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Will Spotify's 10 Million Subscribers Scare Off The Apple-Beats Deal?
Friday, May 23, 2014 - 12:18pm | 608Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is still rumored to be interested in purchasing Beats Electronics. The deal was supposed to be announced a couple of weeks ago, but Apple has yet to confirm its intent to buy the company. On May 22, TechCrunch reported that the deal is likely to happen. A "well-placed...
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4 CEOs Who Are/Were Reportedly Grumpy Cats
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 2:33pm | 680The world inhabited by Fortune 500 CEOs is undoubtedly filled with long days, long nights, lots of espresso and lots of pressure. If the old saying, that “to whom much is given, much is required,” is true, a lot is required of these guys and girls. It is no wonder, then, that many...
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Report: Apple Finalizing Acquisition of PrimeSense
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 10:09am | 666A number of sources, according to AllThingsD, confirmed over the weekend that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is in the final stages of negotiations to buy Israeli startup, PrimeSense. PrimeSense is best known as the original supplier for Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)’s gesture-based Kinect gaming device....
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Steve Jobs Thought Hewlett-Packard was Being "Dismembered and Destroyed"
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 4:39pm | 346Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is getting hammered by investors who are concerned about the accounting irregularities that occurred within Autonomy before the PC maker acquired the firm. Shares are currently down more than 12 percent. This is the latest of many troubles at H-P. The company has traded...
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Sony Plans to Mimic Apple's Business Model
Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 1:47pm | 470Sony (NYSE: SNE) wants to sell consumers the most expensive products possible, including high-end tablets and an 84-inch 4K television that is unlikely to retail for less than five figures. It might sound like overkill, but this is actually the company's strategy to become more like its California...
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Five Reasons Apple Will Delay its First TV
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 9:36am | 1308If you think Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) first TV will be ready for a March 2012 release, think again. While the rumor mill paints a glorious picture in which the highly-anticipated television could arrive within the next few months, the realities of TV manufacturing are far less optimistic. But “...
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Here's What Might Be In the Apple TV
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 2:57pm | 1206UPDATE: This is an update to a previous story that was done earlier in the week about the potential for an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) television set. AppleInsider, via the New York Times, said that Apple has been working on a television set for years. Now with the addition of Siri to the iPhone 4S,...
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Seven Ways an Integrated Apple TV Could Change Everything
Monday, October 24, 2011 - 3:30pm | 1031A revolutionary new TV could be coming to an Apple Store near you. Here are the seven ways that it could change everything. Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) first venture into television manufacturing has been rumored for months. But it wasn't until now that we finally received confirmation of the TV's...
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"I Finally Cracked It"
Monday, October 24, 2011 - 12:30pm | 1039"I finally cracked it." - Steve Jobs In Steve Jobs biography, titled "Steve Jobs," penned by Walter Isaacson, they discussed a wide parameter of topics. Life. Birth. Death. His adopted parents. The start of Apple. Why there are no on/off switches on Apple devices. All of these things are...
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Top 7 Secrets Steve Jobs' Authorized Biography Could Reveal (AAPL)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 1:08pm | 675Early next year, Simon & Schuster will publish iSteve: The Book of Jobs, the first authorized biography about Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs. While few details have been announced, the book is likely to provide new details about the life of one the tech industry's most...
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Is The Real Steve Jobs Story Finally On Its Way? (AAPL)
Monday, April 11, 2011 - 9:13am | 160After years of unauthorized biographies, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has given his approval for an authorized biography about his life. According to the Detroit News, Simon & Schuster has announced that “iSteve: The Book of Jobs” will be published early next year. The...