RIM's battle is a long and tiring one against the predominant mobile platforms in the industry. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Nokia CEO Stephen Elop put it best: “The industry has shifted from a battle of devices, to a war of ecosystems.” In other words, a smartphone or a tablet is only [...]
Apple's iPhone 4S helped boost it up the ladder of mobile-phone market share. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired Apple has moved past LG in the worldwide rankings of mobile-phone unit sales. According to IDC, Apple is now the world’s third largest mobile-phone manufacturer, behind Nokia and Samsung. Apple jumped two spots over [...]
Apple is purportedly working on its own TV set, rather than just a set-top box like Apple TV. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Rampant speculation says Apple has a full-fledged, big-screen TV project in the works — an iTV, if you will. Now Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says Apple has been [...]
It's Android versus Apple, and Android manufacturers aren't looking so hot. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com It’s a good time to be a smartphone manufacturer. That is, if your name is Apple. The company’s financial momentum is, in a word, insane. Apple far surpassed shareholder and Wall Street expectations during its quarterly [...]
Since assuming the role of CEO, Tim Cook has opened up charitable matching, and, as of Wednesday, a generous employee discount program. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com With an employee headcount in excess of 45,000, Apple’s ability to manage news concerning its internal machinations sets a benchmark for corporate information control. It’s [...]
Trees everywhere await the news from Apple’s Thursday event. Photo Nic McPhee/Flickr Apple’s “education announcement” in NYC this Thursday may turn out to be software-related. According to Ars Technica’s Chris Foresman, Apple will be launching a “GarageBand for e-books.” These would be tools that allow publishers to easily create textbooks [...]
Too excited Apple has put a stop to iPhone 4S sales in China following rioting in Beijing over its products. The company saw ugly scenes outside its Beijing store when the new handset went on sale on Friday morning, with crowds turning to near rioting as they attempted to get [...]
Will Apple re-make the textbook industry next week? Apple has confirmed the rumored book-related event in New York later this month. The company has sent out an invitation to a “education announcement” at the Guggenheim Museum, NYC at 10AM (Eastern) on January 19th. I took a guess that this would [...]
Have we met somewhere before? On the day that marks the fifth anniversary of the iPhone, it seems fitting to take a look at the various products Apple has inspired over the years. And that’s just what “Inspired” by Apple does. It’s a Tumblr blog from Patrick Mason which highlights [...]
The many possibilities of In Icons’ Steve Jobs action figure. Image: Jesus Diaz/Gizmodo You just knew a boatload of bootleg Steve Jobs merch would start flooding in after his passing last year. Like street vendors outside of the World Series, online retailers started producing T-shirts, books and other various and [...]