Apple has incentive to worry about workers’ rights
Without the iPhone and iPad, it would be a struggling computer maker trying to fill the gap left by shrinking iPod sales
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The iPad and iPhone have sealed Apple’s standing as the world’s most valuable tech company, but the company’s leadership will be challenged to live up to Steve Jobs’ vision
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Apple offers early warning sign to bulls
Traders are looking to the US’s largest market value company as an indicator, and expected volatility suggests the easy part of the rally is over
Apple threat to Proview over iPad dispute
The US group’s threat over the trademark dispute comes as a court in China orders a large retailer to stop sales of the gadget
Apple complains to EU over Motorola patents
The move comes days after antitrust regulators said they were concerned that Google might use patents acquired with the purchase of Motorola Mobility to limit competition
Week in review: Apple’s patent dispute
Proview saw some first success as industry and commerce officials in one Chinese city stopped retailers from selling the device
Google and Apple lower ad costs
The groups reduce minimum price for mobile advertising to encourage more marketers and application developers to use their technologies
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Beyond the hype, Apple is simply a cool gadget maker. Not only does coolness never last, but successful products always become commoditised
Apple’s $100bn reserve ripe for spending
While the sum may be enough to buy Facebook, the favourite option among analysts and investors is to start paying dividends to shareholders
Apple looks to China’s ‘staggering potential’
Chief executive picks out the country as having the most potential for growth but the company may have a hard time fulfilling demand
Apple: low-hanging fruit
That it can harvest accelerating economies of scale even at its current preposterous size suggests that we have not seen peak profitability
Apple still reigns but peers narrowing gap
Unlike in 2010, it is harder to call the personal tech winners of 2011, with Apple happy with updates and the competition still striving to catch up, writes Chris Nuttall
Apple: board ponders fruitful transition
They will have to decide how much freedom to give the new chief executive, who has huge shoes to fill as he manages the transition to slower growth
Apple: bite taken out of share price
Sales and profits were a few per cent lower than what Wall Street had pencilled in and stock prices react to performance relative to expectations
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