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Production effort towards 2012 MacBooks creating labor shortage in/around China

The good news is that Apple’s 2012 notebooks seem to be under construction. The bad news is that this doesn’t really help the regional labor markets. Per DigiTimes, anticipated demand for Apple’s redesigned line of 2012 MacBooks is reportedly so strong that the company’s Far Eastern component suppliers are facing a labor shortage as they […]

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Happy Memorial Day from O’Grady’s PowerPage!!!

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s Memorial Day, it’s pretty darn nice outside (sitting in an airport in Dulles, Virginia awaiting a flight back to the Bay area) and there’s no better reason to get some friends, family, your Mac and iOS devices and some tasty food together to celebrate the holiday. That being said, we’ll be […]

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Rumor: AppleCare training schedule now pointing towards June launch of Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)

No one ever said it was easy to keep a secret. Per AppleInsider, the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) division of AppleCare is allegedly hiring and training new staff on certain aspects of Apple’s upcoming OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, possibly hinting that a release date is soon to arrive. According to an unnamed […]

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Rumor: Apple in negotiations with EPIX over possible Apple TV content

If there’s nothing worth watching, then a new HDTV isn’t going to make much sense in the long run. According to Reuters, sources claim that Apple initiated talks earlier in 2012 to incorporate movie properties owned by movie streaming service EPIX in its Apple TV, with the content possibly in line to be used by […]

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Apple posts $11.6 billion profit for Q2 2012, iOS devices drive strong earnings

It’s pretty clear at this point: Apple’s not in danger of going out of business. Per Macworld, on Tuesday, Apple reported a net profit of US$11.6 billion on revenue of US$39.2 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. Those are respective increases of 94 percent and 59 percent from the 2011 second quarter. Appleā€™s […]