Apple

New Apple TV revealed by the FCC is not smaller and only includes minor component changes

By chrissyboy6969, Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 a 1:49 pm

Yesterday, the FCC published details on a new Apple TV that appeared to be smaller than the current Apple TV third generation. This information led to widespread speculation that a new model of Apple TV was about to arrive with new features too. Unfortunately it appears that this is not the case, the dimensions will remain the same but the internal components will be subject to just minor changes.

Apple releases iOS 6.1, adds Siri movie ticket purchases in the U.S., wider LTE support, and more

By Joseph Keller, Monday, Jan 28, 2013 a 1:32 pm

Apple has released iOS 6.1 to the public. The update brings a number of improvements, including increased LTE support and the ability for users in the US to purchase movie tickets with Siri.

What’s really going on with Apple and its stock price in 2013?

By Chris Umiastowski, Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 a 12:40 pm

Here we go again. Another Apple quarter that demonstrates long term strength in its business, and another quarter where Wall Street is waving its hands in the air claiming that the business is broken. Apple shares are down over $50 (10%) as I write this.

Always remember value investor Benjamin Graham’s famous expression: In the short term the market acts like a voting machine. In the long term it acts like a weighing machine. Today, the voting machine dominates. But over the course of many product cycles, those daily votes amount to nothing. That’s why the market is volatile, and why I focus on long term investing.

Tim Cook sends out congratulatory email, announces Town Hall meeting

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 a 9:12 am

Just like last year, following another record-breaking -- if not Wall Street pleasing -- set of quarterly results, Apple's CEO Tim Cook sent out a congratulatory email to everyone on the team, and announced that they'd be rallying for a Town Hall meeting today at 10am PST/1pm EST. Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac scored a copy, here's the intro:

Tim Cook addresses rumors about Apple cutting orders, tells Wall Street to smarten the hell up

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 a 6:52 pm

While not specifically calling out the Wall Street Journal and Reuters for the lousy jobs they did reporting on supposed iPhone display order cuts and iPad display production halts respectively, Tim Cook went out of his way during Apple's Q1 2013 conference call to address supply-chain stories in general.

How Siri almost became Verizon -- and Android -- only

By Joseph Keller, Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 a 1:10 pm

Siri very nearly became a staple of the Droid line of Android phones before Apple purchased the company in 2010. Originally a standalone app available for iPhone, Verizon had signed a deal with Siri in late 2009 in order to put the service on every Droid phone, but the deal was cancelled after Apple purchased Siri for themselves. According to the Huffington Post:

When Apple swooped in to buy Siri, it insisted on making the assistant exclusive to Apple devices, and nixed the Verizon deal. In the process, it narrowly avoided seeing Siri become a selling point for smartphones powered by its biggest rival, Google.

Apple home pages through the ages

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 a 12:16 pm

Over the last 15 years, Apple launched a website, found their footing, and then refined their internet brand slowly but surely. Charlie Hoehn compiled the history of the Apple.com home page into a slide show and posted it on his site, charliehoehn.com:

Why Apple had to close at $500 on January 19

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Jan 19, 2013 a 3:49 pm

Joe Springer on Seeking Alpha proposed the following theory on why institutional money had a lot to gain by pushing Apple's stock price down to $500 by January 19, and a lot to lose if it had remained substantially higher.

Apple is losing its hip...!

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Jan 19, 2013 a 9:11 am

A very nice reality check from John Moltz's Very Nice Web Site:

Vincible

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Jan 18, 2013 a 3:32 pm

There were stories today that Apple slashed Retina iPad screen orders from Sharp. There was little context or analysis, and little attempt to tell the reader what it may and may not mean, simply citing one or two anonymous sources. It follows a similar story from the Wall Street Journal last week about iPhone 5 screen orders being cut, suffering from similarly poor context and analysis, citing similar sources.

There hasn't been a single Apple keynote yet this year. Tim Cook, Phil Schiller, Craig Federghi, Eddy Cue and Jony Ive haven't taken a single step onto a single stage, or shown off one atom of new hardware or one bit of new software or services. Yet Apple has taken a huge hit on the market and in mind share, areas they once dominated.