Here are your Apple rumors and news items for Wednesday: Tracking Trouble:
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) has come under enough fire this week to respond to users
over why its mobile software tracks users locations. A fact sheet issued on
Apples website Wednesday addresses why a bug in the platform has been recording
location information of iPad and iPhone users and assures customers that it will
be removed in an upcoming software update. Apple was summoned on Tuesday to
speak at the Protecting Mobile Privacy hearing held by the Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee on Privacy in May. iPad 2 Comes to Asia: The iPad 2s delayed
release in much of eastern Asia following the March earthquake in Japan will end
this week when Apple releases the tablet in 12 countries. Citizens in Korea,
Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, and Japan will now be able
to purchase a new iPad. The tablet also will be released in India, South Africa,
the United Arab Emirates, and Turkey. A wider release in China will take place
on May 6. As with the original iPad, only Wi-Fi models of the new tablet will be
available in China. Android Ahead: Its difficult to keep straight the multiple
metrics measuring the iPhones competition with Googles (NASDAQ: GOOG ) Android
operating system. While Android leads in terms of global market share, i.e.,
there are more phones in consumer hands running Android than there are iPhones,
it lags behind Apples platform in revenue generated. According to Nielsen, at
least, Android is winning the smartphone war in the U.S. A new study, reprinted
at Mac Rumors , shows that Android controls 37% of the U.S. smartphone market as
of March, with Apple controlling 27%, and Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM )
following both with 22% of the market. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) controls just
10%, while Hewlett-Packards (NASDAQ: HPQ ) Palm/WebOS platforms and Nokias
(NYSE: NOK ) Symbian control 3% and 2%, respectively. As of this writing,
Anthony John Agnello did not own a position in any of the stocks named here.
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