Apple Wasted Money by Buyback Shares for US$ 14 miliar

Apple bought his own shares on the stock market worth U.S. $ 14 billion in the last two weeks. Stock buyback is done after reporting disappointing financial performance market.

Because Apple's stock price immediately dropped shortly after the announcement of financial performance. Well, two advantages of this buyback are Apple could buy back in well as low price slowly raise the price of its shares back.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, quoted by AFP on Friday (07/02/2014), Apple CEO Tim Cook said he was surprised the correction of the stocks of the iPhone manufacturer. He considers this situation an opportunity for Apple to buy back shares in the market.

In total, the shares have been bought back by Apple was valued at U.S. $ 40 billion, based on data from the Wall Street Journal.

iPhone and iPad Sales is translucent record, but investors are concerned with the projected slowdown in sales of Apple in this year because it has many competitors in the market.

US-based technology giant's record iPhone sales in the last quarter of 2013. As a result, Apple made ​​a profit of U.S. $ 13.1 billion.

Company which was founded by Steve Jobs recorded a turnover of U.S. $ 57.6 billion, due sales of 51 million iPhone.

In addition, the company based in California was also already sold 26 million iPads during the quarter ended December 28, 2013 the. The amount is a record, as well as sales of 4.8 million Macs penetrating.

The buyback program is included in Apple to return profits to investors worth U.S. $ 100 billion. Based on the amount of as much as U.S. $ 60 billion has been set aside to buy back stock.

At the close of trading Thursday, Apple shares slightly decreased 0.02% to U.S. $ 512.51 per share. Advantages of investing in these stocks in a year to reach 15.55% rear.

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Samsung Lose Against Apple, Charged a Penalty of USD 930 Million

Fights between Apple against Samsung in a U.S. court eventually entered the final round. South Korean vendors were lost from the 'host'.

Koh judges who hear the case in the last year to win the hammer knocking Apple. Samsung was found guilty of a number of patent infringement, and are required to pay USD 930 million.

Although he was convicted and ordered to pay a large indemnity, Judge Koh rejects Apple request to ban the sale of Samsung products in the land of Uncle Sam.

This means that, after the payment be made ​​Samsung is still selling in the United States. So that was quoted from GSM Arena, Friday (07/03/2014).

The fight itself was started in 2012. At that time Apple also won and Samsung are required to pay USD 1.05 billion. However, Samsung's appeal against the amount to be paid because of differences in the value of the infringed patents

Session was continued until it was decided by Judge Koh, the compensation value has decreased from the previous. With this decision, for the case between Samsung and Apple stopped.

But if the high tension between the two companies will decrease?

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Sophisticated! IPhone 6 Concept Tech Holograms

Jakarta - iPhone 6 handset is expected to be the next generation iPhone 5S, despite not clear when the release. But there is no harm in seeing this concept iPhone 6 , which looks attractive with the inclusion of advanced holographic technology. Like what?

Solution Set, a group of designers from Italy, making the iPhone 6 concept in video form. The body design is quite nice, but the most striking is the presence of a holographic projector on either side of the handset.

The projector is capable of displaying a holographic screen simultaneously, in the right and left side of the screen. It also can display different content, such as Facebook and YouTube on the left of the screen on the right side.

Holographic technology in the iPhone 6 is also designed to be used to display a 3 - dimensional game show. Looks very sophisticated indeed, but it still seems very difficult to be mass produced.

Apple itself has not been informed when the iPhone 6 launch. When traced from the latest iPhone launch cycle that is always present in the third quarter of each year, then the iPhone 6 possibilities announced in October 2014.

In the meantime, check out the iPhone 6 concept design hologram following:

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Apple Opponent Chinese Government

Shanghai - Apple by surprise lay claim to the Chinese government and a number of companies from the Bamboo Curtain country related to Siri patent.

Apple demands is specifically addressed to the State Intellectual Property Office, which is in charge of patent protection in China , as well as Zhizhen Network Technology, a company that developed a similar software Siri .

Reported by Xinhua on Thursday ( 27/02/2014 ), Apple has previously requested State Intellectual Property Office declared patent for ' virtual assistant ' artificial Zhizhen invalid.

However, the request is rejected. Not granting the petition was then pushed Apple to make the resistance to take legal action.

Previously, last year it Zhizhen the first Apple accused of cheating software ' Xiao i Robot '. Software patented in 2004 was said to have been used to develop Zhizhen Siri.

Zhizhen claim their products work the same way with Siri. This application is also applied to various fields including telecommunications, financial and e - commerce.

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5 New Features on iOS 7.1

Jakarta - In addition to patching holes in the previous version, the iOS 7.1 update released by Apple comes with the updating of some of the features that have been pinned first.

This updating iPhone or iPad in addition to making more beautiful also increasingly smooth as Apple's answer critics who say iOS 7 series devices make some slow old.

Indeed, in addition to updating there is also a new feature that is pinned . But arguably not something that is great, although quite interesting.

Here summarize updating of the features in iOS 7.1 which has been released to all iDevice compatible.

1 . Support CarPlay

Capability in iOS 7.1 is support CarPlay application which is for car entertainment system which was recently launched.

The first group of cars that will be integrated with CarPlay this is Ferrari , Mercedes Benz , and Volvo . Following the latest cars from General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar, Land Rover, Pegeuot, Suzuki and Toyota.

In operation, the user can connect iPhone charger cable with lighting, which will automatically display all the information on the screen.

The driver can adjust all activity by using Siri. Or you can also directly use the touch screen at the inter-face screen inspired by iOS 7.

2 . New tweak

It's interesting, because some small changes nan eye catching iOS 7.1 update offered in this . For example , when receiving incoming calls now comes with a new look and logo.

When getting a call, the option 'Answer' and 'Decline' turns into a phone button logo with the words 'Accept' or 'Decline'. It looks much cleaner.

In addition, users can also change the position of the keyboard to the other modes, such as Darken Colors. So it will be much darker and reduce the sense of invisibility.

3. Camera

Indeed there is no interest from the camera in iOS 7.1. Unless this time, the user can enable HDR in automation without the need to change it to that position.

But unfortunately, this feature is only enjoyed by users of the iPhone 5S alone.

4 . Performance Speeding

In the iOS 7.1 update, Apple will fascinate older iPhone users. Because the owners of the iPhone 4 iOS 7 will be able to feel much more smooth than before.

It is the answer to iPhone 4 owners who complained that after they perform the update iOS 6.1.3 to iOS 7, some features make his device weight. Now with a new look, everything will be more lightly.

Overall, all iDevice users will feel the applications run more smoothly and quickly after renewal.

5 . Siri and TouchID

Siri will also be getting smarter. Because now more knowing when the user is finished speaking or ordered to the digital assistant feature. For example, Siri will first perform a command after the user has finished within a few seconds, can now be done after the button is released.

TouchID also claimed also much more responsive in recognizing fingerprints. So the level of security will also be maintained.

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IOS 7.1 Update Makes Old iPhone More Responsive

Apple released the latest update from iOS 7.1 to all iDevice users. This is a major update, after Apple also released a small update in the iOS version 7.0.6.

Some additional features embedded in the latest version to make the iPhone more attractive with some extra icons are much fresher in terms of appearance.

In the iOS 7.1 update, Apple will fascinate older iPhone users. Because the owners of the iPhone 4 iOS 7 will be able to feel much more smooth than before.

It is the answer to iPhone 4 owners who complained that after they perform the update iOS 6.1.3 to iOS 7, some features make his device weight. Now with a new look, everything will be more lightly.

Overall, all iDevice users will feel the applications run more smoothly and quickly after renewal.

No less important, in iOS 7.1 is the ability to support an application CarPlay the entertainment system for the car which was recently launched.

Siri will also be getting smarter. Because now more knowing when the user is finished speaking or ordered to the digital assistant feature. For example, Siri will first perform a command after the user has finished within a few seconds, can now be done after the button is released.

For Indonesia, the iPhone 4 to the top of the user will also get the latest updates but be patient because it does not seem to be released simultaneously.

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A7 Processor Apple Accused of Patent Steal Scientist

Jakarta - Apple again dealing with issues related to patents, but this time not with Samsung. Yes, a number of scientists who are members of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation accused the 64-bit processor A7 infringe their patents.

Processors contained in the iPhone 5S and the latest iPad accused of violating patent number 5,781,752 titled Table Based Data Speculation Circuit for Parallel Processing Computer.

Computer scientists who are members of the organization, Andreas Moshovos, Scott Breach, Terani Vijaykumar, and Gurindar Sohi, said the patent was able to increase work efficiency and performance of the device.

In its claim, the scientists asked Apple to pay some compensation in the form of money. But unfortunately, did not say how much compensation they requested. Thus quoted from Apple Insider, Tuesday (04/02/2014).

There has been no comment from Apple regarding the latest demands related to the patent issues.

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