Apple Innovations Roundup for 03-18-07

Apple Innovation News

Avid investors prepped for Apple surprises at NAB
Apple Insider - 15 Mar 2007
Investment research firm PiperJaffray on Thursday cautioned shareholders of video production firm Avid Technology , Inc . that shares could experience some short - term volatility should Apple ...

BofA echos reports of flash-based Apple sub-notebook in 2H07
Apple Insider - 14 Mar 2007
Bank of America Securities this week joined a chorus of other Wall Street firms who say they believe Apple Inc . is working on flash - based notebook and video iPod designs for a release sometime ...

Apple's multi-touch technology seen spawning "mega-platform"
Apple Insider - 13 Mar 2007
Financial experts at UBS Investment Research say they believe Apple Inc . is developing a " mega - platform " based around its recently introduced multi - touch display technology that will facilitate ...

Apple TV manufacturing ramp up to begin as early as today
MacDailyNews - 12 Mar 2007
" With last minute graphics - related issues seemingly sorted out , Apple Inc . expects to begin manufacturing ramp up of its long - awaited Apple TV wireless media hub as early as Monday , " ...

Apple job posting seeks engineer for next-gen multi-touch displays
MacDailyNews - 9 Mar 2007
" Although traditionally tight - lipped , Apple Inc . in a recent job posting has revealed plans to incorporate multi - touch display panels in more of its future products , "

Apple Innovation Blogs

Real Apple Innovation
12 Mar 2007 by Painfree
Whilst Apple Inc often claims innovation, the current rumour that it may be about to introduce a flash memory based notebook would be real innovation. Flash memory has the advantages of ruggedness and low power consumption compared to ...
Painfree - http://painfreeblog.blogspot.com/index.html

Editorial: Vista - Where's my innovation? Microsof...
16 Mar 2007 by 3DCOOL.COM
In other words, where has the innovation and imagination that went into the early Windows builds gone? There are scores of readers and critics that have pointed out the features in Vista and said, “You know, Apple has had that for a ...
3DCOOL BLOGS - http://3dcool.blogspot.com/index.html

The Innovation Index unchanged, still beats US major indices ...
16 Mar 2007 by Sanjay Dalal
Alphabetical list of the top 20 Innovators of The Innovation Index and their stock ticker symbols: 3M Company - (NYSE: MMM) Amazon.com, Inc. - (NASDAQ: AMZN) America Movil - (NYSE: AMX) Apple Inc. - (NASDAQ: AAPL) ...
Creativity And Innovation Driving Business - http://creativityandinnovation.blogspot.com/index.html

How to create and mantain the Apple Cult? - Instituto de Empresa ...
I am not an Apple fan. However, I do admit that I admire their Marketing Management and the cult they have created around the Apple brand. In this story I will describe the purchasing process of an Apple product by a fan, and how both ...
Marketing Weblog - Instituto de Empresa... - http://marketing.blogs.ie.edu/

The Apple Google Juggernaut - $66 Billion - Overtaking Microsoft?

If Apple and Google merge, the combined company will amass estimated revenue of $66.1 billion in 2009, thereby eclipsing Microsoft, whose estimated annual revenue in 2009 will be $62.4 billion. It will be a merger unlike any other in the history of mergers, and will create a powerhouse that might just topple the mighty Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) from the throne. Google CEO Eric Schmidt loves Apple to say the least, and signaled that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is working more closely with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference this week. Schmidt joined the board of directors of Apple last year.

Apple, Google and Microsoft are three of the top 20 Innovators of The Innovation Index.

When Schmidt was asked by an investor on whether Google might be developing “Google phone” to compete with Apple's highly anticipated iPhone, Schmidt responded:"I don't want to comment on rumors, I will tell you that Google and Apple are doing more and more things together through the normal course of communications ... We have similar goals and similar competitors."Google and Apple are already working closely together; when Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, announced the iPhone in January, it came packaged with Google Maps. (Apple Rising)

Apple and Google, or should we say AppGoogle, or GoogApple, will be a force to reckon with.

Rest of the story at:
The Apple Google Juggernaut - $66 billion - overtaking Microsoft?

Apple Innovations Roundup for 03-07-07

Apple Innovation News

Apple could yield $900m from Adobe CS3 launch
Macworld UK, UK
Apple will profit from the launch later this month of Adobe's first design suite built from the ground up for Intel-based Macs, a financial analyst said on ...

Apple TV ei giochi: una conferma da iTunes?
Tom's Hardware Guide, Italy
Nella giornata di ieri Apple ha rilasciato iTunes 7.1 e QuickTime 7.1.5, due software popolari per sistemi Windows e Mac. Tra le novità incluse citavamo il ...

Apple's new iTunes update fails to fix Windows Vista problems
EETimes.com
Apple's latest update to the PC-version of its iTunes music software fails to address a number of compatibility issues with Microsoft's Windows Vista ...

Google perceives closer ties with Apple
Earthtimes.org - NEW YORK: Is Google planning to forge closer ties with Apple? There are indications. Google's chief executive Eric Schmidt almost said so when he was asked ...

Apple to open 35-40 new stores in 2007
ipodnn, CA
Apple is aiming to expand its retail presence in the US as well as abroad, with plans to open 35-40 stores in 2007 with more than 10 of those planned ...

Apple exec disses Vista as no threat to Leopard
Computerworld, MA
Apple Inc.'s CFO yesterday said Windows Vista is no threat to Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" and argued that the steep hardware ...

Keyspan Enhances TuneView Remote for Apple iPod
Xtvworld (press release), India
Keyspan updates its new iPod accessory, TuneView, a powerful wireless remote that lets you browse and fully control your Apple iPod. ...

Latest iTunes Release Hints At Apple TV Gaming Future?
Inside Mac Games, TN
As reported on several Mac websites, the recently released iTunes 7.1 apparently includes localized text strings referring to games and the Apple TV media ...

New Apple products soon? Signs point to "Yes"
Ars Technica, MA - I was reminded yesterday that March 24 is considered a "significant" Apple day, and that there may be some possibility of an announcement of some sort on ...

Intel Chief Praises Apple's iPhone
Top Tech News, CA
Apple's iPhone is forcing a new wave of mobile device innovation, and validates the superiority of Unix-like systems on mobile devices over Windows, ...

Apple: Mac Sales Accelerating on Leopard, Adobe Creative Suite 3
Seeking Alpha, NY
Prudential’s Jesse Tortora yesterday raised his rating on Apple to Overweight from Neutral, and increased his price target to $105 from $100. ...

Apple TV: also a casual games console system?
GamePro.com
Announced just two months ago, Apple TV is Apple's newest attempt in bringing downloadable iTunes content from computers to television screens. ...

Apple is most innovative company — Fortune
Macworld UK, UK
The annual Fortune report also puts Apple at number seven among the top twenty companies in the world, and in second place in the computers category (behind ...

Apple releases iTunes 7.1, QuickTime 7.1.5, more
Apple Insider, AL
Apple Inc. on Monday delivered a new version of its iTunes media software that bundles support for the company's upcoming Apple TV media hub. ...

NAND flash to play bigger role in future Mac and iPod models
Apple Insider
Apple Inc . plans extensive use of NAND flash memory in future Mac and iPod models , which will include a new sub - notebook and widescreen video iPod , according to one Wall Street analyst.Citing ...

iPhone will cost at least $499, Apple exec says
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Apple Inc . predicted that 10 million customers will pay at least $499 to buy an iPhone next year because they realize most free mobile phones are worthless." A lot of people pay zero for the ...

Apple Innovation Blogs

Apple P2P?
Writer Bob Cringely looks at Apple TV media extender and wonders why it needs a 40 GB hard drive. Obviously the drive will be used for video storage, similar to Tivo. But it's not clear why or how it... Continue.
P2P File Sharing - http://www.p2p-weblog.com/

Understanding Apple's DRM
by schneier
Very interesting article about Apple's DRM system, which they call "FairPlay."
Schneier on Security - http://www.schneier.com/blog/

Games on Apple TV, So What?
by Nick Santilli
Apple TV is one of the products from Apple that so many were waiting with bated breath to finally hear about. The unit offers some interesting media options, but ultimately little in the way of new and exciting. ...
The Apple Blog - http://theappleblog.com

Apple TV To Play Games On...TV?
Nothing official yet from Apple on this, mind, but that looks pretty official to me. Which means it looks like you'll be able to play your iPod games on your TV. Why the hell you'd want to is another matter. I believe there are other, ...
Kotaku - http://www.kotaku.com

Apple Mail How to Access Gmail Using Apple Mail
by Scott
Personally, I love Apple Mail. It is such a simplistic email application and is very easy to use. Switching back and forth between Outlook, Entourage, and Apple Mail all day long it makes me really appreciate how simple Mac apps are to ...
Mac Utopia - http://www.scottkellam.com

Apple I-Phone
Something all techies should have seen.
Digg / Apple / digg - http://digg.com/apple

Zune watch out: Apple patented doubleshot
by Ryan Block
Potentially unfortunately for Microsoft, three days ago Apple was granted patent 20070048470, for "Housing of an electronic device formed by doubleshot injection molding". Filed August 16, 2005 by, among others, Johnny "iPhone" Ive ...
Engadget - http://www.engadget.com

Intel Working Against Apple iPhone
by Jonny
Intel make all of the blazing fast processors which belong to Apple and their line of Hardware. However they are planning to work against them in the portable scene where the iPhone is concerned. Battery life is a major factor when ...
Lawsy.net - http://www.lawsy.net

Apple releases Backup 3.1.1 update
Apple today released Backup 3.1.1, the latest version of its backup software for .Mac users under Mac OX...
macminute - http://www.macminute.com/