That just denotes the fact that this is an Apple centric map.
This is not an Apple product that will satisfy critics.
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This is just one more area where Apple is building up an ecosystem around creating delightful user experiences.
They will revolutionize payments because this is an enormous opportunity set for Apple and no one has captured it yet.
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This data is sent to Apple in an anonymous and encrypted form.
Is this merely an attempt to run up Apple stock in the short-term?
Apple has just withdrawn its products from the EPEAT environmental evaluation program: this should mean that Apple is no longer an allowable purchase for the Federal Government.
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Of course, take any of these patent applications with a generous pinch of salt -- we haven't seen an Apple stylus yet, for example -- but perhaps this is the reason Apple bought fingerprint sensor maker AuthenTec back in July.
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This is an interesting little sign of just how vast Apple has become.
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On Apple and Google: This is becoming an ecosystem game, he says.
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This is a fairly broad patent and may give Apple an advantage over competing systems such as Google Wallet from Google (GOOG).
This is where the iPad (or Apple) has an advantage when it comes to tablets (even ignoring the fact that there are only 20 measly tablet apps for Honeycomb and almost 70, 000 for the iPad): Android mainly got pushed by Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile shops (because they had no iPhone, and because most Android OEMs give the shops a better cut than Apple does).
It is anticipated that Apple will introduce an iWatch this year and an iTelevision next year.
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This is not just shrewd PR by Apple, but also an acknowledgement of the importance of the Chinese consumer market.
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We don't suppose there's any friendlier way to put this: Open Tech Inc. is setting itself up for an Apple lawsuit, without any of the nice "product people will want to buy" stuff to balance out the equation.
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Now this is an interesting little tale: Samsung has raised the price it charges Apple for the main applications processors in the iPhone and iPad.
However, this is not the first time that demand inspired (or perhaps required) an Apple supplier to work during the holidays.
This is an important factor because, if the rumors are true, it seems that Apple might finally be willing to waver on quality.
While there were rumors that the company would release an iPhone 5 upgrade this quarter, many analysts agree that Apple is likely to wait until late summer or early fall.
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As the name implies, this sound bar is an AirPlay speaker, so you can use it with devices that utilize Apple's proprietary streaming technology.
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From an investment perspective, this is the first sign of a major change in thinking at Apple.
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Usually NYSE stocks are on an average about 2x book value, NOK is now a lot below this (Apple about 5x book value).
Pundits have been critical of an Apple watch before it has been announced, but this type of introduction is exactly what Apple needs to do more of, and now.
Even in this consumer boom that is still the vast majority of all tech spending, though consumer devices like an Apple iPhone with a corporate application, or a company building software using Amazon Web Services, make those distinctions harder.
In our view, this is not the end of the upbeat news flow around Apple but still in the early stagesof an avalanche of positive data points that we expect will continue through the end of the year and into 2013.
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Apple is certainly not pleasing its critics in this area but it remains insanely profitable in an industry where sales have slowed down.
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It's easy to dismiss such an upgrade as playing catch up (and, make no mistake about it, this is Apple playing catch up), but the company was able to add a true 4G radio without sacrificing battery life.
And while history has shown us what competition will do to margins in an increasingly commoditized hardware category, this is a new type of cycle where margins have held up for Apple despite competition.
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