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Apple’s “Project Dolphin” Green Energy Facility In North Carolina Among Nation’s Biggest
Word got around way back in the middle of 2010 that Apple was building a monster data center near Maiden, South Carolina. Later, it was shown to be hosting a ton of Nuance software, for obvious reasons. Less widely reported … Continue reading
The story behind Norman Seeff’s iconic Steve Jobs photo
“We were two guys goofing off having fun,” he recalls 28 years later Steve Jobs with Mac. Photo by Norman Seeff. Click to enlarge. Ray Basile, who hung out in Norman Seeff’s Laurel Canyon studio as a teenager and now … Continue reading
The iPad trademark follies: Apple legal strikes back
Accuses a Chinese company of lying and threatens to sue its chairman for defamation Following a legal setback widely trumpeted in the Chinese media but dismissed by AllThingsD‘s John Paczkowski as the equivalent of “a court telling your local RadioShack … Continue reading
Another iPad 3 Component Leak Shows “A5X” Processor
Among the expected changes to the next generation of iPad is an improved processor. Seeing as the original iPad had the A4 and the iPad 2 had the A5, it was logical to guess that the iPad 3 would have … Continue reading
Video: ABC takes a camera crew inside an iPad factory
Nightline to air its special after the kids are asleep Tuesday at 11:35 p.m. ET and PT Weir at Foxconn. Source: ABC Four years ago, when I first starting writing about Foxconn, it was almost impossible to get a photo … Continue reading
Court Reportedly Rules Against Apple In China As The iPads Keep Rolling Out Of Foxconn
Last week, it looked like Apple was gaining the upper hand in its ongoing trademark battle with Proview over the use of the name iPad, with a court ruling in Apple’s favor, and new documents that seemed to indicate Apple … Continue reading
Nielsen: 66% of Americans ages 24-35 own a smartphone
But 55- to 64-year olds who make more than $100,000 a year are big buyers too “Whether or not you have a smartphone is closely related to both how old you are and how much money you make,” finds a … Continue reading
Did Apple unveil OS X 10.8 last week to preempt Windows 8?
The timing may be suspicious, but the OS looks more to Google than to Microsoft “Apple Speeds Mac ‘Mountain Lion’ to Take On Windows 8″ Bloomberg Businessweek “Steve Jobs is gone, Windows 8 is coming and Apple panics” betanews As predicted, … Continue reading
Apple’s $40 rise and fall: Was Goldman Sachs behind it?
Something jammed its blood funnel into Apple’s share price last week “Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression.” So wrote Rolling Stone‘s Matt Taibbi in his 2010 takedown of Goldman Sachs — the article that … Continue reading
Mobile Advertising Is The Baby Huey Of The Media World (And Apple Is Taking The Low Road)
Editor’s Note: This guest post was written by Frank Barbieri, the SVP of Emerging Platforms at YuMe. You can follow him @frankba I had dinner last week with a senior exec from a global advertising holding company who asked what … Continue reading
