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With Google stock surging to an all-time high of $916 and Apple’s trading 39% below its September 2011 peak, Google has positioned itself to grow — in part by taking a bite out of Apple’s customer base — on five fronts. Google’s primary source of profit is search-related advertising while Apple’s is consumer hardware. And Google’s five-front assault on Apple’s profit model takes advantage of that difference. Here are five of Apple’s fronts and how Google is attacking … [Read more...]
Apple topped 50 billion downloads in its App Store earlier today. Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio, downloaded the 50 billionth app, Say the Same Thing by Space Inch LLC. Apple awarded him a $10,000 App Store Gift Card. Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, said in a press release that the company is "absolutely floored" to pass this milestone. "The App Store completely transformed how people use their mobile devices and created a thriving app … [Read more...]
I must sound older than I feel typing this but it’s about time somebody says it: The quality of a call on a landline is better than on a cellphone. Don’t get me wrong, I love my cellphone, currently an iPhone 4s. I’ve had an Android, a bunch of different Blackberries, the Palm Treo and a host of pre-smartphones. I live on my cellphone. It’s the best invention, ever! (After the landline, that is, and maybe the air conditioner, the wheel, the elevator and the light bulb -- in no … [Read more...]
HTC First, also known as the Facebook FB +0.52% Phone, was the first phone to feature Facebook Home preinstalled, the app-cum-operating system that put Facebook on the phone’s home screen. The appeal was supposed to be the ability to “put your friends first.” But shoppers appear to be putting the phone last. Within a month after its launch at the competitive price of $99, AT&T T -0.96% discounted it to 99 cents. Today, the BGR tech blog reported that AT&T has decided to … [Read more...]
Apple is putting law enforcement requests on hold, according to one judge. The company has created a waiting list for all the “unlock this device” requests it receives. After repeat attempts to unlock a suspected drug dealer’s iPhone 4S, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) reached out to Apple for help, as reported by CNET. Apple complies with law enforcement requests, like most big tech companies, to unlock devices or supply data. But, according to Judge … [Read more...]
Break the law and Apple may follow up by breaking into your iPhone, reports CNET, though if you represent the long arm of the law asking Cupertino to give you a hand (or would the proper term be demanding?), it sounds like you’ll have to wait in line: up to seven weeks, in seems. Why? Because requests from law enforcement officials to hack into someone’s iPhone have been so overwhelming that Apple’s had to create a waiting list to manage them all. Using a highly secure password … [Read more...]
The navigation app would give the social network a way to insert itself into the lucrative mobile search business owned by Google. Rumors that Facebook is in late-stage talks to buy Waze for as much as $1 billion have many wondering if the social network's next great ambition is to tackle the maps and navigation market. Maybe -- but only because maps would be Facebook's best way to route around Google and make money from mobile search. Founded in 2007, Waze makes a navigation … [Read more...]
By now, it's a fait accompli that tablet sales will surpass those of the PC. The only question that remains is: When? That day is not too far away, if a head analyst at technology incubator BitChemy Ventures is to be believed. According to Singh's projections, global tablet shipments will increase to nearly 80 million in the fourth quarter, while PC shipments will slide to around 70 million to 75 million. "These shipment estimates could be affected by the pace of low cost tablet … [Read more...]
Instagram, one of the world's most popular online photo resources, is bringing tagging to the party. On Thursday, it introduces "Photos of You," a new feature that lets folks tag their friends, or things -- like a coffee shop or band playing. Facebook purchased Instagram in 2012 for $1 billion, so it was only a matter of time until the social network began adding tools for Instagram users. Instagram now has over 100 million users of its app for Apple and Android devices -- photos can … [Read more...]
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Apple reportedly inundated with police requests to decrypt iPhones
Examining encrypted iPhones and iPads as evidence in police investigations has become so common that Apple has created a waiting list to handle the inundation of help requests that it receives, reports CNET. Though it's been known that Apple is willing to assist government agencies in opening up inaccessible iOS devices, the extent to which the company helps law enforcement hasn't been detailed before. Court documents seen by CNET reveal that an agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, … [Read more...]