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4 Problematic Apple Items That Tim Cook Won't Examine

At its yearly shareholders meeting, Apple Chief Tim Cook had revealed some insight into how the organization will be conveying shareholder esteem. One path is by giving back a percentage of the over $137 billion money that Apple has amassed throughout the years, however that truly is uninteresting for nerds, unless you're an Apple (APPL) speculator. The second method is to keep on innovaing, and Cook guarantees that his organization is "not obliging our interest in Research and development by a craving to develop a money heap." 

"Clearly we're taking a gander at new classifications — we don't discuss them, however we're taking a gander at them," Cook said. 

Previously, Apple's been reputed to enter the space possessed by the family room to the auto, and there is a great deal of customary space that Apple could give its client experience ability in. Here are four of the top ones we've seen reputed as of late: 

1. iwatch 

Wearable registering will be a huge center making headway as the attention from telephones and tablets fade. Apple opponent Google is guaranteeing that its wearable Google Glass innovation will be discharged before the current year's over, and the Android OS-creator isn't bashful about the $1,500 sticker either. Apple, then again, has been supposed to be investigating keen looks as a feature of its wearable figuring activity, and late Apple patent filings affirm that Apple has been toying with the thought, at any rate inside. 

urlbut 2013 and 2014 may end up being a ready fight ground for the savvy idea to take off. We've seen new innovations come to market that would drive development for the iwatch. To start with, there's bendable and stretchable battery engineering, which could expand and stretch battery power from the gadget itself and into the wrist strap share of the watch. Though the wrist strap would have been squandered space the extent that gadgets go, it is presently a useful expansion of the watch. Second, adaptable OLED presentation boards may be utilized to make bended showcases for the watch to shape to your wrist flawlessly. And afterward there's likewise bendable glass to ensure the OLED boards. Corning, producers of the Gorilla Glass, is likewise creating another Willow glass innovation that can twist to fit around the adaptable OLED shape. A shape-moving watch? We suspect as much. 

What's more to buildup up the gossipy tidbits considerably further, Apple's long-term foe Samsung is likewise reputed to be fiddling with its own particular Cosmic system Watch with the Samsung Altius idea. 

2. itv 

Macintosh has since quite a while ago kept up that its Mac television set top box was simply a hobby–the gadget never truly sold in masses like the iphone or ipad, however Mac television is still viewed as an achievement in the business. Basic, simple to utilize, and sponsored by a strong armory of media substance, Apple television's usefulness and peculiarity are not yet completely investigated, and Apple has long been reputed to chip away at a full HDTV that may be called an itv upon discharge with Siri combination. 

itv, at its center, would be an in with no reservations one gadget and would coordinate center usefulness of the Apple television box alongside a gigantic HDTV presentation, and most likely may accompany incorporated Wifi network. Consider it a much greater imac intended for your parlor, less the Macintosh part. 

Apple could at present open up the television stage to more apps–its Apple television is constrained to a couple of select applications like Netflix and Hulu Plus–and itv could turn into a diversion comfort, media streamer, news peruser, and that's just the beginning. With imessage and Facetime through a coordinated isight cam on itv, the gadget can be the core of your brought together informing and correspondence arrangement inside the home. Disregard your home number–you can bring companions over Wifi, in the same way as a Voip call, and have your PDA number showed on their guest ID. At the point when mother calls you, you can get on your ipad, iphone, ipod Touch, or itv. 

itv is then an extension of your advanced life and could be the living center that handles everything from cautioning you of breaking news through a news peruser application, push imperative messages to you, gives you a chance to handle calls and feature conferencing, and stream your most loved media. 

This isn't about offering in enormous numbers either as itv will be situated as a premium item over the intensely marked down 50-inch television sets available today, however Apple is alright with that as it is centered around the biological system. With content–digital Broadcast events and films, applications, and hearty integration options–itv can be that enormous item that effects each television watcher out there. 

"Achievement is not making the most," Cook remarked, as reported by CNBC reported. "Where piece of the overall industry is essential (is in being sufficiently enormous to pull in a biological system) … . We're truly mindful of the opposition too. "We don't have our heads stuck up …  stuck in the sand. … . There's a catch or two we could press to make the most … . That would not be useful for Apple." 

3. iphone Extension 

Apple may be listening to what its adversaries are doing and the iphone may be accessible with a bigger number of setups than today. Need an iphone in pink? There's an Apple group that will convey that. What about an ios phablet? A much bigger iphone presentation is as of now reputed to be underway. 

By growing choices and decisions, Apple stands a chance at addressing all the more needs of more shoppers, who may be turning to Android and different stages. Up to this point, Android offers the most assortment of screen sizes and resolutions, and that has been a win for adversary Samsung. 

4. icar 

The auto and shrewd auto business sector is still early. Mac's late fellow benefactor and President Steve Occupations was said to have been occupied with reforming the auto space. Bigger touchscreen showcases are presently starting to show up on premium electric vehicles, in the same way as those from Tesla. What's more Portage's association with Microsoft through its Synchronize engineering has enlivened applications to show up in autos. 

urlwe're seeing more players entering the auto space, and Apple has effectively attempted to put a foot forward with its Siri Without eyes innovation. 

Bearers, for example, Verizon, Sprint, and At&t are all attempting to enter the telematics space. At&t is going for the customer edge with network and coordination with the home while Sprint is gunning for wellbeing with OBD II modules that can track sudden quickening and braking to offer "more secure" drivers lower protection premiums. 

Apple could enter the telematics space in various ways. It could convey an ios working framework adaptation intended for the auto, with particular client interfaces that bode well for auto security. This space is for the most part headed by Blackberry with its QNX division. QNX is the OS that is been inserted on focus supports of autos from Audi, Chrysler, BMW, Mercedes, and others. Microsoft is likewise a player in this space with its Windows Implanted structural engineering. 

urlapple could likewise attempt to chip away at auto incorporation with existing players. Maybe an iphone that serves as an Apple television for in-vehicle media streaming. With the remote broadband module set up, clients can utilize their iphones to download films and use Airplay to reflect the substance on back headrest presentations for travelers to view on long roadtrip. 

Apple could even take the ground up methodology and outline everything in the auto that identifies with the auto UI. This implies it would need to work nearly with auto producers to plan the touchscreen shows, the adroit OS, and the application biological system to power everything. Offering control is not what Apple has been great at, and we'll need to perceive how the icar will shape out to be. 



What I'd like to see still is a secluded auto idea. As opposed to having an inside reassure with its own particular glass and biological system, I'd want to have the capacity to dock my ipad or ipad little (contingent upon dash size and auto size) in the core and after that the auto data gets pulled up on my tablet with a particular UI that gets initiated when docked. From that point, I can modify lodge temperature, turn on my warmed seats, or even check my gas mileage and administration record for my auto. My iphone would be an alternate measured piece that would give substance to the back headrest shows and in addition serve as the remote hotspot for the whole vehicle.
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BlackBerry PlayBook preview

We just played with a wonderful tablet, and it wasn't running Android, webOS, iOS, or even Windows. It was running a funky realtime operating system called QNX that RIM bought in April, combined with WebKit and a heaping helping of Flash, and plans on releasing to the world in Q1 of this year. TheBlackBerry PlayBook is surprisingly polished and responsive at this stage, even though RIM says it has a lot of work to still left to do. In fact, the only thing frustrating about our roughly 30 minutes with the tablet (under the caring gaze of Mike Lazaridis) was the fact that you can't buy an actual BlackBerry phone right now that's anywhere near this enjoyable to use. Follow after the break as we talk through the product, along with a video walkthrough and stress test of that dual-core proc's multitasking chops.
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What’s Hot This Week in Social Media

What's Hot in Social Media
Welcome to this week's edition of "What's Hot in Social Media," a series in which we revisit the week’s most popular stories concerning social networks.

We're keeping our eye on five interesting developments this Thursday.

Hackers Take Down Visa, PayPal, MasterCard & More

A group of anonymous hackers took down a number of websites in the name of WikiLeaks for several hours Wednesday, including those of Visa, Mastercard, Swiss bank PostFinance, PayPal, Senator Joe Lieberman and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, all of which had recently terminated service with or criticized the organization in some way. All sites appear to be up and running at this time, although we’ve received word that attacks against Amazon and PayPal are currently being carried out.

Twitter Accused of Censoring WikiLeaks

Following numerous accusations that Twitter has been purposely keeping WikiLeaks and related terms out of its Trending Topics list, a spokesperson for the microblogging service issued a more thorough explanation of how Trending Topics are determined. In essence: Twitter favors novelty over popularity.

Facebook Unveils New Profiles

Facebook unveiled new profile pages late Sunday, just hours before Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared on 60 Minutes.

Tumblr Struggles Under 24-Hour Outage

Popular blogging platform Tumblr returned to the web Tuesday after more than 24 hours offline during a planned maintenance gone awry. The exact reasons for the outage are unknown.

Disney Celebrates 100 Million Facebook Fans

The Walt Disney Company hit a major marketing milestone at around 8 p.m. PT Saturday night: 100 million Facebook Likes across its more than 200 official brand, property and character Pages.


Reviews: Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Wikileaks, pages
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Tumblr Lands Major Investor, New Director Of Product

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Tumblr just landed a major investor in the form of Silicon Valley VC firm Sequoia Capital. The blogging service also confirmed today that it has hired Derek Gottfrid from The New York Times as director of product.

According to Business Insider, the blogging platform — headed up by 24-year-old David Karp — scored a “very big and competitive” round of financing from Sequoia, but there’s still no word on the total amount. Additionally, Sequoia’s Roelof Botha (previously the CFO of PayPal) has reportedly joined Tumblr’s board. We reached out to Karp this morning for comment and have yet to hear back.

Also, according to TechCrunch, Gottfrid, who worked at The New York Times for 12 years, is leaving the publication today to join Karp and Co. Gottfrid apparently toasted the move yesterday, as evidenced by the tweet below:

Tumblr has been gaining its share of attention of late — scoring $5 million from Spark and Union Square Ventures in April, intriguing the old guard of print media and perhaps even serving as inspiration for more established platforms such as WordPress.

The company is based in New York, but according to BI, Karp and Tumblr President John Maloney visited the West Coast last month to look for funding, which apparently came in the form of the Sequoia Capital investment. We’re curious to see what this reported cross-coastal influx of money will have on the startup.

In the meantime, Tumblr has seen pretty steady growth when it comes to traffic. Last week, Karp told us that about the service is seeing 80 million pageviews per month on mobile devices — and that’s just 3% of total traffic. Below, you can see the company’s growth in web traffic over the past year:

HOW TO: Turn Your Expertise Into Dollars Online

Darren Waddell is vice president of marketing at MerchantCircle.com. He can be found on the MerchantCircle blog and on Twitter.

Every time you search for a topic online these days, it seems a few webpages pop up with advice from “experts.” Whether these websites are pages on Yahoo Answers, medical information sites or part of a community of small businesses like Yelp, they've become increasingly important sources of information for web searchers looking for answers to specific questions.

If you are an expert in something, you can offer your advice online — and turn that expertise into dollars. Small business owners are especially good candidates to become online experts, because they know their industries inside and out. Millions of small business owners have turned to blogging, writing articles, sharing tips on Q&A sites, and participating in forums as a way to drive traffic to their websites and build business credibility.


Expertise Pays


Small business owners possess a wealth of knowledge about their industry or sector, and when they share this knowledge with Internet searchers, it lends credibility to their business and attracts new customers. Blogging is a key medium for sharing your expertise. The most recent Merchant Confidence Index, a survey of 10,000 small business owners conducted by my company found that nearly 30% are blogging and 35% plan to blog in the next three months. Those who are blogging have found that creating impactful content that people can find online is one of the best marketing tools available — and it's free. According to data published by Internet marketing firm HubSpot, companies that blogged realized 55% more visitors to their site, 97% more inbound links and 434% more indexed pages.

Michele Gorham, owner of the Andover, Mass.-based Cookie Central bakery, is one small business owner who has turned her expertise into dollars online. She has created hundreds of blog entries about how to build a business, run a bakery, and other helpful topics; and she continuously answers customers' direct questions through various social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and Yelp. Because of Gorham's rich content contributions, her listings on various sites are highly trafficked and regularly found by search engines — generating more sales for her business.


Getting Started


So what's the first step if you want to start creating expert content online? The first thing you need to do is think about the topics you want to write about. What advice can you offer that would be useful to your potential customers? What are you knowledgeable about? Make a list of the topics you'd like to write about.

Next, you'll need to develop a voice for your content. The most successful expert content is straightforward, informative, backed up with examples and research, and helpful to those who've searched for a specific term. Your articles should not be self serving. For example, if you’re a mechanic, don’t write an article that advises that the best way to fix a carburetor is to come into your shop and pay you to fix it. Instead, offer practical, step-by-step advice that can actually help someone with a problem. At the end of your article, you can add a gentle plug for your business and add your URL; don't turn the article into an advertisement.

After you've written your article or blog post, you need to publish it online, and there are lots of options. Your goal should be to get the most exposure possible for your article, to drive traffic to your business website. You can publish your article on a personal, business or community blog, then add links to your article on your LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter accounts. You can answer an open question on Q&A sites, or pose your own and then go back and answer it. Remember, though, that if consumers like your advice but can't find you, your efforts are being wasted. So make sure to create a detailed listing on local business sites, some of which will let you answer customers' questions directly or publish your expertise via a blog or newsletter, and make sure you have your own web site. Also, fully fill out all profile information on any sites you utilize.

Some sites, such as Associated Content or Demand Media, pay experts a small sum to write topical articles, then syndicate that content to online newspapers and other websites. Demand Media pays up to $15 for a 500 word article. Other "citizen journalism sites," like Examiner, pay based on page views. You won't make millions by creating content for these pay-to-write companies, but if you blog regularly, your content will show up more regularly in searches for related topics, and you'll build credibility in your industry — which is much more valuable than a few dollars.

In fact, most places where experts contribute their expertise online — blogs, forums, Q&A sites, and business directories — don't pay contributors. But, as a small business owner, it's still incredibly valuable to share your expert advice online, because your content builds exposure for your business, and that drives more people to your website and increases revenues long-term.


Making Sure your Content is Discovered


Wherever you decide to publish your articles, make sure the site is credible. The site should be populated by experts, such as small business owners or service providers with professional storefronts. Or if it's your own blog, make it informative and professional — a useful site that your target customers will turn to again and again for information. For example, if you are a real estate professional, you could create a blog with inside information about a particular neighborhood, detailing not just houses for sale, but information on local schools, city government initiatives, community events, local businesses, and other things of interest to people living in that area. Such a site not only builds your credibility as a real estate agent, but delivers a valuable service to your potential customers that keeps them coming back for more.

To get your content found, make sure the sites you post it on optimize content for search engines. Embed links in your articles, and link to your articles from other places on the web as much as possible. Add links to the article on your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social networking sites, as well as on your online business directory listings pages.

The bottom line: the quality of the expert content you produce online is critical to how well it works to build your credibility and boost business leads in the real world. If your articles are helpful and informative, they'll be read and passed along, and that will increase the visibility of your content and your business. Offer helpful advice, and you'll see how quickly your expertise is rewarded with new business leads.


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