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Emergency Guide. Today smartphones are often used to save all the data you need in the digital world.

Emergency Guide

Ring binders, box files, and slips of paper are out. Your device then might be more valuable than your wallet containing cash and credit cards. If you save sensitive data on your iPhone it’s a MUST to secure and backup them. For backing up your device regularly use iCloud or iTunes. For preventing unauthorized access by third parties follow the instructions described in this article. What can happen if your device gets stolen? Bad guys may access. Apple Wireless Network. Apple AirPort Extreme is Apple’s router for Internet access.

Apple Wireless Network

It’s directly connected to a modem and provides wired as well as wireless access for computers, mobile devices like an iPhone or an iPad, printers, and media devices. Apple offers three different routers (Airport Express, AirPort Extreme, Time Capsule) which can be connected to either a DSL or a Cable modem. A complete wireless network build with solely Apple products follows the the company’s strategy to provide users with a perfect experience regarding design, setup, and reducing features to those which are necessary. KISS is the motto. KISSKISS = Keep it simple, stupid A design principle noted by the U.S. The hardware … Apple’s Intangible Assets.

This article is about a company which is still greatly influenced by one man.

Apple’s Intangible Assets

The new philosopher. Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011.

The new philosopher

He made Apple to what it is today. With his death rumors at stock exchanges predicted that the company from now on would loose essential parts of it’s reputation in the market. Many people thought that Tim Cook, the new CEO, wouldn’t be capable to ensure the companies success and ongoing growth. The public doesn’t hear much of Tim but what we can say is that Steve’s words ‘Sell dreams not products‘ are still valid (btw for all companies) engaged in the fast growing market of electronic devices which are still seen as gadgets for entertainment by the majority of customers. Fingerprint Technology. Many publishing media predicted that Apple would introduce the fingerprint scanner for it’s model iPhone 5S presented on Apple’s Keynote on September 10, 2013.

Fingerprint Technology

Rumors were based on a patent application in 2012 and leaked images posted in publishing media around the world. General information … A friction ridge is a raised portion of the epidermis on fingers consisting of one or more connected ridge units of friction ridge skin. These epidermal ridges serve to amplify vibrations triggered, for example, when fingertips brush across an uneven surface, better transmitting the signals to sensory nerves involved in fine texture perception. These ridges may also assist in gripping rough surfaces and may improve surface contact in wet conditions. The flexibility of friction ridge skin means that no two finger prints are ever exactly alike in every detail. Identification … The electronic scan is the more modern way to take prints. All the possible methods can be grouped into two major families:

Security made by Apple. Today smartphones are often used to save all the data you need in the digital world.

Security made by Apple

Ring binders, box files, and slips of paper are out. Your device then might be more valuable than your wallet containing cash and credit cards. Huffington Post reports that about 1.6 million iPhones were stolen in the U.S. last year. UK magazines report over 160 iPhones, and over 314 mobile phones are stolen in London every day. Law enforcement has previously criticized Apple and other mobile phone providers for not offering better mobile phone security or embedding persistent technology to prevent phones from being inoperable once they are stolen. Finding technical solutions that will remove the economic value of stolen smartphones is critical to ending of violent street crimes commonly known as ‘Apple Picking‘.

You can be lucky if a less sophisticated thieve simply takes your device to make some free calls before you can report and your carrier blocks the SIM card. 1 Using an Unlock Code … Requirements … Apple’s Customer Relationships. On October 5, 2013, we saw hundreds of publications praising Steve Jobs.

Apple’s Customer Relationships

It was the 2nd anniversary of his death. Why did so many people and publishing media pay deference to this man? Well, he was a visionary, a philosopher, and a great entertainer and the company still is based on his principles. What are the secrets of building strong customer relationships? Basics … Designed by Apple in California. Apple has always been proud of the fact that it’s an American company and more specifically, a major force in the growth of Silicon Valley that for decades has been and still remains the EPICENTER of all things tech.

Designed by Apple in California

This ad helps reinforce the idea that Silicon Valley is not going away and in fact will continue to be a major tech design center well into the future. If you look on the backside of an iPhone you will see. Apple’s Strategy and Ad. There are significant differences in strategy and advertisement of Apple Inc. and it’s competitors.

Apple’s Strategy and Ad

Let the CEO Tim Cook talk to understand some basic strategies and attitudes with an overall impact on the development of products and their advertisment. Innovation Some people see innovation as change, but we have never really seen it like that. Apple’s Keynote Sep 2013. On September 10, 2013 Apple staged it’s Keynote with two new models of the iPhone and the new operating system iOS 7.

Apple’s Keynote Sep 2013

These events always let the heartbeat of Apple fans increase near to the frequency of their devices’ processor.

The ecosystem

Apple, a unique company. In the world of accounting, we speak of tangible and intangible assets to keep track of a company’s property. A tangible asset is anything that has a physical existence like buildings, equipment, and land. Intangible assets are nonphysical resources and rights that have a value to the company because they give some kind of advantage in the market. Examples of intangible assets are goodwill, copyrights, trademarks, patents and computer programs and financial assets, including such items as accounts receivable and stocks.