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Apple faces Swedish marketing investigation over iPad marketingThe agency has apparently received several complaints about Apple’s marketing for the new iPad because 4G wireless data support is listed as a feature, even though it isn’t supported in Sweden, according to the Wall Street Journal. Currently, high speed 4G LTE network support is offered only in…

Walter Isaacson on Steve Jobs Credit for Walter Isaacson Photo: JD Lasica “In the months since my biography of Jobs came out, countless commentators have tried to draw management lessons from it,” Mr. Isaacson wrote. “Some of those readers have been insightful, but I think that many of them (especially those with no experience in…

Italy had fined Apple €900,000 (US$1,180,000) in December for deceptive practices when they sold consumers AppleCare that took effect after only one year. This extended coverage overlapped the existing EU coverage and Apple didn’t make that clear to consumers.Recently, Apple has come under fire in additional European Union countries where two-year warranties are also required by law.  In addition to paying…

According to AllThingsD, which found the ad, RIM is working on bringing BlackBerry Mobile Fusion to Apple’s mobile platform. Such a move would mark a departure for RIM, which built its empire with a proprietary model similar to that employed by Apple for iPhones and iPads. It should be noted that a departure is precisely…

iPhoto for iPhone and iPad Jim Dalrymple noted that Apple specified it was counting users, as opposed to downloads, which means that downloads to multiple devices by one user weren’t counted. iPhoto is Apple’s photo management and editing solution. It was originally developed for the Mac as part of the original iLife suite, and it’s…

“That’s a substantial improvement over previous results,” Apple added, “but we can do better. We will continue to share our progress by reporting this data on a monthly basis.” Workers assemble and perform quality control checks on MacBook Pro display enclosures at an Apple supplier facility in Shanghai. Source: Apple Apple has been under fire…

The markets are mixed during Wednesday’s trading session, but shares in Apple Inc. continued to push for new highs through most of the trading day. As of this writing, AAPL was trading at US$609.07, a gain of $3.11 (+0.51 percent), on moderate volume.  If the stock manages to close higher, it will represent the 16th…

What is TCP/IP? Why is IPv4 Inadequate? What is the Industry Planning? How Will the Change Affect Your Computer? How Will the Change Affect Your Cable Modem? What About Your Other Home Devices? I also covered security, costs and the timeline for Comcast’s rollout. If you missed that article, it’s a good intoduction to what…

SIMs are the small cards that most cell service providers use to link handsets to user accounts. Apple is currently using the micro-SIM standard in its GSM-based iPhones and iPads.The nano-SIM design includes a specification for a tray to hold the card, according to the Financial Times. If that sounds familiar, it should because the…

Steve Wozniak Steve Wozniak cofounded Apple with the late Steve Jobs, and today serves as Chief Scientist for Fusion-io. CloudCon Expo & Conference is an annual conference aimed at IT professionals working on or interested in cloud computing technologies. According to the show’s organizers, attendees of The Woz’s keynote will have the opportunity to, “ask…

“Using a thermal imaging camera,” the magazine wrote, “Consumer Reports engineers recorded temperatures as high as 116 degrees Fahrenheit on the front and rear of the new iPad while playing Infinity Blade II.” “That’s within one degree of the 117-degree average temperature recorded at Furnace Creek Station in Death Valley, CA in July, Consumer Reports…

AAPL chart for Tuesday, March 20th Source: Yahoo! Finance A rally in the last two hours of trading propelled Apple to yet-another-record close of US$605.96 per share, a gain of $4.86 (+0.81 percent), on what has become moderate volume of 28.9 million shares trading hands. The new close gives Apple a market capitalization of $565…

IWGuide for Netflix — Free (ad supported) from JeTap, is a weekly magazine format app for any iPad running iOS 5.0 or later.  It gives you a listing, with some detail, of streaming Netflix movies that are new as of the end of the next month, just released as of the last week, vanishing from…

The uniquely designed store, one of several Apple flagship retail locations around the world, was first opened to the public in July 2010 and credits the late Steve Jobs, among others, for its creation.  Others credited by the patent include Benjamin Fay, Peter Bohlin, David Andreini, Karl Backus, Robert Bridger, and former VP of Retail…

The Mac, iPhone, and iPad maker announced a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share that will begin at some point in the September quarter, Apple’s 4th fiscal quarter. The company will also begin a $10 billion stock buyback program that will be executed over three years. That program will begin in fiscal 2013. Analysts who…

Apple finally has plans for its big cash pileMr. Oppenheimer said during the company’s first fiscal quarter earnings report in January that Apple already had nearly US$98 billion in the bank, and when asked how that cash might be spent he replied, “We’re not letting it burn a hole in our pockets.”Financial analysts have been…

Image Credit: AppleNow, the question is, when will all tablets (meaning mostly iPads, but also Android and eReader tablets) outsell all the PCs combined? Now, if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that these trends are hard to reverse. For one, Apple is a capable company and when it starts the ball rolling, it’s hard…

Let’s get started with the first method to de-dupe your music. In iTunes, choose the File > Display Duplicates menu item, and you’ll see a list of everything in your library that has the same song title and artist name.From my perspective, though, this isn’t as helpful as it could be. As you can see…

If you are still using Panther because you can’t afford to upgrade or get a new (or newer) Mac, that’s one thing. But I don’t want to hear “I can’t give up Panther because my favorite game only works on Panther.” This statement is usually followed by a complaint that no one teaches, writes about,…

Strong iPad demand drives Apple stock target price increaseDemand for the iPad doesn’t seem to be waning, especially with world-wide pre-orders for the new third generation model sold out. Consumers hoping to be get the new iPad on launch day, March 16, will now have to stand in line if they didn’t pre-order early.Early third…

While the definition of “nearly” is certainly open to debate, I hope to show that for videophiles and disinterested wives alike, the answer is “No, iTunes is not a good replacement for Blu-ray among those who care about picture quality.”  First, my testing methodology is different. Ars used a camera to take pictures of their…

The ACCELL UltraAV USB 2.0 to HDMI Adapter allows Mac and Windows users to send audio and video to an HDMI display by connecting it to a USB port. The convenience of this solution versus others is that one doesn’t need to connect to separate audio and video sources to produce an HDMI signal; all…

Third gen iPad pre-orders exceeded analyst expectations“Since we attended the iPad launch last week, our checks have indicated record pre-orders with wait times for shipping iPad models now reaching two to three weeks,” Mr. Walkley said. “Given the new iPad’s leading hardware specs and iOS developer and application ecosystems versus all tablet competitors, we anticipate…

The Vietnamese site has a video of the product unboxing (reproduced below). Non-native speakers will have to settle for a visual demonstration, but the interface on the iPad is set to English and clearly shows the new toggle for LTE in the Cellular Data section of Settings. Dozens of additional photos are available at Tinhte.vn.The…