New Delhi: If you are one of those Apple fanboys displeased with the not-so-good display of the iPad Mini tablet, then we suggest you to wait for the second-generation model as it is likely to come with a Retina display. According to a report from Slashgear, Apple has chosen AU Optronics, one of Apple's suppliers of 1024 x 768 panels for the iPad mini, to build a Retina display for...
04:56 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Bangalore: Shares of VirnetX Holding Corp jumped 27 per cent after a jury asked Apple Inc to pay about $368 million to the Internet security software maker for infringement of four patents. The patents relate to virtual private networking and were infringed by Apple's Facetime application used in iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Mac computers. The Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, will hear the post-trial motions...
03:53 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New York: The stock of Apple the world's most valuable company has now fallen more than 20 per cent - $130 billion of its market value - from its all-time high of $705.07 that it hit on September 21. That was the day the latest iPhone went on sale. The sell-off comes as Apple readies other new products for sale, including the iPad Mini. The Cupertino, California, company warned late...
12:51 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New York: I bet the iPad Mini is going to be on a lot of wish lists this holiday season. I also bet that for a lot of people, it's not going to be the best choice. It's beautiful and light, but Apple made a big compromise in the design, one that means that buyers should look closely at the competition before deciding. Starting at $329, the iPad Mini is...
10:53 AM, Nov 08, 2012
Taipei: Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group said on Wednesday the company's flagship Hon Hai unit is finding it difficult to cope with the massive demand for Apple Inc's iPhones. "It's not easy to make the iPhones. We are falling short of meeting the huge demand," Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou told reporters after a business forum. However, he declined to comment on brokerage reports saying that the group's other unit, Foxconn International...
05:30 PM, Nov 07, 2012
Brussels: European Union regulators are to end an antitrust probe into e-book prices by accepting an offer by Apple and four publishers to ease price restrictions on Amazon, two sources said on Tuesday. That decision would hand online retailer Amazon a victory in its attempt to sell e-books cheaper than rivals in the fast-growing market publishers hope will boost revenue and increase customer numbers. "Faced with years of court battles...
09:58 AM, Nov 07, 2012
New York: Apple's share of the market for tablet computers fell to 50 per cent in the third quarter as the iPad faced more competition from Android devices such as Samsung's Galaxy tablets and Google's Nexus 7. Apple still had a solid lead and shipped more iPads worldwide than a year earlier, according to Monday's study by IDC. Apple had no new tablets out in the third quarter. It also...
06:55 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Los Angeles: Microsoft and Apple are garnering the highest profit margins for their tablets, followed by Google and then Amazon, according to research firm IHS. Microsoft Corp.'s first self-made tablet, the Surface, costs about $267 in parts and labour when excluding its optional keyboard cover. It went on sale October 26 priced at $499, for a profit margin of around 46 per cent. Surface comes with a 10.6-inch screen measured...
12:36 PM, Nov 06, 2012
San Francisco: Apple Inc sold 3 million of its new iPads in the first three days the tablet computers were available, driving optimism for a strong holiday quarter despite intensifying competition. Sales of the 7.9-inch iPad mini and fourth-generation 9.7-inch version, both Wi-Fi only models, were double the first-weekend sales of the Wi-Fi iPad sold in March, Apple said on Monday. Apple did not break out numbers for the crucial...
11:15 AM, Nov 06, 2012
New Delhi: Ever since Apple debuted its first iPhone in 2007, the number of iPhone loyalists, who say that they definitely or probably will buy the next iPhone, has plummeted. According to a recent Strategy Analytics Wireless Device Lab Report, only 75 per cent of iPhone owners in Western Europe say they are likely to buy their next phone from Apple, down from 88 per cent in 2011. US repeat...
01:00 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Mexico City: A judge has denied US technology giant Apple an injunction that would have allowed it to continue selling iPhone-branded products in Mexico, ruling that the company iFone had the rights to that brand name earlier, an attorney for the Mexican firm told EFE. The Mexico City-based court handed down the ruling last Thursday, Eduardo Gallastegui said. "It's the third time Apple has lost," Gallastegui said, adding that "iFone...
12:40 PM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: Here is good news for Apple fanboys in India. The recently launched iPad Mini is now available on the e-commerce site Tradus.com. This smaller iPad is available in 3 versions - 16GB, 32GB and 64GB, which are priced at Rs 26,990, Rs 34,990 and Rs 43,490, respectively; prices include all taxes. All three versions available on Tradus.com are WiFi only models. However, the company has not yet said...
12:37 PM, Nov 04, 2012
San Francisco: Three out of every four smartphones sold in the third quarter featured Google's Android mobile operating system, as the gap between Google and Apple-based phones widened further, according to a new research report. Shipments of Android-based smartphones made by Samsung, HTC and other vendors nearly doubled in the third quarter, reaching 136 million units, according to industry research firm IDC. The strong sales boosted Android's share of the...
01:22 PM, Nov 03, 2012
New Delhi: With an annual turnover of around 3000 crore, apples constitute an important part of Himachal Pradesh's economy, which makes FDI in multibrand retail an important issue among the state's apple-growers. The state's apple belt straddles several districts. No wonder then, that most pre-poll sops are announced keeping this constituency of apple-growers in mind. While the BJP government in the state has said no to FDI, the farmers remain...
08:39 AM, Nov 03, 2012
New Delhi: Apple's iPhone 5 - thinner, lighter and with a 4-inch screen - went on sale in India on Friday with a starting price of Rs 45,500. The iPhone 5, which Apple CEO Tim Cook said was the "fastest-selling" phone in history, sports a 4-inch "retina" display and is 20 per cent lighter than the iPhone 4S. The 16 GB model of the new iPhone will sell for 45,500...
06:12 PM, Nov 02, 2012
This parody video pokes fun at the recently released Apple iPad Mini. The video features a rather confused sounding 'Vice President of Design' who tells viewers, "Our goal was to take all of the amazing things about the full size iPad and pack them into something so much smaller, but not as small as the iPod touch." ...
01:41 PM, Nov 02, 2012
San Francisco: Apple Inc's entry in the accelerating mobile tablet race squeezes about 35 per cent more viewing space onto a lighter package than rival devices from Google or Amazon.com Inc, but it sports inferior resolution and a lofty price tag, two influential reviewers wrote on Tuesday. The iPad mini, which starts at $329 versus the $199 for Google's Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle Fire HD, is easy to hold...
10:49 AM, Oct 31, 2012
Los Angeles: Internet radio company Pandora is adding more functionality to its mobile apps - showing lyrics and artist information and making it easier to share self-crafted stations with friends - as companies intensify efforts to lure mobile advertising dollars. Pandora is essentially bringing the features of its website to users of its apps for Apple and Android mobile devices. The app for iPhones is being released Monday, while an...
10:04 AM, Oct 31, 2012
New York: The head of Apple's iPhone software development was asked to resign after he refused to sign a letter apologising for the flaws of Apple's mapping application, according to a published report. The Wall Street Journal says Scott Forstall's refusal was the latest clash between him and other executives, and led to the company's announcement Monday that he is stepping down and leaving the company next year. Forstall's unit...
10:00 AM, Oct 31, 2012
