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Apple is seeking to ramp up its cloud leadership as the company puts a greater emphasis on how customers store and access their data. The company is looking to recruit executives with backgrounds in Web-based software, according to a Wall Street Journal report tonight. One prominent Internet entrepreneur has already been approached and recruiters have been briefed [...]
Apple is readying a MacBook that would extend the ultrathin Air design beyond the 13-inch market segment, according to reports. Japanese-language site Macotakara says a new 15-inch model has entered the test phase. It’s not clear at this point whether this will be an addition to the MacBook Air series–currently offered in 11- and 13-inch sizes–or a [...]
Former C3 Technologies Product Manager Ludvig Emgard pinches an iPad and zooms in toward Big Ben during a demo of the company’s product at CES 2011. An Apple buy of C3 has reportedly been confirmed. (Credit: Netbooknews.com YouTube video. Screenshot by Edward Moyer/CNET) Apple has bought its third mapping company, beefing up its cartographic portfolio [...]
Walter Isaacson, in his new biography of Steve Jobs, reveals that Apple is planning to introduce its own televisions, attempting to revolutionize that space in the same way it did mobile phones with the iPhone. He quotes Jobs as having said that he had finally cracked the technical issues of controlling such a TV, though [...]
The economics of the consumer electronics industry dictate that on a long enough timescale, all products will become low-margin commodities. The companies that make products household names are destined to fade from the public’s memory. Will Apple suffer the same fate as others before it, such as RCA, who revolutionized television sets in a similar [...]
Steve Jobs had a hand in another lesser-known Apple achievement: more environmentally friendly electronics. Apple and environmental watchdog group Greenpeace waged a public battle over how “green” Apple’s products were over several years while Jobs was CEO. Environmental groups continue to pressure Apple to improve on some issues, but Apple’s products today do not have [...]
Tablet with no support for GSM voice communication, SMS, and MMS. This is not a GSM device, it will not work on any GSM network worldwide. GENERAL 2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Announced 2011, March Status Available. Released 2011, March SIZE Dimensions 241.2 x 185.7 x 8.8 mm Weight 607 [...]
Tablet with no support for GSM voice communication, SMS, and MMS. This is not a GSM device, it will not work on any GSM network worldwide. GENERAL 2G Network N/A Announced 2011, March Status Available. Released 2011, March SIZE Dimensions 241.2 x 185.7 x 8.8 mm Weight 601 g DISPLAY Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive [...]
Tablet with no support for GSM voice communication, SMS, and MMS. GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 Announced 2011, March Status Available. Released 2011, March SIZE Dimensions 241.2 x 185.7 x 8.8 mm Weight 607 g DISPLAY Type LED-backlit IPS [...]
We reported Monday that Toyota was trying out a unique advertising campaign for jailbroken iOS devices on the Cydia store with a Scion-branded theme. At the time, I suggested that Apple wouldn’t be too pleased with the idea, and it looks like I was right.ModMyi reports that Apple asked Toyota directly to take down the theme [...]