shipments show. This year, tablets could surpass both desktops and laptops. Read more »
Google today released a new video showcasing the user interface of its Google Glass efforts. On the surface it might look like a hands free camera, but in reality it can open up a lot of new possibilities. Just like the iPad did before it. Read more »
Three independent bookstores have filed a class action suit against Amazon the big-six publishers, alleging that the proprietary DRM Amazon uses on ebooks creates a monopoly. Read more at paidContent »
The owner of the website that was used to launch hacking attacks on Apple and Facebook explains how his site was compromised. Read more »
The FT says Apple’s manufacturing partner isn’t hiring any more workers for a month because of lowered iPhone 5 demand. But Bloomberg got a spokesman to offer a different explanation. Read more »
Both the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S outsold Samsung’s Galaxy S III juggernaut, which after five months of availability, sold 15.4 million units during the fourth quarter. Read more »
Joachim Kempin is the former Microsoft exec who handled the company’s interesting relationships with OEM partners. Now he’s weighing in with ideas to bring Microsoft back to power. Read more »
They found their way in through a vulnerability in Java. But the company says there is no evidence that “any data left Apple.” Read more »
There are many things I like better about my Android phone compared to my old iPhone, but one of the big ones is something that is missing: namely, all those irritating real-time notifications Read more »
Amazon is numero uno in consumer appeal, beating out even Apple and Google, according to Harris Interactive. Also, Cloud Foundry gets big backer in NTT and states reconsider sales taxes on cloud services. Read more »
Google isn’t just an internet search company any more. As it pushes Google TV, Google Glasses, and Chromebooks, it needs to let customers try-before-they-buy. Read more »
Are we in for a rerun of last year’s iPad trademark episode in China? It’s certainly shaping up that way. Read more »
An analyst predicts Apple will re-build iOS to work on faster processors this year. Based on the age of iOS and personnel changes made last year, this isn’t a bad bet. Read more »
A Brazilian company that registered the trademark in 2000 is also allowed to legally use the iPhone name in Brazil, according to a ruling reported Wednesday. Read more »
The 13-inch 128 GB MacBook with Retina display is now $1,499, $200 lower than when it was announced four months ago. Read more »
Opera has confirmed that it’s adopting the WebKit rendering engine and the Chromium framework. Why? Apple and Google have so much influence that the mobile web is being written to their specs. Read more »
Apple may be further along in developing an “iWatch” than previously thought. A new report says there is a team of 100 people working on the project. Read more »
Apple’s CEO defended the company against attacks that it’s irrationally conservative about cash and reiterated that the board of directors is in “very active discussions” about returning more money to shareholders. Read more »
Some European carriers had started warned their subscribers not to upgrade to iOS version 6.1 until Apple had a chance to address the issues. Read more »
Tim Cook could use his speaking slot at the Goldman Sachs tech conference Tuesday to signal how he’s thinking about Apple’s excess cash. Read more »
