With the new iPad tablet computer due to be released in a few weeks, the iPad accessory market is starting to liven up as well, with a plethora of companies ready to roll out add-ons for the iPad.
Apple had a very good year last year despite a global recession, and today Steve Jobs will have a chance to talk about that with Apple investors, in addition to outlining how he plans to have yet another stellar year.
Apple’s chief operating officer has declared that his employer does indeed identify itself as a “mobile device company” and takes pride in its ability to effectively manage both the hardware and software of its mobile devices.
It seems that developing that new ARM processor for the new iPad tablet computer will wind up costing Apple about $ 1 billion, leaving some people wondering about the investment.
Apple would like to lower the iTunes price for single television show episodes to just 99 cents, an idea that some television executives are greeting with skepticism and not a little animosity.
It looks like the morals squad at the Apple App Store has moved back into high gear and has begun a process of removing apps with sexual content from online sales in iTunes.
It seems that some provisions in the Apple deal with book publishers for the iPad will work to keep prices down, especially on the most popular books, such as those from the New York Times best seller list.
Publishers say that they require more information about users than Apple usually divulges. Apple’s stance on user privacy may threaten the marriage between the iPad and the publishers of books, magazines and newspapers.
Speech-to-text wizard Nuance Communications has acquired MacSpeech, the leading provider of speech recognition solutions for Apple computers, in order to extend it’s reach into the Mac realm.
A number of cellular system operators have decided to gang up on Apple as a new way to fight the leader in the cell phone app wars, joining forces to go up against Apple and the App Store.
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