According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is testing numerous television set designs with its Asian component suppliers: Apple Inc. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test several TV-set designs, people familiar with the situation said, suggesting the U.S. company is moving closer to expanding its offerings for the living room. Officials at...
The WSJ has a lengthy article profiling 48 year old Apple executive Eddy Cue, a 23 year veteran of Apple and current senior vice president of Internet Software and Services: Mr. Cue has lately managed crises related to Apple's mobile maps and iCloud and iMessage outages. He has taken on iBooks and the iAd advertising service and...
According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is putting its finishing touches on its Google Maps iOS app, soon to be submitted to Apple for approval. The app has been distributed to a few beta testers outside of Google, the report notes: Google has distributed a test version of its new mapping app that will work...
China Telecom, the 3rd largest mobile telecommunication provider in China, is now preparing to introduce the iPhone 5 in late November or early December, which would mark the official launch of Apple's latest iPhone in China, reports The Wall Street Journal (via MacRumors). The report also points out that China was responsible for 16% of Apple's total revenue from last quarter that...
According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft continues its new goal to start making its own hardware like Apple, and is testing smartphone designs with its suppliers in Asia: Microsoft is working with component suppliers in Asia to test its own smartphone design, people familiar with the situation said, suggesting the computer-software giant is increasingly...
The Wall Street Journal has a follow up article to yesterday's news of Scott Forstall being forced out of Apple. It has long been known Forstall had attributes similar to Steve Jobs, who first hired the latter to work at NeXT. A year ago, Businessweek profiled Forstall as a hot-headed executive that got things done even...
iPhone 5 'Dummy' Model, image via iMore.com On the eve of Apple's "It's Almost Here" iPhone 5 media event, the Wall Street Journal reports on some more tidbits of information involving tomorrow's release. Most notably is their hint of a new "call-blocking" feature within iOS 6, which is "among several others." The next iPhone, which...
The Wall Street Journal reports the upcoming iPhone 5 will support faster LTE networks, although it won't be supported on every carrier: Apple Inc.'s next iPhone will work on the fastest wireless networks around the world—including in the U.S., Europe and Asia—though it is unlikely to be available on every carrier, people familiar with the...
According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is in some talks with U.S. cable companies about using their ambitions to get into your living room: Apple Inc. is in talks with some of the biggest U.S. cable operators about letting consumers use an Apple device as a set-top box for live television and other content,...
The Wall Street Journal has just published a story that notes the next generation iPhone will use a new technology that will enable a thinner screen: Apple Inc.'s next iPhone, currently being manufactured by Asian component makers, will use a new technology that makes the smartphone's screen thinner, people familiar with the matter said, as the U.S....
We've long heard about the usage of near field communication (NFC) for mobile payments in the latest smartphones, such as the recent partnership between Rogers and CIBC. Google has Google Wallet for Android but what about iOS and the iPhone? The Wall Street Journal has profiled some details about Apple's low ambitions toward a mobile...
The Wall Street Journal details the stories of a few teen developers (out of the 150 free passes given out) that were treated to attend WWDC 2012 thanks to Apple. This year marked the inaugural opening of the event to 13-17 year old developers by Apple, part of their WWDC Student Scholarships. Phil Schiller, Apple's...
