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This is daily Apple news. Monday through Friday, Ken Ray brings a short shot of tech happenings to your day. If it's Apple news, Apple-related news, or news related to Apple-related news, you'll hear about it here. News you'll like... this is Mac OS Ken.

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Mac OS Ken: 06.23.2011

June 23, 2011 09:44 - 13 minutes - 9.34 MB

Judge Says Apple Likely to Lose Appstore Versus App Store Fight with Amazon / Judge Denies Samsung Request to See iPhone 5 and iPad 3 / Lodsys Seeks More Time to Respond to Apple’s Motion to Act as Defendant in App Suits / The Loop: Lodsys Amends Request for More Time / CNET: Apple Awarded “Key Patent” for Touchscreen Devices / BTIG Research: iPhone Still Number One at Both Verizon and AT&T / T-Mobile USA: Over a Million iPhones on Our Network / Meraki: Apple Hardware is Big on Burger King Wi...

Mac OS Ken: 06.22.2011

June 22, 2011 08:58 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB

RBC Analyst: iCloud Could See 150 Million Users / Oppenheimer Analyst: mini-iPhone “Critical” to Apple Smartphone Market Share / Needham and Company Analyst: Android Losing Share in the States Thanks to Second Carrier for iPhone / All Things D: Verizon Killing Unlimited Data Plans for New Smartphone Customers Beginning Next Month / Oppenheimer Cuts Apple Target from 450 to 420-Dollars / BGR: Next iPhone to Look Different and May Debut in August / Bloomberg Sources: Next iPhone with A5 Process...

Mac OS Ken: 06.21.2011

June 21, 2011 07:31 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

In-Stat: Tablet Shipments to Beat E-Reader Shipments Next Year / Bernstein Research: People Don’t Want Tablets, They Want iPads / Hulu-Plus App Updated for Apple’s Subscription Rules Changes / Business Insider: Apple’s Subscription Rules Changes for iOS Apps Lead to “Un-Apple-Like” Experience / Flurry: Apps Beating Mobile-Web for Cellphone Time-Suck / Battleheart Developer Weighs Experiences in Android and iOS Ecosystems / Read the Full Battleheart Developer Post at / TUAW: Best Buy Giving A...

Mac OS Ken: 06.20.2011

June 20, 2011 09:04 - 11 minutes - 7.91 MB

Three Analysts Sour on RIM / RIM Digital Marketer Departs for Samsung / Apple Adds to List of Samsung Products It Says Violates Its I.P. / As Court Case Continues, Apple and Samsung Execs Meeting to Hash Out Differences / Apple Reportedly Cleared to Bid on Nortel Patents / CNET’s Tong: Sources Say New Mac Pros and minis Due in August / Apple Seeds Fifth Build of 10.6.8 to Developers / Apple Updates Logic Studio’s MainStage 2 / Brazilian Tech Minister Says iPad Production to Begin There by Sep...

Mac OS Ken: 06.17.2011

June 17, 2011 10:04 - 13 minutes - 9.24 MB

JP Morgan Analyst: MacBook Air Sales to Top 3-Billion-Dollars a Year / Wu Not Worried About Johnson Defection to J.C. Penney / Apple Back-to-School Promo Officially Kills Free iPod Deal / Macworld UK: 65-Pound Gift Card for Apple Back-to-School Promo in UK / GigaOm Looks at Possible Reasons for Apple Back-to-School Promo Change / American Airlines Pilots Use of iPads Instead of Paper Charts in Cockpit / ADA Winner Pulse Grabs 9-Million Dollars in Funding / NYT: Facebook Working on Native App ...

Mac OS Ken: 06.16.2011

June 16, 2011 06:35 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MB

Millennial Media: iOS Devices Still Generating the Most Ad-Dollars / “Big Brother Camera Security” App Developer: You Probably Have an Easily Guessed Pass-Code on Your iPhone / Apple Pulls “Big Brother Camera Security” App from App Store / U.S. Senators Propose Bill Governing Location Data Collection on Smartphones and Tablets / Report: Apple Back-to-School Promotion Drops Free iPod for 100-Dollar iTunes Gift Card / MacRumors: References in AirPort Utility Update Indicate New Time Capsules an...

Mac OS Ken: 06.15.2011

June 15, 2011 05:01 - 15 minutes - 11 MB

Apple Senior VP of Retail Leaving to Head J.C. Penney (Seriously) / Report: Apple Actively Recruiting Johnson Replacement / Official: Apple Selling Unlocked GSM iPhone 4s in U.S. / AT&T Not Unlocking iPhone 4s for Existing Customers / UBS Analyst: Nokia/Apple Settlement Was Good Timing for Apple / Apple: Samsung Motion to See iPhone 5 and iPad 3 = Harassment / Munster Boo-Hoos Over Mac Sales Only Growing 22-Percent This Quarter / TUAW: Apple to Drop Term “AirPort” for “Wifi” in Lion / Updates...

Mac OS Ken: 06.14.2011

June 14, 2011 07:47 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MB

Apple Settles Patent Lawsuits with Nokia / Apple Quizzes Developers About “Legal Issues” Around Applications / Apple Files to Intervene in Suits Between Lodsys and Developers / ForeSee Sues to Have Lodsys Patents Invalidated / Lodsys Sues a Load of Big Name Companies for Patent Infringement / Apple Argues for App Store Trademark Calling Amazon Appstore “Inferior” / iCloud Communications Sues Apple for Trademark Infringement / Fortune: Apple Share Price Drops During WWDC-Week Nothing New / Rum...

Mac OS Ken: 06.10.2011

June 10, 2011 08:31 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

Apple Drops Some In-App Purchase Rules for Publishers / Apple Announces “Lion Up-to-Date” Program for Recent Mac Buyers / Apple Issues Firmware Update for Unspecified iMacs / The Telegraph: Music-bits of iCloud Not Likely for UK Until 2012 / All Things D: Twitter Not the Only Social Network Embedded in iOS 5 / TUAW: Lost and Banned Apps Re-Downloadable Through iClouds “Purchased” Windows / Apple Hires New Agency Relations Exec for iAds / Foxconn Boss Says Company Will Improve Apple Product Ma...

Mac OS Ken: 06.09.2011

June 09, 2011 08:46 - 12 minutes - 8.68 MB

Gartner Drops 2011 PC-Sales Growth Expectations in Wake of iPad / DisplaySearch Notes the Rise of “Whitebox” Tablets / Apple Bans Certain Types of DUI Checkpoint Notifiers from App Store / Apple Updates iTunes for Second Time This Week / WWDC: Apple Names ADA Winners for 2011 / Firemint: Apple TV 2 + iPad 2 + iOS 5 = Console Gaming Plans / iTunes Songs Purchased with DRM Re-Download via iCloud with DRM / Business Insider: “iPod” Function Changed to “Music” in iOS 5 / The Register: Apple Seemi...

Mac OS Ken: 06.08.2011

June 08, 2011 09:14 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MB

TechCrunch: Apple Plays the Numbers at WWDC / Devs Says Infinity Blade Has Taken in 10-Million Dollars in First Six Months / Piper Jaffray Analyst Expects 8 Million iPads Sold This Quarter Based on WWDC Keynote Numbers / Fortune: Analysts Mostly Positive on WWDC Keynote Announcements / Morgan Keegan Analyst Downgrades RIM Thanks (in Part) to iMessenger in iOS 5 / Citi Analyst Says Intel Working Its Way Into iThings by 2013 / Verizon iPhone Locked Out of iCloud beta Features / Apple Updates iB...

Mac OS Ken: 06.07.2011

June 07, 2011 09:02 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

Lion Due in July for 30-Dollars Through Mac App Store Only / Apple Demos Scads of New Features in iOS 5, Expected in the Fall / Gruber: Source Says Carriers May Not Have had Heads-Up About iMessage / Electronista: iMessage Another Shot Across RIM’s Bow / Steve Jobs Demos Mostly Free iCloud, Also Due in the Fall / Apple Explains the MobileMe to iCloud Transition to Current MobileMe Subscribers / No Streaming Mentioned for iTunes in the Cloud / Nuance Notably Not Mentioned During WWDC Keynote /...

Mac OS Ken: 06.06.2011

June 06, 2011 08:14 - 13 minutes - 9.12 MB

Scoble Says Twitter Integration GOes Deep in iOS 5 / MacRumors: iTunes Text Hints at Auto-Downloads for iOS App Updates / Apple Insider: Rumors That AirPort and Time Capsule will Run on Customized iOS / Gruber Source of a Source of a Source: iCloud Less the New MobileMe and More the New iTunes / Apple Appears to Have Hired Dev Behind Jailbreak App MobileNotifier / 9 to 5 Mac: “Chatter” Indicates Lion Release for Next Week / NY Post: Apple pays Up to 150-Million Dollars to Get Labels into iClo...

Mac OS Ken: 06.03.2011

June 03, 2011 07:44 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MB

Moscone WWDC Banners Reveal Apparent iCloud Logo / 9 to 5 Mac: Apple Retail Locations Reportedly Receiving New Signage for Next Tuesday / TUAW: Signs of AirPort Refresh Spotted in Apple Retail / 9 to 5 Mac Hears of New Update Functionality Added to Time Capsule / Apple Releases Official WWDC App for Attendees / CNET Says Apple Bags Universal for iCloud Music Offering / LA Times Says iCloud Music Bits Free at First, Then 25-Dollars a Year / Goldman Analyst: Apple Execs “Overtly Optimistic” Abo...

Mac OS Ken: 06.02.2011

June 02, 2011 08:34 - 17 minutes - 12 MB

Apple Logos Hitting Outside of Moscone Center Ahead of WWDC / Apple Insider Sources Say Lion Could Be Inexpensive and Bring with it Some Free iCloud Access / Apple Insider: RBC, Sterne Agee and JMP Analysts Giddy Over Monday’s Keynote / Barclays Analyst Says iCloud Could Sell More iThings and Macs / Apple Applies for “iCloud” Trademark in Europe / WHOIS Checks Show iCloud.com Control Transferred to Apple / Apple Moves on iPods.com Domain After Nine Years of Inactivity / JP Morgan Analyst: Bui...

Mac OS Ken: 06.01.2011

June 01, 2011 08:37 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

Apple: Jobs to Deliver WWDC Keynote Showing Off Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud / NYT Wonders Why Apple Pre-Announced Its WWDC Announcements / Fortune: News of Jobs WWDC Keynote Boosts Appel Shares / WSJ: Deals Done with 3 Out of 4 Record Labels for Music Portion of iCloud / CNET: Sources Say Apple Would Like iCloud to Include Movie Locker Too / Silicon Alley Insider: How Much will iCloud Cost (Oh. And What Will it Do?) / Apple Updates iWork for iOS with iPhone and iPod touch Compatibility / 9 to 5 M...

Mac OS Ken: 05.31.2011

May 31, 2011 08:12 - 9 minutes - 6.92 MB

ARM Holdings Expects to Dominate Mobile PCs by 2015 / Apple Launches Free Bottom Case Repair for Recent White MacBooks / Nielsen: Android Lead Over iOS Stagnates in the States / Android Developers Reportedly Hit with Lodsys Letters Too / Nokia Plans New Windows Phones Every Two to Three Months / Samsung Exec Downplays Legal Fight(s) with Apple / Apple to Open Seventh Store for France in Lyon on Saturday / Alaska Airlines Becomes First US Carrier to Use iPads as Flight Manuals / Kid in White i...

Mac OS Ken: 05.30.2011

May 30, 2011 07:24 - 10 minutes - 7.36 MB

Report: Big Media Push for WWDC Said to Be Thanks to iOS / Macotakara: Secret Source Reportedly Sees A5-Powered MacBook Air / CNET: No ARM-Based MacBook Anything Anytime Soon / Apple Seeds Third Build of Next Snow Leopard Update to Developers / MacNN: Nielsen Norman Spring 2011 Study Sees Dismal State of Affairs in iPad App Design / Wired: Nielsen Norman Spring 2011 Study Sees Great Improvement in iPad App Design / Samsung Copies Apple in Copying Suit

Mac OS Ken: 05.27.2011

May 27, 2011 07:47 - 11 minutes - 8.07 MB

Intego Warns of New “No Password Required” MACDefender Variant / Apple Sued for Alleged Racial Discrimination at NYC Store / Apple Sued for Selling a Video Phone / Apple Files Suit (and Files for Dismissal of Suit) Against Kid WHo Made White iPhone 4s / USITC Agrees to Review Two Patent Claims by Nokia Against Apple / Apple Stores Target of Tax Protest Next Weekend / Electronista: Chile, Argentina and Taiwan Getting iPad 2 Today / Amazon Launches “Mac Download Store,” Potential Competition to...

Mac OS Ken: 05.26.2011

May 26, 2011 09:40 - 12 minutes - 8.36 MB

Piper Jaffray Analyst: Why Apple Share Price Has Stalled and Why it Should Move Higher Soon / UK Tech Site Electricpig Thinks It Sees Hints of New iPhone at WWDC / Tomorrow: iPhone 4 in India and iPad 2 in Ukraine / Tomorrow Too: Brazil and Russia Reportedly Getting iPad 2 / China Unicom Seeks to Stem Unlocked iPhone Trend with 10-Dollar Monthly Plan / Senator Franken Calls on Apple and Google to Enact Privacy Policies for All Apps in Their Catalogues / Russian Tech Forensics Firm Says It Can...

Mac OS Ken: 05.25.2011

May 25, 2011 09:41 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MB

IHS iSuppli: Tablets Hurt PC Sales (to Some Extent) in 1Q CY2011 / Brazil Changes Laws for Tablet Makers to Attract Foxconn iPad Production / France Telecom CEO Compliments and Complains of iPhones and iPads / Mobile Review Editor: iPhone 3GS Won’t Get iOS 5 / Apple Outside Counsel Gets Sneak Peek at Upcoming Samsung Kit / Apple Acknowledges MacDefender Malware, Issues Removal Instructions and Promises Automatic Fix / MacBooks Win Every Category in Latest Consumer Reports Laptop Ratings / iOS...

Mac OS Ken: 05.24.2011

May 24, 2011 08:35 - 9 minutes - 6.72 MB

Apple to Lodsys: Lay Off iOS Developers / Apple Insider: Foxconn and Analysts Downplay iPad 2 Production Issues in Wake of Chengdu-Plant Explosion / Forbes: Barclays Capital Analyst Not Worried Over iPad 2 Production Post Chengdu Explosion / IHS iSuppli Says Chengdu Explosion Could Lead to a Half-Million iPad 2 Shortfall / DigiTimes Says Next iPhone Could Have Curved Glass Screen / Apple’s Trailers Site Down Since Sunday Night / HP Europe Exec: TouchPad to Be “Better Than Number One” in Tablets

Mac OS Ken: 05.23.2011

May 23, 2011 07:11 - 19 minutes - 16.1 MB

Shaw Wu Ups Apple Target Based Partly on Uptick in iPad 2 Production / Apple and Foxconn Working to Suss Out Cause of Explosion at Chendu Plant / Engadget: Chengdu Explosion Results in Third Fatality / RBC Capital Analyst Looks at How Chengdu Explosion Might Impact Apple Shares / Report: Sony Joins Warner and EMI in Apple’s Cloud Music Whatzit / Mossberg Likes “Scan and Match” Method for Cloud Music Service / Patently Apple Spots Apple Patent for “Snippet to Cloud” Hand-Off for Streaming Musi...

Mac OS Ken: 05.20.2011

May 20, 2011 11:03 - 5 minutes - 4.07 MB

Apple Sends Second beta Build of Snow Leopard Update to Developers / Intel Exec: Apple Helps Shape Our Road Map / China Mobile Chairman Hints at 4G iPhone for His Company / Logitech Launches Tablet Keyboard for iPad and Android Tablets / Microsoft Giving Away Free Xbox 360 with Back-to-School PC Purchase / Kindle Titles Now Outselling Tradition Books Through Amazon

Mac OS Ken: 05.19.2011

May 19, 2011 07:12 - 11 minutes - 7.83 MB

CNET: Two of Big Four Record Labels on Board for Apple’s Cloud Music Service / Report: Apple Leases Significant Data Center Capacity in Silicon Valley / Gartner Analyst Says Tablets Cannibalizing Additional PCs, Not Primary PCs / 9 to 5 Mac: Tipster Says Overnights and All-Hands Planned for Australian Apple Retail Locations This Weekend / 9 to 5 Mac: Tipster Outlines Alleged Changes Headed to Apple Retail / 19 May Marks Tenth Anniversary of Apple Retail Stores / Apple Adds More Easily Accessi...

Mac OS Ken: 05.18.2011

May 18, 2011 06:17 - 12 minutes - 8.73 MB

FBR Capital Markets Says iPhone 5 Production to Begin in 3Q CY2011 / Reuters: Orange Says Apple Proposes More micro than micro-SIM / iPad and iPhone 4 Displays Win Awards / “PlayStation Phone” Lands on Verizon as “Xperia Play” on 26 May / Apple Gets a Booth at Publishing Convention “BookExpo America” / Apple Issues Digital Camera Raw Update 3.7 / Apple Issues ProKit 7.0 / Apple “Invited” to FCC and FTC Forum on Benefits and Risks of Location-Based Services / HP Passes on Thunderbolt for Now /...

Mac OS Ken: 05.17.2011

May 17, 2011 05:54 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

Credit Suisse Addresses Five Investor Concerns Over Apple / BMO Capital Analyst: iPad 2 Demand “Very Strong,” Next iPhone Not 4G / Electronista: Apple Job Posting Hints at iPhone for Sprint / MobileMe Mail Hits Monday Snag / Apple, Google, and Facebook Called to Second Senate Hearing on Privacy and Mobiles / Fortune Article “Inside Apple” in Top 20 for Paid Kindle Titles / Conde Nast Flips Switch on iPad Subscriptions for Allure, Glamour, Golf Digest, and Vanity Faire / Apple Extends Free Rep...

Mac OS Ken: 05.16.2011

May 15, 2011 04:00 - 11 minutes - 7.79 MB

Jeffries And Company Analyst: iPhone 5 to be iPhone 4S with No LTE/4G Support / Goldman Sachs Analyst Reworks Tablet Expectations for Next Two Years / Apple Seeds Build of Snow Leopard Update to Developers / Apple Releases Lion Preview 3 and Xcode 4.1 Preview 5 to Developers / Findings in Latest Lion Build Add Credence to Apple/Nuance Deal / Apple Patents Text-to-Speech/Speech-to-Text Conversion System / Company Targets Developers for Use of iOS In-App Purchase for Upgrades / MacNN: Resellers...

Mac OS Ken: 05.13.2011

May 13, 2011 07:12 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MB

Barclays Analyst: Google and Amazon Cloud-Music Services May Shield the Way for Apple “iCloud” / The Hollywood Reporter: Why Google Did What it Did with “Music Beta” / Silicon Alley Insider: Scammers Offering Bogus Music Beta by Google Invites / Nielsen: Wanna Grow Music Sales? All You Need is Beatles / US ITC: Latest Nokia Complaint Against Apple to Wrap Up Just Before the End of the Mayan Calendar / US ITC Sides Against Apple in Patent Infringement Case Against Kodak / Microsoft, HTC, Nokia...

Mac OS Ken: 05.12.2011

May 12, 2011 08:48 - 13 minutes - 9.17 MB

Canaccord Genuity Analyst: iPhone 4 Top-Selling Smartphone at AT&T and Verizon in April / Canaccord Genuity Analyst: iPhone 3GS Outsells Many Newer Androids on AT&T / CNET: Music Insiders Says Apple’s Cloud Music Service will be Better than Amazon’s and Google’s (Assuming it Actually Launches a Cloud Music Service) / Forbes: 50-Percent of iOS Magazine Subscribers Allow Apple to Share Info with Publishers / Developers Kill iFlow Reader, Blame Apple’s In-App Purchase Rules / Linex Sues Apple, H...

Mac OS Ken: 05.11.2011

May 11, 2011 08:36 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB

DoJ Advocates for Consumer Tracking and Data Retention by Cell Carriers / Apple Exec Answers iOS Privacy Questions on Capital Hill / Apple Sued (Again) Over Alleged Misuse of iPhone UDID / Apple Top Smartphone Maker in Japan While Android Tops Smartphone Operating Systems / iSuppli: iPhone Sales Grow While Smartphone Sales Shrink Quarter-Over-Quarter / NPD Analyst Says iPad is Not Seriously Hurting Consumer PC Sales / Microsoft Relaunches “I’m a PC” Marketing Campaign / Google: 400k Android A...

Mac OS Ken: 05.10.2011

May 10, 2011 07:07 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MB

Goldman Sachs Analyst: Stop Worrying and Buy Apple Shares / CNN Money Invites you to “Meet Apple’s All-Stars” / Shares of Nuance Communications Pop on Speculation of Buyout by Apple (Which Most People Do Not Expect) / TechCrunch Expects Nuance Deal to Involve Apple-Owned Siri, the NC Data Center, and iOS 5 / WSJ: Sources Say Microsoft Close to Buying Skype / Verizon Sees Huge Q1 2011 Bump Likely Tied in Part to Arrival of iPhone / Japanese Wireless Carrier SoftBank Sees Big Quarter Thanks to ...

Mac OS Ken: 05.09.2011

May 09, 2011 07:11 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MB

Apple Breaks Fortune 500 Top 50; Arrives at 35 / Current Issue of Fortune Takes Readers “Inside Apple” / Apple Breaks Barron's 500 Top 10; Arrives at 4 / Baseball, Apple, and the W.C: A Popularity Contest / Violence Greets ipad 2 Launch at Apple Sanlitun Store in China / Vulnerability Found in Skype 5 for Mac (Fix Already Available) / Report: Condé Nast to Add In-App iPad Subscription Option to Eight Magazines This Month / Apple Exec to Appear Before Senate Committee on Mobiles and Privacy To...

Mac OS Ken: 05.06.2011

May 06, 2011 06:38 - 14 minutes - 10.4 MB

Nielsen: iPad Owns 82-Percent of Tablets in U.S. - Steals Usage from a Range of Devices / Morgan Stanley Analyst Leaves Meeting with Apple Execs Super Stoked / 9 to 5 Mac: Secret Sources Say OTA Updates and Syncing Coming to iOS 5 / The Apple Blog: 4 Hurdles to Clear for OTA Updates and Syncing in iOS 5 / Forbes: OTA Syncing and Updates Could (FInally) Turn iPad into Personal Computer / The Daily Telegraph Out of the UK Joins the iTunes Subscriptions Parade / Apple Goes Deeper on Consumer Opi...

Mac OS Ken: 05.05.2011

May 05, 2011 07:49 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MB

Apple Releases iOS Updates to Address Location Logging Bugs / Shaky Story Sides with Talk of No New iPhone This Summer / NPD Analyst Sees Short-Lived Bump Coming from Updated iMacs / Reports: New iMacs Get Early Access to Unreleased Intel Platform Controller Hub / Apple Issues a Slew of Thunderbolt-Related Updates / Apple Insider: Mac OS X 10.7 to Be Sold Through Mac App Store / Hearst Signs On for iTunes Subscriptions for Popular Mechanics, Esquire, and O / News Corp Says “The Daily” Loses 1...

Mac OS Ken: 05.04.2011

May 04, 2011 06:53 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB

Apple Stuns No One - Releases Updated iMacs with Thunderbolt I/O and Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs / Apple Updates Boot Camp to v3.2 for Brand New iMacs / Apple Offers Either Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad Included with New iMacs / UBS Analyst Stoked Over Updated iMacs / Ticonderoga Securities Analyst Pumped Over iMac Refresh / Canaccord Securities Analyst: Apple Makes Half of All Profits of Top Eight Cellphone Makers in 1Q CY2011 / Australia Still Seeing In-Store Stock-Outs of iPad 2 / Korean Carri...

Mac OS Ken: 05.03.2011

May 03, 2011 07:43 - 13 minutes - 9.09 MB

MACDefender: Malware in Disguise / Report: Minor iOS Update Associated with Location Data Expected Within Two Weeks / Best Buy Runs Sale on All Macs Through Its Website / Consumer Reports: White iPhone 4 Not Thicker Than Black iPhone 4 / Accelerometers, Gyroscopes, and Microphones Make Apple Number Two in MEMS Purchases in 2010 / Rumors Point to Amazon Making Some Kind of Tablet / DEG: Movie Rentals Shift from In-Store to Subscription / TV Ownership in the States Drops for First Time in 20 Ye...

Mac OS Ken: 05.02.2011

May 02, 2011 07:12 - 12 minutes - 8.99 MB

NPD: Apple Fourth-Largest Cellphone Maker Worldwide / ABI Research: iPhone Could Knock Nokia to Third in Smartphones by Year’s End / Microsoft Creates New API Mapping Tool to Aid in Importing iOS Apps to WP7 / NetApplications: Mac, iOS, and Safari See Gains in Web Surfing / Apple Insider Expects New iMacs This Tuesday / Apple Releases Update 2 of Preview 2 of Mac OS X 10.7 / Apple Releases Preview 4 of Xcode 4.1 / Google Sued Over Android Location ‘Tracking’ / Senator Franken: Apple and Googl...

Mac OS Ken: 04.29.2011

April 29, 2011 08:48 - 13 minutes - 9.04 MB

iLounge Sees Short Line at One Store for White iPhone 4 / 45 Line Up for White iPhone 4 at Apple’s Fifth Avenue Store in NYC / Macworld UK: Huge Lines in Beijing for White iPhone 4 / Forbes: White iPhone 4 Thought to Have Sold Out in Beijing and Hong Kong / Reports Say White iPhone 4 About .2mm Thicker Than Black iPhone 4 / NPD: Apple Third Largest Phone Seller in the States with Top Two Phones on the Market / RIM Offers Troubling Guidance for Current-Quarter BlackBerry Sales / Forbes: Lines ...

Mac OS Ken: 04.28.2011

April 28, 2011 08:54 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MB

Apple Issues Statement Addressing iOS 4 Location Logging Issues / Apple CEO Steve Jobs Talks Location Logging with D: All Things Digital / Privacy Expert Takes Issue with Some of Apple’s Location Logging Statements / Forbes: Apple Applied for Patent for ‘Location Histories for Location Aware Devices’ in 2009 / Apple Mentions Eventual Traffic Service for iOS Users in Next Couple of Years / Apple Announces Availability of White iPhone 4 in 28 Countries Today / Lines form in Hong Kong for White ...

Mac OS Ken: 04.27.2011

April 27, 2011 09:38 - 13 minutes - 9.39 MB

Nielsen: Android Takes the Lead for Smartphone OS in States / iOS Top of Mind for Smartphone and Tablet Developers / Leaks from Canadian Carriers Indicate Imminent Arrival of White iPhone 4 / Barclays Analyst: Apple Cap-Ex Plans Make Him Think His Revenue Estimates Are Low / Amazon (Finally) Responds to Apple Suit Over Term “Appstore” with Countersuit / Report: The Apple-iTunes-Cloud-Locker May Eventually Cost Consumers Money to Use / Apple Adds Card Themes and Bug Fixes with iPhoto ’11 Updat...

Mac OS Ken: 04.26.2011

April 26, 2011 08:09 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB

Apple Insider Sources Say Apple Retail Prepping for Imminent Arrival of White iPhone 4 / Pics Clicked of White iPhone 4 from Vodafone UK / Electronista: Best Buy Inventory System Points to 27 April Launch of White iPhone 4 / Ticonderoga Securities Analyst Thinks White iPhone 4 Could Boost Device Sales / BGR Shows Shots of What Looks Like a Test iPhone on T-Mobile USA / Rumors and Reports Indicate New iMacs as Early as Next Week / Governments of Italy and France Looking into iOS 4 Location Log...

Mac OS Ken: 04.22.2011

April 22, 2011 09:53 - 17 minutes - 12 MB

Fortune: Amateurs Whip Pros (Again) in Apple 2Q FY2011 Estimates / Pros Ignore Their Misses and (Mostly) Sing Praises of Apple Going Forward / Verizon Activates 2.2-Million iPhone 4s in Truncated Quarter of Sales / Verizon CFO Indicates That Next iPhone Will be a “World Phone” / 9 to 5 Mac: Apple Invites Select Game Developers to Play with iPhone with A5 Chip / Strategy Analytics: Apple Tops the World’s Phone-Makers in Terms of Revenue / comScore: Total iOS Platform Easily Beats Total Android...

Mac OS Ken: 04.21.2011

April 21, 2011 09:37 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MB

Apple Reports Record March Quarter Numbers / Reuters Sources Say Next-Gen iPhone to Launch in September / AT&T Sees iPhone Activations for March Quarter Grow by Nearly One Million Units Y-O-Y / iPad 2 Wait Drops to 1 to 2 Weeks in Several Countries / Security Researchers Find iOS 4 Devices Storing Wheres and Whens of Users / Silicon Alley Insider: Hide Location Data by Encrypting Device Syncs / Senator Al Franken Sends Questionnaire on iOS 4 Data Collection to Apple CEO Steve Jobs / Tech Fore...

Mac OS Ken: 04.20.2011

April 20, 2011 08:56 - 9 minutes - 6.92 MB

comScore: iPad Not for Apple Fanboys Only / Samsung Vows to Fight Back Against Apple Lawsuit / Apple v. Samsung Suit Reveals Number of iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches Sold So Far / Concord Securities Analyst Puts 2nd-Gen Apple TV Sales at 2 Million Units / Electronista Hears Hints Indicating New iMacs Coming Soon / 9 to 5 Mac: Apple Kills 30-Dollar Rebates for iWork and MobileMe

Mac OS Ken: 04.19.2011

April 19, 2011 09:00 - 12 minutes - 8.84 MB

NPD: Mac Says Up 47-Percent in March of 2011 Versus March of 2010 / Three UK Posts (then Pulls) Order Page for White iPhone 4 / Concord Analyst Makes Expected and Unexpected iPhone 5 Predictions / USITC Says HTC and Nokia Probably Not Guilty of Patent Infringement Against Apple / Apple Sues Samsung for “Copying” iThing Elements in Galaxy Lines / Apple Seeks Dismissal of Six-Year-Old iTunes DRM Suit / Apple Issues Minor iTunes Update Dealing Mostly with Syncing iThings / Microsoft Outs Photosy...

Mac OS Ken: 04.18.2011

April 18, 2011 07:37 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB

JP Morgan Analyst Ups (Most) Expectations for Apple for 2Q FY2011 / Toys R Us (Kind of) Starts iPad 2 Sales in the States / Reuters Sources Say Production Underway of White iPhone 4 / 9 to 5 Mac: Something in Verizon Wireless Inventory System Looks Like a White iPhone 4 / Google Exec: iPhone Growth is Good for Google / Apple Sued Over In-App Purchases in Games for Kids / Apple Ships Update for Developer Preview of Lion / Apple Revamps Discussion Forums Into “Apple Support Communities” / Fortu...

Mac OS Ken: 04.15.2011

April 15, 2011 08:43 - 12 minutes - 8.78 MB

Apple Releases iOS 4.3.2 for Most iOS Devices and iOS 4.2.7 for CDMA iPhone 4 / Apple Issues Security Updates for Safari, Leopard, Leopard (Server), and Snow Leopard / Apple (Re)Confirms Spring Launch for White iPhone 4 / Developer Spots App Store Placeholder for Mystery iOS-Compatible Device / Ticonderoga Securities Analyst Hears Talk of as Many as 45 Million iPads Sold in 2011 / Rumor/Report: Apple Hires Data Center Services Exec Away from Microsoft / Best Buy Plans to Reduce Big Stores and...

Mac OS Ken: 04.14.2011

April 14, 2011 09:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB

IDC: Apple Grows Mac Sales in 1Q CY2011 While PC Sector Contracts / Silicon Alley Insider: Microsoft Likely to See Hurt from PC Sales Contraction / Electronista Looks at the Hurt Put on Acer by iPad and Its Own Management / Gartner Blames PC Sales Contraction on Media Tablest (aka iPad) / Cross research Analyst Argues Against Arguments for Fall Launch of Next iPhone / Report: Touch Screen Suppliers Say They have Heard Nothing Yet About a New iPhone / IHS/iSuppli: Online TV Revenue Hits $1.6 B...

Mac OS Ken: 04.13.2011

April 13, 2011 08:25 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MB

RBC Analyst Ups iPad Sales Expectations for 2Q FY2011 to 7 Million / RBC Analyst Sees 17 Million iPhones Sold in 2Q FY2011 / Sterne Agee Analyst Shaw Wu Expects Apple to Beat the Street / Jefferies Analyst Sees Some Sort of Video Something Tied to Something Else Coming out of Apple / Fortune Plays iPhone 5 Whack-a-Mole / All Things D Speculation: iPhone 5 Could Debut at Traditional Fall Music Event / DigiTimes: No iPad 3 in 2011 / Report: Foxconn to Move iPad Production to Brazil by December ...