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Mac OS Ken: 09.06.2011
September 06, 2011 05:04 - 11 minutes - 6.81 MBMacRumors: File in Recent iOS 5 beta Suggests FCC Approval for Next-Gen iPhone / CNET: Two Best Buy Rumors Point to October Release for Next iPhone (Maybe) / Deutsche Telekom Gives Coupons to Customers Looking for Next-Gen iPhone / 9to5Mac: Sources Say GameStop to Start Selling Mobile iOS Devices / Apple Seeds New 10.7.2 beta and New iCloud Test Version to Developers / Apple Insider: SFPD Says It Did Provide an Assist Into Missing Device Search / SFPD Issues Written Statement “Explaining” Los...
Mac OS Ken: 09.02.2011
September 02, 2011 09:11 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBEddy “The Tunes” Cue Promoted to SVP Internet Software and Services / Business Insider: Not Buying the Latest iPhone Prototype Lost in a Bar Story / Cult of Mac: Apple Loses Confidential Info at a Genius Bar? / Apple Opening Three New Stores and 100th International Store This Weekend / Apple Gives Developers Sample Twitter Code for iOS 5 / Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Promotes Upcoming Twitter Hooks in iOS 5 / Apple Selling Remaining Stock of Final Cut Studio Via TeleSales / Apple Outs Digital...
Mac OS Ken: 09.01.2011
September 01, 2011 09:16 - 17 minutes - 10.1 MBCNET: Secret Source Says Another Apple Employee Has Lost Another Unreleased Test iPhone in Another Bar / Apple Wants 3G MacBook Pro-totype Back from Would-Be eBay Seller / Apple Issues Seventh beta of iOS 5 to Developers / Epson Bringing AirPrint Support to New Inkjet Printers This Fall / Report: Sprint Raising ETFs May Hint at iPhone for the Carrier / Apple and RIM Sued by Openwave for Alleged Patent Infringement / Spotify Releases Embedded Player for Third-Party Apps / US Govt. Sues to Bloc...
Mac OS Ken: 08.31.2011
August 31, 2011 08:10 - 13 minutes - 7.69 MBcomScore: Apple Grows Market Share for iPhone and iOS in the States / Apple Hiring iOS QA Location Engineer to Help with “Exciting New Features” / All Things D: Contrary to Early Reports Latest iCloud/iTunes beta Does Not Stream Music / Deutsche Telekom to Sell iPad 2 in Its Stores in FIve European Countries / Financial Times App Removed from iOS App Store / HP Promises OTA Update for Discontinued TouchPad / HP to Produce a Last, Limited Run of TouchPads / HP PSG Lead Says a Spun-Off PSG Coul...
Mac OS Ken: 08.30.2011
August 30, 2011 09:05 - 11 minutes - 6.67 MBDigiTimes: Sources Says Screen for Next iPhone Will Not Be Bigger Than Current iPhone Screen / iPodNN: iPod Sales Point to Imminent Refresh of Music-Player Line / MacRumors: At Least One More Snow Leopard Update Expected for Basic iCloud Syncing / Apple Insider: Apple Seed iTunes beta with iCloud “Scan and Match” to Developers / Secret Sources Tell WSJ That Apple is Working on "New Technology to Deliver Video to Televisions" / Apple Television Rumor/Speculation Starts Again / LG Display Cuts ...
Mac OS Ken: 08.29.2011
August 29, 2011 09:03 - 8 minutes - 5.1 MBTiconderoga Analyst Sees Potential for Huge MacBook Air Sales in China / Sprint Advises Employees to Offer “No Comment” to iPhone Questions / Apple Issues New beats for 10.7.2 and iCloud / Apple Case Against Samsung in US Moved Forward to Mid-2012 / Judge Extends Temporary Injunction Against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia Until at Least End of September / Apple Drops TV Shows Rentals from iTunes / Cook Given One-Million Share of Apple to Take CEO Spot / Marathoner Runs 13-Mile Goodbye t...
Mac OS Ken: 08.26.2011
August 26, 2011 09:09 - 14 minutes - 8.19 MBApple Shares Hold Steady on First Full Day of Trading Post CEO Shuffle / Tim Cook Bolsters the Apple Troops Via Email / Sterne Agee Analyst Shaw Wu Reiterate “Buy” Rating on Apple / Apple Insider: Jobs Biography to Include CEO Resignation / Dutch Court Bans Sale of Some Samsung Phones in EU for Apple Patent Violation / Dutch Court Says Apple “Slid to Unlock” Patent Likely Invalid / German Court Maintains Temporary Injunction Barring Sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Until at Least 9 September /...
Mac OS Ken: 08.25.2011
August 25, 2011 09:03 - 17 minutes - 10 MBApple Board: Jobs Resigns as CEO, Now Chairman of Board - Tim Cook Promoted to CEO / Jobs Says He’s Unable to Meet “Duties and Expectations as Apple’s CEO” / Henry Blodget: The Case for Apple Without Jobs as CEO / Apple Insider: Financial Analysts Unfazed by Apple CEO Switch / Jobs Resignation Top Story on Many Mainstream News Sites Wednesday Night / Enderle: Not Overly Optimistic Nor Pessimistic on Apple CEO Shuffle / Mossberg: Why Jobs’ Resignation is Not Like a Typical CEO Resignation / Bl...
Mac OS Ken: 08.24.2011
August 24, 2011 09:01 - 15 minutes - 9.04 MBWSJ: Secret Sources Say Sprint to Start Selling Next iPhone in October / Munster: Sprint Could Sell 6-Million iPhones in First Year (Assuming it Gets the iPhone) / Apple Insider: Secret Sources Say Ads for Next iPhone Will Not Be Completed Until First Week in October / Fortune Sees “iCloud iPhone” Where One May Not Be / TBR Analysts Says Cheap iPhone 4 Will Be Standard Move for Apple and Not an iCloud iPhone / China Telecom Hints at iPhone Talks / iTunes Streaming Upcoming RHCP Album for Free...
Mac OS Ken: 08.23.2011
August 23, 2011 07:43 - 12 minutes - 7.5 MBNPD: Mac Sales See Double-Digit Growth in July / NPD: Android Top Mobile OS in US in 2Q, Apple Top Smartphone Maker / Best Buy Runs One-Day Promo Offering Free iPhone 3GS with AT&T Upgrade or New Contract / Apple Insider: Chinese Supplier Lists Parts for Sale That it Says are for Next iPhone / TechCrunch: Developer Says “World Phone” iPhone Showing Up in App Usage Logs / 9 to 5 Mac: iOS 5 to Add Early Earthquake Notification for Japanese Users / Apple Fixes Five Glitches with iTunes 10.4.1 Up...
Mac OS Ken: 08.22.2011
August 22, 2011 06:13 - 19 minutes - 11.2 MBBGR: Source Says AT&T Exec Says New iPhone in Early October / The Loop Says “Yep” to Early October iPhone Talk / Electronista Pic May or May Not Show Touch Panel for Next iPhone with Bigger Screen and Squished Home Button / Promotion Sees Canadian Carrier Telus Cut Price on On-Contract 16GB iPhone 4 / Canadian Carriers Bell and Virgin Mobile Also Cut Prices on 16GB iPhone 4 / Apple Issues a Slew of betas Tied to Impending Launch of iOS 5 / Apple Insider: Latest iOS 5 beta Said to Include 4G/L...
Mac OS Ken: 08.19.2011
August 19, 2011 09:18 - 19 minutes - 11.5 MBHoly Crapping Crap! HP Stops webOS Operations, Mulls Spinning-Off Computer Business, and Wants to Buy Another Company / Ticonderoga Securities Analyst: Super-Thin Profit Margins Make HP PC Spin-Off Make Sense / HP CEO: “The Tablet Effect is Real” / DisplaySearch: Apple Beats HP in Mobile PC Sales in June Quarter (Counting iPads as Mobile PCs) / HP Taking a 100-Million-Dollar Charge Tied to Poor TouchPad Sales / China Mobile Says It’s Met Several Times with Steve Jobs to Talk China Mobile-Spec...
Mac OS Ken: 08.18.2011
August 18, 2011 08:43 - 16 minutes - 9.41 MBGleacher and Co. Analyst: Apple Still Best Technology Company on the Planet / Needham Analyst: Mac Sees Stellar Growth in China / Mac Sees Growth in W. Europe and France While Other Computers Lose Share / Global Equities Analyst Says Mac Sales Stank Last Week (Though His Research May Be Lacking) / Apple Hit with Class Action Suit in SKorea Over Location Logging in iOS 4 / WSJ: Google Mobile VP Andy Rubin May Have Pushed for Moto Buy to Get an In-House Hardware Maker / Reuters: Sources Say App...
Mac OS Ken: 08.17.2011
August 17, 2011 09:01 - 18 minutes - 10.9 MBApple Insider: Analysts Don’t See Much Danger for Apple in Google/Motorola Mobility Deal / Jefferies and Co. Analyst Says Apple May Go Patent Shopping in Wake of Google/Motorola Mobility Deal / Orange Exec Likes Potential for Google/Motorola Mobility to Give Chase to iPhone (Which is Sold by Orange) / Verizon Exec Hopes Goolge/Moto Deal will End Patentgeddon / UBS Analyst: Back-to-School Sales Going Well for Macs and iPads / All Things D: Best Buy Would Like to Return 200k TouchPads to HP / L...
Mac OS Ken: 08.16.2011
August 16, 2011 07:21 - 20 minutes - 12.1 MBGoogle Agrees to Buy Motorola Mobility for 12.5-Billion-Dollars / Google Chief Legal Officer: Motorola Mobility Suits Against Apple will Continue / Google CEO: Stoked About Motorola Mobility’s Handset Business But Will Keep Android Open / CNET: Google Buy of Motorola Mobility Could Cause Tension with Other Android Partners / The Loop: Google Plus Motorola Mobility Could Equal Good Time for HP to License webOS / Motorola Mobility Acquisition Could Be Shot-in-the-Arm for Google TV / CNET: Googl...
Mac OS Ken: 08.15.2011
August 15, 2011 06:44 - 10 minutes - 6.17 MBRumor: Japanese Site Says Apple Holding iPod Event on September 7 / Dalrymple: Sources Say No Appel Event on September 7 / TipB: Next iPhone Could Go on Sale in U.S. on October 7 / Report: TSMC Starts Trial Production Run of A6 Processors for Apple / Apple and Samsung to Argue EU Injunction Against Galaxy Tab 10.1 Next Week / Apple Ships Lion 10.7.2 and iCloud beta Updates to Developers / Google Asks USPTO to Re-Examine Two of Four Lodsys Patents / 4G BlackBerry PlayBook Not Headed to Sprint ...
Mac OS Ken: 08.12.2011
August 12, 2011 08:48 - 14 minutes - 8.15 MBABI Research Sees Growth and Cause for Concern in Rise of Android Tablets / CNET: Motorola Addresses Apple Filing Against Xoom in Germany / Court in Netherlands to Rule on Injunction Barring Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 by 15 September / FOSS Patents: Galaxy Tab 10.1 Still for Sale in Germany / Rumor Has Apple Launching Low Cost “iCloud Phone” Along with iPhone 5 / Verizon Follows AT&T Lead in Blocking “Free” Smartphone Tethering / Lion USB Drives Arrive at Apple Retail Stores / WSJ: Intel’s Ultra...
Mac OS Ken: 08.11.2011
August 11, 2011 08:56 - 18 minutes - 10.9 MBSterne Agee Analyst Sees 2x to 3x Growth for Macs and iPhones in Next Few Years / Atari, EA, QuickOffice, and Square-Enix Ask Court to Let Apple Intervene in Lodsys Cases / Apple and Five Major Publishers Sued Over “Agency Pricing” for eBooks / Electronista: Watchers Say Amazon’s Old “Wholesale” eBook Model May Have Been Anticompetitive / Amazon Sidesteps App Store Sales Rules with Cloudreader / Try Out The Amazon Cloudreader at / Walmart Makes Streaming Video Service Vudu Play Nice with iPa...
Mac OS Ken: 08.10.2011
August 10, 2011 07:55 - 18 minutes - 10.7 MBGartner Sees Strong and Steady Growth for Mac at Least Through 2015 / German Court Bars Import of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Most of EU / Samsung Seeks to Downplay EU Ban for Galaxy Tab 10.1 / Computerworld: Analysts See No Way to Downplay EU Ban for Galaxy Tab 10.1 / Forrester Sees Small Window of Opportunity for Android Tablets in Europe (Before Galaxy Tab 10.1 Ban) / GigaOm: Apple Opening Five New Retail Locations This Weekend / NPD Group: Lack of Understanding of “Cloud Computing” Will Li...
Mac OS Ken: 08.09.2011
August 09, 2011 07:21 - 20 minutes - 11.5 MBDeutsche Bank Analyst Stoked About Apple and Computers for Second-Half CY2011 / Apple Outs Education-Only iMac for 999-Dollars / Apple Releases Lion Recovery Disk Assistant / RadioShack Discounts iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 Through August 20 / Apple Presses to Intervene in Cases Between Lodsys and iOS Developers / Apple Sued by Apparent Patent Troll for Making Macs Start-Up too Quickly / Florian Mueller Thinks OSS May be a Pawn Played Against Apple by LG / Apple Issues Minor Updates for Logic Pro...
Mac OS Ken: 08.08.2011
August 08, 2011 06:25 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBNeedham and Co Analyst Ups Apple Target to 540-Dollars / Apple Insider: Apple Ships Updated betas of iOS 5, Apple TV Software, Xcode 4.2, and iTunes to Developers / Conflicting Reports on Apple Nixing iOS 5 betas on Non-Developer Devices / Revived Rogers Data Plan Could Signal September for Next iPhone / Mobile Ad Firm Finds Blue/Grey Division Between iOS/Android Phones / UK Regulator Ofcom Sees Adults Preferring iPhones While Teens Prefer BlackBerries / FBI Launches Child ID App for iPhone /...
Mac OS Ken: 08.05.2011
August 05, 2011 09:19 - 15 minutes - 11 MBRBC Analyst: Apple Won’t Make a Low-Cost iPhone Unless They Can Make It Awesome / 3 Sweden iPhone 3GS Sale Seen as Sign of New iPhone Coming Soon / IDC: Yep. Apple is Top Smartphone Maker in the World / Apps Updated for iOS 5 Start Showing Up in App Store / Some iMac Users See System Freezes While Viewing Video in Lion / Cult of Mac: Source Says Apple is Discontinuing Magic Mouse / Cult of Mac: Source Says “Whoops! Apple is NOT Discontinuing Magic Mouse” / Reports: Apple Turns on “Find my Mac...
Mac OS Ken: 08.04.2011
August 04, 2011 09:04 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBJefferies and Company Sees Apple Beginning the Merge of Mac OS and iOS Next Year / Jefferies Analyst Sees Apple Video Subscription Service Coming Soon / AppAdvice: Apple Plans “iTunes Replay” Service for Re-Downloading and Streaming More TV Shows and Movies / DigiTimes Says Pegatron Gets Orders for 10-Million Units of iPhone 5 / Ticonderoga Securities Analyst Sees China Telecom Getting iPhone 5 and “Simplified” iPhone 4 as Soon as October / Fujitsu CTO Sees Tablet Sales Beating PC/Laptop Sale...
Mac OS Ken: 08.03.2011
August 03, 2011 08:43 - 17 minutes - 12 MBCreative Strategies Exec: Jobs Spends Medical Leave Managing, Not Micromanaging / RBC Capital Analyst: September (not October) Likely for Fifth-Gen iPhone Launch / Electronista Finds Support for September versus October iPhone Launch in Target and Radio Shack Sales / Electronista: Target Discounts iPhone 4 Prices in Some Regions of the Country / Sources for The Guardian Say Locked Boxes Packed with Fifth-Gen iPhones in the Hands of Wireless Carriers / Shaw Wu Hears Talk of a Slightly Bigger S...
Mac OS Ken: 08.02.2011
August 02, 2011 09:33 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBTiconderoga Analyst Sees Popularity and Occasional Sell-Outs for Revamped MacBook Air / Needham and Company Analyst Stoked About the Number of PC to Mac Switchers Waiting Outside the States / Net Applications: Mac OS Hits New Heights Online / Munster Sees Huge Numbers (in Small Numbers) Waiting for iPhone 5 / All Things D Secret Sources Say iPhone 5 will Hit in October Rather Than September / Rodman and Renshaw Analyst Sees Upscale iPad 2 Available by End of September / Apple Adds TV Show Buy...
Mac OS Ken: 08.01.2011
August 01, 2011 08:54 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBRadio Shack Cuts Price of On-Contract iPhone 4 by 30-Dollars for One Week / Gizmodo: Supposed AT&T Employee Says Supposed Vacation Blackout at End of September Likely for iPhone / Asymco: Apple Now Takes in 66-Percent of All Cellphone Sales Profits / IHS iSuppli Sees Monster Ownership and Customer Satisfaction for iPad / iPodNN: Despite Stated Intention, FaceTime Not an Industry Standard / Judge Tosses Second Personal Audio Suit Against Apple / Apple Reportedly Begins Refunds for Lion Overcha...
Mac OS Ken: 07.29.2011
July 29, 2011 09:07 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBNielsen: Android Top Smartphone OS in U.S. While Apple is Top Smartphone Builder / iPhone and iPad Help Softbank Grow Net Income Nearly 500x Y-o-Y in 2Q / Nintendo Dropping Price of 3DS Likely Thanks to Sales Pressure from iThings / Motorola Ships 440,000 Xooms to Retailers in 2Q CY2011 / Google TV Looks to Be a Disaster for Logitech / Bernstein Analyst Likes Apple’s Chances in IP Suits Against Android Phone Makers / Apple Versus HTC: An Attempt to Untangle the IP Suits / Microsoft: Complete ...
Mac OS Ken: 07.28.2011
July 28, 2011 08:19 - 18 minutes - 13 MB9to5Mac Founder Tweets About iPhone 5 Sighting / Macquarie Securities Sees 27-Million iPhones Sold in 3Q CY 2011 and 40-Million in 4Q / Barclays Analyst Sees Stellar September Quarter for Apple / Research Firm Sees iPad Outselling Android Tablets Through 2015 / UBS Analyst Expects Sales of Just Under 38-Million iPads in CY2011 / Analysys International: iPad Accounts for 74-Percent of Tablet Sales in China in 2Q CY2011 / Some Lion Buyers Using PayPal Apparently Charged Multiple Times / EA CEO:...
Mac OS Ken: 07.27.2011
July 27, 2011 05:45 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB“Buy Button” Rules Go Into Effect for High-Profile iOS Applications / Kobo Turning to HTML5 Reader in Wake of iOS “Buy Button” Ban / Apple Brings iOS App Store and Mac App Store Access to 33 Additional Countries / Apple Issues “Supplemental” Snow Leopard Update / Office for Mac a Bit Buggy for Lion / Recent iWork Updates Deal with Vulnerabilities Associated with Office Files / Apple Updates iOS to Patch Security Hole in Certificate Validation / Apple Seeds iOS 5 beta 4 to Developers as Over-t...
Mac OS Ken: 07.22.2011
July 22, 2011 09:18 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBApple Says Lion Downloaded Over One Million Times in First 24 Hours of Availability / Apple Tops Nokia in Number of Smartphones Sold for 2Q CY2011 / AT&T iPhone Sales Hold Steady in 2Q / Bloomberg: Secret Sources Say Apple Mulling Purchase of Hulu / Apple Takes Volume App Purchasing for Business Live / Fortune: Steve Jobs Skips the Skies for 3Q FY2011 / Silicon Alley Insider: Apple Bringing Patents to a Robot Fight / Judge in (One of the) Samsung Case(s) Denies Apple Request for Expedited Dec...
Mac OS Ken: 07.21.2011
July 21, 2011 09:59 - 12 minutes - 8.9 MBApple Releases Mac OS X 10.7 Lion / Apple Updates MacBook Air with Thunderbolt, Sandy Bridge, and Backlit Keyboard / Apple Updates Mac mini with Thunderbolt, Sandy Bridge, and Discrete Graphics / Apple Yanks Optical Drive from Mac mini / Apple Insider: Apple Declares Most Retail Software “End of Life” / Apple Kills MacBook White for All But Education Institutions / Apple Announces First Thunderbolt Display / Apple Releases iWork, iTunes, and Remote Desktop Client Updates / Apple Fixes 58 Secu...
Mac OS Ken: 07.20.2011
July 20, 2011 08:47 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBApple Reports (Yet Another) Record Quarter / Traderhood’s Nicholae Mihalache Comes Closest to Apple Earnings Numbers / CFO Oppenheimer: “Neat Stuff” Coming to iTunes Video Content / Apple Insider Hears Hints of Next iPhone in September Quarter / Apple 3Q iPhone Sales Widen Lead on Research In Motion / Apple Breaks 400-Dollar Mark After Earnings Call / Apple Posts Earnings Call as Podcast (iTunes Link) / Apple Releases Migration Assistant Update in Preparation for Today’s Lion Launch
Mac OS Ken: 07.19.2011
July 19, 2011 07:56 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBNPD: 3Q FY2011 Could Be Best Quarter So Far for Mac Sales / Apple Insider: Source Says Lion Set for Wednesday Release / CNET: Various Reports Say Way Is Being Made for Imminent Arrival of Lion / ChangeWave: While More People Buy Androids, More iPhone Owners are “Very Satisfied” / Apple Gear and Software Rack Up PC Mag Readers’ Choice Awards / iOS Earns More Ad Impressions in Europe than Nokia in 2Q CY2011 / BGR Source Says Says iPhone 3GS Could Stay as “Low Cost” iPhone After Next iPhone Laun...
Mac OS Ken: 07.18.2011
July 18, 2011 08:16 - 11 minutes - 7.99 MBApple Updates iOS to Fix PDF-Reading Security Vulnerability / iPhone Dev Team Has Tethered Jailbreak Out for Updated iOS / Pro and Unpaid Analysts Agree: iPod Sales to Drop 7.2-Percent Y-o-Y / Apple Shares Hit All-Time High Ahead of Anticipated New Products and 3Q Earnings / Delivery Times Drop to 1-to-3 Days Through Apple’s Site / Sears.com Accidentally Advertises 69-Dollar iPad (Cancels Orders) / AT&T Drops Refurbished iPhone 3GS Price to 9-Dollars with a 2-Year Contract / USITC Judge Issue...
Mac OS Ken: 07.15.2011
July 15, 2011 08:40 - 12 minutes - 9.01 MBLion-Compatible Apps Showing Up in Mac App Store / All Things D: Secret Sources Say New MacBook Airs Due Late Next Week / Fortune: Analysts Expect Mac Sales of Between 3.8-Million and 4.6-Million Units / UK Recruiter Seeks Temporary iPhone Sales Staff for Apple to Start in Mid-August / Screenshot Shows iPhone 4 in Inventory System of Fry’s Electronics / Apple Pays Plaintiff in SKorean Case Over iOS Location Logging / Lodsys Sues Developers That Cross-Promote Applications Via In-App Purchase /...
Mac OS Ken: 07.14.2011
July 14, 2011 09:19 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBIDC Says Mac Takes Third in US Computer Sales for 2Q CY2011 / CNET: Resellers Drop Prices on MacBook Airs Ahead of Expected Refresh / iPhone Sales Expectations: Somewhere Between 15-Million and 20.25-Million Units / UBS Analyst: Apple 3Q Call May Show Impact of Nokia Settlement / Citi Analyst: Expect “Stellar Back Half” of Year for Apple and Its Shares / TUAW: Hints of Bluetooth Activation for Apple TV2 in iOS 5 beta / CNBC: An Actual Apple Television Could Hurt the Cable Industry / Retail An...
Mac OS Ken: 07.13.2011
July 13, 2011 07:39 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBElectronista: Leaked AT&T Memo May Indicate New iPhone for First Week of October / Piper Jaffray Analyst Thinks Next iPhone will Fly on All Four Carriers in the States / JP Morgan Analyst Thinks Apple 3Q FY 2011 Earnings Will Beat the Street’s Expectations (as Well as His Own) / Ticonderoga Analyst Ups iPad and iPhone Sales Expectations Ahead of 3Q FY2011 Earnings Call / Fortune: Pros and Amateurs See Between 6-Million and 9.5-Million iPads Sold in 3Q FY2011 / UBS Analyst Plays Story Time wit...
Mac OS Ken: 07.12.2011
July 12, 2011 06:35 - 13 minutes - 9.41 MBDeutsche Bank Analyst: The Future of iOS is Sticky (in a Good Way) / Apple Gives Dev-Types iOS 5 beta 3 / Munster Eyes the State of Apple’s App Store Today / Apple Urges Mac Developers to Get Their Lion Apps in for Approval / Apple Updates iLife ’11 Apps / Apple Updates iDVD and iWeb / Judges in US and Canada Approve Nortel Networks Patent Auction Results / Apple Files Second Complaint Against HTC with USITC / IDC’s Bob O’Donnell Blows My Mind (and Not in a Good Way) / Hon Hai Dropping 1.6-Bi...
Mac OS Ken: 07.11.2011
July 11, 2011 07:23 - 13 minutes - 9.13 MBCanaccord Analyst Sees iPhone Losing More Market Share and Making More Money Through 2012 / Apple Outs Two News iPhone Ads Focusing on AirPlay and FaceTime / Delivery Times Down to 3-to-5 Business Days for iPad 2 in the States / IDC Ups Tablet Shipments Expectations for 2011 to 53.5-Million Units / Apple Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter to GetJar Over Use of Term “App Store” / The Washington Post: Source Says FTC and/or DoJ May Look Into Nortel Patent Purchase / Rumor: No More webOS for Sprint /...
Mac OS Ken: 07.08.2011
July 08, 2011 08:48 - 14 minutes - 10 MBApple Says App Store Downloads Top 15-Billion Mark / Apple Insider Sources Say Lion Launches Next Week (and Maybe a New MacBook Pro) / This Is My Next: Sources Says iPad HD Due Out This Fall / TWC Updates iPad App With More Channels and Blocks Jailbroken Devices / Report: Final Cut Pro 7 Licenses Said to Be Returning for Enterprise Users / Bloomberg Sources Say Apple Drops Cost of Entry for iAds / Apple Releases Canon Printer Driver Updates for Snow Leopard / Fortune: Apple v. Samsung v. Appl...
Mac OS Ken: 07.07.2011
July 07, 2011 08:15 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBGlobal Equities Research: Macs Beating Windows Machines in Back-to-School Sales 4-to-1 / WSJ: Apple Ordering Parts for 25-Million Next-Gen iPhones to Be Delivered This Year / Analysts Catches Peter Pan/Tinkerbell Syndrome Around the iPhone and Sprint / FBR Capital Markets Analyst Hears (and Doubts) Rumors of Another iPad in 2011 / Nielsen: iPhones Most Used for Samrtphone Games / Apple Files New Complaints Against Samsung with USITC / Microsoft Sues Samsung for 15-Dollars Per Android Device S...
Mac OS Ken: 07.06.2011
July 06, 2011 06:32 - 13 minutes - 9.34 MBDigiTimes: Sources Say Apple Orders 5-Million iPad Touch Sensors for July Delivery / DigiTimes: Sources Say Pegatron Gets Orders for 15-Million New iPhones for September Delivery / GigaOm’s “The Apple Blog” Likes the September/Pegatron/New iPhone Talk / Former Flextronics Exec Pleads Guilty to Selling Apple Secrets to Hedge Fund Traders / Verizon Nixes Unlimited Data Plans for New Smartphones Effective 7 July / AT&T Offers Insurance on New iPhone Beginning 17 July / comScore: Android Widens L...
Mac OS Ken: 07.05.2011
July 05, 2011 07:54 - 8 minutes - 5.92 MBApple Seeds GM of Lion to Developers / Fortune: Net Applications Survey Finds iPad Competition Online “Negligible” / Business Insider Looks at How Apple is Able to Stay Ahead of Other Device Makers / Samsung Withdraws Countersuit Against Apple in U.S. Federal Court / Apple Seeks to Have Four Samsung Products Pulled from Sale in the States / USITC Preliminary Ruling Finds Apple Violating Two Patents Held by S3 Graphics / One Apple Site Apparently Hacked / YGN Ethical Hacker Group Says Vulnerab...
Mac OS Ken: 07.01.2011
July 01, 2011 09:16 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBNielsen: Apple is Now Driving Smartphone Growth / comScore: Androids Overtake iPhone in Japan / DigiTimes: Apple Prepping 12-14 Million iPad 2s for 3Q CY2011 / Fortune: Three Counts Put Number of iPad-Specific Apps Over 100k / IFOAppleStore: Apple to Close Manhattan SoHo Store During Renovation / Consortium Including Microsoft, RIM, and Apple Wins Nortel Patent Auction / Apple, RIM, and Kodak Play “Win, Lose, and Draw” with USITC / BGR: Anonymous RIM Exec Sends Open Letter to Co-CEOs Outlinin...
Mac OS Ken: 06.30.2011
June 30, 2011 09:48 - 20 minutes - 14 MBYesterday: iPhone Turns 4 / Sanford Bernstein Analyst Cuts iPhone Sales Expectations for 3Q FY2011 / Morgan Keegan Analyst Ups iPhone Sales Expectations for 3Q FY2011 / Needham and Company Ups iPad and Mac Sales Expectations for 3Q FY2011 / Apple 3Q FY2011 Earnings Call Set for 19 July / RBC Capital Analyst Expects “Free” iPhone 3GS Along with Launch of Next iPhone / Google Exec: Half-a-Million Android Devices Activated a Day / Symantec: Smartphones More Secure Than PCs; iPhones More Secure T...
Mac OS Ken: 06.29.2011
June 29, 2011 10:57 - 1 minute - 935 KBWoops. No show today, but there is a Mac OS Ken: Live tonight - 10pm EDT/7pm PDT at a new location: http://www.justin.tv/macosken. Apologies again and I hope to see you tonight. Ciao!
Mac OS Ken: 06.28.2011
June 28, 2011 06:54 - 13 minutes - 9.28 MBDeutsche Bank Analyst Channels Peter Pan; Says Apple Will Release Two iPhones This Year / BMO and FBR Analysts Disagree with Deutsche Bank Low-End iPhone Talk / Sterne Agee Analyst: Evolutionary Not Revolutionary Upgrade Expected for Next iPhone / Morgan Stanley Analyst Issues “Tactical” Buy Recommendation on Apple Shares / IDC: iOS Top Smartphone Platform in Australia (Making Apple Top Smartphone Maker) / Apple Issues Firmware Update for Thunderbolt Macs / Singapore Armed Forces Employing iP...
Mac OS Ken: 06.27.2011
June 27, 2011 07:23 - 12 minutes - 8.78 MBBlog of China Mobile Indicates iPhone for Carrier to be Announced in September / Morgan Stanley Analyst Expects Late September Release of Next iPhone / 9 to 5 Mac: Source Says 16-Core Mac Pro Coming Mid-2011 / BestBuy.com Shows MacBook Air “Not Available for Shipping” / DigiTimes: Apple to Take Delivery of 8-Million MacBook Airs in 3Q / Electronista: DigiTimes Probably Accidentally Added a Zero to the MacBook Air Estimates / iLounge: High Cost of Thunderbolt May Limit Consumer Peripheral Adop...
Mac OS Ken: 06.24.2011
June 24, 2011 08:24 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBApple Releases Snow Leopard Update / New Epson and Lexmark Printer Drivers Rolled Out for Macs / Apple Updates iAd Producer to Version 1.2 / Ticonderoga Analyst Stoked About CHina Mobile iPhone Possibilities Based on Reported Tim Cook Trip / Munster’s Apple TV Button Pushed by This Week’s Digital Living Room Rumor / comScore: iPad Rules Tablets Worldwide While Apple Rules Non-Computer Net Use in Canada / Yankee Group: More European Buyers Looking to iPhone than Android, BlackBerry, or Nokia /...