Publishers can offer outside payments, but also need to support in-app at the same price

Have until June 30th to comply

Kindle and other eBook apps may have issue

Unsure about services like Hulu or Netflix.

Apple features

review and manage all of their subscriptions from their personal account page, including canceling the automatic renewal of a subscription

Apple takes 30%

Publishers can can choose to provide free access to existing subscribers who buy outside the app (but I assume would be required to offer in app purchases).

Publishers may no longer provide links in their apps (to a web site, for example) which allow the customer to purchase content or subscriptions outside of the app

Privacy and information

When purchasing a subscription through the App Store will be given the option of providing the publisher with their name, email address and zip code when they subscribe.

Information will be used under the publishers privacy policy

Publishers can request additional if the customer opts in

Elle and Popular Science already updated

Includes "free" digital option for existing subscribers

Reactions haven't been all too positive

Google countered with OnePass

iWeb 3.0.3

Addresses an issue when using the iSight Movie widget on certain Macs

Addresses an issue publishing iWeb sites using FTP

Improves compatibility with Mac OS X

Aperture 3.1.1

Addresses overall stability/performance issues

Fixes for compatibility with the iLife Media Browser

Improves reliability when upgrading existing Aperture libraries

Addresses issues with publishing photos to MobileMe, Facebook and Flickr.

iWork '11 soon?

Posted as available on February 19th on Best Buy's Mexico site

Possibly due in March

Injection molded unibody case using the LiquidMetal technology

Up to 20% lighter

20% better battery life

Using Intel's Sandy Bridge technology

Had issues related to SATA controllers

Possibly delayed Macbook Pros

Lower pricing

Modular Bays

Allow for easy swapping of optical or SSD, SATA

iPhone 5

Rumors of a larger 4" screen

Would be edge to edge or need a larger form factor than the iPhone 4

Doesn't make sense to me.

NFC support

Deutsche Telekom showed a slide on NFC support with an image of an iPhone

Faster processor (A5), based on ARM Cortex A9 design

Better battery

Better camera

OmniVision did announce an 8MP sensor (OV8830) that would "drop in" to the iPhone 4 design.

Backside illumination

1080p support

Still the pixel sizes would be smaller and that brings noise (esp. in low light).

OmniVision says the OV8830 has a 35% improvement in low light

Still won't beat the current 5MP sensor

Slide out keyboard (No way)

Smaller iPhone "Mini"?

Complete with other entry level smartphones

Less storage or in-cloud only

mobile me with media streaming

Would need unlimited data from carriers, right?

Apple said to be spending $7.8 billion with Samsung in 2011

Screens and Flash memory

Mobile processors

LCD displays for Macbooks and Macbook Pros

BGR did some informal checks of 5 Apple retail stores (approx 1,500 from each store)

ViPhone barely outselling the AT&T version?

Pre-orders were reportedly 550,000 units.

Converter numbers:

14% from AT&T

30% from Android and 25% from Blackberry

Verizon (according to Bloomberg) is happy with sales so far, but won't give numbers

Reports are that Verizon is handling any new data traffic just fine.

2011 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report

Apple 2011 Progress Report (pdf)

Apple has upped the number of audits almost 25%

40% of the companies they audited said Apple was the only company to do so.

Reports of underage workers, chemical poisonings, etc.

Apple is at least doing more that most, but it's likely still not good enough.

Nets and counseling for Foxconn workers, but the conditions aren't changing much.

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