As medicine goes digital, Apple's iPad is top choice among doctors

Why am I not surprised?  :p

As physician practices and hospitals are increasingly required to bring their operations into the present with digitized records, Apple's iPad is the device of choice when it comes to doctors interacting with health records, a new study shows.
Doctors and hospitals are hungry for apps that take full advantage of the capabilities of mobile devices like the iPad, according to data from Black Book Rankings, a healthcare IT analysis firm. This is becoming more important due to impending regulations stemming from the Affordable Care Act, requiring physicians and hospitals to begin storing their patient records electronically.
As the healthcare industry moves to adopt digital technologies, Apple's iPad and iPhone remain popular options for access to records on the go. Sixty-eight percent of surveyed physicians and practices chose the iPhone over Android and other smartphones. Fifty-nine percent of physicians and practices said they were integrating tablets into their operations, and the iPad was the most popular option in that category.

Source: http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/05/31/as-medicine-goes-digital-apples-ipad-is-top-choice-among-doctors

Apple unveils new iPod touch

A cheaper version of iPod is unveiled and this is a surprising move from Apple, considering it has nothing to offer other than a lower price point at the expense of dropping some features.  Well, is this a move to grab more larger market or to a sign of imminent arrival of the rumoured cheaper iPhone?

Only time can tell.

Apple CEO Tim Cook: Innovation Doesn't Mean a New Gadget

Well said.  To make a few quality products is better than creating tonnes of trash.  :)

"Many people define innovation as a new product," he said. "We have some incredible plans we've been working on for awhile. We have some incredible ideas. The same culture and largely the same people that brought you the iPhone, the iPad mini, the iPod, and some who brought you the Mac, the same culture is there."
In other words, Apple doesn't need to constantly create new products to be innovative. The vision, the quality, and the people are what make it forward-moving.
"For us, winning has never been about making the most," Cook said later on. "Arguably we make the best PC, we don't make the most. We make the best music player, we wound up making the most. We make the best tablet, we make the most. We make the best phone, we don't make the most phones."

Source: http://www.inc.com/jill-krasny/tim-cook-apple-rivals.html 

Apple will open up its APIs

"On the general topic of opening up APIs, I think you'll see us open up more in the future," he said, "but not to the degree that we put the customer at risk of having a bad experience. So there's always a fine line to walk there, or maybe not so fine," said Cook.

As an iOS developer myself, this is a really good news.  Exactly to what extent, we can only wait till WWDC.  Personally for me,  I am looking forward to be able to use SIRI for my own apps/games.  But I believe that will need to wait a while.

Apple has no issue with making apps for Android

This may sound unreal but Apple's boss Tim Cook actually has no objection as long as it makes sense. The Tim Cook's era definitely looks more open.

During an audience Q&A session, Cook was asked if bringing iCloud to other operating systems would be a wise move for Apple. With his answer, the CEO chose to go wider in scope. "To a general question of 'would Apple port an app from iOS to Android?'" he began, "We have no religious issue with doing that. If we thought it made sense for us to do that, we would do that."

Source:  http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/28/4374782/tim-cook-apple-has-no-religious-issue-against-making-android-apps

Why Apple Employees Are so Good at Keeping Secrets

Brian Hoshi: Having worked at Apple for a few years, I can say that the need for secrecy is mostly ingrained in the corporate culture to create innovative and revolutionary products from within the otherwise bland and evolutionary markets that Apple chooses to compete in. The secrecy is upheld throughout the organization knowing that there is a corporate security team pretty much looking over your shoulder at all times and where even minor violations are grounds for immediate termination. There's nothing to "fear" at Apple as long as you are able to follow these very basic rules of conduct.

Interested to know more?    Read on.   =)

http://www.inc.com/business-insider/ex-apple-employees-reveal-how-the-company-is-so-good-at-keeping-secrets.html

Apple 1 sells for $671,400 at auction

Pretty crazy price but I think only the buyer will know its true worth.  =)

An Apple-1 computer, made in 1976, sold for a record $671,400 on Saturday at an auction in Germany, including all fees and taxes, said Uwe Breker, the German auctioneer.
That surpassed the $640,000 record for an Apple-1, set last November at a sale at the same auction house in Cologne, Germany, Auction Team Breker. The fall 2012 sale was a sharp rise from the previous record price for an Apple-1 of $374,500, set in June 2012 at Sotheby’s in New York.

Source: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/25/vintage-apple-1-sells-for-record-671400/