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Apple Campus 2 Project Approved For A Streamlined Environmental Review
Apple submitted the third revision of its Apple Campus 2 project to the city of Cupertino in March this year. A couple of months later, the company invited feedback from its Cupertino neighbors regarding traffic and other environmental impacts of the huge building on their town. Today, California Governor Jerry Brown has approved the Campus 2 project in Cupertino for a streamlined environmental review process,...
“Steve Jobs – The Lost Interview” Finds Its Way Into The U.S. iTunes Store [Teaser Video]
In November 2011, we reported about Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview which was remastered and was shown exclusively in Landmark Theaters across the U.S. The interview which is some times dubbed as the “best TV interview Jobs ever gave”, has now found its way to the U.S. iTunes store and is available to rent for $3.99 (via TNW). The source notes that the...
Samsung’s Request To Lift Ban On U.S. Tablet Sales Denied By Judge
Last week, Apple was issued a ruling granting the company's request for a preliminary injunction banning sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the U.S. Today, an appeal made soon after the ruling by Samsung to lift this ban on its tablet sales in the region has been denied by the U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose,...
Apple 2012 Q3 Earnings Call Set for July 24th: Will Revenue Top $34B?
Apple updated its Investor News page yesterday to indicate their 2012 Q3 earnings call will take place on July 24th. Apple plans to conduct a conference call to discuss financial results of its third fiscal quarter on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. PT. During the 2012 Q2 earnings call, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer noted...
Upcoming ‘Food & Drink’ Category in App Store Will Help Find Delicious Apps
Soon you’ll be able to more-easily find Apps that will help you stuff your face. Developers of existing iOS applications were informed by Apple (via e-mail) that the App Store will soon have a new “Food & Drink” category. The change should be implemented “in the next few weeks,” according to the source. There is currently...
iCloud Beta Updates Calendar, Notes, Reminders and Find My iPhone for Developers
Apple has updated iCloud.com Beta for developers and the new login screen reveals 'beta' labels for Calendar, Notes, Reminders and Find My iPhone web apps (as noted by MacRumors). Notes and Reminders are new to iCloud.com, as previously leaked back in May. iCloud.com allows users to add/edit Notes, Reminders and Calendar entries that will sync across...
comScore May 2012 Smartphone Marketshare: Apple and Google Rise, RIM Continues to Decline
comScore has released their May 2012 report on the state of the US mobile industry, a key area that reveals how the smartphone wars have played out. The comScore MobiLens service noted both OEM and smartphone share from over 30,000 mobile subscribers. In terms of the top handset manufacturer, Samsung led the way with 25.7%...
Apple Looking To Tweak The Genius Bar In Order To Increase Capacity
According to a report by MacRumors (via ifoAppleStore), Apple is testing a redesigned Genius Bar for at least some of its retail stores in order to increase capacity at the busy support location. A photo of the new layout published by ifoAppleStore shows that the entire Genius Bar will be turned by 90 degrees to provide stools for customers...
Dominance Of iOS Over Web Marketshare Surpasses 65% In June
Latest NetMarketShare report for mobile, browsers, operating systems, search engines and social media reveals that the dominance of iOS over web marketshare has continued in June and has now surpassed 65%, which is an almost 15% increase year-over-year as noted by 9to5Mac. In contrast, Android currently sits at 20%, with the dying BlackBerry just under 2%. It is believed that huge sales...
Apple Pays $60M To Settle ‘iPad’ Trademark Dispute In China
A couple of months back, we published a story regarding claims of some senior Chinese officials who said that "Proview Technology is the rightful owner of the iPad trademark, not Apple", in the light of which the Cupertino giant was expected to lose the disputed ‘iPad’ trademark to Proview in China. Looks like that day has...
“My Company Is ‘Wall-To-Wall’ Apple”, Reveals CEO Of ServiceNow
IT firm ServiceNow's CEO Frank Slootman revealed in an interview on CNBC that his company's operations are "wall-to-wall" reliant on Apple products, including iPhones and MacBooks, reports Apple Insider. ServiceNow is a software-as-a-service provider of IT service management software based in San Diego, California. Slootman has served as ServiceNow's CEO since 2001. The company's exclusive use of Apple products is...
Apple Threatened To Face Fines Of Up To € 300,000 In Italy
Italian law demands that customers who buy electronic products in the country have the right to get two years of free assistance, irrespective of other warranties offered by a manufacturer. However, like everywhere else, Apple offers a 1 year limited warranty for its products in Italy. As a result, Italy's competition regulator is now threatening Apple Inc with...