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Pressure mounts on Justice Dept. to drop Apple e-books suit
Sen. Chuck Schumer (Dem., NY) is the latest to suggest that Obama’s DOJ got this one wrong FORTUNE — From the day it was filed there seemed something ill-conceived about the Justice Department’s antitrust suit against Apple (AAPL) and five … Continue reading
Why did Apple pop in after-hours trading Wednesday…
When Verizon’s 2.7 million iPhone activations weren’t announced until Thursday morning? FORTUNE — It’s not terribly surprising that Apple’s (AAPL) shares rose $8.23 (1.36%) in Thursday trading. An hour before the markets opened, Verizon (VZ) reported that it activated 2.7 … Continue reading
OS X Lion: Unable to use Terminal command smbpasswd
When attempting to use smbpasswd to change a user’s password in Terminal, the command does not work. Instead, the message “smbpasswd: Command not found” appears in Terminal.
Opera’s First Mobile Ads Report: Rich Media Rules, iPhone Rocks
Opera Software is probably best known for its mobile browser software for smart and feature phones, but over the last couple of years it’s also been buying up mobile advertising companies to help it monetize those browsers. Today it’s released … Continue reading
Apple Turns To A Lottery System For The New iPad’s Launch In China
The new iPad launches in China this Friday, July 20th. Big crowds are expected. But Apple is using a reservation lottery service to allow buyers to essentially reserve their place in line now. Interested buyers simply need to go to … Continue reading
How people use their iPads: Two new surveys
Business use increasing; 60% of Web browsing now done away from the Mac or PC FORTUNE — Two surveys issued Thursday identified some new patterns in how owners of Apple (AAPL) iPads use the devices. In its third annual reader … Continue reading
Apple granted ‘the mother of all smartphone software patents’
The effects could be “swift and lethal” says an pro-Android blogger FORTUNE — Both sides of the smartphone wars agree that the 25 patents granted Apple (AAPL) on Tuesday contain some powerful legal weapons. One patent in particular — No. 8,223,134: … Continue reading
Horace Dediu and Gene Munster on Apple without Steve Jobs
Two of my favorite analysts on stage at the same time FORTUNE — At Fortune’s annual Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colo., two of the most influential Apple (AAPL) analysts — Asymco’s Horace Dediu and Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster — … Continue reading
The (newly multilingual) Apple Store is down — updated
Gone is the yellow Post-it note. In its place, a sign that says it’ll be back soon in many languages FORTUNE — The Apple Store’s “down for repairs/updating” sign has a new look. The yellow “We’ll be back soon” Post-it … Continue reading
IHS Center of Excellence in Penang in Full Operational Mode
Dateline City: Penang, Malaysia Penang, Malaysia (July 18, 2012) – Six months into its official opening, IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading source of information and analysis, is pleased to announce that its third Center of Excellence (CoE) in Penang, Malaysia … Continue reading
