Tag Archives : Apple

Apple reported  earnings for first quarter of 2013, it posted a quarterly revenue of $43.6 billion and quarterly net profit of $9.5 billion, Apple earned $10.09 per share on the revenue of $43.60 billion versus $12.30 a share on $39.19 billion a year earlier. Apple sold 37.4 million iPhones in the quarter, compared with 35.1 million in the same period a year ago.Apple was sold 19.5 million iPads versus [...]

Source : Twitter iPhone 4 owners who had not taken advantage of Apple’s free case offer for the ‘AntennaGate’ and filed a class action lawsuit against Apple, were promised $15 checks, instead. The US $15 “AntennaGate” settlement checks have started arriving for qualifying iPhone 4 users. The lawsuit was filed for “misrepresenting and concealing material information [...]

AppGratis one of the most used discovery app among iPhone users with more than 12 million iOS users have been pulled by Apple  from the App Store couple of days ago. Apple claims it violates two clauses, first banning apps that promote other apps in a manner similar to the App Store, and second forbidding apps using push notifications to send advertising, promotions, or direct marketing of any kind. AppGratis,  [...]

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook apologized for the Apple’s iPhone warranty and repair policies in China. China’s state controlled media was criticizing Apple over its warranty policies. China said they were in violation of local law and not equal with Apple’s practices elsewhere in the world. Apple initially responded to the criticism through a message published on its website clarifying [...]

Apple has acquired WiFiSLAM which specializes in extending location data and positioning to indoor locations using Wi-Fi for “around” $20 million according to a report by The Wall Street Journal  that . WSJ also was able to get Apple to confirm the accquisition, but did not share its purpose for the company. According to the available description of the firm, the company has created technology [...]

Apple had released a 2-step verification for Apple accounts last week on the lines of Google’s 2-step verification,and it has created an epic embarrassment for Apple, not unlike Apple Maps fiasco. The issue was reported by The Verge, who observed that a series of lock screen exploits makes it possible to reset a user’s password using only their email address and birthdate, the only protection [...]

Samsung might have carved its own niche going head on against Apple in the smartphone arena, it’s well on  track to take on Apple’s rumoured smart watch market. Samsung has confirmed to Bloomberg the rumors that it’s working on a smartwatch to rival Apple’s product. Samsung’s mobile tech vice president Lee Young Hee has confirmed that the South Korean company  is working [...]

Android tablets will continue to grow and cut into Apple’s worldwide tablet market share according to Research firm IDC’s  2013 forecast for worldwide tablet shipments. Tablets powered by  Android Operating System will reach to 49 percent of the market in 2013, while iPad’s share will drop to 46 percent. In 2012, Apple commanded 51 percent, compared with Google’s 46 percent. “One [...]

Apple leads the U.S. smartphone market according to a report  by comScore on the mobile phone users for the November-January period. Apple’s smartphone market share rose 3.5 percentage points between October and January, up to 37.8% of both U.S. smartphone platform and hardware sales. Samsung was second in hardware makers with 21.4%, up from 19.5% three months earlier. HTC and Motorola both [...]

Apple may launch the next version of iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5S in August this year, with an update to i Pad series including both a fifth generation 9.7-inch iPad and a second gen iPad mini in April according to sources familiar with Apple’s plans speaking to iMore’s Rene Ritchie. iMore reports that the next iPhone will it will come with a better camera and a faster chip which is only natural, it [...]