Archive | January 21st, 2009
What Apple means to Steve Jobs – Rare video from 1997
Check out this video clip of Steve Jobs talking to Apple employees in 1997, shortly after he returned to the company he co-founded in 1976.
Continue reading...Apple obliterates estimates, sells 22.7 million iPods, reports record revenue
21. January 2009
Apple today released its earnings for its last fiscal quarter, and investors have a lot to cheer about. Apple completely surpassed Wall St. expectations and reported record revenue of $10.17 billion and earnings per share of $1.78. Net profits for the quarter came in at $1.61 billion, another record for Apple. The general consensus among analysts was that […]
Continue reading...Windows 7 taskbar has some advantages over the OS X Dock
21. January 2009
Gizmodo has an interesting analysisof the new taskbar in Windows 7 and how it stacks up against the OS X dock. All in all, it appears that Microsoft is finally implementing some solid improvements to its stagnant UI. These aesthetic similarities aside, what actually makes the superbar superior to the Dock is window management—including, by extension, application management. I can […]
Continue reading...Apple netbooks and why analysts are clueless
21. January 2009
With Apple set to announce earnings later today, talk of Apple sales suffering due to the increasing popularity of netbooks is rampant. It’s a valid point to make, and if consumers want an Apple netbook, then more power to ’em. It’s a whole another story, however, when analysts start predicting doom for Apple because it […]
Continue reading...iPhone Accounting – Why Apple got it right
21. January 2009
Andy Zaky has an interesting article up over at Bullish Cross where he argues that by accounting for the purchase price of an iPhone over the course of 24 months, Apple is shooting itself in the foot as investors and analysts won’t fully appreciate Apple’s financials. The underlying problem with the subscription method of accounting […]
Continue reading...Microsoft readies to take on MobileMe and the iTunes App Store
21. January 2009
According to Neowin, Microsoft is expected to announce three new services that will compete with Apple’s MobileMe and the iTunes App Store. “SkyBox” is a service for users to sync a phones information with the web. Microsoft will be offering automatic backup and restore services, access and management of phone data and provide easycommunication and sharing […]
Continue reading...iPhone outsells G1 Android by 6 to 1
21. January 2009
According to a report from Morgan Stanley, the Android powered G1 phone from T-Mobile sold around 300,000 units this past quarter, about 1/6 of the number of iPhones that were sold. The figures, however, are somewhat misleading. For starters, the G1 didn’t come out until October, and more than that, the phone was tied to […]
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21. January 2009
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