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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, December 11, 2014
 

 

Apple/Macintosh
  • "How to Understand the Google-Apple Smartphone War" ["For Apple, the main threat is that even if it is content with a low market share, there could come a point at which that share dips so low that app developers will stop or slow efforts to create new apps for iOS. Apple may be the BMW of tech — low share, but high prestige and profits — but BMW doesn't depend on such third-party support. This would repeat what happened to Apple's Macintosh computers in the 1990s, when their market share dipped so low that app makers stopped making Mac versions, and focused solely on Windows."]  Re/code 2:17 PM
  • "Person of the Year: Tim Cook of Apple/The technology group's chief executive has faced criticism but he turned things round in 2014"  Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:25 AM
  • "Apple goes on offensive in iPod antitrust trial" ["On Wednesday, Apple brought its first witness: John Kelly, a former University of California at Santa Barbara computer science professor, who has his own technology consulting firm. Kelly was very well-versed in the innards of the Apple iTunes software iterations, and spoke directly to the jury about how Apple had to innovate its software code to keep up with music pirates and sophisticated hackers."]  CNBC 8:22 AM
  • "Apple Calls Engineer to Say IPod Tweaks Weren't Nefarious" Bloomberg 8:41 AM
  • "Canada competition watchdog probing Apple mobile carrier deals: Canada's Competition Bureau is investigating allegations that Apple Inc's Canadian unit used anti-competitive clauses in contracts with domestic wireless carriers, the watchdog said on Thursday." Reuters 1:41 PM
  • "Competition Bureau investigating allegations Apple used anti-competitive clauses" Canadian Press 4:28 PM
  • "Apple and IBM --the new enterprise IT"  Computerworld 8:00 AM
  • "Apple, IBM to Develop Apps for iPhone, iPad" Zacks 11:30 AM