Apple Inc. (AAPL) News: Chilling Effect, Biggest Problem, Time Warner Cable Inc (TWC)’s Streaming & More

Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) Biggest Problem Is Itself (ETFDailyNews)
A recent report from Fast Company suggests that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) failed to follow the wants of its user base in developing its most recent series of products. The report details how social media, through sites like Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), can provide critical information to companies about what customers want. While that message was delivered to Apple, it was actually reflected in products that run on Google’s Android instead. In the video below, Fool.com contributor Doug Ehrman discusses two paradigms for product development and why Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may have to shift from one to the other, as well as where the company may be its own worst enemy.

First Apple computer could fetch $500,000 or more (Elpasoinc)
One of the first Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) computers ever built goes on the Christie’s auction block next week _ and it could sell for half a million dollars, or more. The Apple 1 from 1976 is a forerunner of today’s MacBooks, IPads and IPhones. Ted Perry, a retired school psychologist from California who owns the old Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), has kept it stashed away in a cardboard box. He says the green piece of plastic covered with memory chips is where the personal computer “revolution” started. The board was produced by two college dropouts _ Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. It first sold for $666.66.

Apple TV Adds HBO Go and ESPN (IBTimes)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has just recently announced that the company’s streaming media is now featuring programs from Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE:TWC)‘s HBO and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS)‘s ESPN. The services included live access to some of HBO and ESPN’s sports channels. For Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) TV users to enjoy the new feature, they must have an ESPN and HBO subscription from their local cable provider. For ESPN’s subscribers, some sports content will be available free of charge after authenticating their cable subscription. For HBO’s subscribers, Apple TV’s service will be similar to HBO Go iPad application in which users can access the shows catalog and movies on demand.