We've heard countless rumours of an Apple Television, but nothing has really come to fruition. So all it took was the imagination of user 'Knowledge' from The Verge Forums (as spotted by App Advice) to show us what it could look like. This post is about the software and services that run on our televisions...
Following Apple, it was now the turn of Samsung to become the target of nonprofits investigating worker conditions in the South Korean company's Chinese suppliers. After being accused of enforcing excessive overtime, allowing exhausting working conditions, treatmenting workers inhumanely and abusing underage workers, Samsung has been forced to take action. (more…)
Citi Research is recommending investors to buy Apple's shares (AAPL) projecting a $675 target price while keeping in view the Cupertino company's year-over-year growth, which according to Citi, is expected to stabilize in the next 6 months, reports the Apple Insider. It is worth pointing out that Citi's target price is almost 11% below the price target for Apple...
How did Apple Stores become the most profitable per-square-foot retail stores? Well, Washington Square Films made a great video which was initially shown only to Apple Store employees. Now it is available to the public. (more…)
Apple's Lightning connector matches nicely with Thunderbolt, their previous data-connector branding, and once again highlights the hard work of the company's marketing machinery in making up easy-to-remember names with the desirable association. But this time, the Lightning had a special price: Apple had to buy the Lightning trademark from the renowned motorcycle manufacturer, Harley Davidson....
Foss Patents reports Apple filed a motion on Friday evening to add six more Samsung devices to the ongoing patent lawsuit between both companies: Both Apple and Samsung keep exercising their rights under the Northern District of California's permissive rules governing the timing of infringement contentions. After Samsung added the iPhone 5 and Apple brought...
Analyst Gene Munster has made an interesting prediction regarding a cheaper iPhone, saying that Apple will launch a $200, unsubsidized iPhone in 2014, reports the Business Insider. In order to increase its market share in countries like India and China, Apple will introduce a cheaper iPhone with a price point of around $200. In the...
Apple has been forced to change its battery suppliers for the MacBook Pro lines and the iPad to Amperex Technology Limited and Tianjin Lishen Battery after a Samsung subsidiary in charge of battery production, Samsung SDI, stopped supplying Apple, China Business News (via TechCrunch) reported. (more…)
It turns out that LG Display is the largest iPad mini display supplier as AU Optronics suffers from poor yields in production, Taiwanese industry sources report (Via Digitimes). Well, at least besides Samsung, that is. (more…)
Apple has kicked off their 2012 Black Friday sale in Canada. Earlier today we got a glimpse of what to expect when the sale went live in Australia (such as the iPad mini being excluded). Here are the savings you can get right now both online and in-store: iPad with Retina display: $499 –> save...
According to a report by South Korean newspaper ETNews.com (via Patently Apple), Apple actually owns more US LTE smartphone patents than Samsung, which could play a crucial role as both companies continue to their legal battle over cases of patent infringement. ETN teamed up with TechIPm, a US IP consulting firm to analyze the LTE...
Patently Apple is reporting that a new Apple Store application exclusively designed for Genuis Bar and other services related to iOS devices has been revealed in a patent application published by the US Patent & Trademark Office today. The app will apparently help users to check in and see a Genius Bar representative at an Apple Store or a...
