News of Interest
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Apple Begins Fifth Avenue Plaza Overhaul
Apple has begun work on a major renovation to the plaza that sits above its famous Fifth Avenue retail store in New York City. The renovations which will take until early November will see the iconic glass cube removed and then reinstalled. The details of…
Schmidt: Apple Renew Maps and Search Deal
In his interview at D9 conference Google Executive chairman Eric Schmidt revealed that Apple has renewed its partnership deal with Google to use Search and Maps. The executive chairman who used to sit on Apple’s board of directors said...
Apple Issues Statement on Foxconn Plant Explosion
Following the news earlier today that there had been a large explosion at one of Foxconn’s plants in Chengdu, China. Apple has now given a statement to All Things Digital expressing sadness for the incident and explaining that it will work with Foxconn to address…
Explosion Rips Through iPad Production Plant
It is being reported today that an explosion at a Foxconn plant in Chengdu, south-west China has killed two and injured dozens of others. Foxconn is the manufacturer of many products but this particular building is said to be the assembly plant of the iPad…
Apple Retail Stores Celebrate 10 Years
On this day ten years ago Apple opened its first two retail stores, the first in Tyson's Corner, VA, and three hours later Glendale Galleria in South California. As pointed out by Apple 2.0 Channel Marketing Corp. president David Goldstein told Businessweek , "I give…
iPhone 4 and iPad Displays Praised
Both the iPhone 4 and iPad has this week been awarded for the quality of their displays. Apple’s iPhone 4 won the Display of the Year Gold Award from The Society for Information Display on Monday, while the iPad display won the Display Application of…
BBC Show Likens Apple Fandom to a Religion
In the UK the BBC will very soon begin airing the first in a series of shows that highlight the relationship between brands and humans. The first episode in the Secrets of the Superbrands series focuses on technology brands and during the hour long show…
It Gets Better
Apple employees have got together and produced a very moving video for the It Gets Better project which aims to help young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people deal with the tribulations of growing up. The project which has had messages of support from President…
Why Apple Wins this Round
In the words of Charlie Sheen, Apple is "winning". I'm being a little unfair though, Apple isn't the only one winning this round, any current manufacturer who is churning out mobile phone hardware capable of shooting high definition video and sending it instantly to the…
UK Government Blocked Steve Jobs Honorary Knighthood
It has been revealed in the The Telegraph today that the previous Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown blocked Steve Jobs from receiving an honorary knighthood. Mr Brown reportedly refused the request because Jobs refused to speak at the Labour Party Conference.
Technology Leaders to Meet President Obama
This afternoon President Obama will fly from the South lawn of the White House directly to San Francisco where he will meet with a number of tech and business leaders. The meeting will reportedly take place in a private residence and is part of an…
iPad Newspaper 'The Daily' Launches [Updated]
Today News Corp and Apple took to the stage to introduce the first iPad-only newspaper called The Daily . Available from today The Daily will cost $0.99 per week or just $39.99 per year. The first two weeks will be free, an endeavour sponsored by…
Highlights from Macworld Expo 2011
Over the weekend this years Macworld Expo came to an end in San Francisco. Whilst the days of Apple hosting a keynote presentation and showing off its new products on a gigantic expo floor stand have long gone the expo continues to survive. Word from…
Apple Scoops J.D. Power Award Fourth Consecutive Time
For the fourth consecutive year Apple has come top of the J.D. Power customer satisfaction survey within the smartphone category, the iPhone got a score of 800 out of a possible 1,000 points. LG ranked top in the traditional handset category with a score of…
How Will Apple Cope with Europe's Common Charger?
Last year the European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, said that it had reached a voluntary agreement with ten major mobile phone manufacturers to bring a common charger for mobile phones to the market. A couple of weeks ago the story resurfaced, this was…
Steve Jobs at D8 Full Interview Now Online
Last week Steve Jobs kicked off the All Things Digital: D8 conference with a long interview followed by a question and answer session. Following the interview we saw numerous clips and were at the time promised I full uncut version in the coming week. Now…
AT&T Earnings Fall, Activates 2.7 Million iPhones
Yesterday Apple announced that during its second fiscal quarter of 2010 it had sold 8.75 million units worldwide, today the official US carrier of the iPhone AT&T announced that it had activated 2.7 million of those. In the carriers earnings report the company said that…
Rivalry Between Apple and Google Detailed
The increasing rivalry between Apple and Google has been in the spotlight recently and now The New York Times has published a four page report on the ongoing relationship between to the two mammoth corporations. The article covers many details of the increasing number of…
Jobs Ranked 136th On World Rich List
Today Forbes published its list of world billionaires, crowning a new richest person with Carlos Slim Helu beating Bill Gates and Warren Buffet to the top. This year Steve Jobs ranked 136th on the world rich list with an increased estimated wealth of $5.5 billion…
Apple Tops Fortune Most Admired Companies List
For the third consecutive year Apple has come on top of Fortune's "World's Most Admired Companies" and this year has increased the margin of its win to the largest in the 10-year history of the survey. The ranking is based on a survey of 4,200…