BUSINESS
By Gus G. Sentementes | gus.sentementes@baltsun.com | January 28, 2010
You would be able to play games, read electronic books, listen to music, watch movies and choose from nearly 140,000 smart-phone applications - all while on the go with Apple Inc.'s new iPad. The question is whether you would want or need such a device, and be willing to pay $499 or more for it. After months of hype that culminated in days of water-cooler speculation, Apple unveiled Wednesday the highly anticipated iPad, essentially a personal computer contained in a portable flat-panel touch screen.
ENTERTAINMENT
By SLOANE BROWN and SLOANE BROWN,SPECIAL TO THE SUN | July 25, 1999
Towson University put on a New York City look for its Maryland Arts Festival gala, on opening night of the Baltimore-Washington premiere of "Rags: Children of the Wind." The musical's story takes place in New York, so the party's more than 300 guests were treated to some Big Apple scenery, including a mini-Statue of Liberty, a Central Park fountain and a nighttime NYC skyline, all under a tent outside TU's Stephens Hall.Among those taking in the sights: Towson University president Dr. Hoke Smith and Joanne Glasser, the college's institutional advancement VP, the party's hosts; Teresa Hardin, event coordinator; Michael Decker, festival artistic producer; Nan Rosenthal, Lois Hodes and Sharon Akers, festival board members; Bruce Ballard, Aramark Corp.
BUSINESS
March 3, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO - As Apple Inc.'s iPhone faces stiffer competition in the lucrative market for smart phones, the company is going after one of its main rivals with patent lawsuits claiming theft of touch screen technology and other features. The complaints cover a slew of models made by Taiwanese phone maker HTC Corp., including the Nexus One, G1 and myTouch 3G - all using the free, rival Android mobile operating software from Google Inc. Non-Android phones include HTC's Touch series. Patent cases can take months or years to resolve.
BUSINESS
By Gus Sentementes and Baltimore Sun reporter | October 14, 2010
From the BalthTech blog: Big news for fans of Verizon's wireless network: It'll be getting the Apple iPad starting Oct. 28. You'll be able to buy the iPad at 2,000 Verizon Wireless stores nationwide. (Is this the precursor to Verizon getting the iPhone next year, as recent reports suggest?) Interestingly, consumers won't have access to the iPad 3G. Instead, if you want one from Verizon, you could buy an iPad Wi-Fi version plus a Verizon MiFi mobile hotspot. The hotspot uses Verizon's 3G network and generates a Wi-Fi hotspot that you can then use the iPad with.
NEWS
By Jean Marbella Jean.MARBELLA @baltsun.com | January 31, 2010
C ertain shiny little things make me weak in the knees and the wallet. I am helpless in the face of that perfectly designed something that performs beyond its weight class. Tiny diamonds that sparkle big. My previous car, a little silver Miata with a big, throaty throttle. Sliders. Which is why Steve Jobs should have had me at, "So, let me show it to you now," when he unveiled Apple's newest sleek sliver of desire, the iPad. But all I could think of during Wednesday's rollout was: iCan't.
BUSINESS
By New York Times News Service | December 30, 2006
Apple Computer exonerated its chief executive, Steven P. Jobs, yesterday of any wrongdoing in a stock options backdating probe. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Apple said that while its investigation revealed that the company's stock option procedures "did not include sufficient safeguards to prevent manipulation," Jobs did not benefit financially from any questionable stock awards. As a result of the internal investigation, Apple said it would record $84 million in expenses related to the options awards.