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The report leaned on the name “iTV,” which was recently put forward by a Wall Street analyst as the name Apple would go with when it introduces the product later in 2012. Apple currently markets a settop box under the name Apple TV. Two sets of sources were intimated by the report. The first set…

At the heart of the report is the idea that Apple wants to expand its existing store-within-a-store program beyond the two major retailers Apple is already working with, Best Buy and Target. According to the site’s sources, Sam’s Club is merely one such retailer that Apple is talking to, but it’s the one with a…

Some of Apple’s new OS X apps are exhibiting an interesting tendency. Instead of a brilliant user interface to deal with technical complexity, there is the removal of functionality. However, simpler isn’t always better. In times past, we were all amazed how Apple would take complex computer technologies on our Macs, distill them down to…

We checked with Apple, and the explanation is that the older model AirPort Express, Model A108x, supports only 802.11 b/g. One must have a newer model, A1264, which supports 802.11n, to configure it with AU 6. This limitation also extends to the older AirPort Extreme without the “n” capability. Users of OS X Lion can…

driPhone’s Self-Titled Case In filing its opposition to the trademark, Apple argued that, “the applicant’s trademark, or an essential element of it, is identical or similar to a trademark that is well-known in New Zealand [iPhone].” According to Stuff.co.nz, Apple has asked Mr. Crowther to change the name of his product to dryPhone in order…

Apparent’s new version of the Doxie scanner, the Doxie Go is not only portable, it does things that my big scanner can’t do. Doxie Go scannerFirst the stats. The MSRP is US$199.00. It will scan black and white or  full color pages at up to 600 dpi, in 8 seconds. The battery, which charges via…

Apple & HTC: Making it Real The patent infringement case between Apple and HTC is like the Whole Foods parking lot: it’s gettin’ real. AppleInsider has patent-tracker Florian Mueller poking at the issue. Among the many patents over which Apple has sued the Taiwanese phonemaker is one referred to as the ‘263 patent, which covers…

And the Galaxy Tab does have some nice features that are generally overlooked. Judge for yourself. To add more heat, there’s a rumor that Barnes & Noble is coming out with yet another new version of its Nook tablet. As I’ve said before, competitors are going to keep driving a truck through Apple’s open barn…

iBooks Author is Apple’s new ebook authoring software that was announced on January 19th. Free software, iBooks Author allows people to create books (with an initial focus on textbooks) for Apple’s new iBooks 2, which was announced at the same time. iBooks 2 is based on the ePub 3 format, but Apple used the classic…

Apple overturns injunction blocking iPhone and iPad salesApple told SlashGear that it appealed the injunction “because Motorola repeatedly refuses to license this patent to Apple on reasonable terms, despite having declared it an industry standard patent seven years ago.”The patent in question relates to 3G/UTMS technology and has been deemed critical to the industry.Motorola won…

Apple pulls some iOS devices from Germany over injunctionPulling the 3G-enabled devices from the Apple online store follows a December ruling that awarded Motorola an injunction blocking the sale of the devices in Germany. The iPhone 4S isn’t included in the injunction because it shipped after Motorola filed its case with the German court.In a…

To turn on this fine feature, open Pages and go to View > Show Invisibles (or hit Shift-Command-I). After you’ve done that, you’ll see a fine mess of things appear in your document. Here’s what my original text looked like:And then here’s how it looked after I hit Shift-Command-I:As you can see, the various hidden characters—like…

Apple and energy giant Exxon Mobil have been battling it out during much of the last year for the title of world’s most valuable company, but Apple retook the lead shortly after the company’s Q1 2012 financial results were announced on January 24th, as shown in the chart below. AAPL vs. XOM during the last…

“We are at a pivotal juncture in the Expo’s evolution. Adapting a quote spoken by Mr. Smith to Neo (Mr. Anderson) in The Matrix: “Macworld Expo is currently living two lives. In one of these lives, we seek for the Expo to reclaim its former glory, in size and scope, with a renewed focus on…

It was 3:00 PM, meaning there was just one hour left of the show. People were still streaming in for their last chance to look at all the cool stuff and buy some last minute deals, and the vendors all had visions of not having to stand in their booths dancing in their eyes. Jeff…

Microsoft money buys Wisconsin schools iPadsWisconsin and Microsoft settled a software-related lawsuit in 2009 that landed US$3.4 million for the state, along with $80 in technology vouchers. $2.1 million was divided between the schools, and the Madison district is using some of that to finance its iPad purchases.The district will start by placing the multimedia…

At the event, Mr. Johnson outlined six areas of focus, what he called the “Six Ps” for the chain going forward:  Price Mr. Johnson will simplify JC Penney pricing into three categories: everyday, month-long, best-price. Everyday pricing is the standard day-to-day cost of items that Johnson categorized as “competitive but reasonable.” Month-long are sales on…

The annual Lemelson-MIT Invention Index conducted the survey, aimed at young adults aged 16 to 25, and found that 24 percent of respondents labeled the late Mr. Jobs as the greatest innovator of all time. Mr. Edison, inventor or influencer of many modern day technologies that society takes for granted, safely took first place with…

As with other analysts who follow the company, Mr. Walkley found most of his estimates outclassed by Apple’s results. In particular, the 37 million iPhones sold last quarter “crushed our 30.5 million estimate and consensus estimate of 30.2 million,” he wrote. He calculated an increase in the iPhone’s average selling price (ASP), a trend he…

In the note, which was obtained by TMO, Mr. Um wrote: “While we expected iPhone to drive [fiscal] 1Q due to a holiday quarter launch and accelerated distribution, the magnitude of upside is quite impressive. iPhone has legs into the March quarter as supply/demand remains imbalanced exiting December and [international rollouts continue into countries such…

Today we’ll take a look at the 1 TB model, which contains two 2.5” 500 GB hard drives. In our case, the internal drives are a pair of Hitachi Travelstar 7K750 series 500 GB drives rotating at 7200 RPM. The internal interface and the drives themselves operate at SATA II (3Gb/s) speeds, which doesn’t impact…

Mr. Gates recalled the visit he made to Mr. Jobs in the weeks before his death. “He and I always enjoyed talking. He would throw some things out, you know, some stimulating things. We’d talk about the other companies that have come along. We talked about our families and how lucky we’d both been in…

Zynga’s game “Dream Heights,” released last week in the Canadian iTunes App Store, has been identified by many in the iOS community as a nearly identical copy of NimbleBit’s “Tiny Tower,” released last year.  While the games have different graphical styles, the basic gameplay and strategic elements are identical, and that’s drawn the ire of…

Mr. Oppenheimer said Apple is expecting revenue for its second fiscal quarter to hit US$32.5 billion, which is still up substantially from the $24.7 billion the company brought in during the same quarter last year. Gross margins are expected to be about 42 percent, and operating expenses are projected at $3.05 billion. Mr. Oppenheimer’s reasons…