Bryan Chaffin

Scalpers have been hogging some iPhone 5 lines at Apple Stores in the U.S. A reader report from the Rockingham Park Apple Store in New Hampshire said resellers were buying iPhones two at a time with stacks of Apple gift cards, while on the other side of the country, Forbes reported that line sitters were…

Shares in Apple Inc. crossed the US$700 mark for the first time in after hours trading on Monday. The stock ended the regular session up just shy of the $700 mark, but crossed that line after the markets closed. AAPL's official closing price for Monday was $699.781, a gain of $8.501 (+1.23 percent), on moderate…

Apple Store surveillance of a robbery offers us a wonderful glimpse at massive getaway driver FAIL. The robbery took place last week at the Promenade Temecula Apple Store, when Equonne R. Howard (age 22), allegedly crashed his own 2003 BMW X-5 through the front of the store. Smash-n-Grab (You can see the full video below)…

A video has been posted to YouTube claiming to be the “Official iPhone 5 Promo Video for September 12 2012.” It's a brilliantly made video, but we're calling it a fake. With the world holding its breath in anticipation of Apple's media event on Wednesday, fake or not, it's worth a looksee. Frame from Fake…

Activists have finally turned their attention to a tech company that doesn't have “Apple” in its name, accusing Samsung of exploiting workers, unsafe working conditions, and knowingly employing children to work in the Chinese factories that make its electronic goods. According to China Labor Watch: “Student Workers and Child Workers During Break Time” China Labor…

TMO Artist’s Rendition of the Conversation (Click the image for a larger version) No agreements have been leaked, but the mere fact that Messrs. Cook and Page have been talking suggests that some kind of agreement is possible. Apple has been attacking Google’s Android platform by going after Android OEMs. Apple won a sweeping victory…

Leaked Amazon Kindle Fire 2 Pic Credit: The Verge (reprinted with permission) Amazon claimed that Kindle Fire captured 22 percent of the U.S. tablet market in “just nine months,” which is, again, a curious way to put things. For one thing, Amazon didn’t cite its source, making it impossible to know how that number was…

It’s been an interesting year for Apple, a year of ups and downs, but mostly ups. It’s also been a year where many have predicted that Apple will coast into mediocrity without a visionary like Steve Jobs in charge of the company, even while Wall Street has propelled the stock up 81.7 percent higher.Apple CEO…

The Apple Rumor Mill LoopInsight’s Jim Dalrymple and Daring Fireball’s John Gruber set the Mac blogoshpere abuzz on Thursday with a one-two punch that strongly suggests Apple will introduce the iPhone 5 (or whatever it’s named) on September 12th. At some point later in the Fall, the company would then have a second event where…

On the other hand, if Apple were to win, it could force its competitors to (finally) think outside of Apple’s box, which could lead to one of those competitors innovating their way around Apple. As such, Mr. Milunovich argued that losing its patent infringement case with Samsung could be a net win for Apple.Mr. Milunovich’s…

AAPL Chart for August 17th, 2012 Source: Yahoo! Finance Mr. Misek raised his price target to $900 per share from $800 after checks with Apple’s suppliers suggest the company is ready for the oft-rumored, much speculated iPad mini. Those checks also suggest that the iPhone 5 will also make an appearance at the September media…

TMO Artist’s Rendition of What That Might Look Like Judge Koh has been iron fisted about how long the trial will last, giving both sides a specific allotment of time. Apple finished presenting its case earlier this week, while Samsung finished arguing Thursday afternoon. Apple will have the opportunity to present rebuttal witnesses in the…

MacRumors reported earlier this week that anonymous sources claimed that recent hires in some Apple Stores have been laid off, in some cases shortly after they had completed their training. Those reports were attributed to Apple Store locations in the UK, but the site also said that some U.S. and Canadian sources had reported hour…

Jeeyuen Wang is professional designer working for Samsung on the company’s smartphone user interface. According to her own testimony as reported by Forbes, she helped design the icons used in some of Samsung’s smartphones. She is also up for consideration as designer of the year within Samsung, an honor that includes a 100 million South…

  Though Samsung’s attorneys have drawn more sanctions than Apple—four times as of the latest count—CNet reported that Judge Koh told the assembled attorneys for both sites that, “I want papers. I don’t trust what any lawyer tells me in this courtroom. I want to see actual papers.” Those are strong words for a federal…

Moto Judge Barbara B. Crabb of the Western District of Wisconsin granted a summary judgement request from Motorola to dismiss antitrust claims by Apple. The action was based not on the merits of Apple’s claim, but rather on the reality that Apple wasn’t able to prove damages caused by Motorola’s patent-related actions. On the one…

According to AllThingsD, Apple revealed in court that it has a cross-licensing agreement in place with erstwhile mortal enemy Microsoft. That agreement specifically covers the same design patents that Apple is contesting with Samsung, but Apple has in place an “anti-cloning” provision. That provision stipulates that the companies, “can’t copy each other’s products,” according to…

Original Mac 128K Credit: Image published under Wikimedia Commons Mr. Hertzfeld posted the video to YouTube and then linked to it on his Google+ account (and noted by 9to5Mac). According to that post, “Here’s a rare commercial for the original Macintosh that Chiat-Day made in the fall of 1983 , featuring snippets from interviews of…