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Listen To Steve Jobs Rip Into Android And The Upcoming Tablet Competition [Audio]
Clearly the most interesting part of Apple’s Q4 earnings call today was a surprise visit by CEO Steve Jobs. Just prior to the Q&A portion of the call, Jobs went…
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Steve Jobs: "The iPad Is Clearly Going To Affect Notebook Computers"
There has been some debate in recent weeks whether or not the tablet industry has been or will be affecting the sales of notebook computers. Perhaps you recall Best Buy’s…
Apple is often criticized for building products which aren’t as open as they could be, and competitors like Google make a point about how much more open Android phones are…
Steve Jobs: Apple Has Already Sold Over 250,000 New Apple TVs
On every earnings call, someone always asks for specific sales numbers. And companies always duck those questions. But not today. When someone asked how the Apple TV is doing since…
Apple sold 14.1 million iPhones last quarter, over 70 million since launch
For all of those keeping track of how many millions of iPhones are floating around, Apple has just pushed a fresh set of numbers out the door: in the fourth…
Apple Q4: $20B Revenue, $4B Profits, 3.89M Macs, 14.1M iPhones, 4.19M iPads — All New Records
You don’t need to look any further than Apple’s stock price over the past several months to know that they’re on a roll. A year ago, the stock price was…
Remember when Apple filed suit against Hypermac for infringing on their MagSafe and iPod chargin cables? For those who don’t know, Hypermac’s battery solutions provide extra battery life for Apple…
Oh, analysts. Always making predictions! In this case, however, they may be right this time, though. Gartner is predicting that by 2014 we’ll be seeing tablet sales in the hundreds…
It looks as if big-box store Costco may no longer sell the iPod or iPod touch, after they were apparently snubbed for being a reseller of the iPad. You go…
MacBook Air Apparent: I Have Never Used My Computer's Optical Drive
There’s this weird slit in the side of my MacBook Pro. It almost seems like a credit card swipe, or a receipt dispenser, or an air vent, or something. Oh…
A little more than a week ago, it was reported that MacBook Air retail supplies were dwindling. This has historically indicated a new product or refresh, and now there is…
Just Four Dudes Jamming On The Subway — With Their iPhones As Instruments [Video]
A lot is said about the Apple marketing machine. Love them or hate them, there’s no denying that their ads are effective. But someone just one-upped them — with their…
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White iPhone Spotted In The Wild, Shortage Caused by "Problem With Buttons"
Our buddy Sal at Geek.com spotted this white iPhone in the wild. It belonged to someone who had a buddy at Apple.
Why The Verizon iPad Is A Very Good Sign For The Verizon iPhone — And The Future
This morning, Apple issued a press release where the first word in the title was one many of us have been waiting years for: Verizon. No, they didn’t announce a…
Mark your Franklin Covey Calendars because on October 28 the iPad 3G will appear in AT&T across the nation. There’s obviously not much changing here except that now instead of…
Will OS X 10.7 "Lion" Be The King Of The Apple Jungle, The Last Of Its Kind, Or Both?
As you’re well aware by now, this morning, Apple sent out invites to an event taking place in one week at their headquarters in Cupertino, CA. The invite reads, “Back…
Invitations are going out for Apple’s next event, and it’s looking to be all about the Mac, as opposed to the last few, which have been primarily iOS-related. The only…
Major Decline In TV Ratings Linked To Apple iOS App Use: Nonsense Or Part Of A Larger Problem For The TV Biz?
How did that silly song go? TV killed the radio star? First off, try telling that to Ron Bennington. Second off, whatever. Now we’re getting word that Apple, thanks to…
Foxconn: All This Treating Our Workers Better Will Result In More Expensive Phones
Ah, capitalism. It looks like the value of manufacturing in China is slowly going down as companies like Foxconn are forced to treat employees like human beings. What does that…
Today the US Patent and Trademark Office approved a patent Apple filed in 2008, which, get this, prevents users from sending or receiving “objectionable” text messages. The patent’s official title?…
An Improved Grooveshark iPhone App Hits The App Store – On Cydia, That Is
Exclusive -When Jason tried out online music streaming startup Grooveshark’s iPhone app in July 2009, he wrote that it was great but that he “wouldn’t expect this to pop up…
Having fully conquered the United States of America, forever changing the way our democracy works, Apple has now set its sights on South Korea. Apple has submitted its magical and…
Now For Sale On Apple's iBookstore: Microsoft Press, O'Reilly Media Books
Starting today, O’Reilly Media will be selling some 600 titles in Apple’s iBookstore, along with almost 150 more from (yes, ironically) Microsoft Press, whose books are sold and distributed by…
Wow, With Windows Phone 7, Did Microsoft Actually Bring A Gun To A Gun Fight?
Like any good Apple fanboy, when I first heard that Microsoft would be rebooting their mobile strategy a couple years ago, I snickered. I’m sure I made some sarcastic remark…
The latest knock-off from China is the iPhonc – a curved back mobile phone that looks good up to a point. Details are non-existent, but you probably don’t want to…
Forget Sunday Night Football, Viewers Pile Into iPhone's Social Apps
What does The Mentalist, NCIS Los Angeles, Sunday Night Football and CBS Undercover Boss have in common? None of them are as popular as iPhone’s social games on the Flurry…
Windows Phone 7 Launches With 10 Phones Across 30 Countries: So Much For Keeping Things Simple
Today’s all about Windows Phone 7 (for better or worse). Microsoft is in New York showing off the goods, and Greg and John are there getting the goods. What I…
Apple Will Take A Pass On 4G Networks For The iPhone In 2011— Sorry Verizon and AT&T
Back in August I broke the news that Apple was lining up a component purchase of several million chipsets from Qualcomm for a CDMA-powered Verizon iPhone due in January. Last…
Carol Bartz: Facebook Is Creepy, Apple's iAd Won't Work, And More Gems
The love/hate relationship between Yahoo’s CEO and the rest of the world continues. Carol Bartz was recently interviewed by USA Today, and couldn’t help being her eloquent self again. To…
Some pictures purporting to show the next-generation iPad have surfaced, showing what appears to be a second dock connector port. The second port isn’t entirely without precedent — some patents…