At a time when prices are being driven down across the spectrum of electronics, one company clearly has avoided this trap: Apple. While others struggle to squeeze profits from a market that is...

One of the great things about the iPhone is of course the App Store, which is a growing eco system of interesting applications. I tend to stick to the free ones, and not long ago I went and...

I have to say that I really hate the term "fan boy." It's usually used as a dismissive term to put down someone who speaks favorably of a product. It suggests that if you like a particular brand, it...

With the September 9th Keynote (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qquCcT6O8cs&feature=player_embedded) in our rear view mirror, we can begin to look back at it with a more unbiased eye, and explore some...

This wasn't a huge announcement I'll grant you that, but this is a lot more than liner notes. The Dylan example includes 13 previously unreleased versions of songs from Highway 61 Revisited along...

Yesterday was Apple's Keynote (http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/09/09/apple-rock-roll-keynote-podcast-itunes/), and you would think we would have learned by now that Apple rumors are meaningless. As...

Apple introduced a new feature today that lets you buy an album from iTunes complete with extra material like bonus recordings, video footage, lyrics and more. This is the kind of package I was...

Apple Insider (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/31/apple_expected_to_offer_iphone_on_new_u_s_carriers_within_a_year.html) reports this morning that Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is...

It certainly has been a roller coast ride of a month for Apple, and it continued this week with news they had allowed an iTunes competitor, Spotify (http://spotify.com/), to place an app in the App...

For years now, Apple has been on a heck of a ride creating pleasing products with a loyal customer base, but suddenly this month the tide seems to have turned, at least in the press. As my DaniWeb...

Today Dynamite Records, a fixture in Northampton, MA for more than 27 years shut its doors. Probably doesn't matter to most of my readers, but consider this news against the backdrop of figures...

Word came out yesterday that AT&T didn't have a great quarter (http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/23/news/companies/ATT_earns.reut/) (which ironically sent the stock price soaring because it wasn't as bad...

Apple released its third quarter numbers (http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/07/21results.html) yesterday and by any benchmark they were impressive. Consider these numbers as reported by Macworld...

I have news for you, I own an iPhone. My wife owns a Samsung Propel and she uses iTunes. It's just a tool to process video and MP3 files. You don't need to use an iPhone or an Ipod to use iTunes, and...

It was revealed yesterday that Apple began blocking Palm Pre users (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/16/AR2009071600811.html)from syncing with iTunes. Apparently the...

On June 15th, less than two weeks ago, the Apple Insider blog reported (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/15/apples_mac_sales_held_up_in_may_while_ipod_shipments_fell.html) that Apple sales...

Apple kicked off its annual World Wide Developer's Conference (http://developer.apple.com/WWDC/) on Monday, and it proved something very important; it could generate plenty of excitement without...

As usual Apple put on quite a show at the WWDC 09 Keynote (http://developer.apple.com/WWDC/) on Monday, but what struck me was the undercurrent of derision for its exclusive carrier AT&T. Tucked in...

The iPhone faces a critical test this month with several factors coming together to threaten the dominance of the popular smart phone. First of all there's the Pre, a shiny new comer that threatens...

Blog post says that next iPhone due for July 17th (for what it's worth).

http://www.appleiphoneapps.com/2009/05/source-reveals-specs-and-release-date-of-next-iphone/#

According to multiple sources, the Palm Pre is set to launch on June 6th, which happens to be the 65th anniversary of D-Day invasion (http://www.army.mil/d-day/). I guess we can call this the Pre-Day...

In February, 2008 I wrote a blog post called Is Apple Working on an eBook Reader: Does It Matter? (http://byronmiller.typepad.com/byronmiller/2008/02/is-apple-workin.html) Today, I would answer my...

Apple caves to pressure, adds Nine Inch Nails app to app store without changes:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/nin-app-store-update-approved-by-apple/

I can't really say what DaniWeb's policies are regarding different matters as I don't run the site, and I don't know what the Baby Shaker App was "supposed to do."

Apple can avoid this type of...

Stupid typo department: It is of course *Trent* Reznor, not Troy.

The App Store is a beautiful idea that is wildly successfu (http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4149.html)l, but Apple has a big App Store problem. They are trying to control the content in the Apps...

On Friday, a 13 year old named Connor Mulcahey from Weston, Connecticut had the distinct honor of downloading the one billionth app (http://www.apple.com/itunes/billion-app-countdown/) from the...

According the BBC report on the matter:

"The world's largest software maker said profit dropped by 32% to $2.98bn (£2bn). Sales slipped to $13.65bn."

But you're right. They did report a profit,...

The quarterly numbers are in the books for Google, Apple and Microsoft , and while Apple and Google made money, Microsoft failed to report a profit for the first time in 23 years as a public company....

Apple came out with its earnings report yesterday, and while all wasn't rosy for the Cupertino technology company, bottom line is they made money as earnings increased an impressive an impressive 8.7...

Thanks. If you can track down Ballmer's address, feel free to pass it along. :-)

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I've been fascinated by the recent series of Microsoft ads that go after Apple. On one hand I commended Microsoft for having a unified message in Microsoft Gives Apple the Full Court Press...

I opened up Google Reader this morning and found major rumors from our favorite corporate rivals Apple and Microsoft. For Apple it is the oft cited iTablet. For Microsoft, it's a supposed iPod Touch...

Hi:
I've been using PCs since DOS. I've used every version of Windows too and I have to disagree. I find Apple's hardware and software simply more elegant and smoothly integrated. Of course Apple...

I was a bit surprised to open my PaidContent.org newsletter (http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-ballmer-apple-is-too-expensive-for-this-economy-and-thats-why-msft-will/) this morning and find that...

For the better part of this decade Apple has created some amazing products from the Mac Book to the iPod to the iPhone. They've had an enormous technological and cultural impact, but even with all of...

Mart:
Thanks for the well researched comment. You are impressive and I stand corrected. I agree it's a stretch, but I see part of my job as a blogger is to try to make connections between news...

Good point. I didn't even bring up the patent stuff. I don't see Apple doing this, but nothing would surprise me really. Apple certainly does have the cash to win a pissing contest, but I don't seem...

You're right that they previewed some of the enterprise stuff last year to let people know this was coming, but the normal way of operatig for Apple is to keep it completely under wraps until the...

Lots of news from Apple this week. There is of course the new Shuffle (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/technology/personaltech/12pogue-email.html?em) which has the web abuzz with chatter because...