Jeff Gamet

Analyst: New product categories may not help maintain iPhone sales growth Mr. Reitzes told investors, We believe Apple's story is all about iPhones and 'new categories' seem to be designed to make the iPhone more useful – but don't necessarily re-accelerate growth in the iPhone category to sustainable double-digit levels. Apple has been rumored to…

FCC working on new net neutrality rules with less bite The idea behind net neutrality is that service providers must transmit all data equally instead of giving certain content priority or even blocking websites. The rules that had been put into place were challenged in Court by Verizon, and a three Judge panel ruled in…

Apple calling Android creator Andy Rubin to testify in patent infringement trial with Samsung Mr. Rubin left Apple in 1992 for the Apple spin-off company General Magic which just so happened to be a mobile device development company. That never panned out for Apple, so in 1995 he started working for WebTV, and then Microsoft…

The first iPhone 6 line forms in Japan, complete with cosplay Yoppy, a blogger in Tokyo, started his long term camp out several days ago, according to The Register, and has been hanging out dressed as an iPhone. As one does. His not quite safe for work Twitter feed says he's excited to be the…

Apple said to be considering Basis purchase Sources talking with TechCrunch said both Apple and Google are in talks with Basis and that the buying price would likely come in under US$100 million. They also said that Microsoft and Samsung are showing interest in Basis Science. Basis is known for the accuracy of its fitness…

Samsung to call Apple VP Phil Schiller to testify at new patent trial Samsung said in a witness list filing on Thursday, Mr. Schiller will be called to testify regarding design, development, promotion, marketing, advertising, consumer demand for, and sales of the iPhone, iPad, iPod, and other Apple products, including the features accused of infringing…

Google completes $3.2 billion Nest Labs purchase News of the finished deal comes via a Securities and Exchange Commission filing showing everything was finalized on February 7. Google said in its filing, We expect that the acquisition will enhance Google's suite of products and services and allow Nest to continue to innovate upon devices in…

Carl Icahn: Never mind on my AAPL stock buyback plans Mr. Icahn's announcement came after the proxy advisory company Institutional Shareholder Services, or ISS, advised Apple's shareholders to vote against Mr. Icahn's proposal. Apple has been opposed to Mr. Icahn's proposal, too, and company CEO Tim Cook thinks the board is already acting aggressively with…

Snapchat security can be used in DoS attack Security consultant Jamie Sanchez discovered that by recycling the Snapchat's own security authorization tokens to send thousands of messages over several seconds to a victim's iPhone, leading to a device crash and reset. Since the security tokens don't expire, hackers can reuse them to target individual users…

Wells Fargo sees an Apple stock dividend increase coming Mr. Um told investors, Given Apple's propensity to be more long-term shareholder friendly, we believe Apple is more likely to surprise on a dividend increase though expect a similar share repurchase authorization to support similar opportunistic opportunities. However, with $34.4 billion of cash onshore at the…

Microsoft's new CEO: Satya Nadella Mr. Nadella joined Microsoft in 1992 and has since been instrumental in the company's servers and tools business, as well as developing the cloud system to support Xbox, Bing, Office and other services. He is taking over for Steve Ballmer who announced his retirement in August 2013. At the time,…

The scheme works by calling phone numbers, letting them ring once, and then disconnecting. The call lasts just long enough to register on your phone's Caller ID, but is short enough you likely won't be able to answer. If someone is curious enough to call back — and that's what the scammers are counting on…

States asking for $840 million from Apple in ebook price fixing case The damages amount the states are asking for is based on 0.5 percent of the $158.8 billion in cash Apple had at the end of 2013, according to Bloomberg. The states involved in the lawsuit have claimed that Apple's actions caused economic harm…

Facebook wants to keep user's eyes with Paper for iPhone Like Flipboard, Paper is a full screen app that lets users swipe to move from story to story as if they're flipping through magazine pages, supports zooming in to photos, lets users subscribe to content from what the company is calling trusted publishers, and supports…

No sanctions for Samsung in Apple, Nokia document leaks Quinn Emanuel came under fire for sharing confidential documents related to Apple and Nokia's licensing deals with Samsung that were intended only for special witnesses. Samsung found itself in hot water for then using those documents to gain an unfair advantage in its own negotiations with…

News of the honor has been low key with both Ms. Ahrendts and the British Government skipping any formal announcement. The award was confirmed in October 2013, according to Vogue, but the news is just now surfacing. Ms. Ahrendts has been credited with turning around Burberry's performance in the Asian market where the retailer hadn't…

Trump says Apple needs a bigger iPhone Mr. Trump offered up his financial analysis on Twitter saying, Apple's iPhone sales fell way short-they must go to a larger screen, as alternative, fast (as I said long ago)! Samsung's size much better. I predicted Apple's stock fall based on their dumb refusal to give the option…

Carl Icahn has a $3 billion investment in Apple and is pushing for a more aggressive stock buyback In a post on Twitter he said, “Having purchased $500 million more $AAPL shares in the last two weeks, our investment has crossed the $3 billion mark yesterday.” He added, We feel $APPL board is doing great…