RBC Capital analyst Amit Daryanani raised his target price for Apple's stock on Thursday from US$475 to $525 based on the likelihood that new iPhone models will ship in September and that the company may expand its stock buyback program, too. Apple hasn't officially confirmed new iPhones are coming next month, but reliable sources have…
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Jeff Gamet is the Mac Observer’s Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of “The Designer’s Guide to Mac OS X” from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also hosts TMO’s Daily Observations podcast, co-hosts The iOS Show podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other shows, too. Jeff dreams in HD.
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iPhone: iOS and the Hidden Scientific Calculator
The iPhone and iPod touch include a built-in calculator app that's easy to use and handy since it goes where ever you take your pocket-size iOS device. That calculator is pretty basic, but it also hides a full featured scientific calculator, and all it takes to find it is a little twist. The calculator in…
Judge Plans on Tough Apple Ebook Restrictions
Judge Denise Cote is considering hitting Apple with some pretty stiff sanctions in the Department of Justice's ebook price fixing case against the company including restricting the types of contracts Apple can strike for five years and an additional five years of government oversight. She won't, however, grant the DOJ everything it wanted in its…
DOJ Slams Publishers for Backing Apple in Ebook Trial
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed its response with the court to Apple's assertion that Judge Cote made errors during their ebook price fixing trial, and criticized publishers for backing the iPad and iPhone maker. The DOJ claimed that publishers have “banded together,” just as they did to artificially force book prices up. The…
Apple: Ebook Price Fixing Judge Made Mistakes
Apple is scheduled to appear in court on Friday for a hearing to review the proposed remedies in the U.S. Department of Justice ebook price fixing case, and the iPhone and iPad maker told the Judge overseeing the proceedings that she made mistakes in the way she handled the trial. According to Apple, Judge Denise…
US Court Says Bitcoin is Money, Can be Regulated
A U.S. Federal Court has ruled that Bitcoins can be considered an actual currency, and as such falls under government regulation. The ruling was part of a case where a man was charged with using Bitcoins in a ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of over US$1 million. U.S. Court says Bitcoin can be regulated…
It's the Tablet's World Now and Microsoft Wasn't Invited
Apple is the single largest PC maker, according to data from Canalys, topping companies such as Lenovo, HP, and Samsung. To find the single largest PC maker, Canalys combined desktop and laptop figures with tablets and those tablets are about to start outselling other computers, and that's a big problem for Microsoft. Tablets are taking…
Apple Ads Get It: Target Emotion, not Specs
Apple released a new iPhone commercial that focuses on FaceTime video chats, and completely skips over hardware and software specifications, just like the other ads showing off iPhone features. Unlike companies that rattle off camera and processor specs along with screen size, Apple's ads go for an emotional pull. The latest iPhone 5 commercial, called…
OS X: Enable Window Scroll Bars
There was a time when your Mac's Finder and application windows all had visible scroll bars that made it easy to move up or down in long file lists, and also gave you a nice visual cue to let you know there was more to see than the current window was showing. That's missing now,…
Faulty Moisture Sensor Lawsuit Settlement Worth Up to $300 per iPhone
iPhone and iPod touch owners that were denied warranty repairs over internal moisture sensors that falsely registered water damage are a step closer to collecting their share in Apple's US$53 million class action lawsuit settlement. The settlement is still awaiting final court approval, but a website is up and running where device owners can add…
Starbucks Drops AT&T Wi-Fi for Google [Updated]
AT&T's free Wi-Fi service will soon be gone from all 7,000 U.S. Starbucks locations and replaced with Google's Wi-Fi offering, along with the promise of speeds that are ten times faster than what's currently available in the coffee shops. In cities where Google Fiber is already in place, the Internet search giant claims Starbucks customers…
iPad: Quick Select Multiple Photos
The iPad is great for editing and managing your photos on the go — until you need to select multiple images, that is. Turns out there's an easy way to select a group of photos to share or delete once you know the trick. Read on to learn how. To select select more than one…
iOS 7 iPhone Biometric Code: Think Security, Not Mobile Payments
With iOS 7 beta 4 available to developers, word is out that the newest test version of the iPhone and iPad operating system includes code for a biometric sensor. That helps back up the idea that the next iPhone will include some type of fingerprint scanner, but it's most likely for phone security, and not…
Sprint Sells 1.4M iPhones in Q2 2013
Sprint reported selling 1.4 million iPhones during its second fiscal quarter for 2013 with 41 percent of those sales going to new customers. That sales figure is down slightly from the 1.5 million iPhones the cell service provider sold last quarter, but still shows Apple's combination smartphone and media player is a draw. The carrier's…
Calendar: Syncing Attached Documents to your iPhone and iPad
Apple's Calendar apps on the Mac, iPhone and iPad can share events so your schedule isn't ever any farther away than your fingertips. Turns out you can sync more than your appointments through Calendar; you can sync files that are attached to your events, too. Read on to learn how. Attaching documents to Calendar events…
Bob Mansfield: Goodbye Executive VP, Hello Secret Projects Man
Bob Mansfield quietly disappeared from Apple's executive team webpage on Sunday and the company said it's because he'll be working on “special projects” instead. Mr. Mansfield had been serving as the company's Senior Vice President of Technologies, but now it looks like he may be throwing his weight behind secret new products. Mr. Mansfield took…
iPad Sales are Down, but it's Still the Place to Sell Apps
iPhone sales are up, iPad sales are down, and everyone is buying at the App Store. Apple brought in US$4.3 billion from iTunes sales during its third fiscal quarter, topping the $4.1 billion its retail stores brought in, and showing that despite what nay sayers may spout about Apple losing its luster, it's still the…
$4.1B Says Shoppers Still Love Apple Stores
Apple's retail stores brought in US$4.1 billion during the company's third fiscal quarter for 2013 through its 408 stores around the world. That, along with customer traffic numbers, show shoppers are still seeking out the company's retail stores for their iPhone, iPad, and Mac purchases. Apple retail stores are still drawing in customers, add $4.1B…
OS X: 3 Ways to Control Your Mac's Volume
Just like so many other things you can do on your Mac, Apple has given us more than one way to control the system volume. They also gave us a couple cool tricks for controlling exactly how you adjust the audio level. Want to learn how? Watch our Video Quick Tip to learn more.
Hackers Target Macs with Ransom Threat for Web Surfing
Hackers have found a way to use some basic JavaScript code to trick unsuspecting Mac users into paying US$300 for surfing the Web. The threat tricks users into thinking they have been viewing or distributing pornographic content by hijacking Safari and displaying a warning that appears to come from the FBI. The scam doesn't rely…
Microsoft Killing MSN TV isn't an Apple TV Win
There's one less console in the living room now that Microsoft has officially announced the demise of MSN TV. The device started life as WebTV and was a hardware package that turned user's televisions into simple Web surfing and email systems while also offering up online entertainment, and even though it will soon be gone,…
SoftBank Sprint Merger Set to Close July 10
Japan's SoftBank cell service provider expects to complete its US$21.6 billion deal to buy 78 percent of Sprint on July 10, 2013. The deal was first announced last October and finally won FCC approval last Friday and originally included a 70 percent stake in Sprint. Sprint is creating a new company called New Sprint as…
Boston University Hits Apple with Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Apple is facing another patent infringement lawsuit, although this time it's from Boston University instead of a company. The University is alleging that the iPhone 5, iPad, and MacBook Air use a semiconductor it received a patent for in 1997, and is asking for a ban on selling some Apple products as well as a…
Hon Hai Shows Off its Own Smartwatch for iPhone
Hon Hai, which is well known as the company that builds the iPhone for Apple through its Foxconn factories, has crafted its own smartwatch designed to connect to the iPhone. The watch displays alerts and other notifications, and tracks fitness-related data like heart rate and respiration, and are looking to add fingerprint ID to future…