Archive | October 26th, 2011
Apple’s 2011 Form 10-K sheds light on Apple’s cash holdings, employees, and revenue breakdown by product
Apple on Wednesday filed its annual 10-K with the SEC and within it are a number of interesting tidbits. First, Apple now enjoys $81.6 billion in cash and long and short-term investment securities. Investors, though, shouldn’t expect Apple to release a dividend anytime soon as the company reiterated its plans to reinvest its profits back […]
Continue reading...Apple looking to build Solar Farm to help power its North Carolina Data Center
26. October 2011
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Organizations like Greenpeace routinely love to criticize Apple for alleged environmental improprieties. But in reality, Apple is one of the more environmentally conscious companies around and is often the target of Greenpeace because they want to attract as much public attention as possible and, well, there’s no better way to spice up a headline than […]
Continue reading...PBS to air “Steve Jobs – One Last Thing” on November 2 with never before seen interview with Jobs
26. October 2011
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With the onslaught of tributes to Steve Jobs coupled with the recent release of his biography this week, one might reasonably assume that no aspect of Steve Jobs’ life and legacy has been overlooked. But alas, there’s just one more thing. PBS announced today the impending premiere of a new documentary titled “Steve Jobs – […]
Continue reading...Sprint pays Apple $200 more per iPhone than AT&T and other carriers
26. October 2011
Update: Our apologies. In our haste we misread the blurb from Dan Hesse. The subsidy Sprint pays Apple is not $200 more than AT&T pays. Rather, the subsidy it pays to Apple is $200 more it pays for other devices. Shortly before Apple officially announced the iPhone 4S, a report emerged claiming that Sprint was […]
Continue reading...Apple aluminum chassis supplier to re-open for business by end of the month
26. October 2011
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Last week, one of Apple’s primary suppliers of the unibody aluminum chassis it uses on its line of MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs was ordered to close down one of its factories following reports from local residents of foul odors emanating from its plants. The company in question is Catcher Technology, and the plant ordered […]
Continue reading...The Apple Extended Keyboard – everything Steve Jobs hated about Apple
26. October 2011
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There is no shortage of Steve Jobs anecdotes coming in from former friends and colleagues of the Apple co-founder, but this one from venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson really captures the mindset of Jobs and exemplifies the strategy he used to help bring Apple back from the brink of bankruptcy to technical prominence. Moreover, it paints […]
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26. October 2011
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