Phil Schiller, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, doesn’t post to his Twitter account very often. Mostly he has written innocuous messages wishing followers “Happy Christmas” or cheering on the world champion San Francisco Giants. Today, Phil tweeted a link to a ‘Mobile Threat Report’ from research company F-Secure. Most of the report highlights [...]
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Phil Schiller Tweets Link to Mobile Malware Report That Slams Android
Posted by Gary on March 8, 2013
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Lowball royalty offer from Apple holding up music streaming service – report
Posted by Gary on March 8, 2013
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Record labels are reportedly dissatisfied with a “cheap” offer made by Apple to obtain the necessary rights for a planned music streaming service.Apple’s initial offer of about 6 cents per 100 songs streamed is half the 12 cents per 100 songs that the current streaming leader Pandora pays. The labels believe Apple should pay about [...]
Report: iTunes totals 60 percent of digital music sales
Posted by Gary on February 28, 2013
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Music store has gone from iPod supplement to profitable enterprise Apple’s iTunes was originally conceived (and run for a number of years) as a more-or-less “break even” music service that was little more than a value-added feature driving buyers to the high-margin iPod line. Today, the iTunes empire pulls in $13.5 billion annually, of which [...]
Google planning Spotify-style subscription music service – report
Posted by Gary on February 24, 2013
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As rumors swirl of a Pandora-style Internet radio service from Apple, Google is said to be working on a paid subscription music service akin to Spotify.Google’s plans were revealed this week by both The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, which revealed that Google is currently in negotiations with music companies. The search giant [...]
Report: Mobile game spending beats handheld games in Q4 2012
Posted by Gary on February 22, 2013
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Nintendo, Apple claimed to be close in game revenues New research suggests that gaming on mobile devices is now a more lucrative market for developers than portable game systems. Spending on gaming apps in the Apple App Store and Google Play is said to be higher than for dedicated portable consoles from Sony and Nintendo [...]
Report: new Trojan aimed at OS X appears, using OpenSSH
Posted by Gary on February 20, 2013
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Not yet spotted ‘in the wild’ but could become a threat Anti-malware software maker Intego is confirming reports of a new OS X-based malware it called “Pintsized” that uses a modified version of OpenSSH to potentially set up a remote connection into Mac accounts, whereupon it could be used to snoop for private owner information. [...]
Report: Apple’s iTunes business second only to Samsung
Posted by Gary on February 12, 2013
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Sales from iTunes stores dwarf all other phone makers In an article that talks about the various industries Apple is involved in (and comparing them to others if they were separate businesses), Asymco’s Horace Dediu points out that Apple’s iTunes business — all by itself — is a monster corporation. It has an estimated gross [...]
Report: CACI provides ‘neutered’ iPads to US Government
Posted by Gary on February 9, 2013
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Modifications made to secure devices, prevent data theft Government contractor and security firm CACI International has modified thousands of iPads so that they meet US government security requirements, according to CACI CEO Dan Allen. The Arlington, VA company secures the devices by physically altering the hardware, rather than software modification. US iPad users include President [...]