Apple has been the tech giant leading the way in a lot of ways, from profits to quality of its products to business growth. However, once in a while, there are those rare things in which another company is able to beat Apple to grab the top spot. For instance, Amazon was now able to score higher than Apple when it comes to online shopper satisfaction.
In more than one ways, Apple’s rise in recent years has been truly meteoritic. With the launch of its iDevices, Apple shot to a height of success and popularity in so brief a time that it must be a record in itself. Now, the company has beat the long-time king of the world of computing, IBM, to land at no. 17 spot on the Fortune 500 list of companies.
Dropbox was the first, and perhaps the most successful, cloud storage service that made the world realize how important cloud storage is. And sooner than later, a number of other tech giants such as Google, Apple and Microsoft had jumped the bandwagon, offering their own clouds. The best part is that this has increased the competition and the result is that users are offered greater storage and better services for free.
Rumor says Apple is preparing to launch a $799 MacBook Air by the second half of 2012. The price of this upcoming MacBook is $200 less than the company’s current cheapest model. Is it a new strategy against the new “Ultrabook” laptops that are coming to market? Could be. Hope, it’s not just a rumor.
We have seen mobile OS developers- iOS, Android, Windows, RIM and others- fighting for the top market position. Android lost their position during the holiday quarter. But after a long time, Android now holds almost two-thirds of the US. market. According to NPD Group’s report, Android has sold 61% of all US Smartphone.
iOS hackers are an intelligent lot. They often have a knack of knowing such secret details of iOS devices that one keeps wondering how on earth do they stumble across them. For instance, the notable iOS hacker, MuscleNerd, has sent ripples through the iOS community through a rather shocking announcement on his Twitter account.
Apple has been quite vigilant in rolling out updates for its iOS platform. This has been an excellent strategy since Apple keeps patching fixes for any bugs that are a part of the earlier release. Now, the company has announced the release of iOS 5.1.1 which goes on to take care of a number of bugs. The bugs which have been fixed in this release are mentioned below.
For long have the tech analysts been speculating about Apple’s plans of launching its own HDTV. While Apple hadn’t confirmed or refuted these rumors so far, a number of factors have been pointed that Apple will go for it. Now, an anonymous source of Cult of Mac has claimed that it has seen an actual prototype of an Apple HDTV.
China has increasingly been an important part of the tech world. Specifically, given the huge market that China is, it has immense potential for tech companies to market and sell their products. This is now manifest in the fact that in terms of total smartphone shipments, China has surpassed US to secure the top spot. And it has accomplished this with the help of huge sales that iPhone 4S is triggering.
In February, it was revealed that Google was bypassing Safari web browser’s privacy settings and was tracking users without their consent. Google quickly disabled its code responsible for the tracking and Apple then claimed it was “working to put a stop” to the issue. Now, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing to fine Google for its activities and efforts to circumvent privacy restrictions in Apple’s Safari web browser to stop user tracking through ads on numerous sites across the web.
Last year, when Kindle Fire was launched, a lot of us wondered that perhaps Apple had finally found a worthy contender. While that is not too wrong, Apple has now jumped back in the game. According to IDC’s report detailing quarterly tablet sales, Apple has been able to ship a whooping 67.8% of the total tablets sold during the first quarter of 2012.
Apple has been pretty strict about the guidelines governing iOS apps and their submission. In a way, that has been precisely the reason for the quality of iOS apps but at the same time, this has posed a significant number of problems for app developers. For instance, support forums of Dropbox are now reporting that Apple review team is blocking all such apps which make use of Dropbox’s SDK.
Samsung has long been competing Apple to grab hold of the top share of the smartphone market. Samsung already was able to beat Nokia to become the largest handset vendor globally this quarter. And now, although Apple has shown impressive growth, Samsung has improved lot more and is finally able to grab the top spot in the smartphone market in terms of market share.
iPhone concepts are becoming increasingly popular among designers. While Apple may not be as creative as these concepts, the concepts go on to show the limits of one’s imaginations while staying within the confines of practicality. This is precisely what this new iPhone concept design by Antonio De Rosa incorporates, being called ‘iPhone Plus.’
Apple has been releasing its new iPad in a lot of countries, though in phases. This shows Apple’s ambition to go really global, by ensuring the presence of its products in as many countries as possible. The primary bone of contention, when launching a device in a country, is to strike a deal with the local authorities as well as carriers. Apparently, Apple has accomplished both when it comes to Taiwan.
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