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Please, Tech Reviewers: No More 'Sexy' Gadgets, Begs Mat Honan
Please, Tech Reviewers: No More 'Sexy' Gadgets
opinion
Aug 14, 2011 3:59 PM CDT

Please, Tech Reviewers: No More 'Sexy' Gadgets

It's time to stop using this 'horrible cliche,' says Mat Honan

(Newser) - While we all love our smartphones, laptops, and other tech gadgets, it's inaccurate to refer to them as "sexy"—unless of course you plan to make love to them, says Gizmodo writer Mat Honan. The characterization has become so standard among tech reviewers, Honan believes it's...

Apple Nails Spot as World's Most Valuable Firm

Overtaking Exxon caps amazing turnaround

(Newser) - Steve Jobs, who says Apple was 90 days from bankruptcy when he returned to the company in 1996, wakes up today as chief of the world's most valuable company. Apple, which briefly overtook Exxon in trading Tuesday , was ahead of the oil giant at the close of trading for...

Tech Blogger Won't Face Charges Over iPhone Images

But two men who sold prototype aren't so lucky

(Newser) - Prosecutors said today they will not bring charges against a tech blogger who bought an Apple iPhone prototype after it was found at a bar in March 2010. San Mateo County Assistant District Attorney Morley Pitt said charges were not filed against Gizmodo's Jason Chen or other employees, citing...

Apple Becomes Most Valuable Company in World, Briefly

It overtakes Exxon for No. 1 spot before falling back again

(Newser) - For the first time since 2005, ExxonMobil found itself only the second-most valuable company in world: Apple briefly took the No. 1 spot today before relinquishing it. Analysts think a more permanent changing of the guard will happen soon, however. At one point today, Apple's market capitalization reached $347....

Chinese Retail's Latest Rip-Off: Ikea

Part of a movement to cash in on established brands

(Newser) - Why create knock-offs of specific items when you can knock off an entire brand? A warehouse store in China called 11 Furniture has adopted almost everything from Ikea—from staged rooms and minimalist furniture designs to tiny pencils and an in-store restaurant. It's part of a rapidly growing market...

Suicide-Plagued Foxconn to Swap People for Robots

In 3 years, it could use as many as 1M robots

(Newser) - Foxconn, the suicide-plagued maker of millions of Apple products in China, plans to use as many as one million robots on its assembly line within three years—compared to just 10,000 today, a Chinese report says. Increasing labor costs is a major driver behind the move, reports Reuters . "...

Apple's Got More Cash Than the US

At least if you compare the right numbers

(Newser) - It’s official: The people who made your Mac now have more money than your government. As of the end of the day yesterday, the US had a $73.8 billion operating cash balance, Business Insider reports. Apple, meanwhile, had $76.2 billion. The figures aren’t exactly analogous, notes...

Latest Buzz: New iPhone Is Radical Change

Leaked images reveal major changes, blog says

(Newser) - The next iPhone will be a much more radical departure from the iPhone 4 than Apple-watchers are expecting, according to Mobile Fun . The blog says it has received what it believes are genuine blueprints for the iPhone 5. The new phone, widely expected to be released in September, will have...

BlackBerry Maker Slashes 2K Jobs

Changes follow 12% drop in revenue

(Newser) - Research In Motion, the company that makes BlackBerry phones and tablets, is deleting about 2,000 names from its employee email list. The company announced it will cut the jobs—about 11% of its workforce—and reorganize its executives in order to better compete with Apple's iPhone and Google'...

5 Fake Apple Stores Outed in Single Chinese City

Two shops suspended during investigation

(Newser) - After an American blogger’s discovery of three fake Apple stores in a Chinese city, officials took action—and they uncovered 5 such stores in Kunming, the AP reports. Two of the stores have been suspended during the investigation, but officials couldn’t shut down the other three because they...

One Way Apple May Use All That Cash: Buy Hulu

With $76 billion in cash, pressure on Apple to buy something

(Newser) - Apple may have found something to do with its $76 billion in cash after all—the tech giant is eyeing Hulu, reports Bloomberg . Such a buy could cost Apple more than $2 billion, which would make Hulu the most expensive company Apple has ever purchased by far, topping the $400...

Apple Dumps the MacBook for New MacBook Air
Apple Dumps the MacBook for New MacBook Air
verdict: it's a winner
Jul 21, 2011 8:39 AM CDT

Apple Dumps the MacBook for New MacBook Air

Apple's new entry-level laptop has 11-inch screen, weighs 2.38 pounds

(Newser) - Apple unveiled its latest version of the MacBook Air yesterday, and it’s a beauty. The new machine runs the Lion OS, sports either a Core i5 or Core i7 processor, and has such bells and whistles as a backlit keyboard and a Thunderbolt port, the Christian Science Monitor reports....

What's Apple Going to Do With $76B in Cash?

Despite its scads of money, Apple is resisting calls to use it

(Newser) - Apple's war chest is bursting at the seams: The company is now sitting on $76.2 billion in cash, which happens to be more than the gross domestic product of 126 nations. Its sum has increased 15.8% just since March, thanks to a surprisingly strong quarter announced Tuesday—...

Fake Apple Stores Sprouting in China

Blogger uncovers ultimate Apple knock-off

(Newser) - Fake Apple products are common in China but some entrepreneurs have stepped it up a notch with entire fake Apple stores. Kunming-based blogger BirdAbroad stumbled across one such store, and found that its interior—and products—resembled the real thing so closely that she had to check online to make...

Apple Directors Discuss CEO Succession: Report

With Steve Jobs' ailing health, company looking at options: Journal

(Newser) - As much as Apple fans might believe otherwise, Steve Jobs might not be able to run the company forever. With the company CEO on another medical leave , some board members have held discussions with recruiters and the head of another big tech company to talk about succession, says the Wall ...

Apple Profit Shoots Up 125%



 Apple Profit Shoots Up 125% 
Jul 20, 2011 8:23 AM CDT

Apple Profit Shoots Up 125%

...and that's without any new product launches

(Newser) - Apple shocked analysts yesterday by posting a whopping 125% leap in its fiscal third-quarter profits—a feat it achieved without releasing any major new products in the past six months. And with a number of new products scheduled for the second half of 2011, this could be just the tip...

Mobile Social Networking: Google+ App Now on iPhone
 Google+ App  
 Now on iPhone 
Jul 19, 2011 5:32 PM CDT

Google+ App Now on iPhone

Adds pop-up notifications, photo uploads

(Newser) - Google+ has arrived as a free app for your iPhone. Its user interface is similar to Facebook’s, writes Josh Lowensohn at CNET , and it improves upon the mobile-browser version. It provides a way to upload photos from your phone, but it lacks video chat, and “the Circles organizing...

Apple's Profits Surge on iPhone, iPad Sales

Company again beats expectations

(Newser) - Apple's results trumped expectations for yet another quarter, the results lifted by the sale of 20.3 million iPhones—millions more than analysts expected; iPad sales came in at 9.25 million units, also above expectations. In other product categories, trends were less impressive. Sales of Mac computers were...

Apple Pays Off South Korean for iPhone Tracking

Lawyer snags $946 in compensation

(Newser) - A South Korean lawyer has drawn first blood in the battle to make Apple pay for its iPhone tracking glitch , scoring a 1 million won ($946) payout from the tech giant, Reuters reports. The lawyer, Kim Hyung-suk, originally sued Apple on his own for collecting his location data without his...

Amazon Plans to Launch Tablet Computer by This Fall
Amazon to Launch
iPad Rival by This Fall
tech rumor mill
Jul 13, 2011 6:27 PM CDT

Amazon to Launch iPad Rival by This Fall

It also plans a touch-screen Kindle: Wall Street Journal

(Newser) - Amazon will have a tablet computer of its own out by October to compete with the iPad, reports the Wall Street Journal . Insiders say the Android device will have a 9-inch screen but no camera. Amazon also plans two Kindle updates: One version will have a touch-screen and the other...

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