Tag Archives: Apple

Apple OS X Mountain Lion Coming This Summer

Posted on February 16, 2012 by lanceturner

A new update for OS X, now in developer hands, is set to launch this summer. “Inspired by iPad” indeed. Things are getting more iOSy in the Mac desktop. Among the new, but familiar, features: Messages, which you can download … Continue reading →

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Samsung Product Manager: TVs Are About Picture Quality

Posted on February 13, 2012 by lanceturner

Samsung AV product manager Chris Moseley, talking to UK gadget review site Pocket-lint, about the possibility of an Apple television and what it might mean competitively: “TVs are ultimately about picture quality. Ultimately. How smart they are … great, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Tech | Tagged Apple, Apple TV, Brian Ford, Business, Chris Moseley, John Gruber, Pocket-lint, Samsung, tech, TV | 1 Comment

Ron Johnson Begins the Retail Revamp at JC Penney

Posted on January 26, 2012 by lanceturner

See that image above? That’s former Apple retail store chief Ron Johnson’s full-page ad in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, and it heralds a new era for JC Penney, the lagging department store chain Johnson now leads as CEO. From The … Continue reading →

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Things to Consider About Apple’s Monster 1Q Earnings

Posted on January 25, 2012 by lanceturner

Yep. Apple pretty much killed it yesterday. Top line, from its first-quarter earnings announcement: The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. These results compare to … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Internet, Media, Tech | Tagged Apple, Dan Frommer, DaringFireball, earnings, Exxon Mobil, Farhad Manjoo, Google, iPad, iPhone, iPod, John Gruber, Mac, Matt Richman, SplatF, tech, Verizon, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | Leave a comment

On HBO GO and Cutting Cable

Posted on December 21, 2011 by lanceturner

MG Siegler’s open letter to HBO: I’d gladly pay you upwards of $19.99 a month for direct access to HBO Go without a cable subscription. Netflix charges $7.99 a month for their streaming service right now, but thanks to your … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Internet, Media, Tech, TV | Tagged Apple, HBO, HBO GO, HD, MG Siegler, television, TV | Leave a comment

‘Talking to Network Executives Isn’t Like Talking to Siri’

Posted on November 16, 2011 by lanceturner

Andy Ihnatko in Macworld today, contemplating the hot topic du jour, the full-on Apple TV: Siri, iCloud, and most importantly deals to license content in such a way that the user won’t feel like they have to feed coins into … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Internet, Media, Tech, TV | Tagged Andy Ihnatko, Apple, Apple TV, Boxee, Google, Google TV, Hulu, Macworld, Media, Netflix, Roku, Shawn Blanc, Siri, Sony, tech, TV | Leave a comment

Businessweek on Apple’s Master of the Supply Chain

Posted on November 4, 2011 by lanceturner

In Bloomberg Businessweek this week: About five years ago, Apple (AAPL) design guru Jony Ive decided he wanted a new feature for the next MacBook: a small dot of green light above the screen, shining through the computer’s aluminum casing … Continue reading →

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How AFCO Steel in Little Rock Help Build the New Pixar Headquarters

Posted on November 3, 2011 by lanceturner

Last week, I wrote about an Arkansas connection to Steve Jobs, whose biography notes that, around 2000, Jobs chose steel from an Arkansas mill to build Pixar’s Emeryville, Calif., headquarters. The steel manufacturer isn’t named in the biography, but it … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Tech | Tagged A Bug's Life, AFCO Steel, Apple, construction, DPR Construction, Facebook, Flik, Jim Ginn, Pixar, Steve Jobs | Leave a comment

Frommer: The Trouble with ‘Apps As TV Channels’

Posted on November 2, 2011 by lanceturner

Dan Frommer lays out the myriad obstacles to the “Apps As TV Channels” model everyone is talking about. Bottom line: The people running TV networks are not dummies. They may be slow to adopt new technology, but they’re not stupid. … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Internet, Media, Tech, TV | Tagged Apple, apps, Business, Dan Frommer, Internet, Media, SplatF, TV | Leave a comment

PBS ‘One Last Thing’ Documentary on Steve Jobs Airs at 9 Tonight on AETN