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Apple COO Tim Cook Speaks at Goldman Sachs Conference
Earlier this week Apple COO Tim Cook who led the company during Steve Jobs' time off in early 2009 spoke candidly about Apple. During the Goldman Sachs Technology & Internet Conference Cook gave a talk about Apple including some interesting details about the company's products…
Video Reveals Apple Data Centre Progress
Last year it was revealed that Apple would be building a 500,000 square feet date centre in Maiden, North Carolina. Apple agreed to locate the huge data centre in North Carolina after the state offered a $46 million tax incentive. A video posted on Data…
Jobs Agrees to Participate in Autobiography
The New York Times is reporting that Steve Jobs will participate with an author in writing an authorised biography of the Apple CEO's life. According to the report the book is still in early stages on planning but Jobs has invited author Walter Isaacson to…
iPad Makes Appearance at Grammy Awards
During yesterday 52nd Annual Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, Stephen Colbert pulled out an Apple iPad to read the list of nominees for song of the year. iPad was announced by Apple last week during a special media event.
AT&T Activates 3.1 Million iPhones Q409
Yesterday AT&T released an earnings report for its fourth quarter of 2009 . In the report the official carrier of the iPhone in the U.S. reported that it had activated 3.1 million iPhones during the quarter, just shy of last quarters record of 3.2 million…
You've All Gone Lala
This week a report began spreading like wildfire about 30-second previews on Apple's web based iTunes . The feature in question allows users who don't have iTunes installed to explore the iTunes Store in a web browser and listen to 30-second previews, as you would…
Former Apple Marketing Manager Talks Controlled Leaks
John Martellaro former Senior Marketing Manager at Apple has written a post for The Mac Observer today discussing how he believes the Wall Street Journal's post from earlier in the week was a controlled leak from Apple. Martellaro clearly outlines how Apple uses controlled leaks…
Psystar Begins Shutting Down [Untrue]
Dow Jones reports that Psystar has begun closing down the company following Apple's injunction against the company issue earlier this week . Psystar whose website has already ceased operation will fire its eight employees according to Psystar attorney Eugene Action. Action also said that Psystar's…
Apple Wins Multitude of Advertising Awards from AdWeek
AdWeekMedia this week announced the winners of its "Best of 2000s" advertising awards. Apple won numerous awards including "Brand of the Decade", "Campaign of the Decade" and "Product of the Decade" and "Out of Home Ad of the Decade". Steve Jobs also won "Marketer of…
VESA Officially Adopts Mini DisplayPort
The Video Electronics Standard Association has today officially issued its Mini DisplayPort standard based on technology licensed from Apple. Last year after Apple first included Mini DisplayPort in a MacBook Pro refresh VESA confirmed later on that the connector would be included in the DisplayPort…
O2 to Unlock UK iPhones, Expand Network Capacity
In an question and answer session with Times online readers , O2 head Matthew Key spoke about the iPhone and how the company is addressing network issues. When asked about how O2 was handling losing the exclusivity of the iPhone Key responded by saying that…
Apple Creates Industry Wide NAND Memory Strain
DigiTimes is reporting via industry sources that NAND flash supplies have become "tighter" as major producers Samsung Electronics, Toshiba, Micron and Hynix Semiconductor attempt to meet demand for Apple. The report suggests that other buyers are beginning to look elsewhere for supplies, IM Flash is…
Apple Resigns from Chamber of Commerce
Apple has become the latest in a series of companies to resign from the United States Chamber of Commerce over a disagreement on the Chamber's climate policy. In a letter addressed to Thomas J. Donohue, president and chief executive of the chamber Catherine A. Novelli…
Apple Wins Case Against Palm Pre iTunes Syncing
The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has dismissed Palm's complaint that Apple, by issuing an update to iTunes that used the USB Vendor ID number to prevent the software from automatically transferring content to any non-Apple USB device, had violated "the letter and spirit of the…
What a Difference a Press Release Makes [U]
Apparently two pieces of fairly substantial news passed right through the majority of the Apple web today. In Apple's press release announcing that it had sold over one million iPhone 3GS devices in it's first weekend not only did a product name change spelling but…
University Issues Health Advisory Against Glossy Mac Displays
The Queensland University of Technology based in Brisbane Australia has published an health advisory against using "Macintosh – Apple 'glass' or high gloss monitor screens." The advisory which only seems to pick on Macs and no PC counterparts claims that "Reflections and glare on high…
Schmidt Won't Leave Apple Board
Google CEO and member of Apple's board of director Eric Schmidt has told reporters that he will not resign from his position at Apple despite a government investigation. The investigation being done by the Federal Trade Commission into possible breach of antirust laws was announced…
FTC Investigates Apple and Google's Board Ties [U]
The Federal Trade Commission has begun an enquiry into whether Apple and Google's close ties are in violation of antitrust laws. Google and Apple share two directors, Eric E. Schmidt, chief executive of Google, and Arthur Levinson, former chief executive of Genentech. According to the…
iPhone Falls to Second Place In Bestselling Smartphone Chart
According to data from NPD Group the iPhone lost its position of the best selling smartphone in the U.S. during the first quarter of 2009 to the BlackBerry Curve. According to NPD the top five bestselling smartphones in the U.S. during Q109 were: 1. BlackBerry…
Apple Building Team to Design Own Chips
The Wall Street Journal explores some of the detail behind a number of recent moves Apple has made. It all started last April when it was revealed that Apple had acquired custom chip design company P.A. Semi . Recently Apple has started hiring key figures…