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Senior Vice President of Design at Apple, Sir Jonathan Ive spoke at the British Embassy’s Creative Summit about how more than once Apple considered trashing the iPhone concept before it eventually made it to market. There were a few design obstacles the company was beginning to think were impossible to get over. “We nearly shelved…
The companies are huge, and the stakes are equally high. Today marks the kickoff of the US patent dispute case between Apple and Samsung, with each company leveling claims against the other with billions of dollars to be potentially awarded to the victor. The companies are preparing to enter a serious battle over patent issues, and to…
As part of its bankruptcy proceedings, Kodak is putting 1,100 patents up for auction and the tech world is taking sides in a quest to acquire them. According to a Wall Street Journal Report, Apple is teaming up with Microsoft and patent aggregation firm Intellectual Ventures Management LLC to bid on the patents. Apple and…
The battle between Apple and Samsung is still ongoing and it doesn’t look like the fighting will end any time soon. It’s beginning to resemble a 4th grade fight on the playground over who cheated playing four square. Originally Apple was winning the legal war hands down, able to swiftly convince judges Samsung was copying…
Apple just bought a company by the name of Authentec for $356 million. The company primarily focuses on security, as it provides security hardware and software for PCs and mobile devices. From a business standpoint, it’s a smart move on the part of Apple, as this acquisition is an obvious attempt to better penetrate the…
The IDC have released their Q2 report on the mobile market, and it paints the same picture we’ve seen in quarters past. Mobile customers are adopting smartphones than feature phones en masse, with a 42% increase in smartphone sales year over year. Overall, more phones were sold in Q2 than ever before, with 406 million…
Apple seems to be pretty happy with its Q3 2012 results: $35 billion in revenue, 17 million iPads sold, 26 million iPhones sold, and it now sits on a pile of $117 billion in cash. Wall Street, however, isn’t as pleased. Apple missed many analysts’ expectations for iPhone sales and revenue and as a result,…
Right after Apple released its Q3 2012 earnings today, chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer announced statistics for iOS — including the App Store, iCloud, etc. — in the earnings call. The numbers just keep getting bigger. There are now over 650,000 apps in the App Store, which is up from the 600,000 announced in April.…
Apple has just released its fiscal Q3 2012 earnings report, raking in $35.0 billion in revenue for the quarter, with a quarterly net profit of $8.8 billion. Apple sold a whopping 26 million iPhones in the quarter, 28 percent higher than fiscal Q3 2011. When it came to iPads, Apple sold 17 million during the…
Just when you thought Apple suing Samsung over this whole Galaxy Tab thing was over, think again. The mega tech company has gotten the German court to extend the ban on the 7.7-inch Galaxy Tab from being sold across the entire European Union. This news comes after the EU’s ruling that allowed Samsung to continue…