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November 2, 2012 Posted By:
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We counted 550 customers two hours before doors were due to open
FORTUNE -- Apple (AAPL) pushed back the launch of the iPad mini in waterlogged New York City to 10 a.m. to give staffers extra time to get to work. But they neglected to tell the customers who were all queued up and ready to go at the company's flagship...
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November 1, 2012 Posted By:
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Sales up 45%. Earnings up 59.5%. Cash up $40 billion. Analysts were disappointed.
FORTUNE -- Apple (AAPL) released its Form 10-K annual report Wednesday. To the key numbers summarized below we'll add one more: Since the end of the company's 2012 fiscal year in September, its shares have fallen $71.78 (10.8%).
From the 10-K:
Employees: 72,800 full-time equivalent, up from 60,400 in 2011
Retail...
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November 1, 2012 Posted By:
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An Apple patent application spotted Thursday by AppleInsider shows a system for detecting unusual motion via a portable gadget’s accelerometer which would sound an alarm, making said device harder to steal without causing unwanted attention. The system is a simple one, without the kind of sophisticated face detection we saw in a previous application, but it could be...
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November 1, 2012 Posted By:
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Apple’s share of mobile web traffic rose 5.96 percent between September and October, thanks no doubt to the introduction of the iPhone 5, and likely also helped by the shipping of the 4th generation iPod touch. Apple controlled 65.38 percent of the traffic advertising network and research firm Chitika saw across the millions of devices it monitors on...
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November 1, 2012 Posted By:
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iOS 6.0.1 arrives today ahead of the iPad mini, and it features some bug fixes that resolve issues around the famous horizontal lines appearing on the software keyboard bug, a camera flash issue, and improved Wi-Fi connectivity reliability. This is the first minor point upgrade for iOS 6, and should solve some of the update’s growing pains. But for iPhone...
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November 1, 2012 Posted By:
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Cupertino given 24 hours to replace its snarky ad with a proper corrective
FORTUNE -- "Love means never having to say you're sorry." -- Erich Segal's Love Story.
Someone at Apple (AAPL) seems to have taken Segal's sappy aphorism to heart, much to the consternation of London's highest court of appeals.
Having lost a U.K. design infringement suit in July, the company was ordered...
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November 1, 2012 Posted By:
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Three mobile operating systems dominate the market: iOS, Android, and now Windows Phone 7/8. Each has their interface strengths — iOS is clean where Android is customizable where WP8 is dynamic.
But what if you could have the best of all three?
Designer and Wrapp cofounder Max Rudberg has attempted to portray this hybrid OS, putting live tiles...
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November 1, 2012 Posted By:
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Thinking about going into Manhattan to visit an Apple Store? Fuhgeddaboudit!
FORTUNE -- I probably won't make it to Apple's (AAPL) Fifth Avenue store Friday for the launch of the iPad mini.
Me and a lot of other people.
Three days after Hurricane Sandy swamped much the U.S. eastern seaboard, there is no power in New York City below 34th Street, no direct...
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November 1, 2012 Posted By:
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A UK Court of Appeal has ordered Apple to remove a statement on its website following a court ruling in which Apple lost an appeal against a ruling that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab tablets do not infringe the design of the iPad.
The court had ordered Apple to post an acknowledgment of the ruling on its website. Apple complied with this order by...
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November 1, 2012 Posted By:
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Apple’s iPad mini got the teardown treatment this morning, one day ahead of its official launch in stores. The diminutive tablet gave up its secrets to iFixit’s expert disassembly staff, revealing its complex inner workings to the camera. A lot of the parts are familiar, coming from either the iPhone 5 or MacBook Air, and Samsung makes a somewhat surprising appearance...
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