Archive for 'Apple Slices' Category
Apple Reports Record Revenues & Profits
29 January 2008Apple this week reported record revenues and profits plus a cash hoard of $18.4 billion.
Highlights of Apple Q1, 2008
Revenue: $9.6 billion compared to $7.12 billion in the year-ago quarter
* Net profit: $1.58 billion compared to $1 billion in the year-ago quarter
* Gross Margin: 34.7% compared to 31.2% in the year-ago quarter
* Quarterly iPhone sales: 2.32 […]
Nokia and Friends To Wage Mobile War On Everyone Else
29 January 2008“Nokia estimates that in 2010, the total Internet services market will be approximately €100 billion ($146 billion),” said Nokia president and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo. “Nokia’s goal is to be the world’s number-one in bringing the Internet to mobile devices.”
Nokia has slowly been pushing its way into absolutely every aspect of the industry. Nokia’s VP of […]
BBC’s iPlayer Hopes to Begin Anew with Apple
29 January 2008Apple TV users may soon be able to watch BBC TV shows.
BBC director of future media and technology Ashley Highfield expressed interest in using iPlayer as part of the Apple TV service, as iPlayer now needs no computer and supports download rentals.
“The announcement from MacWorld about the effective relaunch of the Apple TV is encouraging,” […]
iPhone Owners Use Google’s Web Sites the Most
29 January 2008Talking to iPhone users is like conversing with evangelicals - they can’t stop talking about it and finding more things to use it for. Google told the New York Times that iPhone users generate far more activity on its sites than any other handset - despite iPhone having such a tiny percentage of the market. […]
Apple Take 2
29 January 2008- Burrows Deeper into the Living Room
- Apple Looks for Encore with iTunes Movie Rental
After the phenomenal success of the iPod and iPhone, it’s hard to do
an encore.
Even for Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
But that didn’t stop Jobs from making another leap for glory this
week.
At Macworld, Jobs launched the iTunes Movie Rentals service that
lets users download […]
Apple Nearing Agreements with Movie Studios
29 January 2008It might be shocking to know that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is actually
starting to win over the film industry. While Jobs practically
invented the marketplace for digital music, Apple has been
struggling to get into the video market. Apple TV was all but a
flop, selling just under a million units, and iTunes still doesn’t
offer the selection of […]
iTunes Pricing Issues Resolved in Europe
29 January 2008Apple said it plans to soon charge consumers in Britain and the rest
of Europe the same amount for iTunes songs.
Apple charges about nine cents more per song in Britain compared
with prices in nations that use the euro. The company said it has to
pay more to record companies in Britain for distribution rights.
The new price in […]
DriveSavers Offers Data Recovery Services for iPhone
19 January 2008Apple iPhone is the most sophisticated communication and data
management device sold today, at least in the US; but, like many
digital devices, irreplaceable data can be lost if the iPhone is
damaged or not synchronized while out in the field. Widely known
data recovery service DriveSavers is now offering data recovery
service to iPhone users.
Solid state media built into […]
4m iPhones Sold and Investors Shrug
19 January 2008You’d have thought after Apple CEO Steve Jobs bragged at Macworld
that the company had sold four million iPhones in 200 days the
company’s stock would soar.
Heck, no.
The stock actually fell 5.45% Tuesday to $169.04!
Meanwhile, Apple thinks it grabbed nearly 20% of the smartphone
market in the first 90 days after the iPhone launched in late June.
Jobs told […]
JiWire To Offer Ad-Supported Free Wi-Fi Access for iPhone and Touch
19 January 2008Ads-for-Access provider JiWire said this week that members of the
JiWire Wi-Fi Advertising Network are offering iPhone and iPod touch
users the option to connect to Wi-Fi networks for free in exchange
for viewing a JiWire-supplied ad.
The option will be available at select Wi-Fi hotspots located in
airports, hotels, cafes, and other desirable locations around the
world. Major airports include […]