AT&T to spend $150M on Lumia launch, more than it did with iPhone

In order to help bolster launch sales for Nokia's new Lumia 900 handset, exclusive U.S. carrier AT&T is willing to spend up to $150 million in ad money, more than it spent on Apple's iPhone.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 87

Facebook acquires Instagram for $1 billion

Facebook announced on Monday that it has agreed to purchase Instagram, the maker of the popular photo sharing service for iPhone, for $1 billion.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 71

Apple's Tim Cook awarded $378M in 2011, won't see most of it for years

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook earned about $378 million in 2011, making him the highest-paid CEO in the U.S. based on one new analysis. But Cook won't be able to actually collect all of the money unless he stays at Apple for 10 years.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 40

Apple unlikely to get Samsung device injunction from US court

A U.S. appeals court on Friday was unimpressed by Apple's argument that a federal trial judge incorrectly denied the injunction of several Samsung products as part of the companies' ongoing worldwide patent dispute.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 81

Two more top execs exit RIM as company weighs options

It was announced in a Thursday statement that two top executives would be leaving the BlackBerry maker following a bleak earnings report as the embattled Canadian telecommunications company seeks a solution to its financial woes.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 40

Samsung announces estimated $40B in revenue, $5B in profit for Q1 2012

Samsung released an estimate for its first quarter 2012 earnings on Friday, revealing record profit of $5.1 billion from $39.8 billion in sales.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 227

Qualcomm, Intel provide Apple with source code in patent battle with Samsung

Lawyers in the U.S. and Australia are examining source code provided by Qualcomm and Intel to aid Apple in its defense against patent infringement lawsuits from rival Samsung.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 14

Intel sinks 'hundreds of millions' of dollars into Ultrabook ad campaign

In an effort to get the Ultrabook thin-and-light PC platform off the ground, Intel has kickstarted an ambitious campaign that will cover TV, print and online ads in what the company calls “A New Era in Computing.”

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 99

Mac shipments slow on absence of new hardware

Apple is seeing a decrease in year-to-year Mac sales due to a later than usual refresh cycle for its popular MacBook Pro line of notebooks, but analysts expect iPhone and iPad sales to offset the drop.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 43

Apple may get 80% tax break to build new Texas campus

Travis County officials are debating whether to give Apple an 80 percent tax rebate worth $7.4 million if the company builds a proposed campus in Austin, Texas, which would add to two other multi-million dollar government subsidies already being offered to the tech giant.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 59

Biographer says Steve Jobs was legitimately infuriated by Android

Biographer Walter Isaacson has disputed Google CEO Larry Page's assertion that Steve Jobs only said disparaging remarks about its Android mobile operating system to rally his own employees.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 291

Briefly: iPad refunds; HonHai raising wages; Nokia Lumia estimates

Apple has begun emailing customers in Australia with an offer to return LTE-capable third-generation iPads by April 25 if they expected the tablet to work on local 4G networks. Also, Apple partner Foxconn's parent company Hon Hai has announced plans to raise wages at its headquarters in Taiwan, and analysts are concerned that Nokia's Lumia 900 Windows Phone launch in the U.S. will flop.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 25

Claim construction tilts toward Apple in US patent lawsuit against Samsung

Apple has won favorable terms in defining terms during claim construction for the company's original lawsuit accusing Samsung of infringing on its intellectual property.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 11

Apple releases iAd Producer 2.1

Apple on Wednesday rolled version 2.1 of its iAd Producer software, adding Twitter integration along with a host of improvements and fixes for the advertisement building tool.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 5

Nearly half of U.S. corporations issuing Macs to employees

With about 46 percent of corporations handing out Apple computers to their workers it would seem that OS X is slowly currying favor with chief information officers, though the final count depends on the workers themselves and many are not yet ready to make the leap to Mac.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 34

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