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However, that lack of familiarity shouldn’t hamper the upcoming launch of Apple’s iCloud service, nor the growth of similar services. AppleInsider quoted Stephen Baker, vice-president of industry analysis for NPD, as saying: “Whether they understand the terminology or not, consumers are actually pretty savvy in their use of cloud-based applications. They might not always recognize…

Pretty scary right? Being an AAPL watcher, and a lover of roller coasters, seeing the stock whipsaw nearly 14.75 points, from a low of $353.02 to a high of $367.77 today can be both exhilarating and panic inducing, but in my opinion, it doesn’t mean a thing.All too often we get caught up in the heat…

Apple’s Big Ol’ iPhone Money Bags It looks like we’re going to have to retrain ourselves in thinking about how much Apple makes in the phone business. While I was stunned when Apple was shown to be taking in half of the profits of the entire cellphone business, I now find myself forced to be…

Apple Story is one of many defendants in Apple’s lawsuit Image courtesy of BirdAbroad As part of its success, Apple has been contending with a variety of fake Apple Stores in China, including stores that not only looked an Apple-designed, built, and owned store, but also outfitted its employees in T-shirts with Apple logos on…

It’s always interesting to see the current browser share statistics. The second chart is of the most interest to me: there are two declining browsers and two advancing browsers. Here’s the ars technical summary for July, 2011. Personally, I was not happy with Chrome’s installer leaving unwanted remnants when I tested it awhile back, and…

The iPad now makes up 12 percent of Apple’s share value, up from 9.6 percent. iTunes and the App Store account for 5 percent, up from 3.4 percent, and the Mac now accounts for almost 12 percent of the company’s stock value. The ever popular iPhone holds about half of Apple’s stock value.iPad brings in…

In a blog post, David Drummond, Google’s Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, claimed that his company was a victim of bullying tactics in which Apple, Microsoft, and Oracle were all conspiring to “strangle” Google’s Android platform through the use of “bogus” patents and a broken patent system that no longer encouraged innovation. This…

France is still looking into Apple’s iPhone location trackingApple found itself in the middle of a privacy-related controversy earlier this year when reports that the iPhone was logging user’s locations and storing the database on their computers. In some cases, the databases contained up to a year’s worth of location information that tracked iPhone owner’s…

Executive Recruiting(Image courtesy of iStockPhoto)  Ron Johnson, Apple’s current senior vice president for retail, announced in June that he had accepted a gig to be CEO of venerable retailer J.C. Penney. Mr. Johnson joined the board of the department store chain on August 1st, and will officially take the CEO title on November 1st, though…

In light of the current legal proceedings by Apple Inc. against Samsung Electronics Australia, Samsung regrets to announce it will be postponing its media launch event, scheduled for 11th August 2011, for the Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1.Samsung will announce a new date for the GALAXY Tab 10.1 media launch event as soon as practicable.Apple and…

Apple found itself in the middle of a privacy-related controversy earlier this year when reports that the iPhone was logging user’s locations and storing the database on their computers. In some cases, the databases contained up to a year’s worth of location information that tracked iPhone owner’s movements.South Korea fines Apple for iPhone location tracking…

Technology development is not just a matter of R&D, trial and error and learning curve. It’s also a function of how the current level of technology is able to implement cultural, technical norms. Here’s what I mean.When Apple was first developing the Lisa and the Macintosh, the Xerox Star (technically the Xerox 8010 Information System)…

Samsung still plans to sell Galaxy Tab 10.1 in AustraliaApple and Samsung have been locked in a legal battle over patent infringement claims for several months. Both companies have alleged that the other’s mobile devices use patented technologies without proper licensing, have filed lawsuits against each other in the U.S. and other countries.In a statement…

The NE-700X earphones from Nuforce have a solid, well balanced sound and they present with a very sophisticated look that should particularly appeal to adults. The color is called Aqua Silver. NE-700X EarphonesThe stereo earphones work all versions of the iPhone except the first generation and with any other device that supports 3.5mm stereo in…

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be hard to come by in AustraliaThe agreement, according to Bloomberg, means Samsung won’t advertise or sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia until the lawsuit has been resolved, or the court grants approval for in-country sales. In exchange, Apple will pay Samsung an unspecified amount should it lose the…

This is just too funny. It’s a story about how McDonalds is rolling out Wi-Fi in its restaurants and has provided a nice quick tip sheet for its customers on how to connect. Compare Windows XP and Vista instructions on the left to the Mac version on the right. I can just see customers thinking…

An Apple Store by Any Other Name… The news around the fake Apple Stores in China has turned into drama around the fake Apple stores in China. A Reuters piece from last weekend had people who’d bought stuff from the store freakin’ the frak out once they learned that those genuine Apple Stores at which…

The free concert film stream is to promote the addition of both the album from the event and the concert film to iTunes. Apple said that the album will include an iTunes LP version with special features and other material from the concert. The Concert for Bangladesh was a one of the first major charity…

In other words, Mozilla wants to free us from the tyranny of not only proprietary smartphone OSes like Android and Windows Phone, but whole widget devices like Apple’s iOS ecosystem, too. The group thinks it can accomplish this mission with an open source OS and Web apps. In a blog post announcing the project, the…

“We have to sit down and figure it out,” Mr Yung told Bloomberg. “We’re open to having discussions.”HTC says it wants to negotiate with Apple over patentsApple recently won a ruling with the U.S. International Trade Commission that says HTC is infringing on two of its patents, which could potentially lead to an import ban…

In an interview with Fortune published over the weekend, Mr. Miller said that he found these controller chips all used default passwords, and that with this knowledge, a hacker can learn how to reverse engineer the firmware Apple uses to program and control the chips.Security Researcher Charlie MillerPhoto by Garrett Gee, posted to Flickr “These…

Mr. McAdam is set to become CEO of Verizon next week, as Ivan Seidenberg leaves the position to become the chairman. CNBC asked Mr. McAdam to explain where future revenue growth was going to come from for Big Red, asserting that some investors have been concerned about that subject. As part of that line of…