Institutional ownership of Apple stock reaches new 5-year low

Institutional ownership of Apple stock reaches new 5-year low - Other potential opportunities for Apple cited by Huberty include mobile payments and advertising services. She sees Apple's Touch ID fingerprint sensor and 64-bit A7 processor, along with the company's nearly 600 million App Store accounts and 380 million Bluetooth Low Energy devices on the market, as having laid the groundwork for such services to debut in the future.

While fingerprint sensors are cool, I personally prefer email that works reliably. And not having to spend months rewriting fully debugged code to respond to some fashion trend. If I had to make a prediction: that both Google and Apple would underestimate the Microsoft-Nokia confluence. Point in case is the AT&T goPhone / Nokia 520.

Apple's failure to pay for favorable media coverage flies in the face of Samsung's payola

Apple's failure to pay for favorable media coverage flies in the face of Samsung's payola - Reuters reporter Joseph Menn concocted the now familiar take of crafting a sensational headline scathingly touting the idea that Apple had admitted the presence of a flaw in its software.

Let's remember the purpose of media: to sell advertising. To manipulate public opinion with the aim of affecting market movements.

Apple's holiday Mac shipments outpaced PC growth by largest margin in 5 years

Apple's holiday Mac shipments outpaced PC growth by largest margin in 5 years - While some pundits speculate that Mac lineup could be on the way out in favor of the iPad, Apple's traditional notebooks and desktops outpaced the overall PC market by nearly 25 percent last quarter, representing the largest margin separating the two in five years.

I love how these numbers are derived! Fancy!

9to5Mac: Apple iPhone, Mac and iPad News Breaking All Day

9to5Mac: Apple iPhone, Mac and iPad News Breaking All Day - A report published in Taiwan’s Economic Daily News, via Mac Otakara, reiterates the flurry of previous reporting that Apple will release two new iPhones this year with larger displays, around 4.7 and 5.6 inches respectively.

Woop! Woop!

Apple gained overall share as smartphones outsold feature phones for first time in 2013

Apple gained overall share as smartphones outsold feature phones for first time in 2013 - Apple accounted for 8.3 percent of the 1.8 billion handsets sold worldwide last year, up from 7.5 percent of the market in 2012, as buyers snapped up a greater number of smartphones than feature phones for the first time ever in a full year. The numbers were revealed in market research firm Gartner's final analysis of 2013.

These numbers are a lot like the PC vs Mac numbers from the early 90s.

The DeanBeat: The new golden age of gaming | GamesBeat | Games | by Dean Takahashi

The DeanBeat: The new golden age of gaming | GamesBeat | Games | by Dean Takahashi - Now we have the Unity engine and the App Store. We can build games with small teams. We’re entering an age where the cost of building games will go down.

Geez, time to invest in Unity. What an incredible vote for the platform.

Judge denies Samsung new trial despite 'troubling' Apple appeal to prejudice

Judge denies Samsung new trial despite 'troubling' Apple appeal to prejudice - Samsung also pointed to other instances of racially charged comments, such as Apple's reference to "Samsung Korea" instead of "Samsung."

That strategy might backfire. After all, Psy is from Korea. And everyone loves Psy. Let's face it: South Korea is doing American style better than America.

Why Canada is where smart VC money is going in 2014 | VentureBeat | Business | by Katherine Barr, Mohr Davidow Ventures

Why Canada is where smart VC money is going in 2014 | VentureBeat | Business | by Katherine Barr, Mohr Davidow Ventures - What makes many Canadian technology startups so attractive to investors is that the companies have sustainable business models, with real revenue and a focus on solving very large, albeit sometimes unsexy, problems.

Oh Canada, our home and native land. Where Apple ]['s once grew in every school.

Goran Kukurin - Google+ - Hello everyone! I wanted to share with you my story, maybe…

Goran Kukurin - Google+ - Hello everyone! I wanted to share with you my story, maybe… - I wanted to share with you my story, maybe it will help somebody to prevent removal of your app by Google, without any notice, from Google Play. Google has decided to remove my app, Worldscope Webcams, from Google play store in the moment the application had 4.4 rating based on more than 11,000 user reviews and just a bit before the application reached one million downloads and after being available on Google play for four years.

More egg sucking.

Apple sued by University of Wisconsin over A7 chip at heart of iPhone, iPad

Apple sued by University of Wisconsin over A7 chip at heart of iPhone, iPad - The lawsuit was necessary, the foundation alleges, because "Apple has stated that it is the policy of the company not to accept or consider proposals regarding licensing from outside entities like WARF for any purpose."

A curious case.

Adobe VideoBite, a bite-sized video editor for iPhone, now allows titles, photos & music | 9to5Mac

Adobe VideoBite, a bite-sized video editor for iPhone, now allows titles, photos & music | 9to5Mac - Adobe VideoBite, an iOS app designed to make video editing as quick and easy as possible, has been updated to allow titles, photos and music to be added, turning it into a fully-fledged editor while retaining its simple user-interface.

Very cool. Downloading now.