The verdict in the Apple vs. Samsung trial is in and it is a major win for Apple. The jury came down heavily on the side of Apple, saying Samsung had willfully infringed four design and three utility patents. Apple was awarded $1.05 billion in damages and the jury also found that Apple did not…
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Apple’s App Store has surpassed 25 billion downloads and the person who download the 25 billionth app has won a 10,000 gift certificate that can be used in iTunes or Mac App Store. According to Apple’s countdown page the winner will be revealed soon. Apple started the promotion several days ago with a counter on…
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Apple had a record quarter selling more than 37 million iPhones, 15.4 million iPads and 5.2 million Macs. The company reported a record 46.3 billion in revenue and 13.1 billion in net income. Here are some highlights from the conference call. Apple ended the quarter with $97.6 billion in cash, an increase of $16 billion…
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The iPad went on sale in April of 2010 and it’s taken only 1 year and 8 months of Apple to sell 55 million iPads. Apple just released the first quarter results for 2012 revealing that 15.43 million iPads were sold in the fourth quarter of 2011. That brings the total number of iPads sold…
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Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 first quarter which ended December 31, 2011. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $26.74 billion and net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43…
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Apple doesn’t offer the deep discounts that other retailers do on Black Friday but you can still save some money on your Apple gadgets by purchasing them the day after Thanksgiving. A tipster on 9to5Mac has provided details of Apple’s Black Friday sale. The discounts look to be inline with previous years. The iPad 2…
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Apple is considered to possess a good protective ecosystem but in reality it may not be as secure as you would think. Recently a researcher showed that a bug in an app can allow hackers to go through the App Store to your iPhones and iPad and possibly perform hacking, as reported by The Daily…
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The new Apple operating system for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad has been released to the public with major upgrades built in. It has iCloud support, which is Apples version of the now popular cloud computing technology. Along with the roll out of the iCloud Apple has updated many of its apps to support…
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Apple’s co-founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs passed away on Wednesday. The visionary leader of Apple was 56 years old and had been battling various health issues including a rare form of pancreatic cancer. Apple announced Job’s passing away in a short statement on its Website late Wednesday night without giving a specific reason. The…
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Six new apps were unveiled this week by Adobe Systems for the iPad and other Android run tablets. These six apps are part of the cloud based system introduced by Adobe called Adobe Creative Cloud. The six apps include: Adobe Photoshop Touch, Adobe Debut, Adobe Proto, Adobe Collage, Adobe Kuler, and Adobe Ideas. Kevin Lynch,…
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Things have changed drastically at Apple in the past two days, just a day ago the world saw the launch of the new iPhone titled the iPhone 4S and today the world received news of the demise of Apple’s visionary ex-CEO, Steve Jobs. Putting aside this sad news, at the Apple event titled “Let’s Talk…
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Apple topped Exxon Mobile in mid-day trading today, as the largest company in the world, by market capitalization. However, Exxon Mobil (XOM) shares staged a late rally that helped the oil giant hold off Apple (AAPL) and remain the world’s most-valuable company. Exxon’s stock ended the day with a gain of $1.45 a share, or…
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