Apple has begun minor preparations for next Wednesday's iPhone event at the Yerba Buena Center early last night. They haven't had the chance to hang more than one Apple logo, but it's a start. On September 12th, 2012, at 10:30 Pacific time, Apple will unveil what's likely to be the next-generation iPhone. There is some uncertainty, but we may...
Reuters reports Apple has reduced its reliance on memory chip orders from Samsung for the upcoming iPhone 5: Apple has reduced its orders for memory chips for its new iPhone from key supplier and competitor Samsung Electronics Co, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday. According to the report, confidential sources...
This evening The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is looking to develop a "Pandora-rival custom radio service." The service would be available through Apple's line of iOS devices along with Macs. They even noted possible support for computers running the Windows operating system. The source noted was "people familiar with the matter." Such...
Bloomberg Businessweek has profiled John Gruber from Daring Fireball. Gruber is well known in the tech industry as one of the most influential and connected writers about Apple. Here's a snippet: Last year, Apple inducted Gruber into an elite club of outsiders who get access to products before they hit stores, a group that includes...
After some outages in the App Store this afternoon, it appears Apple is testing a new layout to the Featured area in both the App Store in iOS 6 on both the iPhone and iPad. As you can see below, the iPhone's Featured area now has a side scrolling top area for the Editor's Choice...
Reuters reports Audience has noted to shareholders its top customer, Apple, most likely won't use its noise-cancellation technology in the next iPhone, which has caused the company's shares to drop 46 percent in after hours trading: Audience shares were down at $10.11 in trading after the bell. The stock closed at $18.86 on the Nasdaq...
The iPhone 5 announcement is quickly approaching and Foxconn must really have some major mass production going on currently. According to The Shanghai Daily and China National Radio 200 students were pulled from the Huaiyin Institute of Technology to produce the iPhone 5. The Shanghai Daily learned later that Foxconn pulled out students from at least five other colleges too. A student...
For the eighth consecutive time, Apple has topped the Smartphone Customer Satisfaction Study by J.D. Power and Associates with its legendary iPhone. According to the study, which is based on experiences reported by 8,736 smartphone owners and was conducted between January and June 2012, Apple scored 849 on a 1,000-point scale, and performed “well in all factors, particularly in physical...
Over the past one year, Apple's stock price has soared 80%, helping it to become the biggest company in the United States based on market value and now, Forbes has officially ranked Apple as No. 8 in the list of World’s 100 Fastest-Growing Companies for 2012. Apple's three-year average growth has shown a profit of 70 percent...
Facebook has announced today that they've finally completed the acquisition of the photo-sharing network Instagram. The deal was formed on April 12th, 2012 for $300 million cash and 23 million shares of stock. Facebook is committed in supporting the network's growth and notes "Instagram isn't going anywhere." Here is more from the Facebook Newsroom: As we said...
This video is late if you consider the timing of the "Shit ____ says" YouTube video genre. But alas, it's well done and is funny as hell if you're an Apple fan. Check it out below: ...and if you're Canadian, 'Shit Canadians say' below: [via @Applespotlight]
According to a report by The Telegraph, sources tell them Apple will soon drop the iPhone 3GS from its line up as the entry iPhone model, to be replaced by the 8GB iPhone 4, with suggestions an 8GB iPhone 4S could be introduced as well. The iPhone 3GS (or originally the 3G S; remember that...
