Tag: apple inc.
The book that has created the most buzz lately is Inside Apple by Adam Lashinsky. The book delves into the inner workings of Apple, Inc. and how they manage to maintain their competitive edge with their shroud of secrecy. Talked about over the past several weeks by many in the media, the long awaited book is now available in the iTunes Store To Download the book in iTunes, go to: http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/inside-apple/id444015286?mt=11
Apple, Inc. (AAPL) is continuing the trend set yesterday evening, with the stock at 453.00 at 7:17AM EST in pre-market trading or up 32.59 USD (7.75 percent) from yesterdays close. The record profits announced by Apple yesterday has been driving the climb and in spite of some issues in the supply chain, this upward trend is not likely to change for a while, or at least until the rest of the market digests the numbers. The tech sector as a…
A great graphic on Gizmodo last evening shows the amount of cash Apple has on hand when stacked would soar to an altitude of 6,583 miles above the earth. That distance represents a distance more than 32 times that which the International Space Station orbits at. Source: Gizmodo
Apple, Inc. has released another update to the upcoming release of Mac OS X, 10.7.3. The Build 11D50 is a 997mb download and while there are still questions about what Apple has planned, the laast few builds have been fairly stable. To download the latest build, you will need a Developer account. The build can be downloaded at: http://developer.apple.com/
Apple’s Conference Call with the media yesterday is now available online. The Phone Conference to announce the quarterly profits was held at 5pm EST 24 January and announced Apple’s record breaking quarter. To listen to the entire audio of the event, go to the quicktime page at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq112/
Apple had a slam dunk, in your face type of quarter in quarter 1, 2012. It’s profits were beyond that of any belief. The stock price jumped to over 455 USD a share at one point after profits were announced. The number of iPhone 4S’s sold were more than 4 million units beyond that of even the most optimistic analyst. It was a huge success, but there are cracks in the mirror. Supply is an issue for the iPhones, hard…
iBooks Author, the app which allows educators to produce their own textbooks, has pushed over 600,000 downloads in 5 days. It was previously thought that this number was under 90,000, however Apple announce in this morning’s conference call that this plus a total of 3 million iTunes U downloads is pushing the education initiative along mightily. The fact that iBooks Author only runs on Mac OS X Lion should also drive future Mac OS X sales or even machine sales…
After Apple announced their quarter one profits this morning and the stock price went through the roof. At press time, the price was at $451.51 USD in after hours trading, up more than $31.10 USD or 7.40 percent. With groups like RBC Capital posting a buy level at $525 USD a share, this is not much of a stretch at this point. The increase in share price makes Apple Inc. the number one company in the US as far as…
According to a report by GigaOm, Apple has overtaken all of the other large hardware manufacturers to become the number one purchaser of semiconductors. The report states that Apple spend a total of $17.3 Billion USD last year on semiconductors. This change in the top rank has been spurred on by the iPhone and iPad’s popularity and demand. Source: GigaOm
Apple has finally created a support website for the iTunes U. Introduced along with Apple’s Education Initiative last week in New York City, iTunes U is intended to give students of all ages materials which are downloadable to their iPads as well as instructurs the tools with which to reach the student easily and interactively. Lack of a real support structure has been hindering usage of the facility so far, however Apple eliminated that issue yesterday. You can check out…
Soon, people may have to begin thinking of Apple and Harrods in the same sentence. A report in 9 to 5 Mac is reporting that there will soon be an in store Apple store at Haarrods. Harrods was sold in 2010 to the Qatar Investment Authority by then owner Mohamed Al-Fayed. in foot traffic, the Harrods store could have more traffic than any other store other than the grand central station store which was recently opened by Apple, Inc….
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock price finished the week at $420.30 USD, off over 11 points from the high of $431.37 USD reached just before Apple’s January 19th event. The next time a number will be presented which will allow investors to judge how the company is doing will be the first quarter results conference call which is scheduled for 24 January at 5:00pm EST. In after hours trading the stock price did rebound slightly but is still well off of…
This week, Apple shook up the education and textbook world with the introduction of iBooks 2.0, iTunesU for k-12 and of course their now ever so popular iBooks Author. Many educators we have talked to seemed enthusiastic about the possibilities presented with the new application, however, Apple has a caveat in the End User Licensing Agreement which prevents users of iBooks Author from selling books created with the package anywhere else other than Apple’s iBook Store. While PDF’s exported from…
Apple has released an update to iTunes to reflect the new introductions of software in New York City yesterday. This new version of iTunes allows users to sync their ipads with the new iBook textbooks purchased from Apple through the iTunes store. For more information about the update, go to: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1426
This morning, Apple announced their new initiative to make education one of their highest priorities. This announcement has not really changed their stance on the subject of education, but the way in which they did it deserves merit. The first thing that Apple did is to eliminate the physical books and the cutting down of trees to print those books. This alone will save Billions of dollars each year and definitely help save the forests that are so important to…
Apple Stock (AAPL) closed down slightly today after pre-event trading had the stock pushing over $431.00 in the morning. The close today was at $427.75 USD down 1.36 from yesterdays close. The price per share has pushed even lower in after hours trading with the current price sitting at $426.22 USD per share. Whether the lack of hardware at today’s announcement has anything to do with the fall, one will only have to imagine, however, with the stock having pushed…
Apple Inc (AAPL) has a stock price that seemingly is going through the roof. With it closing at a record high close of $429.11 USD yesterday at the final bell, the stock is breaking records again this morning reaching $430.41 USD at 8:25am this morning ET. With an impending announcement of this morning at 10:00am ET and reporting of the quarterly profits coming up next week, the only thing that might slow down the upward onslaught would be a poor…
Adam Lashinsky’s book about Apple Inc and its inner workings is due out next week. The book, which purports to tell how things works at apple is the latest book about the company and second to be published since the death of CEO Steve Jobs. While most books written about Apple have focused on Steve himself, this one focuses on how Apple handles its people, secrecy and security within the company. The 272 page book is “a golden ticket to…
Apple has posted the latest version of the next implementation of Mac OS X 10.7.3 to it7s developers pages. Build 11D46 primarily focuses on issues related to external services including Windows File Sharing, Directory Services, and Smart Cards. The upgrade also has a hefty file size and nearly 997mb in size. With this release, it is expected that the next gold master release will be forth coming shortly and then consumer version of 10.7.3 implemented to the App Store with…
On January 19th, 2012, Apple Inc. is scheduled to have an education related announcement in the heart of New York City. While many in the world are speculating that apple is trying to “destroy the textbook industry”, We suspect that they are just following up on several lines of thought. First, Texas was the first in the nation to embrace to totally digital textbook idea. It currently saves the state 2 billion USD per year in text book costs. If…
