Archive for April, 2009



MacDailyNews

Apple's iPhone wins second JD Power awardCNET News, CAby Tom Krazit Apple's iPhone has won another JD Power award for customer satisfaction among consumers, after taking the business crown last year. JD Power and Associates released the results of a customer satisfaction study measuring consumer tastes on …Apple's iPhone dials up JD Power smartphone win ZDNetSurvey: […]

PhysOrg.com

Apple takes steps towards designing its own chipsUSA TodayBad news for TriQuint Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies, Samsung, Broadcom, and other companies the sell computer chips to Apple: the electronics giant is taking steps towards designing its own chips. Last year, Apple bought chipmaker PA Semi, …Apple Dips Into Chips ChannelWebApple: chipping away at its suppliers ComputerworldJobs' […]

DailyTech

Nokia Readies Leaner Ovi Store to Fight AppleDailyTech, ILApple is sitting on a hugely lucrative business that is tied to its iPhone and iPod touch — the App Store. Apple has had massive success with the App Store from the start as users and developers flocked to the online marketplace. In only a year, …Nokia Takes […]

guardian.co.uk

Apple CEO Steve Jobs stays home; attorney makes case for …San Jose Mercury News,  USABy Will Oremus Apple CEO Steve Jobs stayed home Tuesday night, leaving his attorney to make the case to the Woodside Town Council that he should be allowed to demolish his historic 14-bedroom house and build a new one. "I don't […]

DailyTech

Verizon Wireless warming to Apple partnershipAfterdawn.comAccording to businessweek, Apple and Verizon Wireless are in talks to offer iphone-like devices to the market. The report cites two people familiar with the matter, claiming that Apple has produced prototypes of two new devices and that discussions …Microsoft, Apple, and Pink: A History Lesson BusinessWeekApple prepping two wireless […]

Canada.com

Apple is building a moat (of semiconductors)ZDNetThe Wall Street Journal delivers a nice roundup of Apple's recent hires: Raja Koduri, former CTO of AMD's graphics group, and Bob Drebin, another AMD alum. And let's not forget former IBMer Mark Papermaster. Papermaster, who leads Apple's iPhone and …Apple building chip design capability: report ReutersApple pulling in […]

PC World

Apple Updates iPhone 3.0 Beta Software: iTunes Goes Blu-rayPC WorldClues buried in the new iTunes prerelease software suggest that Apple's media player will support Blu-ray disc playback. Not much else was remarkable about the iPhone 3.0 update, but the additional iTunes 8.2 support for Blu-ray was a surprise. …Macs to get Blu-ray? CNET NewsApple […]

Techtree.com

Palm to One-up Apple with Pre-WWDC Release of Pre?eWeek,  NYWill Palm try to one-up Apple with a release of its long-awaited Pre smartphone on June 7, just one day prior to the start of Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, where the announcement of a new iphone is likely? Could Palm be so bold as to […]

Ars Technica

Apple iPhone "Mediapad" Could Be a Kindle KillerPC WorldIs Apple's rumored "mediapad" entertainment device a threat to Amazon's Kindle e-book reader? I think it is, but the only people who may care are current Kindle owners, some of whom may end up wishing they had waited on their purchase. …What Amazon Gains With Stanza […]

No matter how long your iPhone or iPod’s battery life is, it’s never long enough. (In the case of the iPhone 3G, it’s not even long to begin with). So, it’s natural that you’d want to get a juice pack, which will provide extended battery power that can double or even triple the amount of […]