Posted by A Ocean on December 27, 2012 ·
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s earned total compensation of $4.17 million in 2012, down from $378 million in 2011, Apple said in an SEC filing today.
Bloomberg reports that Steve Jobs successor’s annual payment included $1.36 million in base salary and $2.8 million in incentive plan compensation.
The total compensation for the four senior Apple executive offices, other than CEO Tim Cook, in 2012 thus [...]
Posted by A Ocean on December 27, 2012 ·
Amazon.co.uk and amazon.com led ForeSee’s annual Holiday E-Retail Satisfaction Index Customer Satisfaction Scores for the Top 40 Retail Websites in the UK.
Amazon.uk garnered 86 points, to stay ahead of Amazon.com, which recorded 84 points. John Lewis (80) stayed at in third this year, rounding out the list of three companies that surpass the excellence threshold of 80. Play.com (79), Apple [...]
Posted by A Ocean on December 27, 2012 ·
Customer satisfaction with Apple’s online store slipped to 80 from the 83 points it garnered in 2011 according to ForeSee’s annual Holiday E-Retail Satisfaction Index. The results are compiled from 24,000 U.S. customer surveys gathered between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
“This year, we’re seeing that even some of the largest companies in the country are at risk if they lose sight of customer [...]
Posted by A Ocean on December 18, 2012 ·
Apple has few hours ago released iOS 6.0.2 for the iPhone 5 and iPad mini , which fixes a software bug which hampers the connections and speeds of the WiFi connection. Apple has already tried to fix this once before with iOS 6.0.1, but it seems that the problem has persisted.
Users can plug their iPhone 5 or iPad mini into iTunes to install the update, or wait for the OTA system to be activated. [...]
Posted by A Ocean on December 14, 2012 ·
Dropbox reported on its blog on Friday the launch of new iOS app that introduces a redesigned, streamlined UI, a new Photos tab that allows you to scroll through a timeline of your automatically uploaded photos, and improvements to the photo-viewing experience.
Dropbox boasted that uploads have now been improved, allowing users to ” tap the ‘+’ icon to upload something or create a new folder.”
We’ve [...]
Posted by A Ocean on December 13, 2012 ·
Apple on Thursday published its best of 2012 selections on the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBookstore — and there are a few surprises. Last year, Instagram received iPhone app of the year, while Snapseed got the best iPad app.
The “Best of 2012” rankings include winners in a variety of mediums among multiple categories. Below are a list of the biggest overall winners:
iTunes Store
Music
Best [...]
Posted by A Ocean on December 4, 2012 ·
YouTube has updated the YouTube app for iOS on Tuesday with support for the iPhone 5′s display, along with the ability to stream videos over AirPlay to the Apple TV or other enabled devices more easily.
The updated iOS YouTube app now also has full support for the iPad, with a iPad friendly interface that is specifically designed for Apple’s tablet.
“Just in time for the holidays, now you [...]
Posted by A Ocean on December 4, 2012 ·
U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh who ruled in Apple-Samsung case said that while details of pricing and royalty rates for patents from Apple-HTC settlement should be kept under wraps from public view, the same does not hold true for the rest of the agreement.
“This Court has repeatedly explained that only the pricing and royalty terms of license agreements may be sealed,” Koh wrote in [...]
Posted by A Ocean on December 3, 2012 ·
Apple went up a position to land at the second spot displacing LG in the U.S. Mobile phones market for the three-month average period ending in October largely due to the record setting launch of its iPhone 5 handset, Samsung ranks as the top handset manufacturer overall with 26.3 percent market share according to data from the comScore MobiLens service.
Apple ranked second for the first time on record [...]
Posted by A Ocean on November 29, 2012 ·
Apple generally does not sell iPhones without a carrier contract in U.S., reportedly, it’s making an exception with iPhone 5 with images leak depicting pricing of that device on Apple online Store
A report from 9t05Mac claims that Apple will start selling unlocked iPhones as early as Thursday night EST through its online store, they will be available in Retail Stores soon . unlocked pricing [...]