2012 February | iMattic | Apple News, Secrets & Rumors

iPad 3 press invite and favourable market push AAPL toward half a trillion market cap

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February 28, 2012

Some folks noticed that shares of Apple, Inc. surged yesterday morning amid favorable market conditions. Today’s announcement of March 7 iPad 3 unveiling has managed to push the Cupertino, California-headquartered designer of shiny electronics to a new lifetime high. The Apple stock, which trades on NASDAQ under the AAPL symbol, was up nearly...
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Apple unveiling iPad 3 and more? Next Wednesday in San Francisco

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February 28, 2012

The Verge just reported (and The Loop concurred) that Apple sent invites for that iPad 3 introduction you have waited for, likely with tingling anticipation. The presser is March 7 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco at 10 a.m. PST. The three app icons featured on the shot hold...
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In Japan, iTunes gains ringtones, 3G purchasing, iTunes Plus, Complete My Album, iTunes in the Cloud

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February 22, 2012

Following yesterday’s story by the usually accurate Japanese blog Macotakara on Apple’s Japan arm rolling out iTunes in the Cloud for music, Japanese music journal AV Watch reported this morning that the California-based iPod maker has its sights set high on the 130 million people market. According to the report, customers in Japan are now finally able...
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Facebook, It’s Time To Face Facts: You Need Apple More Than It Needs You

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February 20, 2012

It’s time for Facebook to go hat in hand to Apple and make a deal to get integrated into its operating systems, iOS and OS X. The two companies have been in a stand off for a long time. In 2010, Steve Jobs said Facebook’s “onerous terms” prevented it from being integrated into iTunes social network Ping. We’re not...
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Apple Teaches You How To Make Your First App Store App With New Guide

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February 18, 2012

If there is one aspect of Apple’s iDevice ecosystem that deserves a ton of credit for both growing and cementing its user base, it has to be the way developers flock to it. Apple wants developers on that line, Apple needs developers on that line. That’s why it’s not surprising,...
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The iPad 3 Will Have A 2048×1536 Retina Display

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February 18, 2012

Following widespread speculation that Apple will introduce a super-hi res display in the next-gen iPad, MacRumors has been able to confirm that the iPad 3 will indeed have a ‘Retina’ display with a 2048×1536 resolution. The site got ahold of one of the displays that has been floating around for the last several...
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