Apple on Tuesday reported a quarterly profit of $8.8 billion profit on $35 billion in revenue.
According to Apple, the company sold 26.0 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 28 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. It also sold 17.0 million iPads during the quarter, an 84 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. […]
New research released on Tuesday by Appcelerator and IDC shows that Apple’s iOS has opened a significant lead over Google’s Android operating system in the enterprise market. […]
Scorsese is a funny guy.
Matt Gemmell:
Piracy isn’t a symptom of social disease. Well, it might be, but your bank manager won’t care about that inconsequential detail. Piracy is a symptom of failure to find an effective business model.
So many good points in this article.
Sprite Cow looks really cool.
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Steven Sande: In a strangely humorous case of “what goes around comes around”, the law firm that helped Chinese manufacturer Proview win a US$60 million settlement against Apple for use of the trademark “iPad” in China is now suing Proview … Continued
A couple of pieces from Bansky.
By examining last apple’s statement about in-app purchases in iOS 6, I can say, that currently game is over. Currently we have no way to bypass updated APIs. It’s a good news for everyone, we have updated security in iOS, developers have their air-money.
Peter Kafka:
The Department of Justice posted the settlement, invited public comment, and then ignored the public comment.
Why bother asking for public comments if you’re just going to ignore them anyway?
And even uglier than before.
Luthier Andrew Guyton adds a neck to Brian May’s Red Special.
Look what FedEx just delivered. I’m going into the studio to play.
The more experienced among you already know these, but it’s a helpful tip.
Great tip from Chris Oldroyd.
M.G. Siegler:
I have no problem if someone wants to hurt themselves. I have a problem with people who want to hurt other people. My right to extend my arm ends at your face.
Microsoft went from businesses to the home. Apple has gone from the home to businesses.
Mark Crump takes a look at a number of audio interfaces for the iPhone and iPad. Good article.
“You are doing important work — please don’t stop.”
A couple of days ago Mid Atlantic Consulting published a post detailing how iOS 6 has a limit on the number of apps that can be installed on an iOS device. I call bullshit on this for a couple of reasons.
I talked to some of my sources about the claims of the blog and the supposed limitations of iOS 6. Mid Atlantic says at 500 apps, the device will slow down and at 1,000 apps it won’t even boot. The person I was speaking with had over 1,100 apps on his phone running iOS 6 and said there was no virtual or other type of limit on the number of apps that could be installed. […]
In attempting to fend off Apple and Microsoft’s suits against Motorola Mobility and advancing its own patent litigation against both companies, Google, which is facing a lot of regulatory scrutiny in the U.S. and abroad over what some allege is abuse of SEPs, has been arguing that proprietary non-standardized technologies that become ubiquitous due to their popularity with consumers should be considered de facto standards.
So, Let me get this straight. Apple spent billions of dollars researching the best interface for mobile devices and patented their findings. Those methods of interacting with a mobile device became so popular, Google illegally integrated them in its inferior Android operating system.
Now that they’ve been caught, they are arguing that the features are standards and are not Apple’s at all.
You know what else is ubiquitous? Search. Why not hand the code for that over to Apple and let them make a search engine to compete with Google.
Dirtbags.
Dan Frommer: Apple has long been fortunate to have an excited fan base promoting its products and helping lure first-time buyers. But did you know that Apple used to distribute free collateral to help its biggest fans spread the message?
Hell Yeah!
Great song.
There’s also no better way to gain a view into the most interesting startups than to start acquiring some, notes economist Paul Kedrosky. “[Mayer] needs to take that fire hose of startups that used to be directed at Google and redirect it at Yahoo. And the way you redirect it is to show that you’re a frequent, active acquirer.”
Agreed.
I laugh every time I see it. […]
Just a brutal few quarters for Nokia.
Jordan Golson, MacRumors:
While AT&T hasn’t yet decided whether or not it will charge users for using Apple’s FaceTime video-chat service over its cellular network, Sprint says it’s customers can use the service free of charge.
I wonder if that will put any pressure on AT&T. Telcos are famous for flip-flopping on these types of things though, so I’m not convinced this will last.
It may sound snoozy, but the patent — which covers graphical user interfaces ranging from email to Camera Roll to menu lists to the multi-touch interface in general — looks like a dangerous weapon for Apple as it battles Android handset makers.
I don’t usually post about patents, but this is a doozy.
Matt Alexander:
Boasting a colorfully angular interface, the promise of smooth transitional animations, and a design pandering toward extreme minimalism, Metro is perhaps the most ill-fitting of titles for such a barren landscape.
And that’s just the first paragraph.
Spoiler: It doesn’t get any better.