http://www.appleinsider.com/ AppleInsider has been the leading source of insider news and rumors on Apple Computer since 1997. en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:15:43 -0500 http://images.appleinsider.com/images/toolbar_logo_textAI.gif http://www.appleinsider.com/ http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/mac_sales_surge_as_pc_sales_drop_20_in_uk_12_in_france/ PC sales in Europe plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2011, but Apple bucked that trend over the holidays, particularly in France and the U.K., with continued strong growth. According to the latest... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/mac_sales_surge_as_pc_sales_drop_20_in_uk_12_in_france/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/27/former_apple_exec_and_palm_chief_jon_rubinstein_leaves_hp/ Hewlett-Packard on Friday confirmed that Jon Rubinstein, who came to the company through its $1.2 billion purchase of Palm, has left the company. "Jon has fulfilled his commitment and we wish him w... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/27/former_apple_exec_and_palm_chief_jon_rubinstein_leaves_hp/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:37:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/24/apple_now_the_largest_buyer_of_semiconductors_in_the_world_/ Apple spent some $17 billion on semiconductors in 2011, making it the largest chip customer in the world, research firm Gartner revealed on Tuesday. Apple's ascendance to the top came with 34.6 per... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/24/apple_now_the_largest_buyer_of_semiconductors_in_the_world_/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:16:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/18/iphone_4s_launch_propels_surging_apple_20_to_close_the_gap_with_android_/ The launch of the iPhone 4S last October had an "enormous impact" on the U.S. smartphone landscape, boosting Apple's share among new buyers by almost 20 percent and putting it neck-and-neck with Andro... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/18/iphone_4s_launch_propels_surging_apple_20_to_close_the_gap_with_android_/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:35:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/16/apple_jumps_9_spots_to_become_8th_most_valuable_brand_in_the_world/ Apple was ranked the eighth most valuable brand of the world in 2011, with an estimated total value of $33.49 billion, making it bigger than Disney, Mercedes-Benz and Budweiser. The 2011 rankings w... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/16/apple_jumps_9_spots_to_become_8th_most_valuable_brand_in_the_world/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:54:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/11/apple_awarded_676_patents_in_2011_ranks_39th_among_all_companies/ Apple was awarded a total of 676 patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2011, ranking it No. 39 among companies awarded inventions in the U.S. The No. 1 inventor in America, as it has b... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/11/apple_awarded_676_patents_in_2011_ranks_39th_among_all_companies/ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:22:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/04/apples_imac_accounts_for_329_of_allinone_pc_sales/ While portable computers get the most attention and sales, all-in-one PCs have quietly become a booming market, and Apple's iMac accounts for nearly a third of all sales. All-in-one desktop compute... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/04/apples_imac_accounts_for_329_of_allinone_pc_sales/ Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:22:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/09/hp_says_it_will_build_new_webos_powered_tablets_by_2013/ While stating her company would "bet heavily with Windows [8 tablets]" in the short term, HP chief executive Meg Whitman stated that the company will return to building a webOS tablet by 2013, if not ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/09/hp_says_it_will_build_new_webos_powered_tablets_by_2013/ Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:58:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/09/hp_to_keep_webos_make_available_as_an_undefined_open_source_project/ HP has finally outlined its plans for webOS today, stating that it will "contribute the webOS software to the open source community," apparently because it couldn't find a suitable buyer for the platf... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/09/hp_to_keep_webos_make_available_as_an_undefined_open_source_project/ Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:20:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/08/hp_ceo_rumored_to_pronounce_fate_of_webos_on_friday/ After months of deliberation, Hewlett Packard's new CEO Meg Whitman is rumored to announce the PC maker's plans for webOS on Friday. Whitman is set to hold an all-hands meeting on Friday at 10:30 ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/08/hp_ceo_rumored_to_pronounce_fate_of_webos_on_friday/ Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:04:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/30/hp_ceo_apple_likely_to_take_away_pc_leadership_position_next_year/ HP's new chief executive Meg Whitman told journalists Apple was doing "a great job" and that her company's once much smaller rival could likely pass HP to become the world's leading PC maker next year... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/30/hp_ceo_apple_likely_to_take_away_pc_leadership_position_next_year/ Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:44:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/30/ultrabooks_headed_for_5_10_price_drop_in_early_2012/ Prices for laptops in Intel's "Ultrabook" category are expected to fall below $1,000 by the end of this year and may drop as much as 10 percent in the first quarter of 2012 with the help of a $100 mar... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/30/ultrabooks_headed_for_5_10_price_drop_in_early_2012/ Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:10:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/23/hps_chairman_using_macbook_air_may_detail_webos_plans_next_week/ HP is expected to finally announce a future path for its webOS platform next week, on the heels of an embarrassing PR photo portraying chairman Ray Lane using a MacBook Air at home. The photo, incl... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/23/hps_chairman_using_macbook_air_may_detail_webos_plans_next_week/ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:37:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/22/hp_leads_all_1_2m_non_apple_tablets_sold_in_us_in_2011/ The NPD Group on Tuesday offered a picture of how tablets that are not Apple's iPad are faring in the market in the U.S., revealing that Hewlett-Packard's $99 fire sale of the failed TouchPad gave it ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/22/hp_leads_all_1_2m_non_apple_tablets_sold_in_us_in_2011/ Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:35:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/21/combined_mac_ipad_sales_to_make_apple_top_global_pc_vendor_in_2012/ Apple is poised to become the largest seller of PCs in the world before the second half of 2012, if the iPad is categorized as a PC. Research firm Canalys announced on Monday that Apple is expected... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/21/combined_mac_ipad_sales_to_make_apple_top_global_pc_vendor_in_2012/ Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:52:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/18/major_pc_makers_plan_to_concede_tablet_market_to_apple_amazon_in_2012/ Traditional PC makers like Dell and HP believe they have no advantages in the tablet market, and plan to phase out from competing with Apple's iPad, along with low-end tablets from content providers l... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/18/major_pc_makers_plan_to_concede_tablet_market_to_apple_amazon_in_2012/ Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:51:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/16/hp_takes_aim_at_apples_macbook_air_with_new_900_folio13_ultrabook/ The latest entry in the thin-and-light Ultrabook lineup is HP's new Folio13, a 13-inch laptop with a 128GB solid-state drive that undercuts Apple's MacBook Air with a starting price of $900. HP's f... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/16/hp_takes_aim_at_apples_macbook_air_with_new_900_folio13_ultrabook/ Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:18:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/08/hp_considering_sale_of_webos_to_several_companies_including_oracle/ PC maker HP is said to still be considering the sale of its webOS mobile operating system, though any deal is expected to be less than the $1.2 billion it originally paid to acquire the platform from ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/08/hp_considering_sale_of_webos_to_several_companies_including_oracle/ Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/02/microsoft_axed_courier_tablet_in_favor_of_windows_everywhere_strategy_report/ Software giant Microsoft scrapped the Courier tablet project last year because the device diverged from its strategy of bringing Windows everywhere without compromise, a new report claims. Don't sh... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/02/microsoft_axed_courier_tablet_in_favor_of_windows_everywhere_strategy_report/ Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:24:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/28/all_prospects_for_an_internal_hp_webos_largely_destroyed/ HP announced yesterday that it would retain its PC business while deflecting questions about the future of webOS for at least another month, but insiders note that HP has already destroyed the viabili... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/28/all_prospects_for_an_internal_hp_webos_largely_destroyed/ Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:31:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/27/apple_updates_thunderbolt_software_aperture_and_printer_drivers/ Following Wednesday's slew of software updates, Apple on Thursday issued a second Thunderbolt software update, alongside new HP and Epson printer drivers and a minor update to Aperture. Thunderbolt... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/27/apple_updates_thunderbolt_software_aperture_and_printer_drivers/ Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:22:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/27/hp_to_keep_pc_business_future_of_webos_still_uncertain/ Two weeks after calling an internal all hands meeting to discuss the status of its Personal Systems Group making PCs and mobile devices, HP has finally announced it will keep the division rather than ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/27/hp_to_keep_pc_business_future_of_webos_still_uncertain/ Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:44:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/10/hp_set_to_decide_future_of_palm_webos_this_week/ HP is rumored to have finished the initial bidding process for its webOS unit and will hold an all-hands meeting tomorrow that may reveal its future plans for selling or spinning off the group, accord... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/10/hp_set_to_decide_future_of_palm_webos_this_week/ Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:16:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/30/adobe_keynote_coincides_with_apples_lets_talk_iphone_event/ Adobe is planning to hold a keynote on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 10 a.m. Pacific, the same date and time of Apple's highly-anticipated press event, where the company is expected to announce a next-generatio... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/30/adobe_keynote_coincides_with_apples_lets_talk_iphone_event/ Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:34:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/30/rumor_amazon_eyeing_purchase_of_hps_palm_division_for_webos_kindles/ Amazon is said to be considering a purchase of Palm, the smartphone maker now owned by Hewlett-Packard, and its webOS mobile operating system. If such a deal were to become a reality, it would allo... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/30/rumor_amazon_eyeing_purchase_of_hps_palm_division_for_webos_kindles/ Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:38:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/23/patent_suit_targets_at_apple_26_others_over_wireless_transactions/ Apple is one of a long list of companies accused of patent infringement in a new lawsuit related to wireless recording of transactions. The lawsuit from LVL Patent Group LLC accuses Apple and other... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/23/patent_suit_targets_at_apple_26_others_over_wireless_transactions/ Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:19:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/22/gartner_projects_apples_ipad_to_maintain_50_market_share_through_2014/ Apple's iPad will continue to dominate the tablet market, maintaining more than 50 percent market share through 2014, according to a new analysis. Research group Gartner issued a special report on ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/22/gartner_projects_apples_ipad_to_maintain_50_market_share_through_2014/ Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:38:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/22/hp_ousts_lo_apotheker_appoints_meg_whitman_as_new_ceo/ HP's board has removed the chief executive it appointed just short of a year ago, Léo Apotheker, and has appointed former board member Meg Whitman in his place. The move comes as HP has plummeted i... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/22/hp_ousts_lo_apotheker_appoints_meg_whitman_as_new_ceo/ Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:43:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/21/hp_may_oust_ceo_after_less_than_a_year_on_the_job/ After HP's TouchPad quickly flamed out against Apple's iPad and the company announced a controversial decision to spin off its low-margin PC business, Hewlett-Packard's board is now set to meet and co... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/21/hp_may_oust_ceo_after_less_than_a_year_on_the_job/ Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:28:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/20/apple_continues_unstoppable_winning_streak_in_customer_satisfaction/ Apple has once again topped the American Customer Satisfaction Index for PC makers, making it eight years in a row that consumers have been most satisfied with the Mac maker. Apple's score in 2011 ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/20/apple_continues_unstoppable_winning_streak_in_customer_satisfaction/ Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:27:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/14/idc_apples_ipad_2_took_market_share_from_android_tablets_in_q2_2011/ Apple's iPad 2 took the lion's share of global tablet shipments in the second quarter of calendar 2011, with a 68.3 percent share, while Android's share of tablets slipped, according to the latest fig... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/14/idc_apples_ipad_2_took_market_share_from_android_tablets_in_q2_2011/ Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:49:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/steve_jobs_resignation_has_little_effect_on_apple_product_demand/ Consumer demand for Apple products is unlikely to be impacted by the resignation of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, says one of two new studies, while the other reaffirms that the iPad will continue ìdom... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/13/steve_jobs_resignation_has_little_effect_on_apple_product_demand/ Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:08:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/12/htc_eyeing_webos_purchase_to_compete_with_apples_ios/ Smartphone maker HTC has publicly stated it is considering buying its own mobile operating system platform, with HP's webOS a potential option for acquisition. Cher Wang, chairwoman of HTC, said he... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/12/htc_eyeing_webos_purchase_to_compete_with_apples_ios/ Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:30:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/31/hps_confounding_call_to_build_more_touchpads_likely_due_to_obligations/ With Hewlett-Packard estimated to lose $200 for each TouchPad it sells at a fire sale price of $99, the company's head-scratching decision to resume production of the failed tablet is likely a result ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/31/hps_confounding_call_to_build_more_touchpads_likely_due_to_obligations/ Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:19:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/30/hp_considers_reviving_touchpad_confirms_upcoming_limited_supply/ Hewlett-Packard has suggested in an interview that it is considering reviving the TouchPad in view of a potential spinoff of its computer division, and has confirmed that ìone last runî of webOS table... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/30/hp_considers_reviving_touchpad_confirms_upcoming_limited_supply/ Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:57:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/29/hp_favoring_pc_business_spin_off_over_sale/ Hewlett-Packard revealed on Monday that the preferred strategic option for its struggling PC business is to spin it off into a separate company. The world's largest PC maker made a surprise announc... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/29/hp_favoring_pc_business_spin_off_over_sale/ Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:07:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/29/samsung_rumored_to_buy_webos_to_compete_with_apples_ios_mac_os_x/ In an effort to more directly compete with Apple's integrated hardware-software approach, Samsung is rumored to be interested in buying webOS from Hewlett-Packard. Earlier this month, HP announced ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/29/samsung_rumored_to_buy_webos_to_compete_with_apples_ios_mac_os_x/ Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:02:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/24/apples_ios_unaffected_by_malware_as_android_exploits_surge_76/ A new study has found that iOS remained untouched by malware during the second quarter, while Android faced 76 percent more threats than in the first quarter, making it the most targeted mobile platfo... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/24/apples_ios_unaffected_by_malware_as_android_exploits_surge_76/ Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:22:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/23/samsung_considering_purchase_of_hps_pc_business_report/ Samsung is reportedly considering outsourcing notebook production to Taiwan-based OEMs, a move which sources attribute to the companyís unofficial interest in purchasing HPís PC business [updated with... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/23/samsung_considering_purchase_of_hps_pc_business_report/ Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/22/microsoft_shocked_to_find_interest_in_windows_phone_7/ After Microsoft's head of Windows Phone 7 offered free phones and training to any published webOS developers, he reported being "caught a bit flatfooted" to find 500 people interested in actually taki... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/22/microsoft_shocked_to_find_interest_in_windows_phone_7/ Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:37:00 GMT