Hardware

Amazon Building an iPhone Competitor [REPORT] – Mashable

Interestingly, the hardware, cloud computing and e-commerce juggernaut is said to be working with Foxconn — which has come under intense scrutiny in the past year for working conditions in the Asian factories where it manufactures Apple …

The No. 1 Argument Against Apple’s iPad Mini – Motley Fool

Amazon and Google have ecosystems where they can make back the hardware subsidization. Apple can, too — but it won’t. The company’s thick margins would disappear. Have you seen what’s been happening to Amazon’s margins lately? However …

US court lifts Samsung Galaxy Nexus 7 ban, keeps tablet block – Economic Times

WASHINGTON: A US appeals court gave Samsung a temporary reprieve Friday on the sale of its Galaxy Nexus 7 smartphones while leaving intact a court ban on US sales of its tablet computers in a patent battle with Apple. In … Continue reading

Set up your Mac for remote file access – IT World

A while back I showed you how to remotely access your Mac’s screen, but what if you need to retrieve a file off that remote machine? There are a couple of options, but many of them rely on having a … Continue reading

2. A Quick Look At The MacBook Air – Tom’s Guide

and just about all of the Ultrabook vendors are taking advantage of that fact – it’s not just Apple anymore. The biggest improvement the Air product line saw was the upgrade to Intel’s 3rd generation “Ivy Bridge” Core processors. CPU … Continue reading

Apple Removes Green EPEAT Certification From All Products – PC Magazine

According to Robert Frisbee, EPEAT CEO, in an interview with CIO Journal, it appears as if Apple’s future plans for hardware design are to blame. “They said their design direction was no longer consistent with the EPEAT requirements,” said Frisbee … Continue reading

Hardware back in vogue in Silicon Valley – San Francisco Gate

“Now they’re realizing that their hardware partners don’t have the vision to create anything holistic. And meanwhile, Apple is eating their breakfast, lunch and dinner.” Apple’s phenomenal success over the past decade has brought hardware back in vogue.

Apple faces new legal challenge in China – Economic Times

BEIJING: A Chinese technology firm has filed a legal challenge accusing US giant Apple of infringing its patented voice recognition software with its Siri function on the iPhone, the company said Saturday. The move comes just days after Apple …

Apple Developing ‘iPad Mini’ To Rival Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire, Says Bloomberg – Social Barrel

Apple has yet to confirm the validity of this report. It remains unclear if the purported iPad Mini will drop other hardware features found on the conventional iPad. It may lose 4G LTE connectivity or the front and rear cameras. … Continue reading

Can Apple Find Enough Value In A 7 inch iPad? – Forbes

Apple are a conservative company … Their profit is based round their hardware – a model that neither Amazon or Google are relying on with their small tablets. Even with their legendary grip on the supply chain I don’t see … Continue reading