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Report: Apple, too, has its eye on Nortel's patent portfolio
Said to join Google, Intel, Ericcson and RPX in a bid for 6,000 telephony patents
This was the week we found out how valuable telecommunications patents can be.
On Tuesday, Apple (AAPL) settled its long-running patent dispute with Nokia (NOK) for what analysts estimate could be as much as $1 billion in licensing fees.
On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple had joined the crowd of companies bidding for the telephony MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 17, 2011 3:33 PM ET -
Apple getting "better yield and higher output" on iPad 2
Shipments are reported to be approaching 3-4 million/month as production constraints ease
Following a mid second-quarter check with his sources in Apple's (AAPL) supply chain, Sterne Agee's Shaw Wu raised his unit sales estimates Friday as well as his price target: to $460 to $445. The stock, which has been impervious to the enthusiasms of sell-side analysts lately, closed Thursday at $340.53.
Among the highlights of the new report:
The production problems that MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - May 20, 2011 8:27 AM ET -
Today in Tech: iPhone 5 ships September, RockMelt mobile sneak peek
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If you've ever want to call your Facebook friends directly via FB and not uh, you know over your cell phone, now you can. T-Mobile introduced Bobsled, a calling feature integrated into Facebook chat that lets users call one another for free, as well as leave private and MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Apr 20, 2011 5:00 AM ET -
Today in Tech: Apple's "Smart Bezel," Larry Page's employee bonus strategy
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New Google CEO Larry Page just upped the ante as far as workflow goes. Last Friday, he sent out a company memo explaining to all employees that 25% of their annual bonuses will be tied to the success of Google's social strategy this year, regardless of whether they're MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Apr 8, 2011 5:00 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Enrique Allen, Facebook, Google, Intel, iPad, LarryPage, Silicon Alley Insider, SocialFlow, TechCrunch, Twitter, VentureBeat -
Today in Tech: iPad 2 Day One details, AOL lays off 900
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LinkedIn unveiled a slew of new features during a webcast including "InMaps," which presents a visual map of your relationships and connections, pages called MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 11, 2011 6:40 AM ETPosted in: All Things Digital, Angry Birds, AOL, AOL layoffs, DailyFinance, Dell, Intel, iPad, iPad 2, LinkedIn, LinkedIn Today, RadiumOne, Rovio, TechCrunch, WalletPop, YouTube -
Apple's online store is back up with new MacBook Pros for sale
[UPDATE: The new MacBook Pros, with Thunderbolt, have arrived. See here.]
The yellow Post-It sign was up early Thursday at Apple.com, a sure harbinger that something new is coming
By the time you read this, Apple (AAPL) may have already announced its new line of MacBook Pros.
For blurry photos and speculation aplenty, check out the dozens of posts linked to MacRumors' Wednesday report.
Also on Fortune.com:
A birthday card for Steve Jobs
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 24, 2011 7:33 AM ET
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CNBC's anti-Apple crusader
Erin Burnett has hit on what she must think is a winning formula
I don't spend a lot of time watching CNBC, but I've seen enough of Erin Burnett's coverage of Apple (AAPL) to see the pattern.
Last fall, it was an interview with Tiger Management's Julian Robertson in which she tried -- and failed -- to get him to call Apple's rising stock price a "bubble." (See How not to interview MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 20, 2011 8:05 AM ETPosted in: Apple Inc., Clem Chambers, CNBC, Erin Burnett, Financials, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, Julian Robertson, Tiger Management -
Today in Tech: Microsoft's exec shake-up, Groupon's Tibet ad
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is planning even more executive management changes at the Redmond-based software giant to add senior product executives with an engineering background and with experience executing product plans. So far, four top execs have left the company since May, including 23- year company veteran Bob Muglia. (Bloomberg Businessweek)
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Feb 8, 2011 6:00 AM ET
After temporarily halting shipments of its Sandy MOREPosted in: Andrew Mason, Android, Bob Muglia, Google, Groupon, HTC, Intel, Kindle, Microsoft, Mobile, OnLive, Saffron Digital, Sandy Bridge, Steve Ballmer, Tibet, Wael Ghonim -
A former "prissy girl" takes on tech
Intel's CIO talks about the challenges of supporting the "consumerized" workplace and why everyone loves tablets -- but what they really need are laptops.
Diane Bryant never intended to go to college, let alone become a top executive at Intel, the world's largest chipmaker. She joined the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company back in 1985 and has held several positions over the years, including silicon design engineer and general manager of the MORE
Michal Lev-Ram, writer - Feb 2, 2011 3:38 PM ET -
Today in Tech: Intel Sandy Bridge flaw to cost $1 billion
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
"Once Steve Jobs goes away, which is probably not far away, then Apple will have to make a strategic decision on whether to open up the platform. ... What's the reason for him [Jobs] to trash Flash? There's no reason other than ego." -- Netgear co-founder Patrick Lo in Sydney Australia. (The Register)
"Steve Jobs doesn't give MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Feb 1, 2011 3:19 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Cisco, Egypt, Facebook, Google, Intel, Internet service provider, Mobile, PayPal, Steve Jobs
