According to Reuters, Apple iDevices, along with Android tablets and similar devices could soon come under the weight of a new culture tax in France. Seeking to fund cultural projects amidst the European financial crisis, former Canal Plus CEO Pierre Lescure has alluded to the plans, citing that consumers spend much more money on hardware than on…
1. MiniPlayer tweak This cool little tweak brings the iTunes mini player right to your iOS device. This isn’t really groundbreaking or anything, but it’s the customization like this that makes jailbreaking so great. Apple would never allow a customer to choose between the standard music controls and something like this, but jailbreaking gives iOS users…
Pegatron, a company based in Taiwan that manufactures devices for Apple, is predicting a big loss this quarter, its largest in six quarters. The company, which also manufactures many other devices for other companies, is expecting a 25%-30% drop in revenue this quarter compared to last. The company currently earns more than half of its revenue from…
With WWDC tickets selling out in 180 seconds, I imagine that most, if not any of you, got tickets. But don’t despair, because if you still want to attend an iOS based conference this year, then why not head on over to New Rochelle, N.Y, on August 23 and 24, for JailBreakCon 2013. Tickets for the conference, which began as MyGreatFest in 2011, are on…
With WWDC fast approaching, tickets for Apple’s massive developer event are on sale now! The tickets are available from Apple’s developer website, and are restricted to one per-person, and 5 per-organisation. WWDC offers developers the chance to visit app workshops and hands on labs. There’s also the developer awards, and of course, some exciting…
Earlier I talked about how AT&T totaled a crazy 4.8 million iPhone activations, beating out Verizon’s 4 million iPhone activations last quarter. Sprint, the 3rd place carrier in the US, had a total of 1.5 million activations. This doesn’t seem like much, and in comparison, it wasn’t. However, all three of these combined to amount to 10.3 million, which…
TiP Daily April 23, 2013: Apple announced it’s Q2 2013 earnings, hints at breaking into new product categories, weighs in on bigger iPhone, and more! – Apple Q2 financial results: http://tinyurl.com/a6pp9x4 – Larger screen iPhone: http://tinyurl.com/avjh8k6 – Apple and “new product categories”: http://tinyurl.com/a7o537n – Follow me on…
As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Apple held its quarterly earnings call earlier today. The iPhone maker has gradually building a presence in Great China, as demonstrated by the numbers coming from today’s announcement. Apple first began publishing statistics for Greater China last quarter of this year, reporting an impressive 67% year-over-year growth…
We’ve all been waiting with anticipation to see how well Apple did during its second fiscal quarter of 2013. Turns out, it was about as well as many analysts expected. Apple just posted $43.6 billion in revenue and a profit of $9.5 billion. Many predicted that profit would be down on the same quarter last year, which it was, as Apple made $11.6 billion…
Amidst growing speculation over Apple’s fiscal performance in the first quarter of 2013, Apple has announced its Q1 earnings call, to be heard at 2pm PT on Tuesday, April 23. The conference call will take place one hour after Apple’s earnings are made public, with a live Webcast for watchers. Apple’s earnings call comes at a critical time for the…
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