Briefly: Apple shareholder proposal, VLC app removed, Intel tablets

Apple is opposing a shareholder proposal advocating a CEO succession plan for the company, while the VLC media player iOS app has reportedly been removed from the App Store over a licensing disagreement. Meanwhile, an Intel executive has revealed that his company tried unsuccessfully for a long time to get Microsoft to build a tablet operating system.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 120

Apple to expand CPU design group beyond iPad A4

Apple is seeking to hire engineers to design a new CPU micro-architecture, expanding upon its acquisitions of two fabless chip design companies and the release of its new A4 application processor used in the iPad and iPhone 4.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 169

Intel bullish after garnering 35 tablet design wins

Intel CEO Paul Otellini announced Wednesday that his company has resumed stock buy-backs and won 35 agreements from manufacturers to put its chips into new tablet models, which are set to compete with Apple's iPad next year.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 16

Steve Jobs: iTunes LP, Extra coming to iOS Apple TV

After its transition into an iOS device, Apple TV lost the ability to display iTunes LP and Extras, but support is on the way according to an email attributed to Apple's chief executive.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 14

Intel hopes to court developers with iPhone app conversion tool

Intel is currently developing a tool to aid developers in porting iPhone applications to Intel-based devices in hopes of increasing development for and interest in Intel processors.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 17

Flagship Apple Shanghai megastore now under red curtains

Apple's cylindrical glass tower entrance to the new underground retail megastore in Shanghai China, set to open mid July, is now decked in red curtains, signaling close proximity to launch.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 39

Apple partner Imagination announces new plan to take on ARM

Imagination Technologies, the mobile graphics chip company of which Apple is part owner, is set to announce a partnership with fellow chipmaker MIPS Technologies in an effort to counter competitor ARM Holdings.

Katie Marsal 16 years ago 33

ARM CEO downplays rumors of Apple acquisition

Following a rumor that Apple is looking to buy chipmaker ARM Holdings, the CEO of the Cambridge, England firm said he doesn't see what the benefit would be.

Sam Oliver 16 years ago 103

Apple rumored to buy ARM Holdings

Apple is reportedly interested in acquiring ARM Holdings, the Cambridge England firm that licenses the majority of the world's mobile chip designs.

Daniel Eran Dilger 16 years ago 154

Inside Apple's iPad: the A4 processor

Apple raised eyebrows during the original iPad unveiling when it casually noted that the new device would be using a new, Apple-designed System on a Chip named the A4. The company's future custom silicon plans are likely to expand even faster following its acquisition of Intrinsity, a privately owned ARM design firm.

Daniel Eran Dilger 16 years ago 72

HP attacks Apple iPad over Flash, ARM expects 50 new tablets in 2010

As HP attempts to push its own Flash-playing slate PC over the Apple iPad, one ARM executive said he expects more than 50 tablet-style devices to be introduced this year alone.

Sam Oliver 16 years ago 262

iPad's Apple A4 CPU is feature-stripped ARM Cortex-A8 - report

Though early reports and speculation suggested Apple's custom A4 system-on-a-chip found inside the iPad was based on the more advanced, dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 architecture, one new report says the processor actually "just isn't anything to write home about."

Sam Oliver 16 years ago 167

Photo of Apple's next-generation iPhone in the wild - sources

A photograph containing one of Apple's fourth-generation iPhones has been lingering undetected on the web for nearly a week now thanks to having been overshadowed — quite literally — by the company's new iPad, AppleInsider has learned.

Kasper Jade 16 years ago 112

New ARM chips offer glimpse of future Apple products

Chip designer ARM announced this week new dual core Cortex-A9 processors capable of breaking the 2GHz barrier, perhaps foreshadowing the muscle behind Apple's future mobile devices.

Neil Hughes 16 years ago 32

iPhone 3G S faster than Palm Pre; 500K sales "conservative"

A series of benchmarks have shown that Apple's latest iPhone is so fast that it outpaces not just the older iPhone but Palm's self-proclaimed speed champ, the Pre. Sales are also poised to break speed records as new estimates suggest that Apple will sell significantly more than 500,000 iPhone 3G S units this weekend.

Katie Marsal 16 years ago 366

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