According to a survey of 1000 iPhone and iPad customers, Bill Shope from Goldman Sachs estimates this vital customer base is worth roughly $295 billion dollars, based on the calculated lifetime value of each customer at $1,053 multiplied by an estimated installed userbase of 281 million. Other questions posed to users included how likely they would...
Remember Steve Jobs' 'thoughts on Flash' back in April of 2010? It turned the tech world upside down from that day on, and further supplanted the fact that iOS devices did not support Flash and Apple was not willing to put their faith into a third party company like Adobe. Critics leveraged the lack of...
The original iPhone activation screen Today marks five years since the original iPhone went on sale. It was only available in the USA, but Canadians and others were able to easily buy one down south and bring it home. After visiting the Alderwood Mall Apple Store in Lynnwood and having played with the iPhone a...
As the shares of Research In Motion continue to plunge at a steeper than expected rate, the Canadian company's executives are facing an immense pressure to come to a decision whether to sell the network business or form an alliance with Microsoft, reports Reuters. The Blackberry maker has once again delayed the release of its next-generation...
A brand new iOS app called Wickr offers military-grade encryption for protecting text, photo, audio or video messages on an iPhone. Wickr is so easy to use that "a 3-year-old can send encrypted messages", says the app's co-founder Nico Sell (via CNET). All messages you send using Wickr disappear within six days, unless you want them to self-destruct earlier...
Back in 2010 when AT&T was an exclusive carrier of iPhone in the U.S., the carrier reportedly asked Blackberry maker RIM to produce a capacitive touchscreen handset that could compete with Apple's iPhone, according to The Wall Street Journal (via Apple Insider). It seems that AT&T was worried that the popularity of the iPhone could give Apple too much...
AgileBits, the makers of popular 1Password app for iOS and OS X, have just announced a 30% discount on all of their products in celebration of Canada Day and Independence Day festivities. The announcement was made in a blog entry, pointing out the two big national celebrations in Canada and U.S coming up next week.The 30% sale will run for...
Earlier this afternoon a SEC filing noted the impending retirement of Apple's corporate controller, Betsy Rafael. Soon after, Apple issued a press release to announce the retirement of Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, Bob Mansfield: Apple® today announced that Bob Mansfield, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will retire and the role will...
Security Exchange Commission filings today reveal Apple's Vice President and Corporate Controller, Betsy Rafael is slated to retire from Apple as of October 19, 2012. Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers (b) Betsy Rafael, Apple Inc.'s Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal...
Today Vancouver-based Hootsuite has announced more apps to their app directory, and it now includes the popular iOS (and Android) photo-sharing network, Instagram. So for those that use Hootsuite to manage their social media on the web, Instagram can be installed as a tab alongside your other networks. You will be able to share photos,...
Apple's next generation iPhone a.k.a the iPhone 5, is expected to be introduced later this year at an Apple event sporting a larger 4-inch display, a thinner and longer chassis and an aluminum backplate in addition to packing NFC and 4G LTE capabilities. This highly anticipated iPhone upgrade is expected to be the leading handset of...
At day two of Google I/O 2012, the company has announced Chrome for iOS. Yesterday we heard Google Chrome was launching with the new Nexus 7 tablet, but later today we will see Google Chrome for iOS hit the App Store, available or the iPhone and the iPad. Users will be able to use Chrome's...
