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Would you buy an Apple iPref from this man?

David Einhorn takes his case for perpetual preferred stock to Apple shareholders FORTUNE — Having failed to persuade Apple’s (AAPL) management of the virtues of unloading some of its excess cash through perpetual preferred shares, billionaire hedge fund manager David … Continue reading

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Those Rumored Google Stores Are Starting To Make A Lot Of Sense

When talking about Apple’s rise from near-bankruptcy to become the most valuable company in the world, people often credit the amazing string of products from the iMac to the iPod to the iPhone to the iPad. And rightfully so. But … Continue reading

IHS CERAWeek to Feature the Class of 2013 Energy Innovation Pioneers

Dateline City:  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (February 21, 2013) – The 2013 Energy Innovation Pioneers have been selected to present at the IHS CERAWeek 2013 executive conference, March 4-8 at the Hilton Americas – Houston. This year’s class of 21 Energy Innovation … Continue reading

$1.99 iPhone App Saved Oscars Film

In this video report from CNN, documentary film director Malik Bendjelloul talks about how he used a $1.99 iPhone app to finish shooting his Oscar-nominated film, “Searching for Sugar Man.” The film tracks the rise to fame of the Detroit … Continue reading

iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S each outsold the Galaxy S3 in Q4

For the first time, Apple has the world’s No. 1 and No. 2 world’s bestselling smartphones FORTUNE — Drilling a little deeper into sales data than the larger tech research firms, Strategy Analytics on Wednesday released the chart at right, … Continue reading

Mac hacker attack reminds us why Steve Jobs hated Java

The programming language Oracle inherited from Sun continues to plague Apple FORTUNE — “Java’s not worth building in,” Steve Jobs told the New York Times‘ John Markoff in 2007. “Nobody uses Java anymore. It’s this big heavyweight ball and chain.” … Continue reading

Video: Jony Ive on Blue Peter

For American viewers, it’s better than a guest spot on Sesame Street or Mister Rogers FORTUNE — Not having grown up watching the world’s longest-running children’s program, the news Friday that Sir Jony Ive, designer of every Apple (AAPL) product … Continue reading

Don’t expect to find Macs, iPhones or iPads at Staples

The tweets that launched a score of news stories may have been premature FORTUNE — The Street’s Rocco Pendola was tearing his shoulder-length locks Wednesday morning in a piece titled I’m Worried About Apple. Again. And You Should Be, Too. The … Continue reading

IHS to Host 2013 International LPG Seminar and Workshops, March 17-20, in Houston

Dateline City:  HOUSTON Industry leaders and analysts to discuss the economy, regional and global markets, midstream and infrastructure developments, and feedstocks IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, will host the 26th Annual International LPG … Continue reading

Apple’s chairman talks life after Steve

Steve Jobs’s close friend and colleague Art Levinson describes what life at the company has been like overt he last 16 months. By Kurt Wagner, reporter FORTUNE — “Weird.” That was the one-word answer given by Apple (AAPL) chairman Arthur … Continue reading