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Apple Files Patent for Possible 'SmartWatch'

'Wearable accessory device' patent describes flexible display for wrist

(Newser) - The "iWatch" gossip watch is continuing to tick down. Apple filed a patent application today outlining a flexible screen with a "slap-wrap" bracelet you can wear on your wrist, described as a "wearable accessory device," reports Mashable . Among the possibilities described for the device: "a...

New Google Project: Touchscreen Laptops

Chrome-based devices to arrive this year

(Newser) - Google is at work on a new kind of Chromebook: one with touchscreen capabilities, the Wall Street Journal reports. The laptops should be out later this year, though the exact date is still unclear, as is the identity of the company handling the hardware. While sales of existing Chromebooks are...

Apple Says Hackers Infected Employee Macs

Attack is similar to one that hit Facebook, others

(Newser) - Apple says a small number of employee Macs at its offices were infected by malicious software, in an attack similar to the one Facebook acknowledged last week . In both cases, computers were infected through software downloaded from a site for software developers. The attacks took advantage of flaws in Oracle'...

Coming to a Mall Near You: Google?

It's considering retail stores, but no word on where, or when

(Newser) - First Microsoft jumped on the retail-store bandwagon; now Apple stores could face another rival. Google is considering opening its own retail stores, sources tell the Wall Street Journal , but we may not see them for quite a while. An insider says the company may not move on the plan this...

Apple Is Like a Failing Religion
 Apple Is Like a Failing Religion 
OPINION
Feb 13, 2013 1:57 PM CST

Apple Is Like a Failing Religion

And Tim Cook isn't infallible, Heidi Moore argues

(Newser) - Tim Cook had a difficult job to do at yesterday's Goldman Sachs conference. It would be hard for any CEO to explain why a company's share price has lost a third of its value in six months. But Cook "is not just any CEO," points out...

Tick Tock: Apple Working on &#39;iWatch&#39;
 Tick Tock: Apple 
 Working on 'iWatch' 
rumor mill
Feb 13, 2013 7:48 AM CST

Tick Tock: Apple Working on 'iWatch'

Rumors about wristwatch-like device build up

(Newser) - Coming soon: an iPad you can wear on your wrist? Reports are piling up that Apple is working on what some are calling the "iWatch," a wristwatch that would perform functions similar to the iPhone and iPad. The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal first reported...

Why Steve Wozniak Hates the First Steve Jobs Movie Clip

Scene from 'jOBS' isn't accurate, he complains (but later cools down)

(Newser) - The first clip from the Steve Jobs movie jOBS came out this week , and one of the main players isn't too happy. Steve Wozniak complains to Gizmodo that the clip (with Ashton Kutcher as Jobs) isn't accurate. Here's a sample:
  • In a comment on the website: "
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Apple Finds 106 Underage Workers in Factories

Most of the cases were at one plant in China

(Newser) - Apple's own audit of its supply chain turned up 106 underage workers at overseas plants last year, reports the Guardian . Most of the violations—74 of them—occurred at one China facility. The kids were ordered home, and Apple cut ties with the plant, which makes components for circuit...

Exxon Mobil Passes Apple as No. 1 Company

It regains title of most valuable company

(Newser) - Apple's disappointing earnings report has cost it some bragging rights: Thanks to declining stock shares, the company had a market value of $412.7 billion as of midday. That means Exxon Mobil regains the title of "world's most valuable company" at $417.5 billion, the AP reports....

Apple Shares Fall After Flat Earnings

Company's streak of big increases in profit ends

(Newser) - Apple's profit surge halted in the latest quarter, as a flood of new products such as the iPhone 5 meant high start-up costs for new production lines. Apple posted net income for the October-to-December quarter that was flat with the year before. It was the first time in years...

Today's Huge Tech News: Apple's Earnings

Barclays analyst calls Apple's post-report call 'most important ... in years'

(Newser) - A dark cloud is hovering over Apple's collective head: Analysts expect today's earnings report, to be released after the closing bell, to show the company's first drop in profits since 2003. Their estimates, as reported by Bloomberg and the Los Angeles Times , peg the fiscal Q1 net...

Top 10 Companies for 2013
 Top 10 Companies for 2013 
forecast
Jan 17, 2013 4:50 PM CST

Top 10 Companies for 2013

Apple, of course, makes forecasters' list, along with Pfizer, Walmart

(Newser) - The prognosticators at 24/7 Wall Street are out with their annual predictions on which companies will be the most profitable in 2013. And, yes, Apple is expected to retain its No. 1 spot—by a wide margin. Here is the forecast with expected 2013 earnings, via MarketWatch .
  • No. 1: Apple,
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Soft Demand? Apple Reins In iPhone Orders

Market share slipping, firm orders half the number of screens it had intended

(Newser) - The iPhone 5 may not be selling quite so well as Apple planned. Insiders tell the Wall Street Journal that lower demand has prompted the company to cut parts orders for the January-March quarter. Apple is reportedly ordering just half the screens it had intended to order, a move that...

Samsung&#39;s Secret? &#39;Try Everything&#39;

 Samsung's Secret? 
 'Try Everything' 
OPINION
Jan 11, 2013 12:30 PM CST

Samsung's Secret? 'Try Everything'

Samsung's 'see-what-sticks strategy' actually works

(Newser) - Samsung's success secret isn't terribly sexy: It became the world's largest tech company by revenue—bigger than Apple, Google, Amazon, or Facebook—by flooding the market with dozens of options in a "see-what-sticks strategy" that has more than worked, writes Farhad Manjoo in Slate . Rather than...

Cheaper iPhone's Rumored Price: $99-$149

Apple reportedly already talking to carriers

(Newser) - Apple has already talked to at least one major US wireless carrier about its plans to unveil a new, cheaper iPhone , with a prospective retail price of between $99 and $149, a source tells Bloomberg . The phone would debut in late 2013 at the earliest, the source said. Apple execs...

Apple May Unveil Cheaper iPhone This Year

Wall Street Journal says long-held plans are advancing

(Newser) - Apple is working on a less-expensive iPhone that could be out later this year, reports the Wall Street Journal . The report doesn't say how cheap it might be, only that Apple would bring down costs by making the body out of plastic instead of aluminum and using more recycled...

Looks Like Apple Is Testing New iPhone, iOS

Developers spot tell-tale sign

(Newser) - Enjoying that new iPhone 5 you got for Christmas? Well, Apple may already be working to make it a dinosaur. The tech giant already appears to be testing a new iPhone with a new version of iOS, developers tell The Next Web . App usage logs for some of Apple's...

Tim Cook&#39;s Salary Jumps 51%



 Tim Cook's Salary 
 Jumps 51% 
Dec 27, 2012 9:39 AM CST

Tim Cook's Salary Jumps 51%

... But pay remains well shy of massive 2011 figure

(Newser) - On paper, Tim Cook's total pay fell by around $374 million this year—even though his salary jumped 51%. According to a new regulatory filing, Cook's total compensation for 2012 is valued at $4.17 million, Bloomberg reports. That may not sound like much next to the $378...

Amazon Reigns Again Among Online Stores
 Amazon Reigns Again  
 Among Online Stores 
SURVEY SAYS
Dec 27, 2012 9:26 AM CST

Amazon Reigns Again Among Online Stores

JCPenney, Apple, and Dell all see drops in satisfaction

(Newser) - There's no question who's king of the online retail jungle. Amazon came out on top once again in ForeSee's annual Holiday E-Retail Satisfaction index, which measures how happy customers were with their shopping experience. It's the eight straight year Amazon has come out on top, CNET...

Apple, Google Facebook, Amazon: The Tech War Cometh

Four digital giants increasingly eyeing others' turf in 2013: WSJ

(Newser) - Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple are widely considered the kings of digital world. But as they look to grow further, increasingly they will need to target each other's turf, dramatically raising the stakes in cyber conflicts in 2013, reports the Wall Street Journal .
  • Google. Perhaps the most wide-ranging of
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