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Daily Update for January 15, 2013

by Steven Sande (Jan 15th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Best Buy not happy with Walmart's holiday iPhone 5 deal

by Steven Sande (Jan 4th, 2013)

The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that Best Buy and several other retailers are quite unhappy with a Walmart advertising campaign that claims that the discount store chain has lower prices than the stores targeted in their ads. This came to a head over the holidays, when ...

Wall Street Journal selling subscriptions via Apple's Newsstand

by Steven Sande (Dec 21st, 2012)

The Wall Street Journal has joined thousands of newspapers and magazines that sell their content through the Apple Newsstand. The move of the Wall Street Journal to Newsstand is surprising for one reason -- the former president of WSJ owner Dow Jones, Todd Larsen, opposed selling ...

Eric Schmidt talks Apple to WSJ, sort of...

by Steven Sande (Dec 5th, 2012)

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt sat down with the Wall Street Journal's Jessica Lessin last week for an interview. He talked about recent rumors that he might be in line for a Cabinet post (Schmidt says he has "no interest in working for the federal government"), an antitrust lawsuit ...

WSJ: iPad mini assembly has begun

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 3rd, 2012)

A report from the Wall Street Journal suggests Asian suppliers have started mass production of components for the iPad Mini. Cited in the WSJ report are LG Display and AU Optronics, both of which are supposedly mass-producing 7.85-inch displays for the rumored tablet device. According to the ...

Samsung 'likely to add' the iPhone 5 to its Apple lawsuit

by Mike Schramm (Sep 20th, 2012)

The Wall Street Journal reports that Samsung is "likely" to add Apple's new iPhone 5 to its ongoing patent lawsuit against the company from Cupertino because, well, why not, right? Apple demolished Samsung in the recent ruling, and Samsung is now carrying out a second lawsuit against eight more ...

WSJ: Samsung to fight ban

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 28th, 2012)

After a guilty verdict was handed down in its trial with Apple, Samsung now faces a possible injunction that could ban eight of its smartphones from being sold in the US. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the company responded to Apple's injunction request with a simple statement that ...

Subway iPad theft leaves reporter with broken jaw

by Steven Sande (Jul 29th, 2012)

A new iPad, iPhone or other shiny electronic device is an attractive target for thieves, as Wall Street Journal reporter Rolfe Winkler now knows first-hand. But there are a few simple tactics to reduce your chances of having a device stolen from you, and the mobile industry is looking at ...

US Senator says DOJ should drop Apple ebook lawsuit

by Steven Sande (Jul 19th, 2012)

Senator Charles Schumer of New York (right) appealed to the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday in the Wall Street Journal to drop its lawsuit against Apple and a number of major publishers. The DOJ alleges that Apple and the publishers colluded to raise prices in the ebook market. Schumer ...

iPhone could have a four-inch screen, says Wall Street Journal

by Mel Martin (May 16th, 2012)

The Wall Street Journal claims that Apple is ordering screens from Asian suppliers that are bigger than the 3.5 inch screen that has become the one and only standard for the iPhone. The Journal says iPhone production will begin next month, with new screens that measure at least 4 inches ...

US carriers agree to national stolen phone database

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 10th, 2012)

According to a Wall Street Journal report, four of the largest wireless carriers in the US are working with the US government to create a national stolen phone database. Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile will develop their own databases and then merge them into a centralized ...

What companies often forget to consider when adopting tablets

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 3rd, 2012)

In the past year, companies have adopted the iPad in large numbers, but, as the Wall Street Journal points out, it's not always an easy process. The article points out five pitfalls that many companies experience when they buy tablets for their employees without any foresight or concrete ...

Video eats 4G LTE data plans fast

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 21st, 2012)

Verizon's and AT&T's LTE networks are so fast and so convenient that iPad owners are blowing through their data cap in a matter of hours, says a Wall Street Journal report. iPad broadband plans start at 250 MB for US$14.99 on AT&T and 1 GB for $20 on Verizon. Plans go up in increments ...

New iPad parts cost more than its predecessors

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 16th, 2012)

Hot on the heels of iFixit's wonderful tear down of the new iPad is a component analysis from the Wall Street Journal. According to their calculations, parts for the new iPad with 4G total US$309. That's about $30 more than the iPad 2 which costs $276.27 and the original iPad 3G which totals ...

WSJ: Next iPad will have LTE, land on Verizon Wireless

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 7th, 2012)

The Wall Street Journal chimed in with a last minute report on the iPad that'll make Verizon Wireless customers happy. Spencer E. Ante of the Journal writes, "The new iPad will support a wireless broadband technology called LTE, people familiar with the matter have said," and Credit Suisse ...