Apple
Apple mum on its next big thing
LOS ANGELES -- Jonathan Ive, Apple's senior vice president of industrial design, said that despite the iMac, iPhone, iPod or iPad, Apple's current project is its best.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Business
App scans bar-goers to track age, gender
SAN FRANCISCO — A watchful eye has arrived on San Francisco's bar scene, but not to keep you in check. It just wants to check you out.
Date: 05/19/2012 | Business
Latest Apple rumor: Bigger iPhone screen
LOS ANGELES -- Apple has begun preparing to launch an iPhone with a larger screen than its previous models, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Business
Apple's blowout quarter propels Nasdaq to big gain
NEW YORK -- The Nasdaq composite index shot 2 percent higher Wednesday, powered by a surge in Apple. The iPhone maker's stock climbed $50 after the company once again blew past Wall Street's profit forecasts.With Apple's help, the technology-focused Nasdaq posted its best day this year.
Date: 04/26/2012 | Business
Instagram users fret about Facebook buy
NEW YORK -- Poor Instagram users.
Date: 04/15/2012 | Business
Apple denies e-book charge
WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. said Friday the government's accusation that it conspired with major book publishers to raise the price of e-books is untrue.
Date: 04/14/2012 | Business
Facebook buying photo app Instagram for $1B
NEW YORK -- Facebook is spending $1 billion to buy the photo-sharing company Instagram in the social network's largest acquisition ever.On the surface, that's a huge sum for a tiny startup that has a handful of employees and no way to make money.
Date: 04/11/2012 | Business
Apple market value briefly hits $600 billion
NEW YORK -- Apple, already the world's most valuable company, hit the $600 billion level for the first time Tuesday.
Date: 04/10/2012 | Business
Chinese teen sells kidney to buy iPhone, iPad
BEIJING -- Authorities have indicted five people for involvement in illegal organ trading after a teenager sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPhone and an iPad.
Date: 04/08/2012 | Nation & World
Apple plans nation's biggest private fuel cell energy project in N.C.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina will be home to the nation's largest private fuel cell energy project, a nonpolluting, silent power plant that will generate electricity from hydrogen.
Date: 04/04/2012 | Business
Apple's Chinese suppliers to raise wages, curb overtime
NEW YORK -- The Chinese workers who often spend more than 60 hours per week assembling iPhones and iPads will have their overtime curbed and their hourly wages raised after a labor auditor hired by Apple Inc. inspected their factories.
Date: 03/30/2012 | Business
New iPad more expensive to make
NEW YORK -- Apple appears to be making less of a profit from each new iPad than it did when it launched the previous model a year ago, according to a research firm's analysis.
Date: 03/20/2012 | Business
Chinese writers say Apple is a book pirate
BEIJING -- A group of prominent Chinese writers have demanded millions of dollars in compensation from technology giant Apple Inc. for allegedly selling unlicensed versions of their books in its online store, a lawyer said Monday.
Date: 03/20/2012 | Business
Apple hits $600 per share after announcing dividend
Apple's stock closed above $600 for the first time Monday, the day the company announced plans to reward shareholders with a dividend and a share buyback program.The stock rallied in the final minutes of trading to close at $601.10, an increase of $15.53, or 2.7 percent.
Date: 03/19/2012 | Business
First look: New iPad's changes welcome, but a bit underwhelming
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It's appropriate that Apple Inc. is calling the updated version of its hit tablet simply "the new iPad," rather than "iPad 3."That's because the differences between this iteration and the last, while significant, aren't really enough to merit a new number.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Business
Long lines for new iPad
MADISON, Wis. -- Apple's latest iPad drew the customary lines of die-hard fans looking to be first and entrepreneurs looking to make a quick profit.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Business
Public radio's 'This American Life' retracts Apple story
CHICAGO -- The public radio program "This American Life" on Friday retracted a story about what a monologist said he found while investigating Apple operations in China, citing "numerous fabrications."
Date: 03/17/2012 | Business
Heavy demand expected for iPad
NEW YORK -- Let the wild rumpus start.The customary storefront crowds are expected to gather as Apple's latest iPad goes on sale Friday. Long lines are likely even though customers could have ordered the new tablet computer ahead of time for first-day home delivery.
Date: 03/16/2012 | Business
Apple iPad online pre-orders are sold out
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- If you want to own the latest iteration of Apple Inc.'s popular iPad tablet computer on the first day it's available, prepare to wait at an Apple Store -- if you haven't already ordered one online.
Date: 03/12/2012 | Business
Apple describes post-PC era, surprise of success
SAN FRANCISCO -- In announcing the new iPad, Apple CEO Tim Cook described a "post-PC" revolution that surprised even the company.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Business
Apple lets movies into iCloud, upgrades Apple TV
LOS ANGELES -- Apple is making it easier for people who buy movies through iTunes to play them on the various devices they own.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Business
Apple's next iPad expected to have modest updates
NEW YORK -- Apple is expected to reveal a new iPad model on Wednesday, with a sharper screen and perhaps an option for faster wireless broadband. The upgrades are relatively minor, but the iPad is secure in its position as the king of tablets.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Business
Apple market value hits $500 billion
NEW YORK -- Apple's market capitalization topped $500 billion Wednesday, climbing to a mountain peak where few companies have ventured -- and none have stayed for long.
Date: 03/04/2012 | Business
Apple expected to update iPad at media event
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple Inc. is expected to introduce the newest iteration of its popular iPad tablet computer at an event in San Francisco next week, according to an invitation the Cupertino, Calif., tech giant sent to the media Tuesday.
Date: 02/29/2012 | Business
Better Internet privacy sought
NEW YORK -- The Obama administration is calling for stronger privacy protections for consumers as mobile gadgets, Internet services and other tools are able to do a better job of tracking what you do and where you go.
Date: 02/23/2012 | Business
Apple's Tim Cook hints at something 'larger' in firm's TV arsenal
LOS ANGELES -- Tim Cook won't say whether Apple Inc. is developing a television, but he dropped a pretty big hint.
Date: 02/21/2012 | Business
Apple previews Mac OS update
NEW YORK -- Apple Inc. this week released a developer preview of an update for the Mac operating system, dubbed "Mountain Lion," that will copy more features and apps from the iPhone and iPad to the Mac.
Date: 02/18/2012 | Business
China faces conflict of law, business in iPad row
BEIJING -- Chinese officials face a choice in Apple's dispute with a local company over the iPad trademark -- side with a struggling entity that a court says owns the name or with a global brand that has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in China. Experts say that means Beijing's political...
Date: 02/18/2012 | Business
More Chinese cities seize iPads in trademark dispute
BEIJING -- Authorities have seized iPads from more Chinese retailers in an escalating trademark dispute between Apple Inc. and a struggling local company that could disrupt global sales of the popular tablet computer.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Business
Apple previews Mac OS update, Mountain Lion
NEW YORK -- Apple Inc. on Thursday released a developer preview of an update for the Mac operating system, dubbed "Mountain Lion," that will copy more features and apps from the iPhone and iPad to the Mac.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Business
Group inspecting Apple suppliers
NEW YORK -- Apple said Monday that an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting working conditions in the Chinese factories where its iPads and iPhones are assembled.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Business
Apple stock breaks $500 level
NEW YORK -- Apple's stock broke above $500 for the first time Monday. It was the latest step in a rally that began more than two weeks ago, when the company reported staggering sales and profits for the holiday quarter.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Business
Report says Apple to unveil new iPad in March
NEW YORK -- A news report says Apple plans to unveil a new iPad early next month.AllThingsD, a website affiliated with The Wall Street Journal, says Apple Inc. is holding an event in San Francisco the first week of March -- the same week Apple announced the iPad 2 last year.
Date: 02/10/2012 | Business
Apple briefly passes Exxon as most valuable company
NEW YORK -- Apple briefly surpassed Exxon as the most valuable U.S. company after an excellent quarter, though the oil company has regained the lead at the market's close.Apple's stock rose as much as 8 percent, while Exxon's fell as much as 2 percent during trading Wednesday.
Date: 01/26/2012 | Business
Apple juggernaut gets little investor respect
NEW YORK -- Apple is worth $415 billion, putting it neck and neck with Exxon Mobil as the world's most valuable company. But by standard Wall Street measures, its stock is a bargain.Why aren't investors giving the company full credit for its enormous profits and staggering growth?
Date: 01/26/2012 | Business
Apple enters textbook field with examples of what its iPad can do in classroom
NEW YORK -- Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books.
Date: 01/19/2012 | Business
Huge crowd forces Apple store to cancel iPhone sale in Beijing
BEIJING -- Raw eggs splattered and streaked the gleaming windows of Beijing's Apple store Friday, hurled by angry and frustrated shoppers when the launch of the iPhone 4S was canceled because of fears over the size of the crowd.
Date: 01/14/2012 | Business
Apple's TV presence is strong at CES, though it's not there
LAS VEGAS -- At the Consumer Electronics Show, models walked around with large, lightweight flat-screen televisions showing vivid nature scenes, executives waved next-generation "magic" remote controls and audiences were treated to demonstrations of massive, wall-size TVs.
Date: 01/11/2012 | Business
U.S. says Canadian man didn't gain entry on iPad
TORONTO — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency is disputing the assertion that a Canadian man gained entry into the U.S. by only using a scanned photo of his passport on his iPad.
Date: 01/04/2012 | Nation & World
Online shopping surges on Christmas, IBM says
NEW YORK -- A growing number of shoppers apparently need only the briefest of breaks before diving back in, especially if they can log in to shop.
Date: 12/26/2011 | Business
Microsoft pulls out of electronic trade show
NEW YORK -- Microsoft Corp. is pulling out of the International Consumer Electronics Show, the largest trade show in the Americas. It's joining Apple in saying that it prefers to put on its own events when the time is right to show off its products.
Date: 12/22/2011 | Business
Silent camera apps open door for unsavory photos
TOKYO _ Cases of smartphone users secretly photographing unsuspecting targets have been on the rise, thanks to applications that silence the camera shutter sound. But there is no legal impediment to creating and selling these software programs, even as the apps are tied to complaints of...
Date: 12/20/2011 | Business
Website gives iPad innovation a kickstart
SAN FRANCISCO -- Even if you love the iPad, you're probably not keen to write your next novel using the screen's virtual keyboard. You may not be thrilled to type up a lengthy email with it, either.
Date: 12/20/2011 | Business
New iPad debuting next year?
LOS ANGELES -- Rumors are running rampant that Apple will release a next-generation iPad in February, likely called the iPad 3. But tech analysts still expect massive sales of Apple Inc.'s iPad 2 tablet this holiday season.
Date: 12/18/2011 | Business
Microsoft to boost payments for app developers
NEW YORK -- Microsoft Corp. is stepping up its competition with Apple and plans to give developers who write software for Windows computers and devices a greater share of revenue sold through the company's upcoming Windows Store.
Date: 12/08/2011 | Business
Firm can monitor keystrokes on many smartphones
LOS ANGELES — A little-known California software company that can monitor every keystroke that consumers make on many popular smartphones struck back at critics who accused it of violating customers' privacy, saying it doesn't record or store users' private messages.
Date: 12/02/2011 | Nation & World
Pay by credit card? It's a snap with apps
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Jeremy Frank walked up to the window of Big Wheel Provisions food truck outside Stardust Video & Coffee in Winter Park, Fla., and ordered fries and a Coke.He did it, however, without ever digging into his pocket for cash or a debit card.
Date: 11/24/2011 | Business
Apple names Arthur Levinson non-exec chair
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Inc. has named Arthur Levinson as its non-executive chairman, a move that rewards the longtime Apple board member who chose it over Google Inc. when the technology giants began competing with each other.
Date: 11/15/2011 | Nation & World
Apple’s battery-life issues continue despite fix
Apple has released a software update to fix a problem that is shortening the battery life of some iPhones, iPads and iPods. Apple has said that a small number of customers have reported lower-than-expected battery life on devices running on the company's iOS 5 operating system. That's the software...
Date: 11/12/2011 | Business
Theaters to show Steve Jobs interview
Fans of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will get a chance to see previously unreleased interview footage of him when "Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview" hits theaters later this month.The 70-minute interview was recorded in the '90s before Jobs returned to Apple Inc.
Date: 11/05/2011 | Business
Verizon Communications doubles its profits
NEW YORK -- Earnings doubled at Verizon Communications Inc. in the latest quarter due to pension accounting effects, but the bottom-line result masked a weak quarter in the local-phone division, which was hammered by a strike and a hurricane.
Date: 10/22/2011 | Business
New bio takes a close look at Steve Jobs
For Steve Jobs, products, not profits, were the main motivation at Apple and he called a new crop of managers brought in to the company after his ouster "corrupt people" with "corrupt values" who cared only about making money, according to an authorized biography of the late Apple CEO.
Date: 10/21/2011 | Business
New iPhone launch turns into a remembrance for Steve Jobs
NEW YORK -- It wasn't just the latest iPhone that drew people to Apple stores Friday.Many consumers waited in lines for hours -- sometimes enduring chilly temperatures and overnight thunderstorms -- to remember Steve Jobs, Apple's visionary who died last week.
Date: 10/15/2011 | Business
Camano man recalls 6th grade with Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs, the Apple entrepreneur who died Oct. 5, has a local connection.He attended elementary school with Camano Island artist A. Jeffrey Zigulis.
Date: 10/14/2011 | Local News
Apple seeks a deal for online movies
LOS ANGELES -- Apple Inc. is in talks with Hollywood studios about offering a system that would allow people to buy movies on iTunes and watch them on multiple Apple-made devices without the need to transfer or save files, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Date: 10/14/2011 | Business
New iPhone orders set record at 1 million
Apple says first-day pre-orders of the iPhone 4S topped 1 million, breaking the record set by last year's model. Apple Inc. and various phone companies in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Britain started taking orders for the phone Friday. It hits stores this Friday. The base...
Date: 10/11/2011 | Business
World mourns the loss of Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was mourned around the world Thursday through the very devices he conceived: People held up pictures of candles on their iPads, reviewed his life on Macintosh computers and tapped out tributes on iPhones.
Date: 10/07/2011 | Business
Jobs led a revolution
Apple co-founder transformed computers and culture
Date: 10/05/2011 | Business
The Apple of our i
We can also change a Zune into an iPod: Even though Apple's upgraded iPhone 4S was given a better camera, a faster processor and other improvements, Apple geeks managed only a yawn when it was introduced Tuesday, mostly because it wasn't the...
Date: 10/05/2011 | The Buzz
Bernanke warns recovery is 'close to faltering'
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the economic recovery "is close to faltering" and the central bank is prepared to take further steps to support it. The economy is growing more slowly than the Federal Reserve had expected, Bernanke said Tuesday before the congressional Joint Economic...
Date: 10/05/2011 | Business
Amazon targets the iPad with new $199 Wi-Fi tablet
NEW YORK -- Amazon is taking on the untouchable iPad with a touch-screen tablet of its own.
Date: 09/29/2011 | Business
Microsoft, Samsung expand smartphone partnership
NEW YORK -- Microsoft and Samsung Electronics have agreed to cross-license one another's patent portfolios, with Microsoft getting royalties for the mobile phones and tablets Samsung sells that run Google Inc.'s Android operating system.
Date: 09/29/2011 | Business
How do the iPad and Kindle Fire compare?
A look at some of the major differences between Amazon's just-announced tablet computer, the Kindle Fire, and Apple's popular iPad:
Date: 09/29/2011 | Business
Business briefs: Atlas cancels 3 747-8 orders after delays
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has canceled delivery of its first three Boeing Co. 747-8 freighters because of "delays and performance considerations," the company said Wednesday. The announcement came less than a week after Cargolux, the launch customer of the 747-8 freighter, rejected delivery of...
Date: 09/22/2011 | Business
10 products that defined Steve Jobs' career
NEW YORK -- Steve Jobs had no formal schooling in engineering, yet he's listed as the inventor or co-inventor on more than 200 U.S. patents. These are some of the significant products that were created under his direction:
Date: 08/24/2011 | Business
7 products Steve Jobs got wrong
NEW YORK -- Steve Jobs pushed the envelope many times when it came to product design, and the results weren't always pretty. Here are seven products created under his direction that failed commercially or functionally:
Date: 08/24/2011 | Business
Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple
SAN FRANCISCO — Steve Jobs, the mind behind the iPhone, iPad and other devices that turned Apple Inc. into one of the world's most powerful companies, resigned as CEO on Wednesday, saying he can no longer handle the job but will continue to play a role in leading the company.
Date: 08/24/2011 | Business
Apple's story a lesson for businesses
I've written about my admiration for Apple Inc. as a company before, but its climb to the top of the nation's corporate ladder makes it worth another mention.
Date: 08/15/2011 | Business
Tacoma boy, 12, develops iPhone game app
TACOMA -- Logan Howell doesn't quite remember when he first sat down at a computer. Maybe it was in preschool, maybe before. He's been there ever since, and now, at 12, he has written his own app.All by himself.
Date: 08/11/2011 | Northwest
Samsung up to 2nd place on smartphones
Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. zoomed to the top of global smartphone makers in the second quarter, blowing past Nokia Corp. and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd., according to IDC.
Date: 08/05/2011 | Business
Epicurious app a handy resource in the kitchen
Taking a tablet with your summer food isn't about swallowing an antacid. It's about keeping an iPad or other mobile device nearby for recipes, nutrition advice, and the keys to unlocking culinary lingo.
Date: 07/17/2011 | Business
Apps let users mock the law; authorities aren't laughing
LOS ANGELES -- Want to fool merchants with a fake ID? Hack someone's text messages? Or how about tracking where your co-workers are, without their knowing it?There's an app for that.
Date: 07/17/2011 | Business
State Department app gives travel lowdown
The U.S. State Department is reaching out to travelers with an iPhone app.Name: Smart Traveler.Available for: iPhone.
Date: 07/02/2011 | Life
Everett port director to testify before Congress about jobs
Port of Everett Director John Mohr is to testify before Congress on Tuesday on how ports create jobs. Mohr will speak at a hearing of the subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation on how helping the maritime transportation system creates jobs and boosts exports. Others set to testify...
Date: 06/14/2011 | Business
Apple takes lead in chip purchases
NEW YORK -- Driven by the success of the iPhone and iPad, Apple Inc. has become the world's largest buyer of chips for computers and phones, a research firm said Wednesday.
Date: 06/09/2011 | Business
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