Tickets for sold-out WWDC fetch a high price

A short supply of tickets for Apple's sold-out Worldwide Developers Conference in June has led some people to sell theirs at a premium. A quick check on eBay at the publish of this post shows 10 such listings, though as of yesterday, more had been ...

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Top global marketing executive to depart Apple

By Sam Oliver Apple's vice president of worldwide marketing communications -- a position that reports directly to CEO Steve Jobs -- is reportedly leaving the company. Citing several sources, John Paczkowski of Digital Daily reported Thursday that ...

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Microsoft developing mobile payments system for Windows Phone

According to sources, Microsoft is joining Google and Apple in the race to integrate NFC mobile payments technology into its smartphone platform, Windows Phone. New rumors suggest that, much like Google and Apple, Microsoft may be working on its own ...

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Microsoft Continues to Challenge Apple's App Store Trademark

Microsoft this week issued a new filing in its legal challenge of Apple's App Store trademark, and is enlisting the help linguistics to help retort Apple's claims. As before, Microsoft's assertion is that the term App Store is too generic to trademark. ...

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Microsoft cites Amazon Appstore in continued opposition to Apple trademark

By Josh Ong Microsoft has fired the latest salvo in a legal dispute over Apple's "App Store" trademark, citing the launch of the Amazon Appstore as proof of a "competitive need" for generic use of the term. The Redmond, Wash., software giant filed a ...

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Nokia files second complaint against Apple

by Chris Ward (RSS feed) on Mar 29th 2011 at 10:30AM After yesterday's decision by the International Trade Commission that Apple isn't violating five key Nokia patents, Nokia today has hit back by claiming that they invented, well, ...

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Apple's Mixed Fortunes at ITC

Apple Inc. (AAPL - Analyst Report) received a favorable preliminary judgment in a patent infringement case at the International Trade Commission (ITC) against Nokia Corp. (NOK - Analyst Report). The ITC judge ruled that Apple did not violate five cell ...

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No new iPhone hardware expected at Apple's software-centric WWDC - report

By AppleInsider Staff Apple is not expected to introduce a new iPhone at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference in June, as it has done in years past, and will instead focus on software for the 2011 show, according to a new report. ...

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Nokia lost the suit of 10 patents infringement case against Apple

By Jim Simmons March 28, 2011 0 comments Nokia had sued Apple for violating its patents of mobile phone technology, the dispute was finished as Nokia lost the suit. Nokia disappointed with the result , as Apple had no comment on it. ...

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Eastman Kodak Wins Patent Battle With Apple, RIM

Bad news for Apple and RIM shareholders today, as the two smartphone giants lost out to Eastman Kodak in a the latest round of their patent dispute. Kodaks stock rose by 22% after news that the US International Trade Commission will review a judge's ...

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The Great Language Land Grab

Microsoft is suing Apple, and Apple is suing Amazon, all over the right to use a simple two-word phrase: “app store.” Apple got there first, introducing its App Store in July 2008 as a marketplace for mobile applications. In January, Microsoft disputed ...

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Eastman Kodak wins latest patent battle with Apple and BlackBerry maker ...

BY Suzanne Sataline A visitor uses his Apple Inc. iPhone to photograph a collection of Omega watches on display during the Baselworld watch fair in Basel, Switzerland, on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. As Swiss watch enthusiasts flock to Baselworld this ...

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ITC panel: Apple didn't infringe Nokia patents

Apple has been given a victory in its patent war with Nokia after a trade panel ruled the iPhone-maker did not violate Nokia patents. Nokia had accused Apple of violating no less than five patents held by the Finnish phone giant in several of its ...

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iPad 2 Launching in 25 More Countries Today

By Chloe Albanesius The iPad 2 will be available in 25 more countries today, with Apple stores around the globe opening at 5pm local time for users looking to get their hands on the next-generation tablet. Apple fans abroad could also start purchasing ...

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Who is Apple's new Mac guy?

by Josh Lowensohn Federighi, who's taking over for departing Mac veteran Bertrand Serlet, left Apple in February of 1999 for business software company Ariba, and wound up coming back 10 years later to help Apple build the Mac OS, which ships on the ...

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One More Way the Xoom Is Losing to iPad 2

Why do Apple's competitors continually stumble on the easy stuff? By Peter Pachal By all reports, iPad 2 is a smashing success. Despite being just an incremental upgrade from the first generation, Apple's new tablet has already sold out, ...

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Senators call for takedown of iPhone apps that locate DUI checkpoints

By AppleInsider Staff Four US senators are calling for Apple to remove iPhone and iPad App Store apps that help users to avoid DUI checkpoints, even as rival smartphone maker Research in Motion has agreed to remove offending apps from its BlackBerry ...

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Developer Week in Review

Apple took umbrage at the use of the (evidently trademarked) term "App Store" and fired a salvo of lawyers across Amazon's bow. Amazon responded by essentially saying "Hey, app store is a generic term." To which Apple responded "So is windows, ...

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Senators Ask Apple to Pull Checkpoint-Dodging Apps

In the Apple App Store, applications like PhantomAlert, Trapster, iRadar and others claim to help drivers avoid speed traps, police checkpoints and other traffic stops by crowdsourcing the reports of other drivers and disseminating police warnings. ...

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To Avoid Offense, Should Apple Avoid Religion?

By Jeremy A. Kaplan A petition on Change.org demands that Apple remove a controversial app from its iTunes store, which critics claim offers 'hateful and bigoted' speech. An iPhone app by a religious group that disagrees with homosexuality has ...

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Apple Sues Amazon Over 'App Store' Usage

By YUKARI IWATANI KANE And GEOFFREY A. FOWLER Apple Inc. sued Amazon.com Inc. over its use of the phrase "App Store," accusing the online retailer of trademark infringement. In a complaint filed Friday in federal court for the Northern District of ...

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Apple scraps plans for retail store in New York's Grand Central - report

By Slash Lane Apple has allegedly backed out of plans to build a new retail store in the main terminal of New York City's Grand Central Terminal. Citing a source with New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the New York Observer reported that ...

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Apple iPad 2 ever slicker, but perhaps not worth the upgrade

FaceTime, Apple's video-chatting program that works only over Wi-Fi, functions easily by designating which of your email addresses should be used to call the iPad â€" no phone numbers needed since it isn't a phone. But the picture quality is nowhere ...

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Apple iPad 2 didn't impress this geek enough

So when Apple launched the second generation iPad you might have expected it to push the boundaries of tablet computing even further, especially when you consider that there is a whole raft of Android powered devices competing with it. ...

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Tech Review: With iPad 2, Apple one-ups itself

Apple's latest tablet isn't revolutionary, but does many things well. Posted: Saturday, March 19, 2011 5:00 pm | Updated: 11:12 pm, Fri Mar 18, 2011. SAN FRANCISCO - With the original iPad, Apple brought an attractive, easy-to-use tablet computer to ...

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High Demand For iPad 2 May Result In Delayed International Orders

New reports are suggesting that Apple may have to start pushing back international launches of the iPad 2 with some areas such as the Czech Republic already seeing their launch dates pushed back one month from 25th March to the 25th April (via 9to5Mac) ...

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One Week On, Still Long Lines For iPad 2 Outside Apple's Stores

Friday morning, there were 71 people in line for possible iPad 2s at the Los Gatos Apple store, according to CultofMac.com columnist Mike Elgan. Mike called neighboring stores, and was told there were similar lines at Valley Fair in Santa Clara, ...

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Blasphemer!: Meet The Analyst Who Downgraded Apple

By Matt Phillips JMP Securities analyst Alex Guana got quite a bit of attention â€" as well as the honorary MarketBeat “Golden Guillotine” award for sticking his neck out â€" earlier this week, with a rare downgrade of Apple to “market perform” from ...

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Apple's component deals should help it weather Japan crisis

by John Paczkowski, AllThingsD Best not to pay much mind to the supply chain hysterics that dragged Apple shares to their third worst trading low yesterday. While the March 11 catastrophe in Japan will undoubtedly have some effect on Apple's component ...

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iPad 'Cads' Scalping With Abandon: New York Post

By John C Abell NEW YORK â€" Were you one of the lucky half million fortunate souls who scored an iPad 2 at one of Apple's retail stores before they started selling out? If so, it was despite the efforts of what the New York Post calls “A cutthroat ...

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Owners of Apple's new MacBook Pros report issues with iTunes Home Sharing

By AppleInsider Staff Numerous owners of Apple's early 2011 MacBook Pros report being unable to connect devices or maintain connections through iTunes Home Sharing. A support thread in Apple's Discussion forums has received over 200 posts from owners ...

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Apple Delays IPad 2 Launch in Japan

By Dan Moren, Macworld Due to the natural disasters that have struck Japan in the past week, Apple has delayed the launch of the new iPad 2 in the country. We are delaying the launch of the iPad 2 in Japan while the country and our teams focus on ...

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Charlie Sheen's Show Gets a Bite From the Big Apple

Practice gets you to Carnegie Hall. But apparently it's no-holds-barred ranting that gets you to Radio City Music Hall. Charlie Sheen's limited sold-out engagement is no longer quite as limited, with the announcement that he will be taking his "Violent ...

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Apple iTunes takes just 4% of US digital video market as Netflix dominates

By Katie Marsal Netflix is the dominant player in America's digital streaming and downloadable video market, representing 61 percent of all viewings, while Apple's iTunes is in a three-way tie for third place with 4 percent. ...

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Airplay is finally delivering on its promise on Apple TV

His current collection includes a Nokia N85, Nokia E71, Nokia 5800, Nokia N810, Apple iPhone, HTC Advantage, T-Mobile G1, Palm Treo Pro, HTC Fuze, MSI Wind, MacBook Pro, and many more, along with tons of accessories and classic devices like the Apple ...

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Teardown of Apple's iPad 2 Smart Cover uncovers 21 magnets

By Slash Lane A total of 31 magnets are used to make the iPad 2 and its Apple-branded Smart Cover properly align, with 21 magnets found in the accessory and the remaining 10 in the iPad 2 itself. For the first time ever, iFixit conducted a teardown of ...

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Apple iPad 2 sales: New customers buying; Analysts see big launch

By Larry Dignan | March 13, 2011, 6:44pm PDT The launch of Apple's iPad 2 is being billed as one of the largest ever and analysts are noting that the majority of buyers didn't own the tablet previously. Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and ...

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Just how pretty are the graphics in the iPad 2? The Infinity Blade test shows

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs promised that the iPad 2's processor is twice as fast as the original iPad's and its graphics performance is nine times better. Now that the results are coming in, it's clear that the performance is good but it varies ...

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Report: AT&T already shipping iPad 2

by Joe Aimonetti In what may have been nothing more than a minor footnote to Friday's launch of Apple's iPad 2, shipping times on Apple's Web site quickly jumped from three to five business days to two to three weeks. Interestingly, according to a ...

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iPad 2 launch predictably draws crowds, sellouts

by Josh Lowensohn If there were any lingering doubts that Apple's iPad sequel would draw the same interest the first-generation device did, they were quashed before stores even opened their doors yesterday. The iPad 2, a device that was unveiled just ...

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SXSW crowd swarms for iPad 2 launch

Apple maintained an air of mystery about its South by Southwest (SXSW) pop-up shop until the very last minute, waiting until barely an hour before launch time to unveil its logo and transform an anonymous, empty corner store in downtown Austin into the ...

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Online iPad 2 orders from Apple estimated to ship in 2-3 weeks [u]

By Katie Marsal Apple on Friday began accepting orders online for the iPad 2, and the first buyers were told to expect the tablet to ship within two to three weeks [updated]. While initial orders were said to ship in two to three days, that quickly was ...

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Apple changes policy for in-app purchases

By Cecilia Kang Apple took a step toward child-protecting the iPhone and iPad, saying Thursday it has tightened security measures for purchases made within applications. The company said its upgraded operating system released this Wednesday requires ...

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The iPad Falls Short as a Creation Tool Without Coding Apps

By Brian X. Chen Apple frequently uses games to show off the computing power of its mobile devices, but this time, Steve Jobs was driving home the message that the iPad is a tool for creation, not just a fancy plaything. “This is not a toy,” Jobs said ...

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Apple iPad 2 May Mark Rise of Tablet Bubble Getting Ready to Burst

When Apple's iPad 2 launches on Friday, March 11, it'll be the beginning of a huge growth in the tablet market. At the recent CeBIT2011 technology show in Germany there were at least 39 companies showing tablets just at that single show. ...

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Apple patches critical Mac bugs with Java updates

By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - Apple on Tuesday shipped a Java security update to Leopard and Snow Leopard users that patched a total of 27 vulnerabilities in the Oracle software. Some of the bugs could be exploited to execute attack code outside the ...

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Inside AT&T vs Verizon iPad 2 data service plans

By Daniel Eran Dilger Apple is offering iPad 2 in two carrier options within the US, but AT&T and Verizon's plans differ significantly. AT&T continues to offer its no commitment plan that users can start or stop anytime without incurring any fees. ...

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Mac OS X 10.6.7 inches closer to release as Apple seeds seventh beta

By AppleInsider Staff The seventh beta of Mac OS X 10.6.7, the forthcoming maintenance and security update for the Snow Leopard operating system, was released to developers by Apple this week. People familiar with the latest build said the latest ...

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Buying an iPad 2: What You Need to Know

On Friday March 11, 2011, Apple's iPad 2 will become available for purchase online and in retail stores. Early trade-in activity surrounding the original iPad suggests that that the iPad 2 will be in high demand. As with last year's original iPad and ...

Read more at: http://mashable.com/2011/03/07/ipad-2-buyers-guide-2/

Will Apple's iPad continue to dominate tabs for years to come?

So, isn't that what's going to happen in the tablet market, as Android erodes the dominating lead of iPad from Apple (AAPL)? As it stands, iPad, introduced a year ago and on March 11 to be available in its second iteration, owns at least 90 percent of ...

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So Far, Rivals Can't Beat iPad's Price

The new Apple iPad 2 at its launch event in San Francisco. Jeff Chiu/Associated Press Samsung Galaxy Tab at a product review in San Francisco last November. And what makes that feature even more compelling is that so far, Apple's competitors in tablets ...

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Rivals Pressured as Apple unveils iPad 2

Just as other tablets began entering the market, Apple earlier this week unveiled the latest iteration of its iconic iPad, dealing what some experts see a death blow to the prospects of rivals. Subscribe to The Economic Monitor to get the day's most ...

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Buyers of old iPad may get refund

Apple's new tablet iPad tablet device, which went on sale Saturday in the US has attracted many customers to its slimmer, 2-camera configuration. Apple has said it will give a partial refund to purchasers of the first generation of the iPad. ...

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Apple Drops the Other Shoe

Last week, Apple's ability to raise even the simplest innovation to the level of an epiphany was once again on display. Apple's chief evangelist, Steve Jobs, took the stage in San Francisco to unveil the second version of the iPad. ...

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Android Ekes Ahead of Apple, BlackBerry

By Daithi hAnluain | Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:56 pm Google's Android operating system now runs on more US smartphones than any other platform, according to market research firm Nielsen, as the software pulls market share from Apple's iPhone and Research in ...

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The Circuit: Apple considering unlimited music downloads, S. Korean government ...

By Hayley Tsukayama LEADING THE DAY:Apple is reportedly in talks with major record companies to negotiate unlimited music downloads of purchased music. The move would enable customers to listen to purchased music across multiple devices. ...

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Editorial: It's Apple's 'post-PC' world -- we're all just living in it

By Joshua Topolsky posted Mar 3rd 2011 7:56PM On Wednesday, Apple introduced the world to the iPad 2. A beautiful device, to be sure. Feature packed? You bet. Soon to be selling like hotcakes? Absolutely. But the introduction of an iteration on an ...

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What the iPad 2 Means for Your Wallet

By BRETT ARENDS What does Apple's new iPad 2 mean for you and your money? Here are five takeaways from Wednesday's product launch in San Francisco. Anyone who held off over Christmas can now get a better iPad for the same price as the old one. ...

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Apple Reveals IPad 2

By Roman Loyola, Macworld At a special event in San Francisco Wednesday, Apple unveiled the iPad 2, the follow-up to the original iPad it released last April. The iPad 2 features an all-new design along with new features including built-in cameras and ...

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Apple expected to ship 6.5M iPads in first quarter, 40M in 2011

By Sam Oliver Shipments of the iPad, including the second-generation model to be announced by Apple today, are expected to be between 6 million and 6.5 million in the first quarter of 2011, on their way to 40 million for the calendar year. ...

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Apple slams Microsoft's 'App Store' challenge

by Steven Musil Apple is defending its effort to trademark the phrase "App Store" against a Microsoft challenge, arguing the term is no more generic than the software giant's trademarked "Windows." Apple's applied for the trademark in 2008, ...

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Apple's iPad 2 unveiling viewed as 'crucial' to stay ahead of competition

By Neil Hughes With over a hundred tablets expected to come to market this year looking to take on the iPad, Apple's unveiling of its second-generation tablet on Wednesday will be a critical moment for the company, one analyst believes. ...

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