Report: U.S. Mac households rise to 12 percent
A new study from The NPD Group finds that almost 12 percent of U.S. computer-owning households now own an Apple computer. That number climbed three points from nine percent in 2008. More: continued here
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The man who blew the U.S. iPhone deal, Verizon COO Strigl, to retire by year end
Verizon Communications Inc. President and Chief Operating Officer Dennis F. Strigl…
Is AT&T Losing Its Grip On The iPhone?
Apple’s exclusive deal with AT&T to offer the iPhone may end within the year, according to a prediction from financial analyst Gene Munster, a senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray. If Munster is correct, opening up the iPhone to other carriers in the U.S. could be a boon for Apple, which would likely see iPhone…
Is AT&T Losing Its Grip On The iPhone?
Apple’s exclusive deal with AT&T to offer the iPhone may end within the year, according to a prediction from financial analyst Gene Munster, a senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray. If Munster is correct, opening up the iPhone to other carriers in the U.S. could be a boon for Apple, which would likely see iPhone sales go through the roof.
iPhone owners love Apple’s smartphone, hate AT&T, survey say
Owners of Apple’s new iPhone 3GS love the device, but more than half of them hate AT&T, the smartphone’s exclusive mobile carrier in the U.S., according to a just-released survey. More: continued here
iPhone apps for Lollapalooza ‘09
For anyone trying to navigate Lollapalooza 2009, one of the biggest music festivals in the U.S, running August 7-9 in Grant Park, Chicago, Jim Dalrymple (www.loopinsight.com) reports that there are several iPhone apps for that.
Apple Sued Over iTunes Gift Cards
Filed in U.S. District Court in southern Illinois, the court documents obtained by CNET show that the couple is seeking monetary damages for Apple’s “wrongful, illegal, improper and fraudulent acts.” More: continued here
Apple Sued Over Shazam App
Apple and several other companies are infringing on Tune Hunter’s music identication system patent, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of Texas. More: continued here
Apple’s US Market Share Slips in 1Q 2009
Gartner has released a preliminary report detailing U.S. and worldwide PC shipments for the first quarter of 2009. The report pegs Apple’s U.S. market share in fourth place among vendors at 7.4%, down from 8.0% in the fourth quarter of 2008. More importantly, the report shows a slight decline in market share over the year-ago…
Apple Goes with New Accountants
Apple tapped Ernst&Young Friday to be the company’s independent accounting firm, severing ties with KPMG, which had audited the company’s books since fiscal 1997. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Apple said there were no disagreements with KPMG “on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing…
Google Book Search On The iPhone, Amazon Next?
If you are one of those people who just can’t get enough books on your iPhone, we have news for you. Google has recently made its online Book Search catalog available for the iPhone and Amazon could be next. Google Book Search offers U.S. iPhone users an online catalog of about 1.5 million books (about…
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Apple studying Gloves for use With Multi-contact gadgets
The U.S. Patent & Trademark place of job lately launched a patent application from Apple describing research into gloves that permit the wearer to function electronic devices. Apple naturally intends for the glove for use at the side of Multi-contact gadgets such because the iPhone and iPod contact and to quilt a much wider type…
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The App Store hits a milestone: 10,000 apps
The App Store hits a milestone: 10,000 apps Posted by Jason D. O’Grady @ 8:28 pm Categories: Apple, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch Tags: App, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason D. O’Grady The App Store, the aisle of Apple’s iTunes Store devoted to selling software, reached a big milestone some time over the Thanksgiving weekend…
Coming attractions: Australia
On November 26, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman carry Australia to theaters in the U.S. Directed by Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!), Australia tells a sweeping story of warfare and romance set against the backdrop of the out of the ordinary Australian landscape. extra: endured right here
iPhone now high handset in the U.S.
“move over, Motorola,” says Alana Semuels (latimes.com) iPhone has change into the highest promoting handset within the U.S. “shoppers are shopping for more iPhones than RAZRs because there’s a ‘watershed shift in handset design from type to fashionable functionality,’ said Ross Rubin, NPD’s director of trade analysis.” more: persevered right here