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	Apple's iMac on the road to irrelevance Sales of Apple's iMac, the computer often credited with saving the company, have peaked and by the end of 2014 will account for approximately 2% of the firm's revenues, analysts now say. Read More WEBCAST: T-Systems Charting a Course for Realizing Business Value in the Cloud Cloud is not simply about delivering IT services. Rather it is about vesting the organization with the agility it must have to respond to challenges and opportunities at the speed of business. View this on-demand webcast to learn how to blaze your own pathway to enterprise applications in the cloud. Learn more. In this Issue A U.S. Apple factory may be robot city iPads top tablet battery tests by U.S., U.K. consumer watchdogs Apple cuts iPad Mini's shipping delays, extends iMac's iPad Mini cannibalization may add just 3M to Apple's tablet sales, says analyst iPhone 5's launch leads to 33% spike in AppStore downloads Apple to invest $100M next year in U.S. Mac production Foxconn eyes expanding its manufacturing in the U.S. QuickPoll: Why is Apple planning to bring some Mac production to the U.S.? Apple vs. The World: Best of Apple's legal battles Apple boosts iOS iWork suite's Office doc compatibility Apple devices coming to T-Mobile USA in 2013 Tablet sales skyrocketing, driven by iPad mini, Android demand Apple and Samsung are now top smart device makers HTC-Apple pact forbids Apple 'user experience' cloning FTC opposes product bans in Apple-Motorola dispute Jonny Evans: LeWeb: Ex-Apple execs talk Steve Jobs and product design Jonny Evans: At Apple care is everything, Cook confirms with US Mac manufacturing jobs promise Richi Jennings: Apple Maps can KILL, say police in Australia Jonny Evans: 2012: Apple's annus horribilis Jonny Evans: Rumor: Apple plans June iPhone 5S with TSMC New York-made processors RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC IT's Next Transformation To remain competitive organizations need to manage the relationship between IT and the business. Megatrends like virtualization, consumerization, cloud computing, and mobility are forcing a new model for operating IT. Read the interactive guide to learn more. A U.S. Apple factory may be robot city Apple has the money, talent and resources to build a highly automated factory in the U.S. that turns out products that are potentially cost competitive with those it now makes in China. Read More iPads top tablet battery tests by U.S., U.K. consumer watchdogs Apple's iPad and iPad Mini took top honors in a pair of tablet battery shootouts conducted by consumer watchdogs in the U.S. and the U.K. Read More Apple cuts iPad Mini's shipping delays, extends iMac's Apple has cut the shipping delay of iPad Mini tablets in half for U.S. and Canadian customers, now promising that the devices will ship in one week. Meanwhile, it's increased shipping times for its new iMac desktops. Read More iPad Mini cannibalization may add just 3M to Apple's tablet sales, says analyst An aggressive iPad Mini cannibalization rate could add as few as 3 million tablets to Apple's bottom line in what is shaping up to be a record total for the quarter, an analyst said today. Read More iPhone 5's launch leads to 33% spike in AppStore downloads Every time a new iPhone launches, AppStore downloads soar -- and app developers cheer. Read More Apple to invest $100M next year in U.S. Mac production Apple will manufacture one of its Mac lines exclusively in the U.S. by the end of 2013, CEO Tim Cook told NBC and BusinessWeek in interviews made public today. Read More Foxconn eyes expanding its manufacturing in the U.S. Foxconn Technology Group is considering expanding its existing manufacturing operations in the U.S., in a move that could be linked with Apple's plan to bring back Mac manufacturing to the country. Read More QuickPoll: Why is Apple planning to bring some Mac production to the U.S.? Apple will manufacture one of its Mac lines exclusively in the U.S. by the end of 2013. Why is Apple making this move? Read More Apple vs. The World: Best of Apple's legal battles Here you¿ll find some of the most important and influential -- as well as downright silly -- legal battles that Apple has been involved in since its founding in 1976. Read More Apple boosts iOS iWork suite's Office doc compatibility Apple yesterday updated its iWork suite -- Pages, Numbers and Keynote -- for the iPad and iPhone, beefing up compatibility with Microsoft's Office. Read More WEBCAST: Teradata Big Data Done Right View this on-demand webcast to learn how to reap the benefits of big data through a practical unified architecture; how to improve performance with in-memory technology; and how to lower costs and increase scalability through cloud computing. Register now. Apple devices coming to T-Mobile USA in 2013 It looks like the iPhone will finally be coming to T-Mobile USA. Read More Tablet sales skyrocketing, driven by iPad mini, Android demand The latest predictions from research firm IDC show a continuing increase in tablet sales from the end of 2012 all the way through 2016, according to the company's latest Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. Read More Apple and Samsung are now top smart device makers Apple and Samsung have emerged as the global kings of smartphones, tablets and PCs even though the two vendors have very different product and pricing strategies, IDC said Monday. Read More HTC-Apple pact forbids Apple 'user experience' cloning A patent agreement between Apple and HTC forbids the Taiwanese company from making and selling mobile devices that copy what is described as the 'Distinctive Apple User Experience.' Read More FTC opposes product bans in Apple-Motorola dispute Intervening in a patent dispute between Apple and Motorola Mobility, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opposed bans on the sale of products that include standardized, patented technology when the patent holder has previously committed to license the patent on fair and reasonable terms. Read More Jonny Evans: LeWeb: Ex-Apple execs talk Steve Jobs and product design There's a host of interesting insights for Apple watchers emerging from LeWeb this week, where iPod Daddy, Tony Fadell, discussed the smart home and Apple's recently departed European vice president, Pascal Cagni, revealed he got his job because he "wasn't a salesman, but a product guy", and hinted the company won't get into the smart home just yet... Read More Jonny Evans: At Apple care is everything, Cook confirms with US Mac manufacturing jobs promise The only Apple story worth reading today is CEO, Tim Cook's wide-ranging interview with Bloomberg Businessweek and NBC. Within it he confirms the company listens to its critics and cited multiple instances in which it has made moves to address problems -- he even offered a commitment to create more Mac manufacturing jobs in the US. Read More Richi Jennings: Apple Maps can KILL, say police in Australia Australian police issue warning of potentially-fatal mapping errors. Several people have had to be rescued after becoming stranded in the desert, thanks to the iOS 6 Maps app. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) can't find enough ways to say sorry (but still won't let people use Google Maps). In IT Blogwatch, bloggers navigate around the news. [You're fired -Ed.] Read More Jonny Evans: 2012: Apple's annus horribilis It should have been another great year as Apple emerged from mourning the loss of its great leader, Steve Jobs, equipped with a raft of exciting new product ideas -- but sadly 2012 became Apple's annus horribilis. Read More Jonny Evans: Rumor: Apple plans June iPhone 5S with TSMC New York-made processors Fresh speculation warns Apple's plans for 2013 currently include an iPhone 5S with NFC support. What's also interesting is that these seem likeley to be equipped with chips manufactured by TSMC, possibly at a new factory in New York. Lower cost iPhones and an Apple television also appear in the frame for 2013. Read More
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