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Apple iPhone Ads are All About Emotion
Apple released a new iPhone commercial on Thursday that's takes a slightly different approach at showing off its smartphone, but still does what the company's ads are targeting: Eliciting an emotional response.
China Fines Apple $118K for ebook Copyright Infringement
A Chinese court in Beijing slapped Apple with a US$118,000 fine for copyright infringement over three titles available through the iBookstore. The Intermediate People's Court ruled that the books shouldn't have been available through the iBookstore and that Apple was responsible even though it was actually other people who apparently didn't have permission to distribute the titles that added them to the online store.
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China's culture is very different from the United States, but it still seems a little wrong that its copyright protection favors pirate publishers and punishes the resellers like Apple.
WWDC 2013 Sells Out in Two Minutes
Tickets for Apple's 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference went on sale at 10AM pacific time, and within two minutes were completely sold out. That's the fastest the event has sold out, beating last year's two hour selling frenzy.
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Wow, that was fast. At this rate, WWDC 2014 will sell out before Apple even has tickets available for sale. And if you need proof developers are still very interested in the OS X and iOS platforms, they managed to pack plenty of evidence into a two minute window.
Reminder: WWDC 2013 Ticket Sales Start at 10AM Pacific Time
Tickets for Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference are set to go on sale at 10AM pacific time, or 1PM eastern time, on Thursday, and they'll likely go fast. Last year, the event sold out in just under two hours, and thanks to Apple's decision to announce ticket sales a day in advance, they'll probably go even quicker this year.
Snapzoom Turns Binoculars into an iPhone Telephoto Lens
AT&T Q1 iPhone Activations Hit 4.8M
AT&T's most popular smartphone is still Apple's iPhone. The cell service provider reported it activated 4.8 million iPhones during its first fiscal quarter for 2013, making up some 80 percent of the company's smartphone sales.
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The fight for cell service, and specifically iPhone, subscribers in the U.S. is between AT&T and Verizon. Sprint is left to take what's left, and now it gets to share some of that with T-Mobile. Despite the growing number of Android phone users, Apple's iPhone still looks like the favorite for consumers, and AT&T's first quarter activations help back that up.
Delicious Library 3: Catalog All Your Stuff
ACM 201: An In-Depth Look at AAPL’s Q2 2013 Earnings Report
Apple announced its second fiscal quarter earnings this week, so Jeff and Bryan dive in to sort out what mattered, what hints at future plans were shared, and what impact waiting until fall to release new products may have. They did their best to stay on topic, but you should bring along your sci-fi hat, too.
Sprint iPhone Sales Flat Year-over-year
Sprint's first fiscal quarter earnings report is out, and the cell service provider said it activated 1.5 million iPhones during the quarter. That number is down compared to last quarter's 2.2 million activations during the holiday season, but is inline with year-over-year numbers.
Analyst: Expect a Lull Ahead of Apple’s Fall Product Launch
Apple hinted during its second quarter earnings conference call on Tuesday that it may not have any big product announcements coming until this fall, and that has Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley expecting the company's June quarter to be fairly weak. While he sees a strong fall in store for the company, he's lowering his 12-month target price for Apple's stock from US$600 down to $560.
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Just because Tim Cook was firm on his fall product announcement comment, that doesn't mean there won't be any big news this spring and summer. With WWDC scheduled for June, there's a chance that we'll get some kind of announcement in about six weeks.
