Filed under: Company News , Technology , Columns , Google , Apple , AT&T , Verizon Apple ( AAPL ) broke its silence in the advertising battle going on between AT&T ( T ) and Verizon ( VZ ). The iPhone maker launched its ad campaign this week showing an iPhone user talking on the phone while surfing the Web as a voice asks, “Can your phone and your network do that?” It’s Apple’s comeback to Verizon’s latest attack on the iPhone which runs on AT&T’s wireless networks. Continue reading Massucci’s Take: Apple teams with AT&T in ad battle with Verizon Massucci’s Take: Apple teams with AT&T in ad battle with Verizon originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Company News , Technology , Columns , Apple , AT&T Two weeks ago, in a post about AT&T’s spotty third generation wireless coverage , I posed a simple question: “How about an announcement telling customers how AT&T has been working with Apple to help boost the quality of its iPhone service?” Now, that seems to be exactly what is happening. AT&T ( T ) reported on Tuesday that it had spent $65 million upgrading its wireless network in San Francisco since 2008. The phone company said it upgraded about 850 cell sites because of the rising demand put on its network since the iPhone started selling two years ago. That’s good news to many iPhone users, whose phone has become synonymous with “dropped calls.” Continue reading Massucci’s Take: AT&T investment boosts coverage and reputation Massucci’s Take: AT&T investment boosts coverage and reputation originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Company News , Technology , Columns , Investing , Earnings , Apple Recently I bought an Apple ( AAPL ) iMac, and after upgrading the hard drive and opting for a bigger display, I wound up spending more than I had planned. Listening to Apple’s earnings call this week, I discovered that many of its customers have had similar experiences buying Apple products. Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said that Apple recently finished its “most profitable quarter ever,” selling more iPhones and Macs than in any previous quarter. Interestingly, while retail prices have been cut on many products, the average selling price for those products rose. How is Apple doing it? Continue reading Massucci’s Take: Apple making more while charging less Massucci’s Take: Apple making more while charging less originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Company News , Technology , Goog In a heavily commented post on his blog, TechCrunch , uber blogger Michael Arrington updated the world on how he ditched his iPhone and ported his cell phone number to become a GoogleVoice number. His rationale? He was sick of AT&T’s ( T ) bad coverage and sick of Apple’s ( AAPL ) heavy-handed restrictions on iPhone apps. Earlier this weekend, Jason Calacanis, Mahalo.com founder (and also former CEO of Weblogs Inc., which AOL purchased), wrote a strong anti-Apple manifesto on his semi-regular email newsletter. The newsletter reaches thousands of techno-fiends who follow Calacanis avidly. Add to them GigaOm founder Om Malik, who ditched his iPhone last February and The New York Times ‘ David Pogue, a true Apple lover , and we seem to have a budding rebellion among elite tech journalists against Apple. That’s very bad news for Steve Jobs and company. Continue reading Tech media turns on Apple: Will iPhone, Mac suffer? Tech media turns on Apple: Will iPhone, Mac suffer? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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