Archive | July 20th, 2010
Notes of interest from Apple’s earnings conference call
Apple’s earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2010 blew past analyst estimates as Apple posted a 77% increase in profits on record sales of Macs and $15.7 billion in revenue. Following the release of Apple’s earnings statement, Apple executives took some time to answer analyst questions about Apple’s business. Here are some of the […]
Continue reading...Apple delivers blockbuster earnings, again
20. July 2010
Apple today reported its earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2010 and posted earnings of $3.51 a share on revenue of $15.7 billion, an all-time record for Apple. The consensus on Wall St. anticipated EPS of $3.11 on revenue of $14.75 billion. By way of comparison, during the Q3 of 2009, Apple’s earnings checked […]
Continue reading...Taiwanese News Station delivers hilarious “Antennagate” animation
20. July 2010
What the hell is going on this video?! Who cares, really. This is nerd gold.
Continue reading...Apple issues response to Governmental inquiry about updated privacy policy
20. July 2010
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In late June, US representatives Edward J. Markey and Joe Barton expressed concern regarding Apple’s updated privacy policy which it felt did not adequately explain Apple’s stance on collecting and using information about users’ geographic location.
Continue reading...Loren Brichter working on “amazing” Twitter client?
20. July 2010
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Or so it would appear from this tweet he sent out on Monday afternoon. Brichter, of course, is the mastermind behind the Tweetie iPhone app, which was subsequently purchased by Twitter and repackaged as their default Twitter client. But who knows what other concoction Brichter has cooking up in the labs, Tweetie for the iPad perhaps?
Continue reading...Apple hands over MacPaint source code to the Computer History Museum
20. July 2010
Apple has handed over the source code to MacPaint, the first drawing program for the Mac, over to the Computer History Museum. Released in 1984 and coded by Bill Atkinson, MacPaint pioneered many features that would eventually become standard on nearly every graphics editor. Some of these features include the lasso tool for selecting irregular shaped areas and […]
Continue reading...Apple’s 2010 Q3 Earnings – what Wall Street analysts expect
20. July 2010
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt of Fortune does us all a favor with this spreadsheet detailing what Wall St. analysts and Apple financial bloggers expect to see when Apple releases its earnings for the Q3 of 2010 later this afternoon. Don’t be surprised to see the predictions of the unaffiliated analysts be a lot accurate than what many […]
Continue reading...HP files for “PALMPAD” trademark
20. July 2010
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Forget the HP Slate and Windows Mobile, HP is clearly rallying behind the WebOS it acquired when it purchased Palm for $1.2 billion in late April. Now, Precentral is reporting that HP recently filed for a ‘PALMPAD’ trademark which encompasses a broad range of categories: Computers, computer hardware, computer software, computer peripherals, portable computers, handheld […]
Continue reading...Nexus One to walk into the sunset
20. July 2010
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Nexus One, Google’s homegrown smartphone, is on its last legs. Google announced this past weekend that the most recent shipment of Nexus One devices they received will be their last.
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20. July 2010
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