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		<title>Lenovo &#8216;Lucky&#8217; Apple Not Focused on China, Says Exec</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Lenovo is "lucky" that Apple CEO Steve Jobs isn't focused on the Chinese market, according to reported comments by Lenovo's chairman. "We are lucky that Steve Jobs has such a bad temper and doesn't care about China. If Apple were to spend the same effort on the Chinese consumer as we do, we would be in trouble," Liu Chuanzhi told the Financial Times in a report published Sunday. A Lenovo spokesman confirmed that Liu had made the remarks but sought to put them in context, saying the comment about Apple came at a "relaxed" moment during a dinner interview. Liu is well aware of Lenovo's own strengths as a company and technology provider, said Jay Chen, a spokesman for Lenovo in Beijing, who was present during the interview. Even so, Liu's comments are noteworthy because Lenovo's established dominance of the Chinese PC market hasn't faced a serious threat in years. Apple doesn't break out revenue figures for China, but financial statements offer some insight into the general state of the company's business in Asia. Unit sales of Macintosh computers in Asia, excluding Japan, rose 61 percent during the six-month period from October 2009 to March 2010, to 651,000 units, according to Apple's most recent quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. That represents the biggest jump seen by Apple in any of the geographic regions where it operates. The scale of Apple's growth in Asia is even more impressive when considered in terms of net sales, which includes revenue from the sales of Macs, iPhones and all of the company's other products. That figure rose 161 percent during the same six-month period, growing to US$3.7 billion. Asian sales -- including revenue from China -- may pale in comparison to the $11.1 billion that Apple earned in the Americas during this six-month period, but there are clear signs that Apple is increasingly looking outside the U.S. for sales growth. For example, the recently launched iPhone 4 was made available to users in the U.S. and in other countries on the same day. Indeed, time zone differences on the launch day meant that Japanese users were able to get their hands on the iPhone 4 before retail customers in the U.S. While China wasn't among the first countries to get the iPhone 4, Apple has slowly but steadily expanded there in recent years. Apple opened its first retail store in China in 2008, just before the Beijing Olympics started. Last year, the company began selling the iPhone in China through a partnership with China Unicom that was sealed after many months of negotiations. Apple will soon open its second retail shop in China with a store in Shanghai -- the first step in a reportedly aggressive retail expansion plan for the country. An Apple spokeswoman did not immediately respond to phone and e-mail requests for comment. ]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Clarifies Japan IPad SIM-lock, Sort of</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 23:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ If you haven't been following the news over whether or not iPads in Japan are being SIM-locked to wireless provider Softbank , it's understandable: at this point, the story has doubled back on itself more than your average Hollywood heist flick. Fortunately, Apple has finally clarified the company's position. Mostly. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal , an Apple spokesperson said that 3G-enabled iPads sold in Japan will be compatible only with Softbank, and not from rival providers such as NTT DoCoMo, when used in Japan. However, despite that, those iPads can still be used outside of Japan with any provider who uses compatible micro-SIM cards. The comment provided to the Journal does not specifically address whether or not the iPad is SIM-locked, but reading between the lines it would seem that the situation in Japan may be similar to the situation in the U.S. with AT&#038;T. In one of his increasingly common alleged e-mail exchanges, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told one customer last week that the Japanese 3G iPad would accept international SIMs. That would seem to agree with a comment Jobs made during the iPad's launch in January , when he said all iPad 3G models were unlocked. However, one site reported that the Japanese FAQ for the 3G iPad says that international SIMs won't work in the iPad--that may mean that you can't buy a SIM card from another country and use it in Japan. Despite the clarification offered by Apple, it seems that the situation is still somewhat on the convoluted side. For the full story, we may have to wait until the 3G iPad arrives in Japan later this month. ]]></description>
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		<title>Israel Gives Approval for iPad Imports</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Israel lifted a ban on imports of Apple's iPad on Sunday, saying the device conforms with local wireless standards, the government said. Israel reportedly banned the iPad earlier this month because the device did not meet European Wi-Fi standards, although one Israeli legislator said the ban stemmed from concerns the device would interfere with wireless frequencies used by the military. While Israel blocked peop le from importing iPads, imports of the device were not banned by European countries. On Sunday, Israel's Ministry of Communications said "intensive technical scrutiny" showed the iPad conformed with wireless standards after all. "The scrutiny conducted by the Ministry technical team vis-à-vis Apple's team, international laboratory and European counterparts confirmed that the device which could be operated in various standards will be operated in Israel in accordance to the local standards," Yechiel Shabi, a spokesman for Israel's Ministry of Communications, said in an online statement . Approval for iPad imports was given on Friday, with imports allowed starting Sunday, the statement said, noting one person was allowed to bring one device into the country. ]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook to Get More Social, McAfee Crashes PCs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The travel industry wasn't the only one affected by the volcano that erupted in Iceland. Mobile-phone vendors and suppliers adjusted shipping methods to get handsets from Asia to Europe. Some McAfee corporate clients most likely cursed the company after a security update crashed the computers of hundreds of thousands of users. If you're a financial and technology wonk, then read on for highlights on this week's earnings reports from major IT vendors. Facebook's efforts to make the Web more social may result in some lost user privacy. But perhaps the site should bolster its security first. A hacker claims to have the log-in information to more than 1 million accounts, a security research company said. 1. Few answers after McAfee antivirus update hits Intel, others : A buggy antivirus update from security vendor McAfee caused corporate customers' Windows XP machines to endlessly crash and reboot. Hundreds of thousands of machines were affected, including those used by chip maker Intel, a U.K. IT outsourcing company, and local government and police forces in some U.S. states. McAfee on Thursday attributed the snafu to the update misidentifying a Windows file as a virus. 2. Facebook wants the Web's default to be social : Facebook used its developer conference to announce application development platform changes that either make the Web more social or decrease user privacy, depending on your perspective. Facebook and other Web sites will integrate user information and use this data to offer a more personalized Web experience. A person visiting a Facebook partner site would see content based on the preferences previously stated on Facebook. The social-networking site is also releasing iFrame plug-ins that will allow Web developers to place Facebook functions, such as the "Like" button, on their sites, allowing Facebook and its partners to know the type of content a user prefers. Analysts said Facebook could pull off this endeavor, but questioned if the measure would turn off some users over privacy concerns. 3. Phone manufacturers learn to cope with ash cloud : In addition to airlines, the ash cloud caused by an Icelandic volcano also affected the IT industry. Some cell phone manufacturers, which ship their products from Asia by plane, developed innovative routing methods after the ash cloud shut down European air space for several days. A Swedish phone retailer had the phones flown to countries with open airports and then used trucks to complete the shipment. A European mobile-phone service provider said the air cargo conundrum hindered the availability of two already popular handsets, while a Taiwanese phone maker said the volcano's overall impact depends on when planes can resume flying in Europe. 4. Wall Street Beat: Tech earnings shine : This week brought a plethora of quarterly earnings reports from several IT and telecommunications companies. Apple produced impressive numbers, boosting quarterly profit by 90 percent and increasing iPhone sales by 131 percent compared to last year's second quarter. Microsoft announced third-quarter revenue that increased by 6 percent from the same period last year, while IBM's 16 percent rise in its first-quarter revenue bodes well for the overall IT industry. Verizon Communications, eBay and AT&#038;T, among other businesses, also issued earnings information. 5. Adobe tosses in Flash towel after Apple limits iPhone dev : The prospect of running Flash applications on Apple's iPhone or iPad officially died this week when Adobe Systems, Flash's developer, said it is ceasing work on a tool that would bring the popular multimedia software to the devices. The companies have clashed over Flash for a while, but the situation intensified recently. Apple banned developers from using cross-platform compilers, tools that could be used to port the software for Apple's mobile devices. In a blog post, an Adobe employee responded to Apple's new developer terms with some choice words. Does the iTunes Store sell dirges? 6. Gov't regulators slam Google's privacy efforts : In a letter, government regulators from 10 countries, including France and Germany, warned Internet-based companies to respect privacy laws when introducing products or face fines and other punishments. Google received most of the privacy regulators' ire for the launch of its Buzz social-networking service, which users complained lacked adequate features that allowed them to control how their data was shared with other users. Facebook also received some flak. One official involved with the letter said Web companies should view the missive as a final warning before governments intervene to protect people's privacy. 7. Fate of network admin Terry Childs now in jury's hands : A jury will now decide if a former San Francisco city network administrator is guilty of breaching California hacking laws for refusing to hand over administrative passwords during a 2008 dispute. Closing arguments in the city's case against Terry Childs finished on Monday. The trial has lasted for almost six months and featured testimony from the city's mayor and Cisco Systems' chief security officer. If convicted for disrupting the city's computer systems, Childs faces five years in prison. 8. Microsoft, Oracle differ on cloud visions : Oracle and Microsoft discussed the prospects of cloud computing in the enterprise and, perhaps not unexpectedly, both software vendors advocated a hybrid model of cloud and in-house computing for the most effective results. While the companies agreed on using cloud computing as needed, they differed on execution. Microsoft talked up its public cloud products, like its Azure online OS, while Oracle plugged its offerings that allow businesses to build internal clouds. 9. 1.5 million stolen Facebook IDs up for sale : Security researchers revealed this week that they recently discovered a hacker who is selling the user names and passwords for 1.5 million Facebook accounts. Hackers use the compromised accounts to scam and spam the account holders' friends. Depending on the number of friends a person has, the hacker is selling the account information for the bargain price of US$25 to $45 for 1,000 accounts. The security firm couldn't confirm the legitimacy of the accounts, and Facebook didn't respond to a request for comment. But if the hacker's wares are valid, one out of every 300 Facebook users is vulnerable. 10. Apple's iPad selling well overseas ahead of official launch and Illegal satellite TV in China brings CNN to the masses : Asia's clandestine electronics market also proves interesting, and here are two items to back that claim. The iPad is proving popular with Taiwanese consumers although Apple has yet to launch the product internationally. One Taipei vendor claimed to order 300 of the tablet PCs from a U.S. retailer that specializes in obtaining hard-to-find merchandise for foreign vendors. Satellite television is booming in China, despite government efforts to control who has access to this service, which offers content that the state bans domestic broadcasters from airing. While this market is technically illegal, the country's growing middle class has adopted the technology. ]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Focuses on Green at Shareholder Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Apple shareholders gathered on Thursday at the company's Cupertino headquarters, questions in hand. But unlike last year , when the primary concern of many attendees seemed to be Steve Jobs' medical leave and its effect on the health of the company, this year's discussion focused largely on environmental and financial issues. As usual, Apple began the meeting with a brief discussion of the day's shareholder votes, followed by in-person balloting for those who hadn't already submitted proxy votes. The company also announced preliminary results based on those proxy votes. The results indicated that all seven members of the board of directors who were up for election were indeed elected, and two stock-related amendments were approved. Also approved were the ratification of Ernst &#038; Young as the company's public accounting firm for 2010, and an advisory vote on executive compensation, both endorsed by the board. Voted down were two shareholder proposals, each of which the board recommended voting against. The first was a proposal for Apple to prepare a "sustainability" report on the company's environmental policies and the effects that climate change may have on the company's competitiveness; the board's position was that Apple "is already substantially fulfilling--and in many respects exceeding--the request for information [in the proposal]." The second was a proposal to amend the company's bylaws to establish a board-of-directors sustainability committee to "ensure [Apple's] sustained viability" in the face of "changing conditions and knowledge of the natural environment, including...natural resource limitations, energy use, waste disposal, and climate change." The board's position was, again, that management was performing "exceptionally well in this area" and thus such a committee was unnecessary. (You can read Apple's 2010 proxy statement for all the details of these proposals.) With official business out of the way, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, chief operating officer Tim Cook, and chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer spent nearly an hour taking questions from shareholders in the room. (Although the most common question of the day went the other direction, as Jobs asked more than a few longwinded commenters, "Do you have a question?") While many shareholders mentioned how happy they were that Jobs was back on the job, only one specifically questioned the CEO's health, asking if Jobs had returned to Apple only in a limited capacity. Jobs' response was a single, emphatic word--"No"--although in response to an earlier shareholder comment, Jobs did point out that while he was out, "Tim took the helm and Apple didn't miss a beat." Perhaps unsurprisingly, Apple's environmental record and policies occupied a good chunk of the Q&#038;A discussion. Apple took advantage of several shareholder questions to tout the company's recent report on supplier sustainability (available on the Apple Website ). Jobs claimed that Apple is the first company to work directly with suppliers on issues such as environmental impact and worker education and protection. Taking a jab at other companies, as well as organizations such as Greenpeace, he noted that "other companies just make promises" and attend conferences and events to "schmooze with [environmental groups], but the work ain't getting done," whereas Apple is actually taking steps to improve the company's real-world green credentials and treatment of workers. Tim Cook added that Apple audited more than 100 suppliers in 2009, and more than half of those reported that they'd never been audited by a company other than Apple. Similarly, in response to a comment that being green is also good for business, Jobs agreed, noting that by decreasing the size of product boxes, Apple has reduced the number of 747 cargo flights needed each year by the hundreds. "It's the right thing to do from an environmental point of view; it's the right thing to do from a business point of view." Jobs also claimed that Apple is the leader in its industry when it comes to recycling, reducing toxins, smaller packaging, and workers' rights. (One shareholder, who had previously in the meeting spoken out against the two shareholder proposals, made the claim that global warming isn't a serious issue and asked why Apple resigned its membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over green policies . Jobs replied, "I guess we have a difference of opinion.") Jobs also gave stockholders a glimpse of the company's view on cash and short-term investments, currently around $40 billion , when a shareholder asked if the company would consider using part of its cash hoard to provide dividends. Jobs noted that having a lot of cash in the bank gives the company stability, allowing it to be technologically risky while remaining fiscally conservative. The cash also puts the company in a position to "acquire something" without having to borrow money. The board's goal, according to Jobs, is to generate high stock prices, pointing out that a the company's stock price is based in large part on its ability to continue to grow. The board doesn't think the stock price would change much if dividends were distributed, and most investors would rather have a business with $40 billion in the bank than the same company, with the same stock price, without money in the bank. The App Store also receive a bit of attention. One shareholder thanked Apple for " removing the smut from the App Store ," while another asked if the current app-approval process is sustainable as the number of submissions continues to increase. Jobs said that while things were challenging three to four months ago, these days the process is "great," with most approvals coming within a few days, even though the rate of submissions is up. A shareholder voiced concern about Google CEO Eric Schmidt--who last summer resigned from Apple's board --using knowledge gained as a board member in order to compete against Apple. Jobs' brief answer was that Schmidt was always professional and recused himself whenever the board discussed areas in which Google and Apple compete. The company also took some criticism about its management policies. One European shareholder said that the board doesn't provide shareholders with "basic" information about investments, personnel decisions, and potential acquisitions. Jobs said that such matters are management responsibilities, not shareholder ones, and that the management performs such duties "with precision and care--that's what you pay us for." Another shareholder urged the company to consider more women for executive and board positions; Jobs said it's Apple policy to look for the best people, and that sometimes they're women and sometimes they're men. Similarly, a shareholder who was also a former member of Apple's UI team asked why no one from Apple was attending this year's national accessibility conference, and how Apple keeps up on current issues. Jobs replied that Apple doesn't participate in conferences because then "we wouldn't be here working." He said that Apple's customers do a great job keeping the company informed and reminding the company when it's falling short, and that Apple leads the computing industry in accessibility. One interesting tidbit for Apple fans in Asia was revealed in response to a question about Apple's efforts to increase international sales. After Jobs mentioned the opening of Apple's first retail store in China , he queried VP of retail Ron Johnson, who was in the audience, about future plans. Johnson said that Apple's goal is to have 24 stores in the country. Several people referred to Tim Cook's recent presentation at the Goldman Sachs technology conference, where he mentioned that Apple is a mobile device company. Did this mean Apple was ignoring the desktop? Jobs said that Apple is a mobile device company because approximately 95 percent of the devices its customers buy are mobile devices: laptops, iPhones, iPods. However, Apple isn't ignoring the desktop: "We love desktop computers and plan to continue making them." Jobs even addressed relatively minor issues, such as the recent policy change that prevents user groups from meeting on the Apple campus. He said the company is simply bigger than it used to be and is using more of its own facilities; he also conceded that security issues played a role in the decision. And in response to a question about the best way for users to notify Apple of potential Web-security issues--for example, Google links appearing to be legitimate Apple sites--Jobs suggested the company should "put up an e-mail address." As usual, there were also a number of off-beat comments and questions, ranging from suggestions that Apple invest in Tesla Motors (Jobs: "We were thinking of a toga party, actually") to a request for a flagship Apple Store in Cupertino ("I'll pass that on to our retail team"), to a suggestion that Apple partner with Nintendo (strategic alliances are hard, but possible if it's worth it), to a desire for a simple programming language on the iPad ("Something like HyperCard on the iPad? Yes, but someone would have to create it.") Jobs declined to comment on the possibility of a Verizon-network iPhone. Perhaps the most thoughtful response of the day came when a woman wondered about the biggest challenges the company sees going forward, asking Jobs, "What keeps you up at night?" "Shareholder meetings," Jobs quickly quipped, before giving the meeting a cold splash of reality. "Apple requires stability in the world. People aren't going to worry about which laptop to buy if they can't afford dinner, can't afford to send their kids to school, can't afford textbooks. There are things much bigger than us that are out of our control. So we try to just do the best we can." ]]></description>
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