Apple television is like a big Thunderbolt display, says source

It’s a bird, it’s a plane! No, it’s an Apple iTV prototype! A Cult of Mac source claims to have seen the rumored Apple television and says it looks just like the Thunderbolt display, but bigger.

According to this source, …

iFlop: 60% of iOS developers lose money on apps (infographic)

Nearly 60 percent of iOS developers don’t break even with the apps that they create and market, according to a recent study by App Promo.

While we hear a lot about blockbuster hits like Draw Something or Angry Birds Space, …

Apple finally gives OpenStreetMap credit for iPhoto map data (two months late)

How important is attribution? If you’re OpenStreetMap, vitally.

OpenStreetMap (OSM), essentially a Wikipedia for geography, has caused quite a stir as of late over something seemingly quite innocuous: attribution in Apple’s iOS iPhoto app, which uses OSM data. Only users …

Total tablet sales down in first quarter, but iPad market share back up to 68 percent

Overall tablet sales were down 1.2 million units in the first three months of 2012, but strong iPad sales boosted Apple’s market share to 68 percent, according to market researcher International Data Corporation (IDC).

IDC had estimated sales of close …

How design will make or break your mobile company in 2012

Design. Rarely has a single force so utterly dominated economic enterprise. Design is literally “everything.”

We’re talking about the mobile industry, of course, where trillions of dollars of market value have been created in the past five years. Smartphones, tablets …

Apple’s iOS head sold 95% (worth $38.7M) of his stock on Friday

Apple’s senior vice president for iOS Scott Forstall took advantage of Apple’s high stock price last Friday and sold 64,151 shares worth around $38.7 million.

The stock sale (PDF) relieved Forstall of around 95 percent of his Apple holdings, Fortune’s …

Apple supplier Foxconn sees profits drop due to higher employee costs

Score one for human rights, zero for an Apple supplier’s bottom line. Foxconn parent company Hon Hai Precision Industry posted lower profits than usual in the first quarter of 2012 due to higher employee costs.

These costs are directly related …

Apple and Google potential additions to Dow Jones index

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has featured the same 30, large publicly traded companies since 2009. The stock market landscape has shifted significantly in the past three years, and now big tech companies like Google and Apple could be considered …

Nintendo ends its apathy toward online-services

For years, Nintendo has famously flaked out regarding its online support. After suffering its first annual loss, and under pressure from Apple, that disinterest may have finally given way.