Apple CEO Steve Jobs named Financial Times 'Person of the Year'

British international business paper the Financial Times revealed its "Person of the Year" this week, bestowing the honor upon Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs.

Sam Oliver 15 years ago 21

Apple's 'Friend Locator' app could allow remote iPhone tracking

Friends could more easily find each other, or parents could track their child's location with a new push-based location service proposed by Apple similar to Google Latitude.

Neil Hughes 15 years ago 18

Sony taking cues from Apple for next PlayStation Portable

Sony executive Kazuo Hirai hinted Wednesday that the next generation of its PlayStation Portable handheld gaming device will learn from the popularity of Apple's iPhone and iPod touch devices, implementing new touch-based controls and broadening its appeal to casual gamers.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 25

Obama calls Steve Jobs' success prime example of American wealth

During a speech Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama referred to Apple CEO Steve Jobs as an example of the "American dream" and one whose wealth should be celebrated.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 136

Apple's next-gen iPad to get iPod touch-like back, wide-range speaker - rumor

The second-generation iPad may have a smaller bezel, a flat back panel and a wide-range speaker, a new unverified report claims.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 48

HP's Jon Rubinstein slams Android, takes on Apple's iPad

The Wall Street Journal has posed its interview with HP's Jon Rubinstein, shedding additional light on the firm's future plans for webOS in light of his past as a top engineer working with Steve Jobs at Apple and NeXT.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 48

Apple updates iOS Remote app with AirPlay control of iTunes

Apple on Wednesday updated its Remote application for iOS devices, adding the ability to remotely stream a video from a computer's iTunes library to the new Apple TV via AirPlay.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 15

Lawsuit accuses Apple, Dell, HTC of infringing MP3-related patent

A lawsuit filed this week accuses a number of major electronics companies, including Apple, of violating a patent related to playback of MP3 files.

Neil Hughes 15 years ago 11

Sony launches streaming music service to take on Apple's iTunes

Sony on Wednesday launched a new streaming music subscription service which it hopes will take on Apple's iTunes by offering a different approach to digital music sales.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 45

1 million Apple TV sales seen as 'positive, but fairly immaterial'

Though the Apple TV "hobby" is starting to take off, sales of the $99 set-top box just aren't enough to have a major effect on Apple's bottom line.

Neil Hughes 15 years ago 82

Pension giant challenging Apple over corporate governance

The largest public pension in the U.S. is aggressively going after Apple with an advisory shareholder resolution that aims to change the company's board election policies.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 67

Apple releases iPhoto 9.1.1, iPhone Configuration Utility 3.2

Apple issued a free update for iPhoto and a new version of its iPhone Configuration Utility for both Mac and Windows users.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 9

Microsoft announces an inventory of 1.5 million WP7 phones

Microsoft has announced the shipment of 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 units into retail channel inventories, leaving the question of how well its new platform is actually selling unanswered.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 79

Wozniak defends free internet; mobile networks get exemptions from net neutrality

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak wrote an open letter to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in support of a free Internet, while the Commission approved rules in support of net neutrality with exemptions for mobile networks, citing Android's "openness" as a reason for more lax restrictions on cellular carriers.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 31

Apple legal not amused by Steve Jobs figurine, halts $1,125 eBay sale

Apple's legal team has taken apparently interest in sales of Steve Jobs figurines on eBay, canceling one listing that went to the highest bidder for $1,125.

Neil Hughes 15 years ago 34

HP, Microsoft to take on Apple's iPad and each other at CES [u]

Just like last year's Consumer Electronics Show, HP and Microsoft will be showing off their latest tablet competitors to Apple's iPad. This year however, the two PC partners will be tablet rivals.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 32

Patent holder sues Apple over video compression technology

A new lawsuit takes aim at nearly all of Apple's entire product line, alleging that products ranging from QuickTime to the Mac Pro violate patents related to video file compression.

Neil Hughes 15 years ago 66

Verizon reportedly sees iPhone as "essential to future success"

Verizon is "still excited" about launching Apple's iPhone early next year "to combat slowing Android momentum in the US," according to analyst Shaw Wu of Kaufman Bros.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 35

Survey finds 17% of homes with Apple's iPad have 2 or more tablets

A newly released survey has found that 17 percent, or nearly one-fifth, of iPad owners have two or more tablet-style devices in their household.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 33

Sales of new Apple TV to exceed 1 million this week

Apple on Tuesday announced it expects sales of its new streaming-centric Apple TV to top one million units later this week, before Christmas and within three months of the device's launch.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 65

Apple removes controversial WikiLeaks software from iPhone App Store [u]

An iPhone application that offered access to illegally leaked classified government documents from the site WikiLeaks has been removed from the App Store by Apple.

Sam Oliver 15 years ago 128

Apple to take down apps from Mac OS X Downloads page

Apple has revealed to developers that it will be shutting down its Downloads page for Mac OS X on Jan. 6, the day of the Mac App Store launch, as it focuses on the Mac App Store as "the best destination" for Mac OS X apps.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 65

Apple positions iAd Producer as Adobe Flash alternative

Apple has released iAd Producer, a new tool for designing interactive "rich media ads" using web standards for distribution through its iAd network within iOS apps, in a direct blow to Adobe's Flash developer tools, the current standard among many web and mobile ad designers.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 102

Apple TV, iTunes downloads slowed by Google DNS [u]

Users experiencing slow movie rental downloads via Apple TV or iTunes should make sure they're not using a centralized domain name service such as Google DNS, which can dramatically slow down media access to Content Delivery Networks.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 90

Motorola hypes its tablet by calling Apple's iPad a 'giant iPhone'

Motorola on Monday released a teaser video to hype its own tablet, set to be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show, and also put down Apple's iPad, calling it a "giant iPhone."

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 133

China catches 'Apple fever' as potential iPhone market continues to grow

The iPhone 4 has been selling at a pace much faster than its predecessor, the iPhone 3GS, serving as evidence that China is catching "Apple fever," according to one analyst.

Neil Hughes 15 years ago 40

Google TV hardware delayed as the Apple TV competitor struggles - NYT

Google has reportedly asked makers of upcoming Google TV-powered television sets to cancel plans to show off devices as the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, as the search giant is working to refine its software.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 63

AT&T bolsters 4G network plans with $1.9B spectrum purchase

AT&T, the exclusive U.S. wireless carrier of Apple's iPhone, announced on Monday that it has agreed to purchase $1.925 billion worth of wireless spectrum from Qualcomm for its forthcoming 4G network.

Sam Oliver 15 years ago 40

Sam's Club rumored to offer Apple's iPhone 4 at new low price of $147

A leaked internal memo from wholesaler Sam's Club shows that the company is set to offer Apple's latest-generation 16GB iPhone 4 for just $147 with a two-year AT&T contract.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 30

Demand for Apple's iPad helps online computer sales increase 25 percent

Online sales of computer hardware increased 25 percent year over year in the first 47 days of the 2010 holiday shopping season, thanks in part to the popularity of Apple's iPad.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 39

Android, iOS apps skirt privacy policy to share user data with advertisers [u]

Modern smartphone apps are resurrecting the spyware trend that plagued the web ten years ago, but today's users are often unable to do anything to block their demographic data from being used to enhance the advertisements they see.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 66

Controversial Steve Jobs figurine appears to sell for $2,500 on eBay

After a law firm representing Apple blocked the producer of a lifelike action figure of Apple CEO Steve Jobs from selling it, the figure has apparently sold for $2,500 on eBay.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 62

News Corp's 'Daily' for Apple iPad expected to arrive Jan. 17

News Corporation's tablet-only publication for Apple's iPad, known as the Daily, is set to launch in one month, on Jan. 17

Slash Lane 15 years ago 40

Sharp, Apple partnering to build $1.2B LCD plant - report

Days after a story claiming Apple and Toshiba were going to partner to build an LCD factory was emphatically denied, a new report now claims that Apple is instead partnering with Sharp to build a $1.2 billion facility.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 42

Apple bulking up iOS development team with navigation software experts

Apple this week put out a call for a number of new software engineers for its iOS development team, indicating it wants candidates that have experience developing navigation software.

Neil Hughes 15 years ago 32

Limited supply reportedly keeps AMOLED from Apple's next-gen iPad

Casting even more doubt on the prospect of an active-matrix organic LED display in Apple's anticipated second-generation iPad, a new report claims that limited component supplies have been a "major reason" for Apple to overlook the technology.

Sam Oliver 15 years ago 29

NPD: Apple's iTunes Music Store climbs to 66% of digital music market

According to new data from NPD, the iTunes Music Store gained three percent year over year, giving Apple 66 percent of the digital music market, while Amazon's strategy of daily bargains, where it sells albums for a loss, resulted in just a 2 percent gain to 13 percent.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 33

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