Archives for November 2012
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Browse By Day in November 2012
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GM Turns to Apple for Inspiration on Customer Training
General Motors (GM) is looking to companies like Apple and Best Buy for ways to improve customer training on so-called…
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Gene Munster: Apple iPads 11, Microsoft Surface Zero
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster spent some time staking out the Apple Store in the Mall of America in Minneapolis…
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TMO’s Mac & iOS Cyber Monday Roundup [Update]
Cyber Monday is here! Hoorah! That's the name we, as a culture, have given to what has become the busiest…
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$AAPL Rises 3% on Mixed Street Views Following Black Friday
Shares of $AAPL rose 3.15 percent on Monday, a day that saw mixed views coming from Wall Street. Barclays, UBS,…
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Facebook Adds Apple iTunes to Digital Gifts
Facebook announced on Monday the addition of iTunes gift cards to its Facebook Gifts digital offerings. The deal is being…
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Apple Snags Lightning Rights from Harley-Davidson
Apple can use the name "Lightning" for its new iPhone, iPad and iPod connector, but that's because the company acquired…
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iPad Rakes in Lion’s Share of Black Friday Online Purchases
Apple's iPad accounted for 88.3 percent of the tablet devices used to make online purchases on Black Friday, according to…
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Samsung Cuts Off Apple’s MacBook, iPad Battery Supply
Apple has apparently turned to Amperex Technology Limited and Tianjin Lishen Battery for its laptop and iPad battery needs after…
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Apple’s Half-empty Half-full Future
What's happening with Apple these days? Has Apple peaked? Is it running on fumes, no longer cool or innovative, starting its…
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3 Free iOS Apps to Get Your Through The Holidays
Thanksgiving it Thursday, and Vern Seward points you to 3 iOS apps that may help you survive. WineStein, Must-Have Recipes,…
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How to Get Screen Captures with Stock Mac Software - Part 2
In Part One, we looked at all the screen capture options you have available to you on your Mac with…
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Samsung: Without Us, There Is No iPhone
A Samsung executive laid it out: Without the Korean company's patents there can be no iPhone, at least not one…
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Steve Jobs’s Spaceship Apple HQ Delayed
Apple's plans to build the so-called "Spaceship HQ" won't be finished until 2016, a year later than the company had…
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Apple Again Selling OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Upgraders Rejoice
Apple has once again started selling OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard via its Online Store. The older operating system was…
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USB 3.0 Hard Drives Can Cause Wi-Fi Interference
Annoyed with bad Wi-Fi and Bluetooth performance on your Retina MacBook Pro? That fancy new USB 3.0 hard drive you…
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U.S. Immigrations Drops RIM for iPhone
RIM and its BlackBerry smartphone lost yet another U.S. government agency to Apple's iPhone. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency…
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Microsoft’s Bet of the Century
Long ago, Microsoft decided that it would compete in the tablet space with a next generation Windows, called Windows 8.…
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Apple Shows Off iPhone 5 Noise Canceling, More in New Ads
Apple aired two new commercials Tuesday evening that show off the iPhone 5's noise canceling feature and also highlighted photo…
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iOS: Dismissing Banner Notifications
Depending on how your iOS device is set up, you may see a banner notification come down from the top…
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ITC Will Review Apple’s Innocence in Samsung Complaint
A full panel of judges at the U.S. International Trade Commission will review a September decision by Administrative Law Judge…
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Apple Moving Refurb Products Through Ebay ‘Refurbished Outlet’
Apple has begun moving refurbished products through an Ebay store under the name "Refurbished Outlet," according to online reports. The…
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HP Accounting Improprieties Lead Tech Stocks Down
The U.S.S. ZOMG! It's a Slow Motion Train Wreck! I Can't Look Away! announced an extended stay in the port…
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Apple Releases OS X 10.8.2 Supplemental Update 2 for 2012 Macs
Apple on Tuesday released Supplemental Update 2 for OS X Mountain Lion. The small update addresses Keychain issues in Apple's…
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That Thing You do With Apple? Don’t Do it
The corporate, high-tech struggle to earn money and thrive means a campaign to drag us all into technological entanglements. But…
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Save $101 on a 13” MacBook Pro with Retina Display, More
Today's deal is saving $101 on a 13.3-inch MacBook Pro (with Retina display)dual-core Intel Core i5 2.5GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB…
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Kickstarting Phorce: Stylish Carry Bag with Battery Pack
For far too long, our carry bags have been completely dumb. Marijn Berk in the Netherlands has just launched a…
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TMO Forum Poll: Are You Black Friday Shopping?
Black Friday, or the day after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, traditionally sees plenty of sales, and even Apple gets in…
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Munster: Apple Television Coming in November 2013
Piper Jaffray analyst is still expecting Apple to release its own HD television, but now he's saying it'll come in…
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Nokia’s HERE Maps for iOS Hits the App Store
Nokia released its promised HERE maps for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on Tuesday with public transportation and walking…
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Jeff Gamet Shares Mountain Lion Tips at Denver Apple Pi
Jeff Gamet, The Mac Observer's managing editor, will be speaking at the Denver Apple Pi User Group meeting on Tuesday,…
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HTC: Our Apple Patent Deal is Better than You Think
HTC CEO Peter Chou said he's happy with the patent infringement settlement his company reached with Apple, and called speculation…
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Apple Updates U.S. Black Friday Shopping Page
After teasing its annual Black Friday shopping event in Australia yesterday (which was Tuesday for Australia), Apple has now updated…
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$AAPL Rallies 7.2%, Analyst Calls Sell-Off “Insanely Insane”
$AAPL's sell-off was "insanely insane," according to Topeka Capital analyst Brian White. Mr. White told his clients on Monday that…
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Apple’s Black Friday Sale Teased in Australia
Apple has begun teasing its annual Black Friday "shopping event" in Australia. The company isn't giving many hints on what…
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Oprah’s Gotta Profess Her Love for Surface with an iPad
"Gotta say love that SURFACE!" Oprah told her legions of fans on Twitter (14,870,825 as of this writing). How much…
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Report: One Million iOS Apps Have Been Approved Since 2008
According to the estimates of a mobile app discovery firm, Apple's iOS store has reached a milestone: one million total…
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iPad mini: It’s a Productivity Tool, Too
Think the iPad mini is just for watching videos, checking email, and posting to Twitter and Facebook? Think again. Mark…
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Intel CEO Paul Otellini to Retire in May
Intel announced on Monday that CEO Paul Otellini will be retiring in May. Mr. Otellini has led Intel since 2005,…
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Design of Jobs’s Yacht Discussed in Philippe Starck Interview
The yacht built for late Apple CEO Steve Jobs is "the elegance of minimum," as described by the yacht's designer,…
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Shoppers Should Love Fat Wallet’s Free Black Friday App
Fat Wallet’s Black Friday App gives shoppers an edge when they are looking for the best deals on products for…
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Macworld / iWorld 2013 Hotel Deal - Upgraded Rooms At The InterContinental
TMO is the place where you can find hotel deals for Macworld / iWorld Expo. And just as you requested,…
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No Delay: New iMacs to Launch in November & December as Planned
Despite rumors to the contrary last week, sources close to Apple report Monday that the company's new iMacs will be…
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Apple’s iCloud Targeted in Innovative Automation Patent Lawsuit
Innovative Automation filed a lawsuit against Apple over claims that iCloud infringes on two of its patents. The company also…
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Google Cancels December in Android 4.2
Google is ready to skip over Christmas and all of December thanks to a bug in Android 4.2, or Jelly…
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Classic Rock Band AC/DC Finally Available on iTunes
Apple announced Monday the availability of classic rock band AC/DC's entire catalog on the iTunes Store. In an age of…
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FBI Arrest Suspect in JFK Theft of 3,600 iPad minis
The FBI arrested Renel Rene Richardson, an employee at JFK Airport, in last week's theft of 3,600 iPad minis from…
