Archives: December 2009

Apple's Tablet To Be Unveiled In January, Say Reports

Posted by: Peter Burrows on December 30

So says the Financial Times, and FoxNews, who both cite sources inside Apple that confirm a major event in January. It's hard not to think this is about the long...

Apple Will Let Google Continue Using Lala

Posted by: Peter Burrows on December 17

Amid all the talk of the expanding conflict between Google and Apple, comes a small bit of cooperation. It involves Lala Media, the music streaming company Apple bought on Dec....

Analyst Says Apple Holiday Sales Strong So Far

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on December 15

Analyst Bill Fearnley of FTN Equity Capital Markets is out with a research note on Apple this morning summarizing the state of Apple's sales performance during the holiday season so...

Apple Countersues Nokia

Posted by: Peter Burrows on December 11

Apple filed its inevitable counter-suit, to Nokia's patent infringment suit in October. Essentially, Apple claims that Nokia has demanded unreasonable rates for its patents, which relate to Nokia's contributions to...

Analysts: Apple Tablet May Launch In March Or April

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on December 09

Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner is out with a research note this morning saying he thinks that Apple will begin the manufacturing ramp on the forthcoming tablet product in February, which...

Nuance Launching Dictation, Voice Search Apps For iPhone

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on December 08

A little more than a year ago we told you about the efforts of Nuance, the company behind the Dragon Naturally Speaking line of speech recognition and dictation software, and...

Got A Question For Steve Wozniak?

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on December 07

Steve Wozniak, the Apple co-founder and recent contestant on "Dancing With The Stars" is stopping by the Bloomberg BusinessWeek offices later this week. I'll certainly have some questions for...

Apple In Talks To Acquire Web Music Service Lala

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on December 04

Our new colleagues over at Bloomberg News are reporting that Apple is in talks to acquire Lala, the Web based music service that lets you listen for free and then...

Does Steve Jobs Want A Kinder, Gentler App Approval Process?

Posted by: Peter Burrows on December 01

Yesterday I spoke with an app developer that had a tasty back story to tell, as a means to draw attention to the launch of its video streaming app today....