Year: 2010

Apple granted design patents for the iPad, iPods, MacBook Air, more

Apple granted design patents for the iPad, iPods, MacBook Air, more

Posted by | Jun 1, 2010 | , |

Apple has been granted several design patents by the US Patent & Trademark Office. Following is a summary of each.

Patent number D616892 is for the ornamental design of the iPad. The inventors are Bartley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonthan P. Ive, Steve Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas B. Satgzer, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer.

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TARMAC lets you integrate iPhones, iPads into IT infrastructure

TARMAC lets you integrate iPhones, iPads into IT infrastructure

Posted by | Jun 1, 2010 | , |

Companies can now integrate the iPhone and iPad into their IT infrastructure with equinux’s new TARMAC, a provisioning tool tailored specifically for the Apple platform. With TARMAC (http://www.equinux.com/us/products/tarmac/demo.html) medium to large enterprises can securely set up and manage their iPhones and iPads  over-the-air, says equinux CEO till Schadde.

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Apple shuts down Lala music service

Apple shuts down Lala music service

Posted by | Jun 1, 2010 | , |

Yesterday (May 31) Apple shut down the Lala music streaming service, which it purchased at the end of 2009.

It’s speculated that Apple will use the Lala technology/staff to launch an online music streaming service similar to Spotify soon. How soon? Perhaps at next week’s Worldwide Developer Conference, according to rumors.

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Google reportedly bidding Windows adieu

Posted by | Jun 1, 2010 | |

Google is phasing out the internal use of Windows because of security concerns, reports the “Financial Times” (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d2f3f04e-6ccf-11df-91c8-00144feab49a.html), attributing the info to “several Google employees.”

The directive to move to other operating systems “began in earnest” in January, after Google’s Chinese operations were hacked, and could effectively end the use of Windows at Google, which employs more than 10,000 workers internationally, the article adds. New employees are now given the option of using Macs or PCs running Linux.

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Apple to divert small slice of iPad profits to Foxconn raises?

Posted by | Jun 1, 2010 | , |

Apple is reportedly cutting 0.7% of iPad profits to give factory workers at Foxconn, a China-based unit of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry, a 20% raise, reports “DailyTech” (http://www.dailytech.com/Report+Apple+Cuts+07+Percent+of+iPad+Profit+to+Give+Factory+Workers+Big+Raise/article18571.htm).

The move follows a rash of recent suicides at the plant. Apple’s products are almost entirely manufactured by Foxconn. The 20% raise won’t hit Apple’s wallet too hard, says “Daily Tech.” It’s estimated to raise the costs of labor for the iPad from 2.3% of the cost to 3%.

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