By David Barnes Americans are excited about Apple’s homecoming game as a sign of more re-shoring wins to come. During a recent public address, the CEO of Apple announced his intension to create manufacturing jobs in the US next year. Executives at Foxconn and Lenovo made similar comments this month. While I agree that Apple’s homecoming […]
A new generation of “smart TVs” and other Internet connected devices are now rapidly entering the consumer electronics market which have the potential to dramatically transform home entertainment as we know it. Led by such companies as Apple, Google and Amazon, these products have already redefined the basic tenets of television and web programming. Apple […]
By David Hsieh With the launch of the iPhone and iPad, as well as the new Macbook, Apple has continued on its path of increasing its display resolution. Apple created the term “Retina display” not just as a marketing phrase, but to educate end users about high resolution. Apple has been leading the trend in displays […]
By Lee Distad In case you hadn’t noticed, the CE industry is square in the middle of a major shift in how entertainment media is distributed to consumers, as well as how it is stored and played back. The key question, which has yet to be truly answered is: Who are going to be the key […]
A U.S. federal jury in San Jose awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages from Samsung for infringing on six patents. In a patent case that may alter the high tech landscape, the jury decided Apple’s patents are valid. The jury believed Apple did not violate any of Samsung’s patents. They also concluded Samsung willfully violated […]
Here we are, entering the third quarter of 2012 and looking back at the results from the second quarter. As we all know, the worldwide economy is by no means healthy or even on a good track to recovery. Financial worries in Europe, very slow growth in Japan, China and the USA are the key […]
Key Digital, in conjunction with Compass Alliance Partners (CAP), has created a fully integrated control system called Compass Control with driver support for hardware from the following brands: Aprilaire, Boston Acoustics, ClearOne, Denon, Furman, ICRealtime Security Solutions, iPort, Key Digital, LG, Lutron, Luxul, Marantz, MechoSystems, Onkyo, Panamax, Primeview, Russound, SurgeX and Wolfvision. The company is […]
A lot of people (technical people, in particular) HATE Apple products. There, we said it. Those folks think the beloved fruit company’s products are overpriced and under spec’d. They think it’s insulting that Apple doesn’t let consumers change their own batteries. They think iTunes is limiting. The list goes on… But one thing that can’t […]
Although not thoroughly impressed by this Apple App, we thought it was worth covering since it’s free. Originally a Web-based endpoint security service that manages computers in a corporate or personal network through a centralized online console, the new Apple App from CoSoSys is designed to prevent both internal and external threats posed by the […]
Google plans to acquire VoIP codec developer Global IP Solutions (GIPS) for approximately 421 million Norwegian kronor (US$68.2 million). GIPS develops codecs for encoding real-time video and voice signals into a digital format for transport over IP networks. Its portfolio of products includes software that can be integrated into voice and video apps for mobile […]
Apple Inc. last week announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 first quarter ended December 27, 2008. The Company posted record revenue of $10.17 billion and record net quarterly profit of $1.61 billion. These results compare to revenue of $9.6 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.58 billion in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was […]
Has there ever been a product phenomenon like the iPod? Think about it. Here’s this device that costs either $100, $200, $300 or $400, depending on which model you choose to get, that I see Generation X, Y and even little-old-ladies wearing at the gym — all to make tunes portable. My daughter has one, […]
