Bryan Chaffin

Apple’s management officially resisted both proposals, and the fact that one of them was passed marks a rare defeat — though a minor one — for the company. Officially listed as proposal #6, the proposal voted in amended Apple’s corporate bylaws to require a majority vote for members of the board of directors. The existing…

The question came from an Apple shareholder late in the question and answer section of the meeting from a shareholder asking the three execs on stage for the event — COO Tim Cook, Marketing VP Phil Schiller, and CFO Peter Oppenheimer — about rumors that the next iterations of the iPad and iPhone were delayed,…

There has been much ado made over iOS subscriptions in the two weeks since Apple introduced its plan earlier in February. Publishers aren’t happy because Apple won’t give them customer data, and music and book services, as well as SaaS app developers (Box.net, Dropbox, Readability, and others) were concerned that their business model couldn’t accommodate…

According to DigiTimes (thanks to LoopInsight for the heads up) Research In Motion, Motorola, HP, and other large corporations are busily scrapping amongst themselves over the remaining 40% of supply, leaving smaller, second tier companies (like many of the companies we saw showing Android tablets at CES), out of the running for this high end…

According to Fortune magazine, Apple, Oracle, Cisco, as well as energy and pharmaceutical firms want to convince lawmakers to give them a one year tax holiday that would allow them to bring some $1 trillion back to the U.S. at a 5% tax rate, instead of the 35% those funds would be subject to today.…

The house was designed and built for copper mining magnate Daniel Jackling (hence its name, the Jackling House) in 1925 by architect George Washington Smith. The home was built in Spanish Colonial Revival style, and was considered a local landmark by some in the community. Mr. Jobs purchased the property in 1984, where he lived…

Audits – It’s Not Just the Taxman In 2009, Apple conducted 102 such audits, including 83 “first-time” audits at facilities that the company had not examined in the past. The other 19 audits were repeat audits at facilities previously visited by the company’s auditors. In 2010, Apple conducted a grand total of 127 audits —…

The move suggests that the world’s largest (but shrinking) cell and smartphone maker intends to have a very close relationship with Microsoft, and the company’s announcement of the post emphasized that Mr. Weber has 16 years of experience with his former company.

U.S. Movie Electronic Sell Through and Internet Video on Demand Movie Market Share Ranking in 2009 and 2010 (Ranking by Percentage of Total Consumer Spending) Source: iSuppli While Apple is technically competing in the movie electronic sell through (EST) and Internet video on demand (iVoD) businesses, a market that grew 60% in 2010, iSuppli said…

The commercial is pushing the company’s Xoom tablet, the same tablet that Moto ostensibly pushed by lampooning the iPad in an earlier commercial touting Google’s upcoming Honeycomb release of Android OS. In the new piece, however, Motorola presents a lone Xoom user surrounded by a sea of attractive iPhone and iPad users – we know…

“All companies should have succession planning policies and succession plans in place, and boards should periodically review and update them,” said in an analysis of the proposal. “ISS believes that shareholders would benefit by having a report on the company’s succession plans disclosed annually. Such a report would enable shareholders to judge the board on…

“I hope one day people will say ‘this is as cool as HP’, not ‘as cool as Apple’,” Mr. Apotheker told the BBC. He made the case that HP was the only company in the PC space that was “equally good on the consumer side and on the [enterprise] side,” and that this would help…

The interview from a network that Mr. Murdoch’s company owns was part of the marketing blitz Mr. Murdoch and News Corp. are engaging in to promote the release of The Daily, a new iPad-only (for now) daily newspaper. Technically, Mr. Murdoch is fudging history a bit in that it was Steve Jobs who recognized Steve…

Customer: “Here it is. It won’t make phone calls.” *hands it to me* Me: “Ma’am, this is an iPod Touch.” Customer: “That’s exactly what that dumba** in the phone department told me. God, are all you people stupid?! iPods look like this!” *holds up an iPod Classic* The solution, of course, is printed right on…

This story comes to us from Steve Hayden, an advertising exec who became a Chiat/Day vice president while the commercial was being created. Mr. Hayden wrote about his experience in creating the ad for Apple for AdWeek, as well as some of the aftermath in working with the company after Steve Jobs left. According to…

The device can project an image that is up to 120” across, though that large an image would be better in a darkened environment. On the Expo show floor, we were seeing movies about half that size being projected in a well-lit environment, and they were quite watchable. NEO-i can project onto surfaces from 8”…

VRM Box is a digital signal processer (DSP) in a small form factor that features a volume controller (as seen in the images below). When used with companion software on your Mac or Windows PC, the user can choose from one of several speakers and pairs of speakers, adjust where you, the listener is sitting,…

“I thought it was a prank call,” Mrs. Gail told The Cult of Mac. “I said, ‘Thank you very much, I’m not interested’ and I hung up.” Her daughters, however, were aware of the contest and had downloaded several apps in the early morning hours (local), including what turned out to be the winner, Paper…

“We are delighted that Mr. Wozniak will be helping to kick off what is sure to be the electronics industry’s most interesting event in 2011,” David Blaza, vice president of UBM Electronics, said in a statement.. “Attendees will have the opportunity to hear a unique, unforgettable talk delivered by one of the most influential pioneers…