Adam Satariano and Peter Burrows of Businessweek describe how Apple chooses to invest its huge stockpile of cash in securing everything from transportation to components, often early enough and in such vast quantities that less forward-thinking rivals are left frozen out.

Apple began innovating on the nitty-gritty details of supply-chain management almost immediately upon Steve Jobs's return in 1997. At the time, most computer manufacturers transported products by sea, a far cheaper option than air freight. To ensure that the company's new, translucent blue iMacs would be widely available at Christmas the following year, Jobs paid $50 million to buy up all the available holiday air freight space, says John Martin, a logistics executive who worked with Jobs to arrange the flights. The move handicapped rivals such as Compaq that later wanted to book air transport. Similarly, when iPod sales took off in 2001, Apple realized it could pack so many of the diminutive music players on planes that it became economical to ship them directly from Chinese factories to consumers' doors. When an HP staffer bought one and received it a few days later, tracking its progress around the world through Apple's website, "It was an 'Oh s—' moment," recalls Fawkes.

Ive and his design team sound like they pretty much move into the factories for a while to make sure the production is done right. Apple already spends a fortune on this, and plans to double their spending going forward.

For more on the process, and the elaborate agreements and shipping and monitoring tactics Apple uses — and yes, the lasers — hit the link below.

Source: Businessweek

According to a report by Fierce Wireless, U.S. Cellular apparently turned down the opportunity to carry Apple’s new iPhone 4S:

U.S. Cellular turned down Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone because it did not make sense for the company economically, CEO Mary Dillon said on the company’s third-quarter earnings conference call. Dillon said that the carrier had the opportunity to sell the iPhone but that Apple’s “terms were unacceptable from a risk and profitability standpoint.”

Dillon mentioned that U.S. Cellular may be open to carrying the iPhone a little further down the road. It’s possible that these “unacceptable terms” could have been similar to the Sprint deal that required a hefty four year investment to get into the iPhone game.

Meanwhile, the three big U.S. carriers that do have the iPhone 4S are booming following huge initial sales.

Canaccord Genuity's Mike Walkley this morning raised his already fairly high estimate for this quarter's sales by Apple (AAPL) of its iPhone from 27 million units to 29 million units, after his "checks" last month suggested the iPhone 4S was the top seller at AT&T (T), Sprint-Nextel (S), and Verizon Communications (VZ).

C-Spire Wireless, a much smaller regional carrier with around 875,000 subscribers, was able to pick up the iPhone 4S just fine by working within Apple’s terms.

So what gives, U.S. Wireless?

Source: FierceWireless, Barron’s

VP of Global Security, John Theriault’s career with Apple has come to an end. No one’s talking, but with yet another iPhone going missing in a bar, and the strange police-did/didn’t-assist investigation into the investigation that took place, the timing doesn’t come as a huge surprise .

However, we have seen quite a few Apple executives leave in the recent months, so there is a chance that it is just a sign of an adjustment in the top ranks around new CEO Tim Cook.

Source: 9to5mac

Just two days after posting iOS 5.0.1, Apple has already revved it to beta 2. No word yet on what, if any changes the new build holds — even better battery life enhancements, more rock-solid Documents in the Cloud, improvements to the new no-delete, no-backup datastore? — but if you’re testing against the new version, hit the link below and go grab it.

Source: developer.apple.com

Instamory is a new iPad game that is similar to the classic Memory game, only with Instamory, you’re matching Instagram photos. If you don’t have an Instagram account, nor do you want one, you can still play Instamory with the millions of public photos stored on Instagram. You can also selectively choose exactly which photos you wish to use.

I’m a pretty big fan of memory games and a big fan of Instagram. This is the best of both worlds.

Instamory is a beautifully designed iPad version of the classic concentration game in which you memorize and collect matching Instagram photos.

• Designed specifically for the iPad
• Clean and simple UI that puts all emphasis on your photos
• 1-4 players on a single iPad
• Play with your own Instagram photos, or choose from millions of public ones
• Play instantly with a random set, or take your time to individually configure a set
• Search for particular photos by tag
• Featured Instagram sets specifically designed for Instamory
• Browse, discover, and “like” Instagram photos directly from within the app

Instamory is available on the iPad and on sale for $0.99.

[App Store link]

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Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you!

• Patchworld: In the heart of a Drag and Drop game, help Lexie Cut to create her world and her journey by cutting and assembling a mix of textures. Through a touching story and colorful animations, your goal is to have as much followers as possible. For this, the creation will be your only mode of play. Let your hand and your imagination guide you. [$1.99 for iPhone and iPad - App Store link]

• PlayUp – Where Sport Gets Social: Featuring live scores for more than 20,000 games a year it connects all of the live action to you and your friends, allowing you to message one another in Real Time – all for Free! [Free for iPhone - App Store link]

• Alphabet Assassin: Swipe letters to complete target words. The faster you complete words, the more time you get on the clock. The more letters you slash at once, the higher your combo scores will be. Be on the lookout for Special Letters that slow down time, double your score, and give you only the letters you need to complete your word. Act fast, because they don't stick around for long! [$0.99 for iPhone - App Store link]

• Klip Video Sharing: Klips are short mobile videos that are fun to preview and quick to watch. With Klip you can capture and store videos of unlimited length on your device and enjoy unlimited uploads for free. And Klip features a super easy video editor to grab your best one minute or less segment. [Free for iPhone - App Store link]

• Dink: Gives you the essential tools to create amazing animations on your iPhone. [$0.99 for iPhone - App Store link]

Any other big apps or game releases or updates today? If you pick any of these up, let us know what you think!

Firemint’s popular game, SPY mouse, has been updated with global leaderboards and 5 new challenges. Additionally, you only need 1 Squeak friend to get started on challenges and Kiska can now be used once per hour (up from once per day).

For operatives brave enough to pit their wits against the world’s best, this update delivers global leaderboards! All you need to do is sign up to Origin, and a world of competition with the best cheese procurers in the business is all yours.

Here’s the extended update notes.

• Global leaderboards! Just sign into Origin and put your stealthy cheese recovery skills to the test against the world’s best
• 5 new challenges have been added to Agent Squeak’s Backpack Get bonus Backpack content sooner! You need just 1 Squeak friend to get started.
• Kiska has perfected her cat-clonking abilities and can now be used once per hour, up from once per day
• Various tweaks, bug fixes and crumb sweeping

SPY mouse is available on the iPhone for $0.99.

[App Store link]

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On some websites, like CNN shown in the video above, when I hit “back” to return to the previous page, instead of getting the previous page I get a version of the previous page that’s from some time in the past, as much as a day or so. I’ve also had this happen on sites like Reddit. Unless Apple included highly advanced tachyon-based time travel functionality in iOS 5, there’s some problem between the web server, the cache, mobile Safari, and my eyes that’s conspiring to give me pages from the past.

Problem

• Go to a web page in Safari
• Tap a link
• Tap the “back” button

You get an older version of the web page you just left.

Work around

• Tap the “reload” button

That gets Safari to render the page again. You can also clear the cache. That seems to alleviate the problem, at least for a while.

• Launch Settings
• Tap on Safari
• Tap on Advanced
• Tap on Website Data
• Tap on Remove all Website Data

I haven’t tried this in iOS 5.0.1 yet and it may well be fixed in that build, otherwise here’s hoping Apple fixes it soon.

Speaking on his company's earnings call, CBS CEO Les Moonves said that CBS had turned down the Apple TV as a platform for its content. The revelation was revealed in response to a question about CBS's appetite toward striking deals with new streaming providers that may not have the cash to pay up front for its content. Moonves claimed that CBS had turned down Apple and its Apple TV platform because the offer was based on an ad split revenue source.

This seems to confirm rumors that Apple is trying to secure some sort of Apple TV subscription service however it looks like it is going to be much harder than Apple had hoped. Apple has been slowly adding additional media content to the Apple TV platform; the recent iOS 5 update brought Wall Street Journal Live and NHL content. Hulu Plus is also rumored to be ready to go on the Apple TV but political reasons are cited as holding it back from launch.

Source: Gigaom

Taken a bunch of great photos with your brand new iPhone — or photos with your new iPad or iPod touch — and wondering how to share them with the people you know? There are several ways, including Mail and Twitter, but you can easily use Apple’s new iMessages service for free, or old style MMS if your friend or family member doesn’t yet have an iOS 5 device of their very own.

If you already know how to do this, just save the link for family and friends who might not! (We’ll do the helping so you don’t have to!)

Sharing photos via Messages from Photos app

Sharing a single photo

1. Open the Photos app
2. Tap the photo you with to share
3. Tap the arrow in the bottom left corner (If the menu bar has disappeared, tap the photo once to bring it back)
4. Tap Message.
5. This will open a blank message with the photo inserted. Fill in the To: field. If you wish, add text below the photo.
6. Tap Send.
7. The Message box with now disappear and send in the background.

Sharing more than one photo

1. Open the Photos app and select the folder that contains the photos you want to share
2. Tap the arrow in the top right corner
3. Tap up to 9 photos that you wish to share (note you can choose only one if you wish)
4. Tap Share in the bottom left corner
5. Tap Message
6. This will open a blank message with the photos inserted. Fill in the To: field. If you wish, add text below the photos.
7. Tap Send

Sharing photos via Messages from Messages app

1. Open Messages app
2. Open a new message or tap on existing conversation with person you wish to share photo with
3. Tap on the photo icon in the bottom left
4. If you want to take a new photo, tap Take Photo or Video. If you want to upload a photo from your Photo Library, tap Choose Existing.
5. If you chose Take Photo or Video, the camera will launch. Take your photo, then tap Use.
6. If you chose Choose Exisitng, browse to and select the photo you wish to share.
7. Both choices will result with the photo being inserted into a new chat bubble.
8. To add more photos, tap the photo icon again.
9. Add any desired text
10. Tap Send

There you go! Now you’re all set to start sharing messages via iMessage or MMS!

Let us know how this tip worked out for you, and if you have an questions, ask them in the comments below!

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According to Domain Name Wire, Apple has filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Forum against 7 porn sites that include iPhone 4S in their domain name, including iPhone4S.com (!) which currently redirects to “Free Naughty for Mobile”.

And really, you have to ask yourself why Apple didn't proactively get that domain name before releasing the product. It was registered in August 2008, so someone else had the foresight to follow Apple's naming conventions.

Indeed. Hopefully iPhone5S through iPhone 500S are now all safely registered by Apple’s agents.

Source: Domain Name Wire

Apple has announced that, as part of iOS 5.0.1 beta 1, they’ve added something that should eliminate the problems iOS 5.0 had with purging data — everything from Instapaper pages to flight charts.

It introduces a new way for developers to specify files that should remain on device, even in low storage situations.

Previously, developers who wanted to keep data cached on the iPhone or iPad but not have it backed up to iTunes — because it would create a long delay for their users — put them into temporary storage. With iCloud and iOS 5, however, Apple became much more aggressive about purging data from that temporary storage, leading to users starting apps only to find them empty and their stuff gone. This was especially vexing when on an airplane or otherwise off the data network and the content couldn’t just be re-downloaded.

While Apple doesn’t always seem to realize the ramifications of their changes, in this case at least they’re addressing it quickly. Hopefully this gives the best of both worlds — persistent, non-critical storage that’s there when you want it but doesn’t slow down or eat up storage for your backups.

Source: Apple Developer News