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Nearly 500K ‘app-conomy’ jobs since 2007

Ronald O Carlson — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:01:53 +0000

Apple and Facebook started the ball rolling and have directly paid out billions to developers to date. Insatiable hater vituperation aside, the iOS space is still far n’ away the most lucrative and innovative place for devs to be. However, like so many created in Silicon Valley innovations, the app-conomy has taken on [...]
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Apple enters New Year fat, happy and confident

Ronald O Carlson — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:14:54 +0000

Since Apple’s latest smartphone sensation shipped on Friday, October 14, it has been listed as out-of-stock on Apple Stores and at third-party resellers worldwide, meaning that ordering one probably meant waiting a week or more. That has finally changed with Apple and the great majority of its partnering showing immediate availability — yeah.

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The riot didn’t happen and iPhone 4S is on sale in China

Ronald O Carlson — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:49:47 +0000

There were riots outside Apple’s Chinese stores and the iPhone 4S isn’t being sold there as a result, right? Actually, the “news” of the non-events in Beijing are much more exciting than the real events once you drill into the details. And, isn’t it interesting that the people who showed to buy iPhones [...]
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iPhone 4S in China: Attack of the red caps

Ronald O Carlson — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:56:19 +0000

Every time a new iPhone goes on sale someplace, there will be lines. Though we’ve seen plenty of this kind of drama captured on film and in pictures around the world, nothing quite compares to what’s going on outside Apple Stores and resellers in China as the iPhone 4S launches.

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Apple cracks down on pirate site Apptrackr

Ronald O Carlson — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:01:49 +0000

The mothership has gotten heat from developers and pundits over its apparent inaction vis-a-vis app piracy, a problem observers say has only gotten worse in recent months. Although criticism of Apple is unlikely to subside, the biggest iOS pirate site has been pushed off shore and the problem has moved to countries ‘that [...]
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Heart of the iPhone comes home

Ronald O Carlson — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:59:37 +0000

An almost surreal war of words has been playing out over the last few days. Whereas Apple centric news outlets and fan blogs have been singing Apple’s praises for bringing A5 processor manufacturing “back” to the US, a whole host of others have gone to great lengths to explain why it doesn’t matter [...]
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iPhone 3GS: Still selling millions

Ronald O Carlson — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:59:16 +0000

If someone asked me which is selling better, iPhone 3GS vs iPhone 4, I would certainly pick the model with the faster processor, graphics and camera. However, there’s another reason to choose Apple’s nearly three-year-old smartphone — price — and buyers in their millions like free.

Introduced by Phil Schiller (Steve Jobs was [...]
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Motorola wins first round in German ‘patent’ fight

Ronald O Carlson — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:41:48 +0000

Although it’s being reported as a patent legal fight, what Apple and Motorola are fighting over is over payment — the patent involved has been deemed a critical technology that cannot be withheld and must be offered on FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) terms. For whatever, Motorola thinks it’s owed four times the [...]
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Designed in California, Indústria Brasileira

Ronald O Carlson — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:50:56 +0000

Or, put another way, not assembled here. Apple and its manufacturing partner, Foxconn, have set up shop in Brazil and the first fruits of that labor are rolling off the line and the locals are pleased as punch. The switch is on, but will any of these jobs ever come home?

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Leading or just clinging on? iPhone tops smartphone charts

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:14:49 +0000

When it comes to statistics, some folks are stuck, neck deep, in last quarter’s shipment numbers. Much like Plato’s shadow watchers, they can only bask in the shipped vs. sold reflections of glories past. Oddly, ow matter how many units Android sellers sell, they’re perennially also rans — more isn’t best unless you [...]
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