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Protests over Baby Shaker iPhone app put Apple on the spot

By now you’ve probably heard of the scandal that erupted over the past few days over a “Baby Shaker” app that debuted on Monday. Apple pulled it from its App Store Wednesday after a public outcry. The 99-cent app presented a crying baby the user ...

From DAVID ZEILER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  25 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Steve Jobs,  AT&T Inc.

Thanks to iPhone, Apple blows away earnings expectations

Apple may not quite be recession-proof, but it’s darn close. Reporting earnings for the March quarter yesterday, Apple exceeded Wall Street expectations by a resounding 24 cents per share. Its profit of $1.21 billion translated to $1.33 per share, well ...

From DAVID ZEILER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  23 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Tim Cook (politician),  Gartner, Inc.,  AT&T Inc.

You’ll get used to $1.29 songs at the iTunes Store

It’s been a week. Are you still hopping mad about Apple introducing a triple-tiered pricing scale at the iTunes Store that tops out at $1.29? Maybe some of you still are. But in all probability you’ll get over it in time. And if you bought music from ...

From DAVID ZEILER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  15 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Wal-Mart

Demise of HomePage may rankle some long-time MobileMe subscribers

Though not a complete surprise, Apple’s email to MobileMe subscribers Thursday announcing that HomePage -- the old .Mac Web page creation utility -- would be shut down for good as of July 7 nevertheless has caused some consternation. Anyone who made ...

From DAVID ZEILER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  10 Apr 2009

Palm Pre won’t hurt Apple; BlackBerry, iPhone rule smartphone kingdom

Whatever success the Palm Pre may enjoy, it won’t come at the expense of Apple. According to the latest ChangeWave Research survey on smartphones, only 1 percent said they were “somewhat likely” to but a Pre. No iPhone owners were “very likely” to buy ...

From DAVID ZEILER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  8 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Steve Jobs

Mac-toting UVA freshmen rise 925 percent over 5 years

A dramatic shift in the Mac to PC ratio at the University of Virginia over the past five years is nothing short of a Machead fantasy. After languishing around the neighborhood of 4 percent for years, the Mac began a startling rise among first-year ...

From DAVID ZEILER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  5 Apr 2009
Related Topics: U S News

It’s official: Microsoft scared of Apple

It’s most recent TV ad, “Lauren,” showing a perky young woman shopping for a laptop with a 17-inch screen that costs under $1,000, mentions the Mac by name. One of the generally principals of advertising is to avoid mentioning a competitor by name. ...

From DAVID ZEILER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  2 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Steve Ballmer,  Hewlett-Packard,  Best Buy Co., Inc.

More from PWN2OWN winner Charlie Miller: It’s the apps, not Mac OS X

I know the notion of Mac vulnerability is unpopular, but Miller makes convincing arguments (see the full interview below). And unlike vendors of anti-virus software, Miller and the company he works for – Baltimore-based Independent Security Evaluators – ...

From DAVID ZEILER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  27 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Charlie Miller,  National Security Agency,  Google Inc.

Am I really one of them? A review of the MacHEADS documentary

If you’re a veteran Mac user, and particularly if your loyalty traces back to the earliest days of the Mac, the documentary film MacHEADS is about you. The mirror that Israeli filmmakers Kobi and Ron Shely hold up to the Mac community is at turns ...

From DAVID ZEILER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  25 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Steve Jobs,  Guy Kawasaki

Would-be iTunes Store killer SpiralFrog goes extinct

The ad-supported music Web site SpiralFrog went dark Friday just short of 18 months after it launched with the goal of luring customers from pirate sites. The music was free, but only as long as the customer maintained a subscription. Songs could not ...

From DAVID ZEILER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  21 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

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