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Apple confirms plans for 'green' data center in Oregon - Apple Insider
Last December, people familiar with the matter indicated that Apple was "nearing a decision" to build a server farm in Oregon. After a filing with the Crook County clerk's office emerged last week with Apple's name on it, the Cupertino, Calif., ...
Apple seen taking 5% of HDTV market, earning $17B in revenue - Apple Insider
The note from Reitzes also comes on the heels of a rumor from The Globe and Mail, which received information from an anonymous source on Monday that Canadian telecommunications companies Rogers and Bell Canada allegedly have an early version of the ...
Rogers, BCE rumored to already have Apple 'iTV' prototype in their labs - Apple Insider
An anonymous source disclosed to The Globe and Mail that both Rogers and Bell "already have the product in their labs," the newspaper reported on Monday. Another source familiar with the negotiations said Apple is open to working with multiple ...
Halliburton to ditch BlackBerrys in corporate transition to Apple's iOS platform - Apple Insider
The demand for such flexibility was driven in part Halliburton's customers, who desire mobile data-access apps for their own iPhone platforms, according to people familiar with the matter. The transition to iPhone represents a significant departure in ...
Former executives accuse Apple of ignoring supplier labor abuses - Apple Insider
“We're trying really hard to make things better,” a source said. “But most people would still be really disturbed if they saw where their iPhone comes from.” Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs asserted in 2010 that the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, ...
Apple's 'Bliss' e-textbook project inspired by Al Gore's 'Our Choice' - Apple Insider
The details come from a tip sent earlier in the week by an anonymous source. AppleInsider could not initially confirm any of the details and declined to publish a story. However, on Tuesday The Wall Street Journal published a story corroborating many ...
Designer Jony Ive reportedly has a 50-inch Apple television in his studio - Apple Insider
Citing an anonymous source who worked at Apple, USA Today revealed that the 50-inch television secretly resides in the "locked-down studio" of Ive. The person also reportedly said that Apple is looking to build an LCD television sized 42 inches or ...
Apple reportedly planning New York City media event this month - Apple Insider
Citing unnamed sources close to the event, All Things D reported on Monday that the Cupertino, Calif. tech company is reportedly planning to use the event as a platform for an advertising or publishing announcement, though specific services or deals ...
Apple teases Grand Central store will open 'soon,' Dec. 9 rumored - Apple Insider
But an anonymous source told the New York Post that the store is on track to open on Friday, Dec. 9. A media event is apparently being planned by Apple and railroad officials for that date, though the initial opening could be a VIP-only event with a ...
Pulled article claimed LG will make displays for 'iPad mini' & 4-in. iPhone - Apple Insider
Citing an anonymous source, the Times initially reported that Apple is working on both a smaller iPad, with a 7.35-inch screen, and a larger iPhone, with a 4-inch display. The Cupertino, Calif., company was said to have planned talks with display maker ...
Apple confirms no current plans to bring Siri to older devices - Apple Insider
By AppleInsider Staff Apple's engineering unit has reportedly confirmed that the company currently has "no plans" to support its Siri personal assistant feature on older devices, according to a person familiar with the matter. ...
Apple working with US energy company on North Carolina solar farm - Apple Insider
Leaf Solar Power, a renewable energy company based out of Lake Worth, Fla., is working with Apple on a new solar farm that will power its $1 billion data center, according to a person familiar with the ongoing project. Leaf Solar's involvement in ...
Siri development team one of the largest groups at Apple - Apple Insider
"To that end, Siri regularly uses a customer's nickname in responses, as well as those of other important people and places in his or her life," the report said, citing an anonymous source at Apple who worked on the project. ...
Apple blacking out vacation days during second week of October - Apple Insider
More specifically, the iPhone maker has in some locations blacked out vacation time for employees from October 9th through 12th and October 14th through 15th, according to people familiar with the matter. The first block of dates -- the 9th through the ...
Rumor: Apple investigating USB 3.0 for Macs ahead of Intel - Apple Insider
VR-Zone cites an anonymous source who claims Apple is "still looking" at USB 3.0 for future products and may beat Intel in supporting the standard. Though Apple has for some time been rumored to be planning on bringing USB 3.0 to the Mac, the company's ...
Apple's iTunes Match beta supports streaming music playback - Apple Insider
By AppleInsider Staff The developer preview of Apple's forthcoming iTunes Match service for iCloud contains early support for streaming music, according to people familiar with the matter. Apple seeded a new iTunes 6.1 beta with iTunes Match ...
Apple's struggles to meet 13-inch MacBook Air demand trigger price gouging - Apple Insider
Since the debut of the Sandy Bridge MacBook Airs over 4 weeks ago, people familiar with the matter say Apple has been unable to equip its indirect reseller channels with any significant stock of the more popular 13-inch models. ...
Apple's cheaper iPhone 4, new iPhone 4S with larger screen to debut in September - Apple Insider
However, the handset will have a bigger touch screen, better antenna and an 8-megapixel camera, according to one of the people familiar with the matter. Manufacturers Hon Hai and Pegatron have reportedly been asked to produce as many as 45 million ...
Developer reports app registrations from dual-mode 'iPhone 5' - Apple Insider
"Some registrations for the app – which the developer also asked not to be named – were logged from a new Apple device, using the MNC/MCC codes from both Verizon and AT&T," Wauters wrote. When the original iPhone arrived in 2007, it was a GSM-only ...
Rumor: Wireless carriers now testing secured iPhone 5 prototypes - Apple Insider
Tuesday's report from The Guardian, like Abramsky's note to investors, specifically disputes claims made on Monday by John Paczkowski of All Things D. Citing an anonymous source, he reported that Apple will launch its next iPhone in October, ...
Kodak may sell patent being used in lawsuits against Apple, RIM - Apple Insider
"Kodak is concerned an investor might try to gain control of the patents -- which could be worth more than the company's market value of $650 million -- by buying up a big stake in Kodak itself, a person familiar with the matter said," author Dana ...
Apple Store taken down overnight for Order Status beautification - Apple Insider
More specifically, the previously-schedule maintenance saw upgrades to the Online Order Status component for the Apple online stores in the US, Canada, and Mexico, according to people familiar with the matter. An internal memo regarding the matter ...
Briefly: Borders on the brink; ITC spooks Android vendors; 3G iPad 2 on China ... - Apple Insider
The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that, according to people familiar with the matter, a bidding deadline to buy the nation's second-largest bookstore chain and rescue it from bankruptcy had passed without any offers that would keep the company ...
Apple's chief patent lawyer to leave company - Apple Insider
Richard "Chip" Lutton Jr. is set to leave Apple, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing an anonymous source. BJ Watrous, former deputy general counsel at Hewlett Packard, has already filled the role as chief intellectual property counsel, as indicated on ...
Apple's new MacBook Airs to bring back backlit keyboards - sources - Apple Insider
According to people familiar with the matter, backlit keyboards will join the string of hardware enhancements planned for the new 11.6- and 13.3-inch notebooks, which are also expected to adopt high-speed Thunderbolt ports, an upgrade to Intel's Sandy ...