Apple accused of stalling iPod battery fire investigation
Following up on numerous reports of iPod batteries catching fire, a Seattle reporter says that Apple actively prevented her and others from learning the true scope of the safety hazard.
Apple accused of stalling iPod battery fire investigation
Apple accused of stalling iPod battery fire investigation
Amy Clancy of KIRO 7 TV in Seattle reports on her investigation of complaints of iPods overheating, smoldering and catching fire. The complaints, made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, amount to over 800 pages of documentation covering...
Apple Legal Reportedly Hinders Reporter's Investigation of iPods Catching Fire
Apple Legal Reportedly Hinders Reporter's Investigation of iPods Catching Fire
A variety of sources have published a story accusing the iPhone 3.0 software of broadcasting "your AIM [instant] messages to random recipients without your knowledge or consent." In reality, the problem is created by hackers experimenting with their phones without understanding what they were doing. Without user tampering, the iPhone's security layer actually prevents this from happening.
Hackers break iPhone push messaging, blame Apple
Hackers break iPhone push messaging, blame Apple
Amy Clancy of KIRO 7 TV in Seattle reports on her investigation of complaints of iPods overheating, smoldering and catching fire. The complaints, made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, amount to over 800 pages of documentation covering...
Apple Legal Reportedly Hinders Reporter's Investigation of iPods Catching Fire
Apple Legal Reportedly Hinders Reporter's Investigation of iPods Catching Fire
Apple's 254 retail locations managed to sell 492,000 Macs to 38.6 million store visitors during the June quarter, with half of those sales going to customers who had never before owned a Mac.
Apple retail stores continue to attract new Mac buyers
Apple retail stores continue to attract new Mac buyers
Amy Clancy of KIRO 7 TV in Seattle reports on her investigation of complaints of iPods overheating, smoldering and catching fire. The complaints, made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, amount to over 800 pages of documentation covering...
Apple Legal Reportedly Hinders Reporter's Investigation of iPods Catching Fire
Apple Legal Reportedly Hinders Reporter's Investigation of iPods Catching Fire
Sales of traditional MP3 players like the iPod nano, iPod shuffle and iPod classic continue to decline, as the enemies of these Apple products -- the iPhone and iPod touch -- come from within the same company.
iPhone, iPod touch "cannibalizing" traditional iPod market
iPhone, iPod touch "cannibalizing" traditional iPod market
Analysts are again bullish on Apple stock after the company reported a record third quarter in Tuesday's earnings report, and provided higher-than-expected guidance in some aspects of its fourth quarter.
Wall Street again has high hopes for Apple after record quarter
Wall Street again has high hopes for Apple after record quarter
The Street's Scott Moritz reports that Apple is planning to release its long-rumored tablet computer in time for the holidays later this year. While Apple is reportedly still deciding on a sales model for the new device, Moritz's source reports th...
Apple to Release Subsidized Tablet Through Verizon Later This Year
Apple to Release Subsidized Tablet Through Verizon Later This Year
While the consumer market continues to shine for Apple, bringing the company to another record quarter, sales in the education and professional markets are have suffered for the Mac maker during the ongoing economic recession.
Mac sales in education, business markets lag for Apple
Mac sales in education, business markets lag for Apple
Acknowledging that there is room for improvement in the current offering, Apple COO Tim Cook said Tuesday that Apple is looking for new ways to categorize software in the App Store on the iPhone and iPod touch.
Apple suggests App Store redesign in the works
Apple suggests App Store redesign in the works
Apple issued results for its fiscal third quarter on Tuesday, in the process blowing out all the stops. Revenues totaled $8.34 billion and net quarterly profits came in at $1.23 billion, or $1.35 per diluted share. That works out to a year over year revenue growth of almost 12 percent compared to the $7.46 billion chalked up during Q3 of 2008.
Apple Burns Bright With Fat Margins, Plump Profits
Apple Burns Bright With Fat Margins, Plump Profits
Once again, Apple has had the best non-holiday quarter in its history, selling more Macs and iPhones than it ever has in spring, albeit with fewer iPods sold. The company has conducted a financial conference call with analysts and the press. Notes of interest for Apple's results and the now concluded call follow.
Notes of interest from Apple's Q309 quarterly conference call
Notes of interest from Apple's Q309 quarterly conference call
Apple has continued its significant investment in flash memory, with the Cupertino company announcing Tuesday that it recently prepaid $500 million to Toshiba to secure long-term supply of NAND for its mobile devices.
Apple prepays for a half-billion dollars in flash memory
Apple prepays for a half-billion dollars in flash memory
Apple announced a year over year decline in its sales of 10.2 million iPods, but noted that the company continues to maintain a greater than 70% share of the MP3 player market. It also stated that 50% of its traditional MP3 player buyers are new to the iPod.
Apple: 50% of our traditional MP3 buyers new to iPod
Apple: 50% of our traditional MP3 buyers new to iPod
Apple has concluded their financial results conference call which detailed Apple's financial results for this past quarter. The conference call included the usual mix of questions about Apple's future performance as well as hopeful questions about A...
Apple Questioned About Netbook (Again) and App Store Pricing and Rank Lists
Apple Questioned About Netbook (Again) and App Store Pricing and Rank Lists
Apple today announced financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2009. Apple posted revenue of $8.34 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.23 billion, or $1.35 per diluted share, compared to revenue of $7.46 billion and net quarterly profit o...
Apple Reports $1.23 Billion Profit for Q3 2009, Best Non-Holiday Quarter Ever
Apple Reports $1.23 Billion Profit for Q3 2009, Best Non-Holiday Quarter Ever
Apple said Tuesday that third-quarter profits rose nearly 15 percent to $1.23 billion, or $1.35 per diluted share, on record non-holiday quarter sales of $8.34 billion for the three-month period ended June 27, 2009.
Apple profits rise 15% on sales of 2.6M Macs, 5.2M iPhones
Apple profits rise 15% on sales of 2.6M Macs, 5.2M iPhones
Guidance, gross margin, and signs of a rebound in technology spending will be among the key topics financial experts will be paying close attention to when Apple reports results from its third fiscal quarter following the closing bell Tuesday.
Earnings Preview: Apple to have Wall Street's ear this afternoon
Earnings Preview: Apple to have Wall Street's ear this afternoon
TechFlash reports that Microsoft has recruited former Apple real estate chief George Blankenship as a consultant for its new retail initiative. Blankenship, who previously worked at Gap, is said to be an expert at securing prime retail locations.
Microsoft Recruits Former Apple Retail Store Exec for Retail Initiative
Microsoft Recruits Former Apple Retail Store Exec for Retail Initiative