The Verge:
Grove was the first hire at Intel, which was founded in 1968 by former employees of Fairchild Semiconductor. Grove joined on day one as the company’s director of engineering, became Intel’s president in 1979, and its CEO in 1987.
Grove was one of the great CEOs.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says 140 character limit is staying. I thought he had hinted about a month ago that Twitter was going to provide a mechanism for longer posts.
Good explainer to accompany yesterday’s news that Apple has signed up to use Google’s cloud services.
Apple Watch projections show significant growth in unit sales between now and 2020, with a drop in market share as Android Wear continues to grow in the lower priced market.
You can now download Apple’s new Apple Events app to watch Monday’s keynote. Details and a picture in the main post.
Mark Bergen, writing for re/code:
In its bid to raise its name in cloud computing services, Google nabbed a big-name customer: Apple. The iPhone-maker recently started storing portions of its iCloud and services data with Google’s cloud platform, according to sources familiar with the deal.
OpenTV successfully sued Apple in Germany, has pending patent lawsuits in the US. This impacts both the iPhone and iPad.
Casio sells a camera in China that gets rid of blemishes in your selfies. This has become big business.
Jonny Evans, writing for Computerworld, lays out everything you need to know to publish your own content on Apple News. Terrific post.
Apple testifies to a panel of EU lawmakers about their tax case and the possibility of owing billions in back taxes.
Kif Leswing, writing for Business Insider:
The new ad format would clearly label branded content in the app, as well as give publishers a new way to sell and promote sponsored posts, although it would come at a cost: Apple keeps 30% of the revenue it produces through iAd, a mobile-advertising platform.
L. Adam Rothman, writing for Investopedia, digs into Apple’s geographic business units, showing which areas of the world make how much money for Apple.
Niel Cybart does a solid job laying out the holes in the smart phone market, figuring out how Apple’s potential 4″ iPhone would help in expanding market share. Lots of great analysis here.
Lauren Goode, writing for The Verge:
ExxonMobil today said it would start accepting Apple Pay as a form of payment at around 6,000 ExxonMobil gas stations around the U.S, something that Apple CEO Tim Cook had said was coming during the company’s first quarter earnings call.
Interesting.
Digital Trends, on why smart watch sales have slowed to a crawl and why Apple Watch seems to be the exception.
A huge chasm between first (Apple Pay) and second place (Android Pay / Google Wallet).
There are 12 apps/applications that can boast of having a billion users. Can you name them?
Oculus VR founder slams Apple GPUs with a poor choice of words. Interesting read. VR is a huge wave coming.
Looks like hard times coming for IBM, perhaps affecting more than 100,000 people.
A well written exploration of the stratification that’s come to the App Store. It’s tougher than ever to make a living building apps.
Fascinating comment from Fiat-Chrysler chief and video of Steve Jobs rolling out a product that was the result of similar thinking.
An incredibly unfair way to conduct business. Read the post.
Would it make sense for Apple to own a movie studio? A TV Network? How about Netflix? Would an investment as a minority owner of Paramount ever make sense for Apple?
Not too shabby for a product that just started shipping 9 months ago.
A fantastic way to present information. Even if you don’t care about the subject matter, take a minute to click through, play with the chart.
The Washington Post:
In a typical call, the robot keeps the telemarketer on the phone for a few minutes, but in some cases they go on for much longer. The robot does this by cleverly exploiting a flaw in the telemarketer playbook: staying on the line if the person is agreeable. So the system leans on “yeah,” “sure,” “okay” and “yes.” In one instance the robot kept a cable company on the line for 22 minutes.
Yes, please.
Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon, numbers one two and three.
Apple’s proposed settlement was appealed, that appeal was denied.
[VIDEO] Apple introduced two new ads, both voiced by Lake Bell. The first one focuses on Live Photos (listen for the line: “Time travel is dangerous”). The second one features Parks and Recreation’s Aubrey Plaza with a focus on the peeks and pokes of 3D Touch.
Big step for Apple Pay. Potential opportunity for developers who can localize for that market.