The iPad Mini Is The Ideal Second Screen Companion
One thing that’s become apparent about the iPad mini during my past few days with it is just how well it fills the role of a second screen device. The iPhone and the iPad both have their merits as a...
View ArticleCome iOS 6.1, Siri Will Be Able To Help You Purchase Movie Tickets
Siri got nice little boost a few weeks ago when she (or he, depending on your locale) was updated to handle sports information, restaurant reservations and movie listings, but it seems the virtual...
View ArticleApple Sells 3 Million iPad Minis And 4th Generation iPads In 3 Days
Apple has just announced that the iPad mini and 4th generation iPad, both of which debuted on October 23 in San Francisco, have just topped 3 million sales in 3 days. The smaller, lighter tablet had...
View ArticleGoogle’s Nexus Strategy In A Nutshell: Cheap Mobile Internet Everywhere
Google unveiled an entirely new line of Nexus devices in a range of shapes and sizes, from the Nexus 4 smartphone to the Nexus 10 tablet, and some aspects of the product launch proved confusing. Why...
View ArticleReport: Google Maps For iOS Will Be Ready By End Of Year, But Google Isn’t...
The Apple Maps controversy cooled down over the last few weeks (though it got a bit of a replay when Scott Forstall’s exit/ouster from Apple was announced last week), but one question still remains:...
View ArticleApple Reportedly Looking Into Switching From Intel To In-House Chips For Macs
Apple is reportedly looking into ways tot replace its Intel processors in Macs with new chips based on the designs it uses for its iOS-based devices. The company has previously been rumored to be...
View ArticleApple Looks To Add Jelly Bean, Galaxy Note 10.1 To Existing Samsung Lawsuit
Apple is hoping to add Samsung’s latest tablet, the Galaxy Note 10.1, and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to a list of product it claims infringe its patents in an existing court case in California, Bloomberg...
View ArticleU.S. Court Orders Apple To Pay $368 Million Damages For FaceTime Patent...
Apple can’t catch a break in the courts right now. In the latest legal blow for Cupertino, a U.S. court has ruled its FaceTime videocalling technology infringes four patents owned by technology...
View ArticleBehind The Scenes: How Apple Keeps Grey Marketeers From Buying Out iPhone...
Getting an iPhone in China has always been hard. For most of its life-cycle, the phone has been unavailable in the Mainland except through the grey market. Now that Apple is allowed to sell units in...
View ArticleApple Gives $2.5 Million To Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts, Raises Additional...
Apple is donating $2.5 million to Hurricane Sandy relief, according to an internal staff email obtained by 9t05Mac this morning. The lump sum donation is in addition to the company’s collection of...
View ArticleDoes Apple’s HTC Agreement Indicate A Softening Of Its Approach To Patent...
Apple and HTC today announced jointly a settlement of all ongoing patent litigation between the two , in a licensing agreement with a 10-year term, any further terms of which were not released. The...
View ArticleThe Surface Of Mars: My Date With A Microsoft Kiosk
“What’s the best feature of the Surface?” “Um, everything.” Thus began my experience at a local mall buying a Microsoft Surface. Yes, I bought a Surface — me, the lover of all things Apple and perhaps...
View ArticleWho’s Vulnerable Among the Internet’s ‘Fantastic Four’? Techonomy Panelists...
Most of the discussion about “the Internet’s Fantastic Four” at the Techonomy conference this afternoon focused on the ways Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google have come to dominate the online...
View ArticleApple Reportedly Swallows A 20% Price Hike For Its Samsung-Supplied Mobile...
Samsung has reportedly increased the price of the mobile processors it manufactures for Apple’s iOS devices by 20 percent , according to South Korean daily newspaper Chosun Ilbo (via MarketWatch ),...
View ArticleApple Shoppers Set To Receive LTE iPads By Friday, November 16
Some buyers of Apple’s 4th generation iPad with LTE are receiving notices (via 9t05Mac and MacRumors ) that their shipments will arrive by November 16, otherwise known as this coming Friday. The...
View ArticleShipping Times For iPhone 5 Improve To 2-3 Weeks Via Apple’s Online Store
Shipping times for Apple’s iPhone 5 have improved from 3-4 weeks, to 2-3 weeks as of today. Times are now one week better for all models of iPhone, including 16 through 64GB of storage and on all...
View ArticleBig Shipment Of Grey Market iPhones And iPads Busted At Hong Kong Border
Apple’s iPhone 5 is a popular grey market item, and the proximity of Hong Kong to mainland China makes it a particularly popular choice for stocking up on Apple hardware to be resold in the latter...
View ArticleApple Retail Does More Than Twice The Business Of Other Stores In Sales Per...
Apple has once again come out on top in a RetailSails analysis of the top performing brick-and-mortar U.S. retail chains. Apple Retail does around $6,050 in sales volume per square foot in the United...
View ArticleSamsung Not Interested In HTC-Style Settlement With Apple, Exec Says
Samsung has “no intention” to follow the example of HTC and work out a settlement with legal and consumer tech rival Apple, according to Samsung Electronics Head of Mobile J.K. Shin. He said so to...
View ArticleSamsung Official Reportedly Denies 20% Processor Price Hike For Apple
Apple may not be getting squeezed by a Samsung pricing change as previously reported , according to new info from Seoul-based newspaper The Hankyoreh. The paper received word from an unnamed Samsung...
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