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Ecosystem Agnostics May Tip Scales for iPad Mini Sales October 24, 2012 
All eyes were on Apple on Tuesday as the company held its second product launch this fall to announce the iPad mini, along with refreshes to its iPad, iMac, MacBook Pro and Mac mini lines, ahead of the holiday shopping season. The iPad mini features the same dual-core A5 processor as the iPad 2. The 7.9-inch device was designed to be light and thin for one-handed use.
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Consumers May Be Cooling Toward Apple October 10, 2012 
Apple stock ascended to a record high earlier this year, but the company has experienced a slight fall from grace in the past few weeks, with the stock down 10 percent from its all-time high of $705.07 on Sept. 21, the day the company launched the highly anticipated iPhone 5. Judging by the post-launch social buzz about the products, some of Apple's shine might be wearing off, said John Feland, CEO and founder of Argus Insights.
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AAPL Soars Past Magic $700 Mark on iPhone 5 Frenzy September 19, 2012 
Apple's iPhone 5 is driving the stock to all-time highs, climbing past $700 per share for the first time in the tech giant's history. The company had already claimed the title of most valuable company before it surged past $700, but its close at $701.91 on Tuesday was a high point for the maker of the iPhone. The sky-high numbers came after the company announced it sold more than 2 million iPhone 5s Friday.
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Apple vs. Samsung: There Will Be More Blood August 29, 2012 
Apple admirers cheered when a jury in San Jose, Calif., last week found Samsung guilty of infringing on many of Cupertino's design and utility patents, a transgression for which the Galaxy smartphone maker will have to pay over $1 billion in damages. Apple's stock was given a big boost on the news. However, the battle between the two is just beginning.
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Competition Takes Bite Out of Apple in China August 24, 2012 
Today in international tech news: Apple's slice of China's smartphone market drops. Also: Apple and Samsung are both losers in a South Korean court ruling; South Korea nixes a regulation requiring Internet users to use their names; the world's largest oil company is hacked, with more to come; a German law firm says it will publish the names of people downloading pirated porn.
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September Is Put-Up or Shut-Up Time for Apple August 22, 2012 
Apple was recently crowned the most valuable public company in history. But in order to keep that title, its next iPhone, expected to go on sale next month, will have to be a huge hit. That could very come to pass. A report from FBR Market's Craig Berger predicted the upcoming phone could sell as many as 250 million units over its lifecycle.
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Apple's Record-Breaking Value: Hard to Reach, Hard to Keep August 21, 2012 
The stock market can't get enough of Apple, it would seem. On Monday the company's shares passed the $664 mark, setting a new record as the most valuable publicly traded company in history. On Tuesday morning the legend continued: Apple's stock rose close to 1 percent, trading at $671.30 per share before hitting a mid-morning decline.
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Where Apple's Boy Genius Went Wrong August 09, 2012 
Apple produced a set of three terrible ads that ran on television for the first part of the Olympics. They featured a cute and likeable Apple Genius boy/man out in public in his Apple Genius blue t-shirt helping hapless individuals. They didn't exactly resonate with me, but hey, any commercial that doesn't freakin' sing to me gets ignored.
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Apple's Fancy New Social Play August 08, 2012
Recent reports suggest Apple might be weighing a jump into the online social world. With Facebook and Google bringing in ad revenue and additional exposure from their social networks, the company may be looking to invest in a social startup of its own. Apple is reportedly in talks to purchase The Fancy, a social e-commerce site that has been likened to Pinterest.
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Apple Widens Its Lead in Sizzling Tablet Market August 03, 2012 
Apple shows no signs of yielding its clear lead position in tablet sales following a record second quarter in a tablet market that's hotter than ever, according to research from IDC. Tablet makers worldwide shipped 25 million units in the second quarter of 2012, IDC found.
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Mountain Lion Sells Like Hotcats August 01, 2012 
Apple's new version of its operating system, OS X Mountain Lion, launched last week in what the company said was the biggest debut for any OS X edition ever, exceeding 3 million downloads in four days. The new OS has more than 200 new features, including enhanced iCloud integration and a greater emphasis on sharing and storing data across multiple Apple devices.
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Apple's Indestructible Super Suit Gets a Slight Tear July 25, 2012 
Uh oh. Apple has done the seemingly impossible: It failed to meet analysts' expectations for its quarterly performance. Not that an investor would feel any sense of dismay by merely studying Apple's numbers. The company posted quarterly revenue of $35 billion and quarterly net profit of $8.8 billion. These results compare to revenue of $28.6 billion and net profit of $7.3 billion in the year-ago quarter.
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Virgin Media's Multimillion-Dollar Usain Bolt Ad Campaign Banned July 25, 2012 
A British watchdog has banned an advertising campaign by Virgin Media which used Usain Bolt because of claims Bolt makes about super-fast broadband, according to The Guardian. The ad campaign, which cost Virgin millions of dollars, showed Bolt, a gold medal-winning Jamaican sprinter, mimicking Virgin's founder to promote the company's goal of doubling broadband Internet speeds.
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Apple's Balloon Loses a Little Air July 25, 2012 
Apple announced quarterly earnings that were lower than expected Tuesday, causing shares to plunge in after-hours trading. Though analysts weren't projecting another record quarter for the Cupertino company, results still fell short of Street predictions. Profit rose 21 percent to $8.8 billion, or $9.32 per share, on a revenue of $35 billion.
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With Proview in the Rearview, iPad Cruises Into China July 11, 2012
New data has been revealed about Apple's presence in China that firmly underscores the nation's importance to the iPad and Mac maker. China accounted for about 20 percent, or US$7.9 billion, of Apple's revenues for its latest fiscal quarter, more than three times that of the same time a year before.
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Apple Changes Its OS X Security Tune June 27, 2012 
Apple has changed the wording on its website regarding the security of its OS X operating system. The company used to boast that OS X didn't get the "thousands of viruses plaguing Windows-based computers." Recently, however, that was changed to read "It's built to be safe." The site then outlines some of the ways in which its newest version of the operating system is designed to combat attacks.
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Will iPad Scratch the Surface, or Vice Versa? June 20, 2012 
Despite Android device makers' best efforts, Apple has ruled the tablet market for years with its iPad line. But one of the company's oldest rivals will soon come knocking, and this week it showed off just how it plans to enter the tablet scene. Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system will be built with tablets in mind -- that much has been known for many months.
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WWDC: New Friendships Forged, Old Bonds Broken June 13, 2012 
Apple executives once again took the stage this week to show off the company's new software and hardware initiatives at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. This was the first time CEO Tim Cook took the helm at a WWDC keynote. He and other company executives presented conference-goers with a first look at Apple's upcoming version of iOS.
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Apple and Facebook - Relationship Status: Flirty June 06, 2012
Apple may be forming a close friendship with Facebook as the iPhone maker develops its next-generation mobile OS, judging by a comment from Apple CEO Tim Cook at the recent D: All Things Digital conference. Taking the stage for a public interview at the event, Cook was asked about Facebook integration in iOS 6, the presumed name for the next version of Apple's mobile operating system.
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What Will Star in Apple's Big Show? May 30, 2012
Apple has released its schedule for its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, which will take place in San Francisco next month. The event kicks off with a keynote address on Monday, June 11. The conference is an opportunity for developers to attend workshops and discuss the future of building for iOS and OS X, but in years past it's also been the stage for major company announcements.
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