Apple picker In the fifth week of this year, new factories in Brazil, successful iPhone sales, the Apple and Motorola case, or plagiarists in the App Store were written about. For more information, read today's Apple Week…
John Browett to become SVP Retail (30/1)
John Browett worked for Tesco, later Dixons Retail and now signed up for Apple. He will take up his post at the beginning of April. He will be responsible for the retail strategy worldwide. Tim Cook commented on his new employee: “Our stores are all about customer satisfaction. John is committed to continuing this commitment," adding, "We're excited to have him bring so many years of experience to Apple."
Source: 9to5mac.com
Foxconn wants to build five more factories in Brazil (January 31)
In China, Apple relies on Foxconn to manufacture iPhones and iPads. According to the latest reports, Foxconn wants to expand its scope to Brazil, where it intends to build five new factories to cover the high demand for Apple products. There is already one factory in Brazil that produces iPads and iPhones. Nothing is known yet about the location of the new ones, but each of them should employ about a thousand people. The whole situation will still be resolved by representatives of Foxconn and the Brazilian government.
Source: TUAW.com
AirPort utility received an update (January 31)
The AirPort Base Station and Time Capsule configuration application has reached its sixth version. The update added the ability to connect using an iCloud account when using Back To My Mac. So far only a MobileMe account has been used. The sixth version also brought a significant graphical change to the user interface, and the application thus resembles its sister iOS version in many ways. AirPort Utility 6.0 is available through System Software Update and is only for OS X 10.7 Lion.
Source: arstechnica.com
Scotland's Apple 'banned ad' (1/2)
Although one of the few supported languages that Siri understands is English, including an Australian or British accent, the residents of Scotland are not very happy with the voice assistant. Siri doesn't understand their accent. One humorist therefore decided to make fun of Siri in a fictional commercial. By the way, see for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGxKhUuZ0Rc
iPhone accounts for 75% of all profits from mobile phone sales (3/2)
The iPhone is the most profitable product for Apple and the same in the entire mobile business. 75% of all profits from global mobile phone sales belong to iPhones. According to Dediu's numbers, it has held the top position for 13 quarters. At the same time, the share in the total number of devices sold is just under ten percent. On the other rungs of the profitability ladder is Samsung with sixteen percent, followed by RIM with a share of 3,7%, HTC with 3% and the once reigning Nokia in fifth position. Total profits in this market segment reached fifteen billion dollars.
Source: macrumors.com
Distribution of iBooks Textbooks (February 3)
Along with the release of iBooks Author last month, there was controversy surrounding the content of the license terms. Critics criticized them for lack of clarity and the possibility that Apple claims rights associated with the content of all publications created as iBooks Textbooks. Now Apple has published revised terms of use explicitly saying that authors can distribute publications created with iBooks Author anywhere, but if they want to get paid for them, the only option is distribution through Apple.
A new version of iBooks 1.0.1 was also released, which does not bring any changes, the purpose of this update is to fix bugs.
Source: 9to5mac.com
FileVault 2 is not 3% secure, but protection is simple (2. XNUMX.)
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion offers a function called FileVault 2 that allows you to encrypt the entire contents of the disk and thus allow access only through a password. But now the software Passware Kit Forensic 11.4 has appeared, which can obtain this password in about forty minutes, regardless of the length or complexity of the password.
However, there is no reason to panic. On the one hand, the program is quite expensive (995 US dollars), the password to FileVault must be in the computer's memory, so if you have not used the password since the computer was turned on, the software will not find it (of course, if you have disabled automatic login; you can turn it off in System Preferences - > Users & Groups -> Login Options). Furthermore, this operation can be performed "remotely" only through a connection using a FireWire or Thunderbolt port.
source: TUAW.com
Motorola wants 2,25% of profits from Apple for patents (February 4)
It hasn't been a rosy week for Apple from a legal standpoint. Motorola succeeded in banning the sale of iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPad 2 in the German market due to alleged infringement of patents related to 3rd generation networks. However, this ban only lasted a day and Apple appealed to a higher court. However, Motorola offered Apple a conciliatory solution - it licenses its patents for 2,25% of the profit. By profit is apparently meant the amount of money that Apple has received/will receive for all the devices that allegedly infringe Apple's patents. Motorola would thus earn $2,1 billion just for selling iPhones since 2007. However, the amount far exceeds the fees paid by other phone manufacturers, and both Apple and the judge in charge of the patent dispute want to know why.
Source: TUAW.com
Apple takes action against plagiarists in the App Store (February 4)
You can already find several hundred thousand applications in the App Store. However, many of them are useless gimmicks, copies of copies and the like. However, the applications of some developers cannot even be called copies. One such developer, Anton Sinelnikov, produced apps that were clearly meant to profit by having very similar names to popular titles. Among his portfolio you could find games like plants vs. Zombies, Tiny Birds, Real Drag Racing or Temple Jump. At the same time, there was always a single screenshot from the game that didn't say anything in the App Store, and the link to the developer was directed to a non-existent page.
Despite the relatively strict control in the App Store, such plagiarisms can get there. However, precisely thanks to the activity of bloggers and twitterers who started a small avalanche on the Internet, Apple noticed these copies and subsequently removed them. It is somewhat surprising that in other cases, when a game similar to a title of a more well-known publisher appears in the App Store, which builds only on the principles of the original game, Apple does not hesitate to remove the application immediately at the request of the publisher, as it happens in the case of games from Atari. A popular game also disappeared from the App Store in the same way Stoneloops! of Jurrasica.
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… In the same way, the popular game Stoneloops also disappeared from the App Store! of Jurrasica!
I bought this game sometime in 2009. In between I changed 3 iPhones and "lost" it. Can anyone advise me how to get to it? I know Apple pulled it, BUT I PAID FOR IT!!! And now I can't get to her. Can someone give me some advice??? Thanks
If you don't see it in iTunes, look in the iTunes/iTunes Media/Mobile Applications folder and drag it back to the iTunes library. Next, check the Time Machine backup of this folder if you have a Mac.
"Apple cracks down on App Store plagiarists.."
So they should ban 90% of the garbage from Gameloft and Zynga (the latter is currently planning to release a copy of Tiny Tower-Dream Heights).