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	Forget the high margins, Apple -- cut iPad Mini prices Apple sold 14% fewer iPads in the quarter that ended June 30 than in the same quarter last year, while the revenue from those sales plummeted by 27%. The solution? Cut prices, say analysts. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc. Hospital Turns to Email Archiving Solution Read this case study to learn how a cloud-based email archiving solution enabled the hospital to meet government mandates and helps avoid thousands of dollars in projected storage costs. Learn More. In this Issue Mac sales slide for third straight quarter, fall 7% Apple restores key parts of dev site after attack iPhone share slump spurs calls for low-price model Cut-rate iPhones? They're already here US patent office rejects claims of Apple 'pinch to zoom' patent Apple's profit drops 22% as iPad sales slow; iPhone sales remain strong Apple in China recommends use of official power adapters for iPhone Apple supplier Pegatron slammed for alleged labor abuses in China Video: China Labor Watch goes undercover at Apple-producing factories Apple's smartphone market share drops to three-year low Apple drops exec Bob Mansfield from company's leadership team Jonny Evans: Smartphone wars: 'We're only dancing' as Samsung v Apple share the floor Jonny Evans: This is how Apple will reinvent TV while Google plays catch-up Jonny Evans: Apple's R&D spend reaches record high; execs excited as new products loom Jonny Evans: Apple's 'plastic' iPhone mini confirmed in shocking Pegatron labor report Richi Jennings: iPhone 5C: Does the C stand for CHEAP? Preston Gralla: Will big-screen iPads kill off Microsoft's Surface tablets? Jonny Evans: 4K TV: Sony bets on 'Bag of hurt', Apple doesn't WHITE PAPER: Crittercism There is no 'I' in Team, but There is '$' in Failure The mobile enterprise has arrived. In a world where there will be more devices than people on earth by 2017 according to Cisco's Visual Networking index (VNI), mobility will continue to transform enterprises in a profound way that cannot be ignored. Read more! Mac sales slide for third straight quarter, fall 7% Mac sales in the second quarter contracted by nearly 7%, the third consecutive quarter of decline, sliding to 3.75 million systems, the lowest number in more than two years, the company reported. Read More Apple restores key parts of dev site after attack Apple has restored key sections of its developer website, including the download center, more than a week after it took the portal offline. Read More iPhone share slump spurs calls for low-price model Analysts argued today over the significance of Apple's falling market share, reflecting the uncertainties the Cupertino, Calif. company faces in a transition to lower profits. Read More Cut-rate iPhones? They're already here Calls for Apple to start selling a lower-priced iPhone just don't make sense, an analyst said today, because Apple already sells millions of discounted smartphones. Read More US patent office rejects claims of Apple 'pinch to zoom' patent The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected claims of an Apple patent that figures prominently in a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, according to documents filed by the South Korean company in a U.S. federal court. Read More Apple's profit drops 22% as iPad sales slow; iPhone sales remain strong Apple reported a drop in profits on roughly flat revenue for the April to June quarter, though the results were ahead of analysts' expectations, providing something of a silver lining for the company. Read More Apple in China recommends use of official power adapters for iPhone Apple is advising its customers in China to use the company's official USB power adapters when recharging their devices, as police continued an investigation into the death by electrocution of a local woman that may be linked to an iPhone. Read More Apple supplier Pegatron slammed for alleged labor abuses in China Apple supplier Pegatron is facing criticism from a watchdog group for poor working conditions at its factories in China. Read More Video: China Labor Watch goes undercover at Apple-producing factories Apple supplier Pegatron is facing criticism from a watchdog group for poor working conditions at its factories in China. New York based China Labor Watch released videos and a new 60-page report on Monday. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Mobile Application Monitoring Breeds Business Possibilities Mobile applications are radically altering the way businesses operate and how they interact with their employees and customers. Ensuring performance of these mobile apps is critical, yet performance is difficult to monitor. Read Now! Apple's smartphone market share drops to three-year low Apple's share of the smartphone market dropped in the second quarter to its lowest level in three years, research firm Strategy Analytics said. Read More Apple drops exec Bob Mansfield from company's leadership team Bob Mansfield, one of Apple top executives, has been dropped from the company's leadership team and will instead work on special projects, according to online reports yesterday. Read More Jonny Evans: Smartphone wars: 'We're only dancing' as Samsung v Apple share the floor Samsung has beaten Apple in the smartphone market -- this at least is the headline du jour, but are we watching the fall from grace of Apple, or is this Samsung's last dance before its own demise? Put it this way: don't sell your AAPL stock just yet. Here's why: Read More Jonny Evans: This is how Apple will reinvent TV while Google plays catch-up Apple has a figured out how to play a part in the reinvention of television, and here's how it's about to do it. Meanwhile, Google's attempt to emulate Apple TV with Chromecast underlines the weakness in that firm's television strategy so far. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's R&D spend reaches record high; execs excited as new products loom Read between the lines of last night's Apple fiscal call (and take a look at its financial statements) and it's crystal clear new products are coming as Apple's r&d spend so far this year already dwarfs what it spent in the year before iPhone. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's 'plastic' iPhone mini confirmed in shocking Pegatron labor report Apple's future plan to introduce a plastic iPhone is confirmed within this morning's shocking report into labor abuses at manufacturing partner, Pegatron, which stands accused of numerous violations of worker rights inside the iPhone factories. Read More Richi Jennings: iPhone 5C: Does the C stand for CHEAP? Confirmation of cheap-iPhone rumor comes from surprising source. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) seems certain to be readying a cheaper, plastic-bodied iPhone. The latest triangulation of the rumor is courtesy of China Labor Watch, who pepper a report with mentions of the new product. Thought to be called the iPhone 5C, the smartphone is probably aimed at BRIC markets, but may also come to these shores. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers do the math. Read More Preston Gralla: Will big-screen iPads kill off Microsoft's Surface tablets? There's more bad news for Microsoft's struggling line of Surface tablets: Apple is said to be working on a 13-inch iPad that could be used as a productivity device, not just for entertainment. If true, it could just about kill off any chance the Surface has for success. Read More Jonny Evans: 4K TV: Sony bets on 'Bag of hurt', Apple doesn't Sony and Panasonic intend releasing Blu-ray disks capable of storing 300GB or more by the end of 2015; meanwhile Apple seems set to maintain its focus on online distribution of 4K content: Who's right? Is it curtains for optical disks? Read More
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