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February-01-2012 Apple Invades Corporate Market with iPad
Bloomberg?s Peter Burrows reports that Apple is making rapid headway selling into corporations ? especially financial services and pharmaceutical firms. Burrows writes that Apple?s corporate sales are being driven chiefly by iPad, which ?has become a standard business tool.? The article quotes Matt Wallach, co-founder of Veeva Systems, who says: ?I?ve seen a lot of devices come and go over the years. Nothing touches the speed of adoption of the iPad.?

January-31-2012 Apple Updates Final Cut Pro X
Apple today released Final Cut Pro X version 10.0.3, a significant update to its revolutionary professional video editing application. Version 10.0.3 introduces Multicam Editing, which automatically syncs up to 64 angles of video and photos; advanced chroma keying for handling complex adjustments right in the app; and enhanced XML for a richer interchange with third-party apps and plug-ins that support the fast growing Final Cut Pro X ecosystem. It also includes a beta version of Broadcast Monitoring that supports Thunderbolt devices as well as PCIe cards. Final Cut Pro X version 10.0.3 is available from the Mac App Store for $299.99 (US) to new users, or as a free update for existing Final Cut Pro X customers.

January-31-2012 Final Cut Pro X Update Reinvents Multicam Editing
StudioDaily?s Beth Marchant reports on ?key features? delivered in Final Cut Pro version 10.0.3. Marchant interviews Radical Media CTO Evan Schechtman ? an early adopter of Final Cut Pro X ? who calls version 10.0.3 ?an even bigger deal than the original release,? noting that his company is ?ready to transition completely to Final Cut Pro X now that broadcast monitoring and multicam editing are in the mix.?

January-24-2012 Apple Reports Highest Quarterly Revenue and Earnings Ever
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 first quarter, which spanned 14 weeks and ended December 31, 2011. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $26.74 billion and net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. ?We?re thrilled with our outstanding results and record-breaking sales of iPhones, iPads, and Macs,? said Tim Cook, Apple?s CEO. ?Apple?s momentum is incredibly strong, and we have some amazing new products in the pipeline.?

January-19-2012 Apple Reinvents Textbooks with iBooks 2 for iPad
Apple today announced iBooks 2 for iPad, featuring iBooks textbooks, an entirely new kind of textbook that?s dynamic, engaging, and truly interactive. iBooks textbooks offer iPad users gorgeous, full-screen textbooks with interactive animations, diagrams, photos, videos, and unrivaled navigation. Leading education services companies including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, and Pearson will deliver educational titles on the iBookstore, with most priced at $14.99 or less. And with the new iBooks Author, anyone with a Mac can create iBooks textbooks and publish them to Apple?s iBookstore. Starting today, iBooks 2 is available free from the App Store and iBooks Author is available free from the Mac App Store

January-19-2012 New iTunes U App for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch
Apple today announced an all-new iTunes U app, giving educators and students everything they need on their iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch to teach and take entire courses. The all-new iTunes U app lets teachers create and manage courses ? including essential components such as lectures, assignments, books, quizzes, and syllabuses ? and offer them to millions of iOS users around the world. The app also gives iOS users access to the world?s largest catalog of free educational content from top universities including Cambridge, Duke, Harvard, Oxford and Stanford. And starting today, any K-12 school district can offer full courses through the iTunes U app.

January-04-2012 iPhone 4S Arrives in China on January 13
Apple today announced that iPhone 4S will be available in China and 21 additional countries on Friday, January 13. iPhone 4S features Apple?s dual-core A5 chip for fast performance and stunning graphics; an all-new 8-megapixel camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD-resolution video recording; and Siri, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking. ?Customer response to our products in China has been off the charts,? said Tim Cook, Apple?s CEO. ?With the launch in China next week, iPhone 4S will be available in over 90 countries, making this our fastest iPhone rollout ever.?

December-08-2011 Apple Store Grand Central Opens Friday, December 9
Just in time for the holidays, Apple?s fifth Manhattan store opens for business at New York?s world-famous Grand Central Terminal at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 9. The store overlooks the historic Main Concourse and features two Genius Bars, entire rooms dedicated to Personal Setup and Personal Training, and an expert team of 315 employees. Holiday shoppers can test-drive Apple products, attend 15-minute Express workshops, get free technical support, and more.

December-06-2011 iPhone 4S Adventure Video
In an interview at National Geographic?s Adventure blog, director Tim Kemple of Camp 4 Collective ? an outdoor video and film production company ? describes using iPhone 4S to shoot a hi-def music video at the Great Salt Lake as an experiment in remote location capture. Kemple reports getting excellent video from iPhone 4S, noting that ?because it?s always with you means you end up using it when you?d least expect.? The interview includes tips for stabilizing shots, optimizing for iOS 5 features, using helpful apps in extreme environments, and shooting in low light.

November-18-2011 New Ways to Learn with Mac at Punahou School
Students at Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii, are using Mac notebooks to research class assignments and show results in ways they never could before. These include songs and podcasts recorded and edited in GarageBand, digital presentations and portfolios created in Keynote, campus news videos edited in iMovie and Final Cut Pro, and even iOS apps built using Xcode. Says sixth grade teacher Sandy Chang, ?The Macs in my classroom are completely indispensable.?

November-11-2011 Five Stars for GarageBand for iOS
In a CNET Editors? review, Jason Parker gives the new GarageBand for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch 5 out of 5 stars, citing the app?s ?uniquely designed and authentic-sounding instruments, smart touch interface, and tools that make song creation easy.? He adds: ?Anyone with even a passing interest in creating music should download GarageBand for iOS. Frankly, we wish we could give it more than five stars for the virtually unlimited song possibilities, ease of use, and excellent touch-screen controls.?

November-11-2011 AssistiveTouch Helps the Disabled Use a Smartphone
New York Times columnist David Pogue reports on AssistiveTouch, an ?amazingly thoughtful? iOS 5 feature that makes it possible to complete Multi-Touch gestures using one finger or a stylus. Writes Pogue: ?I doubt that people with severe motor control challenges represent a financially significant number of the iPhone?s millions of customers. But somebody at Apple took them seriously enough to write a complete, elegant and thoughtful feature that takes down most of the barriers to using an app phone.?

November-02-2011 GarageBand Now Available for iPhone and iPod touch
Apple announced that GarageBand, its breakthrough music creation app, is now available for iPhone and iPod touch. Introduced earlier this year on iPad, GarageBand uses Apple?s Multi-Touch interface to make it easy for anyone to create and record their own songs, even if they?ve never played an instrument before. GarageBand 1.1 for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch is available on the App Store for $4.99 (US) to new users, or as a free update for existing GarageBand for iPad customers.

November-02-2011 Apple?s Newsstand a Huge Success for Digital Publishers
Wired Magazine reports that Newsstand, a new feature of iOS 5, is ?hitting it big with traditional media publishers thanks to its windfall delivery of new digital subscriptions.? Newsstand keeps all app subscriptions for newspapers, magazines, and journals in one convenient place on the iOS 5 home screen and makes it easy to shop for new reading material. Wired cites Conde Nast and The New York Times among publishers seeing large spikes in app subscriptions since Newsstand launched.

November-02-2011 New Cards App Delivers ?Vintage Innovation?
Vogue?s ?Need It Now? column features the new Cards from Apple, which lets users create and mail beautifully crafted cards personalized with their own text and photos from their iPhone or iPod touch. Each card is just $2.99 when sent within the U.S. and $4.99 when sent to or from anywhere else ? postage included. Vogue calls the Cards app ?nothing short of genius? for reviving the almost forgotten pleasure of receiving a ?real, honest-to-goodness paper greeting card in the mail? and concludes: ?This is the kind of vintage innovation we would all do well to download.?

October-26-2011 iPhone 4S: Faster, More Capable, and You Can Talk to It
Reviewing iPhone 4S at TechCrunch, columnist MG Siegler finds much to like, including its faster speed, improved camera, iOS 5 with Notification Center, and Siri, which he calls ?the true killer feature of the device.? He adds: ?The iPhone 4 was a great product. The best smartphone ever made. Now it cedes that title to the iPhone 4S.?

October-26-2011 Fashion Forward with iPad
The Benetton Group, headquartered in Venice, Italy, is internationally known for its lively fashions and memorable ad campaigns. Recently, they created a fast, color-accurate iPad catalog app that replaces bulky, production-intensive hardcopy catalogs. As a result, the company saves 60 days per year in preparing its sales materials for its staff and is able to adapt instantly to changes.

October-26-2011 With Siri, the iPhone Finds Its Voice
Wired reviewer Brian X. Chen writes that a superb new camera and speedy dual-core processor are great additions to iPhone 4S and that Siri alone is reason enough to buy the phone: ?To give you an idea of how convenient Siri is, it takes about three seconds to create a reminder with a voice command, as opposed to the 10 seconds it takes me to manually type an event into a to-do list or calendar entry.? Chen concludes: ??both inside and out, this is a magnificent smartphone.?

October-18-2011 Apple Reports Highest September Quarter Revenue and Earnings Ever
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 fourth quarter ended September 24, 2011. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $28.27 billion and quarterly net profit of $6.62 billion, or $7.05 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $20.34 billion and net quarterly profit of $4.31 billion, or $4.64 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 40.3 percent compared to 36.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 63 percent of the quarter?s revenue.

October-04-2011 Apple Announces iPhone 4S, iOS 5, and iCloud
Apple today announced iPhone 4S, the most amazing iPhone yet, packed with new features like Apple?s dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics; an 8MP camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking. iPhone 4S also ships with iOS 5 ? the world?s most advanced mobile operating system, with over 200 new features ? and iCloud.