Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook

July 21, 2011
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Apple Contributing $2.6 Billion Toward Nortel Patent Purchase

Earlier this month, an Apple-led consortium beat out Google in an auction of thousands of patents from bankrupt Nortel, bidding $4.5 billion for the entire package of patents. As noted by @SammyWalrusIV (via Business Insider), Apple 10-Q quarterly report filed … Continue reading

July 21, 2011
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Apple Tops Nokia to Become World’s Top Smartphone Vendor

As noted by the Financial Times, Apple has officially passed Nokia to become the world’s top smartphone vendor. Apple’s rapid growth paired with a sharp drop in shipments for Nokia allowed Apple to turn a 5.5 million unit deficit during … Continue reading

July 21, 2011
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Adobe Suggests Disabled Hardware Acceleration for Flash Player in OS X Lion

TUAW reports that Adobe has posted a list of known issues for its products running on OS X Lion. The list is unfortunately extensive, but the company’s discussion of Flash Player issues stands out for the revelation that OS X … Continue reading

July 14, 2011
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Amazon to Introduce a 9″ Android Tablet this Fall

According to the Wall Street Journal’s sources, Amazon is planning to introduce a 9″ tablet computer before October that will place it head-to-head against Apple’s iPad. The new tablet will intensify a growing clash between Amazon and Apple. The two … Continue reading