Apple Inc. (AAPL) News: Lack of Innovations, iWallet Rights, Exclusion of Google Inc (GOOG) & Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NOK)’s Pinch

Wall Street shrugs at Apple updates (OttawaCitizen)
Investors and analysts alike have spent months accusing Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) of a lack of innovation, but the company’s day of judgment won’t come until the fall. That’s when Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will release the next version of its mobile operating system, iOS 7 – unveiled Monday at the company’s annual developer conference in San Francisco, and hailed by chief executive Tim Cook as the “the biggest change to iOS since the introduction of the iPhone.” A new version of the company’s desktop operating system, OS X Mavericks, alongside refreshed laptop and desktop computers, was also revealed.

Can Apple and Longtime Ad Partner ”Think Different”? (BusinessWeek)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and TBWA\Chiat\Day, the agency behind the company’s most memorable advertisements, are embarking on a new campaign designed to revive interest in an aging product line and cement the iPhone maker’s bond with consumers, people with knowledge of the plan said. After years of product-oriented ads that have failed to stem market-share losses to devices built on Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s Android software, the campaign will emphasize the quality and reliability of Apple’s ecosystem of products, apps and content, said the people, who asked not to be named because the plans aren’t public. The company previewed one of the ads yesterday. Others will follow in coming months, one of the people said.

Don’t blame Apple (MarketWatch)
he media spotlight has recently been on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) -0.66% for shifting profits overseas to avoid U.S. taxes. In its international tax strategy, though, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is no different from other American technology companies, which (like Apple) began moving manufacturing overseas starting in the early 1980s. Initially, U.S. technology firms that went abroad during this period were drawn by the lower labor, sourcing, and procurement costs. They also found they could eliminate exchange-rate risk by producing and selling in the same currency. But these companies soon discovered another important advantage of being global: favorable taxation.