Apple Hosts Huge Media Snooze Festival
Apple Inc. threw a party and shareholders got a headache Wednesday when the company introduced a slew of only slightly better stuff.
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Apple Goes Middle-Aged with Bad Fashion and Live Slip-Ups
The new iPad is 12.5 inches and can go for 10 hours. But that’s about the only virile thing about Apple these days, which is sliding into middle-age with some admittedly impressive products but none of the cool factor for which it became globally admired under Steve Jobs.
Wall Street’s Love Affair with Apple May Be Over
In its last quarter that will be impacted by innovation on Steve Jobs’ watch, Apple booked strong quarterly revenue and earnings yesterday. But the company had to admit that existing Apple customers were slow to upgrade to new iPhone releases and Apple as a status symbol in China may be coming to an end. The stock plunged by -10 percent, or about $80 billion, before recovering somewhat today. But as Breitbart News warned last month, ‘Apple Products: Without Steve Jobs, the Thrill is Gone.’
Silicon Valley Led the Effort for Same Sex Marriage
There was a long line of advocates claiming responsibility for same-sex marriage’s victory at the Supreme Court on Friday, but a key driver was the support two years ago from 278 mostly multi-national tech companies that included Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco, eBay, Electronic Arts, Intel, Intuit, Oracle, Twitter and Zynga.
Swastika Still Stands As Apple Purges Confederate Flag
A day after Apple began the mass purge of applications depicting the Confederate flag, the Nazi Swastika is still featured prominently in some games. The choice to ban a purported symbol of slavery from historical games, but not of mass genocide, reveals how tech companies struggle to apply hate speech guidelines — often with strange inconsistency.
Russian Lawmaker Says U2 and Apple are Promoting Homosexuality with Band’s Father-Son Album Cover
Apple and rock band U2 have together been accused of violating the Russian law against “gay propaganda among minors “by a Russian legislator, Billboard reports.
Carly Fiorina: Apple’s Tim Cook a ‘Hypocrite’ on Religious Freedom Law
As America continues the debate over laws securing religious freedom, several of the nation’s CEO’s are taking sides. Apple’s Tim Cook, for instance, excoriated Indiana over its law. But former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is disgusted at how business leaders like Cook are acting.
Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally Cancel Indiana Comedy Show Over Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Parks and Recreation co-star Nick Offerman joined a growing list of celebrities to boycott Indiana venues over the state’s newly signed religious freedom law this week, when he cancelled an upcoming show with his wife Megan Mullally.
Apple Watch Weak, But New MacBook a Winner
The Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) “Spring Forward” event was poorly received by most viewers, and the stock sold off. “The Apple Watch” functionality had already been known to the market and the disappointing eighteen-hour battery life was contradicted by the product page
Apple’s Watch Will Save Thousands of Lives, But Privacy Is An Issue
Apple unveiled its highly anticipated health-tracking Watch today, along with a breakthrough initiative to vastly increase the research resources of the global medical community. With a new app, ResearchKit, millions of Apple users can now offer crucial data on their daily habits to approved medical researchers.
Mark Cuban: You Don’t Need an Apple Watch to Know When to Sell
Great money managers say the secret to success is not the ability to buy good stocks, but the ability to know when to sell them. In a recent post on his blog, Dallas Mavericks owner and serial entrepreneur Mark Cuban said
Apple Halts Online Sales in Russia as Ruble Plummets
After a series of “extreme” fluctuations in Russia’s currency–the ruble–California-based Apple Inc. has made the decision to halt the online sales of its products there, the iPhone 6 included, as the company reviews a strategy to deal with Russia’s economic crisis.
