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Apple Loses iPhone Trademark Exclusivity In Brazil As Regulator Delivers Its Ruling
Apple has officially lost exclusive rights over the use of the iPhone trademark in Brazil, according to the BBC. The news was telegraphed earlier via a leak that said Brazil’s regulatory body was planning to side with IGB Electronics S.A. in the … Continue reading
Apple Tops Japan’s Handset Market For The First Time, Says Counterpoint Research
Thanks to its complicated regulatory structure and the continuing popularity of Web-enabled feature phones, Japan’s mobile market is difficult for foreign companies to penetrate–but Apple has finally managed to work its way to the top, according to a report by … Continue reading
Yet Another Buzz-Generating Report Surfaces About Apple’s Smart Watch
The third report in a week has surfaced about the Apple smart watch. Bloomberg just published a story citing two unnamed sources who say that the company has a team of about 100 product designers working on a “wristwatch-like device … Continue reading
Apple Updates Processors & Prices of MacBook Pro with Retina Display
CUPERTINO, California—February 13, 2013—Apple® is making the MacBook Pro® with Retina® display faster and more affordable with updated processors and lower starting prices. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now starts at $1,499 for 128GB of flash, and $1,699 … Continue reading
Tim Cook’s Prozac: The Apple Store in three charts
How special are Apple Inc.’s retail outlets? FORTUNE — “I don’t have very many bad days,” Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook told the audience at Goldman Sachs’ technology conference Tuesday. ”But if I ever feel that I’m dropping down from an … Continue reading
Apple’s Invisible “Microslot Antennas” Patent Means Your Next iPhone Could Have An All-Aluminum Case
A new patent granted to Apple today by the USPTO (via AppleInsider) describes an invention called “microslot antennas,” which would integrate cellular and wireless radio antennas directly into case materials, which could both reduce the size requirements of internal elements … Continue reading
Has Apple been overtaken by a chain of hair salons?
According to Google Finance, Regis Corp. has a market cap twice as big as Apple’s FORTUNE — I’ve long since given up on Google (GOOG) as fair arbiter of business news value (see Has Google Finance’s news feed got it in for … Continue reading
What Apple iWatch?
There’s no product, but the usual suspects are already measuring its failure and success FORTUNE — That didn’t take long. The ink had hardly dried on the New York Times‘ and the Wall Street Journal‘s reports that Apple (AAPL) might … Continue reading
Google To Pay Apple $1 Billion Next Year To Be Default Search Engine On iOS
Apple and Google are ennemies and partners at the same time due to asymmetric competition. According to a report from Morgan Stanley, Google could pay more than $1 billion in 2014 to remain the default search engine on iOS. In … Continue reading
Google Could Pay Apple $1 Billion Next Year To Remain Default Search Engine On iOS, Report Says
Apple and Google are enemies and partners at the same time due to asymmetric competition. According to a report from Morgan Stanley, Google could pay more than $1 billion in 2014 to remain the default search engine on iOS. In … Continue reading