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- Microsoft beats out Apple and others to acquire R2 Studios
- Apple to announce Q1 earnings for 2013 on January 23
- Court dismisses Apple’s ‘App Store’ lawsuit against Amazon
- Apple gains 4% ahead of CES and a smart watch
- It was a very appy holiday season for iOS, Android
- Court won’t seal Samsung sales data
- Apple: DND bug scheduled to auto-fix itself Monday, January 7
- Apple should buy social nav app Waze to improve Maps data
- Apple bringing Broadcom’s Gigabit Wi-Fi to 2013 Macs, AirDrop file sharing in iOS 7 next?
- Japan is happy to finally get iBookstore in 2013
| Microsoft beats out Apple and others to acquire R2 Studios Posted: 02 Jan 2013 05:54 PM PST
Last month, word got out that a number of high-profile companies were in possible acquisition talks with the mysterious home automation startup R2 Studios. This included the likes of Microsoft, Google, and yes, even Apple. Well it looks like Microsoft won the day, as a new report this evening claims that the Redmond company will be the one purchasing the popular startup to help beef up its Xbox unit and increase its living room presence…(...) "Microsoft beats out Apple and others to acquire R2 Studios" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Apple to announce Q1 earnings for 2013 on January 23 Posted: 02 Jan 2013 03:17 PM PST
With all of the talk of Apple losing its dominance, and its stock price taking a $200 bath towards the end of last year, the Cupertino company needed a big holiday quarter to quiet its critics. Outside figures look good, but we won’t know for sure until Apple says something. Fortunately, we won’t have to wait much longer for it to break the silence. The iPad-maker has updated its Investor Relations page this afternoon to note that it will announce its earnings for the first fiscal quarter of 2013 (4th calendar of 2012) on Wednesday, January 23…(...) "Apple to announce Q1 earnings for 2013 on January 23" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Court dismisses Apple’s ‘App Store’ lawsuit against Amazon Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:48 PM PST
Apple’s been involved in some pretty silly legal tiffs, but this one has to be at the top of the list. In 2012, the Cupertino company filed a lawsuit against Amazon for using the term ‘App Store’ to describe its app portal, calling it “false advertising.” Well luckily, it looks like we can finally put this mess behind us. According to a new report, a California court has granted Amazon’s request to dismiss Apple’s false advertising suit on the grounds that it failed to provide sufficient evidence…(...) "Court dismisses Apple’s ‘App Store’ lawsuit against Amazon" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Apple gains 4% ahead of CES and a smart watch Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:25 PM PST
If you are just shaking off the holiday headaches, just think of Apple. After taking a drubbing from Wall Street analysts worried about everything from the fiscal cliff to too few (or too many) sales of iDevices, the iPhone maker woke up this morning to its stock actually up. After rising 4 percent in early morning trading, AAPL shares remain positive. Why the better performance, after being jostled around like a visitor to Time Square on New Year’s Eve? Apparently, it has to do with next week’s CES and talk that Apple could create an iWatch…(...) "Apple gains 4% ahead of CES and a smart watch" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| It was a very appy holiday season for iOS, Android Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:50 AM PST
Good news for developers: iOS and Android together accounted for a massive 1.76 billion app downloads around the world between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, per research by ad firm Flurry. That’s more than a marked improvement compared to the 1.2 billion apps that were downloaded last year across both Android and iOS. Think about it, 1.76 billion downloads in just seven days. In fact, a number of weeks since late November delivered more than a billion downloads. It wasn’t that long ago that a billion downloads was considered a remarkable achievement throughout the span of the entire year, let alone weeks or months. And if that data point didn’t give you a pause, consider this: based on historical data, Flurry expects app downloads to regularly hit the one billion milestone each week going forward. Doing a quick math in your head, at that rate both iOS and Android should account for at least 52 billion downloads in 2013…(...) "It was a very appy holiday season for iOS, Android" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Court won’t seal Samsung sales data Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:16 AM PST
Samsung of South Korea has lost its bid to keep court records sealed indicating how many products were sold. The ruling by a San Jose, California federal judge denied the request, writing the information required by the court does not reveal product pricing or profit information. However, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, still deliberating whether Apple should receive additional damages to the $1.05 billion awarded in August, did seal a document showing Samsung operating profit for two phones, according to a report from yesterday…(...) "Court won’t seal Samsung sales data" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Apple: DND bug scheduled to auto-fix itself Monday, January 7 Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:06 AM PST
Apple has just acknowledged that a time-related bug which on New Year’s Day caused the Do Not Disturb feature to fail to disable itself despite being outside its scheduled time. The iPhone maker writes in a support document it just published that the bug will automatically fix itself by next Monday, January 7, 2013. The company did not say whether it planned on fixing the glitch once and for all – we don’t want to miss our notifications on the next New Year’s Day…(...) "Apple: DND bug scheduled to auto-fix itself Monday, January 7" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Apple should buy social nav app Waze to improve Maps data Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:38 AM PST
When it comes to apps, nothing strikes a nerve more than mapping. We saw this when Apple Maps literally and figuratively drove off a cliff, only later to be saved by Google Maps. Needless to say, having Apple’s fat pulled out of the fire by its chief rival didn’t make execs in Cupertino too happy. That’s the backstory behind the latest mapping rumor afloat: the potential acquisition by Apple of social navigation app Waze. According to reports, Apple is in fact considering purchasing Waze. Their iPhone app crowdsources the positions of moving cars to turn the mundane task of finding locations into a social game. Waze, already a partner with Apple Maps, has likely gained the iPhone maker’s attention when iOS 6 Maps was going down in flames…(...) "Apple should buy social nav app Waze to improve Maps data" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Apple bringing Broadcom’s Gigabit Wi-Fi to 2013 Macs, AirDrop file sharing in iOS 7 next? Posted: 02 Jan 2013 09:59 AM PST
The inability to wirelessly share documents directly between Macs and iOS devices using Wi-Fi Direct, a feature Samsung’s Galaxy S III and some other devices supports, is one of the top complaints on the minds of folks of all stripes. Yes, it is possible to share files through the iTunes jukebox program. You can also share files via iTunes wirelessly, provided Wi-Fi iTunes Sync is enabled. On the downside, the feature requires a running copy of the iTunes app on your Mac and the experience leaves a lot to be desired due to a pretty slow and unreliable connection. Meanwhile, the popular Dropbox service Steve Jobs once dismissed as “a feature” is gaining more traction with each passing day, winning crucial support from the ever growing number of third-party apps. Apple may be stuck in the old ways, but under the surface the company’s been quietly putting the pieces of the file sharing puzzle in place…(...) "Apple bringing Broadcom’s Gigabit Wi-Fi to 2013 Macs, AirDrop file sharing in iOS 7 next?" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Japan is happy to finally get iBookstore in 2013 Posted: 02 Jan 2013 08:39 AM PST
Apple will open an iBookstore in Japan during 2013 with a handful of local publishers supplying their electronic books. Unlike Apple, rival tech giants began selling e-books in the Asian nation last year. However, multiple reports disagree on the timing. One local report suggests as early as January, while another tech news site calls that “far too optimistic”. Although the iBookstore has been in Japan since 2010, it has offered only public-domain titles due to reluctance by Japanese publishers, who feared e-books would cut into sales of traditionally printed books…(...) "Japan is happy to finally get iBookstore in 2013" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
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