Honestly, the Mobee Magic Charger is an idea so good that it makes you wonder, why didn't Apple think of that?
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Why doesn't Apple, a company so irritatingly up to date in its products and marketing, update its worldview when it comes to sales?
The positions remained the same, but the US was once again a painful market to be in for anyone that isn't Apple or Samsung.
But the appeals court roundly rejected both notions as contrary to California's reporter's shield law and the state Constitution, effectively stating that it wasn't Apple's place to decide what constitutes "legitimate journalism, " and that Apple could have investigated the leak of trade secrets themselves without drawing the websites into the mix.
The oft-rumoured Apple TV doesn't exist yet, presumably because media companies won't let Apple take over their business.
Apple's drop provides some vindication for the few money managers who didn't hold Apple during its bull run and saw their portfolios trail because of it.
Apple later fired back in a statement Thursday, asserting that passage of the proposed shareholder measure wouldn't prevent Apple from issuing preferred stock in the future.
By contrast, Facebook Home can't run on Apple's iPhones, because Apple doesn't allow others to take control of these core functions.
Meng said that it doesn't matter that Apple isn't at CES with a booth or keynote, because CES is already the most successful and popular show for companies like his.
Charlie was just disappointed he couldn't contribute to the mass apple-biting moment: a wobbly tooth meant he couldn't crunch on his apple properly.
"Apple says they don't infringe, but Apple developers testified that they didn't pay any attention to anyone's patents when developing their system, " a lawyer for VirnetX was quoted as saying by the Bloomberg news agency.
Don't think Apple can hit its goal of selling 10 million iPhones this year?
Last summer, Mr. Zagunis devoted a note to investors explaining why he didn't hold Apple.
There is plenty of evidence that odd or confusing names haven't hurt Apple sales in the past.
If those mobile-device owners aren't using Apple products, they probably use Google's Android system, or Microsoft's or BlackBerry's.
Don't expect Apple to debut a headset or wrist-worn iDevice any time soon.
"It won't affect Apple's China strategies", said Qu Xiaodong, a senior IT expert.
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"At this point, I don't think Apple needs to be here, " he said.
The congressional investigators haven't said Apple broke the law, but they said the company was particularly aggressive in using corporate-tax loopholes.
The question now isn't whether Apple will build on its retail success.
This is where Tognazzini suffers a failure of imagination, and doesn't do Apple any favors in trying to stimulate interest in smartwatch usability concepts.
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Ahead of the show, many bloggers and analysts are focusing not on the companies that will be at CES but the one that won't: Apple.
Russ Crupnick, senior vice president of industry analysis for NPD, said the competition isn't hurting Apple yet because the iTunes user base is so big.
The iMac alone can't rescue Apple, even if it sells well.
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And don't expect Apple to develop a Windows version of iTunes.
The decision still leaves the American variants of phones under scrutiny, and it doesn't change Apple's hopes of a large licensing fee for all the alleged transgressions.
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Microsoft's Xbox console has made life difficult for Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ), but the money-losing business can't match Apple's iPod profit spigot.
Nokia's new smartphone doesn't match Apple's iPhone in terms of services and application availability, but it could still sell well in the wider smartphone market because it offers good hardware for its price, Mr. Johansson said.
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