Those of you that have been saving up for the oft-rumored Apple television set may want to consider putting those funds towards something else. According to a new book from Yukari Iwatani Kane, the former reporter in charge of covering Apple for The Wall Street Journal, Jobs once bluntly told his employees that the company would not be entering the television market. In his new book ...
Apple is a secret company. The firm never discusses future products that it may or may not be working on and only ever provides a glimpse into its product portfolio when it takes the stage for new hardware and software announcements. Apple has been quieter this year than others in the past, and that might be perhaps one reason why the company's stock price has been taking a beating...
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In “Apple’s About to Shake Up the Tech Industry Again,” Todd Haselton makes a good point about the company’s knack for taking new or fledgling niches and rocketing them into the mainstream consciousness. There’s a solid history of proof to back this up: MP3 players existed and were even mildly popular, but they didn’t become über-hot, trendy products until iPods hit the scene. The...
Whether your like Apple or not, the company has very clearly stirred up the tech industry with several innovations over the past several years. It totally revamped and spurred a revolution in the smartphone market with the iPhone. It did so again in the tablet space with the iPad. Neither device was new in the fundamental idea of a smartphone with a touchscreen or a mass-market tablet,...
This year is coming to a close and there were plenty of big headlines from Apple, Samsung, Google, Microsoft, Nokia and many other major tech companies. Apple had plenty of major headlines, from the maps fiasco to the introductions of the iPhone 5 and the iPad mini. Despite the introduction of several new products, rumors are still rampant about the Apple TV, a possible smart watch that...
These days, people don’t just own gadgets — they have a relationship with their brands. No greater evidence of that exists than the ties between end users and their Apple products. Seems that more people are putting themselves into the poor house by tricking out their whole household with i-devices, says Reuters. Adding to the cash drain are those pesky Apple “taxes,” as the news...
I like analysts, I think they provide a good look at the overall performance of the mobile market and provide detailed information on how different phone makers and operating systems are competing against one another. I love reports from IDC, comScore, Nielsen and others. It's the financial analysts that are really pushing my buttons these days. Every morning I wake up to a new report...
A new spending report from Asymco revealed that Apple is investing heavily in new machinery and equipment. So heavily, in fact, that the company spent a record breaking $1.3 billion on machinery and equipment during last quarter alone. Asymco analyst Horace Dediu, the author of the report, said that Apple will need to spend $2.5 billion per quarter for the next two quarters in order to...
The thought of an Apple iTV powered by Siri and iOS with access to hundreds of thousands of applications and media content has us salivating, but our opinions aren’t reflected on Wall Street where at least one analyst thinks the television could be a big business mistake for Apple. In a more stunning revelation, research firm Strategy Analytics also revealed that a large percentage of...
Despite there being no official confirmation of an Apple television as of yet, it isn't stopping the competition from talking about its potential impact on the marketplace. As is not unusual for Apple, the Cupertino-based company has a way of influencing conversations and movements of other companies without even saying a word. The mere rumor that they may be preparing a new product...