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Shut down Dell and give the money back to shareholders

In October 1997 at the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo97, Michael Dell was asked what he'd do if he was in charge of Apple Computer. Dell responded to an audience of several thousand IT executives "I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders."According to Mac Daily News: A...

Tags: Humor, Finance, AAPL

Blog posts 2007-07-29

Apple announces record revenue, profit and Mac sales

Apple tonight reported their financial results for the third fiscal quarter which ended 30 June, 2007. Apple reported (compared to year-ago quarter): Revenue of $5.41 billion (compared to $4.37 billion in the year-ago quarter) Net quarterly profit of $818 million (compared to $472 million) or $.92 (compared to $.54) per diluted share Gross...

Tags: Finance, AAPL

Blog posts 2007-07-25

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Apple Q3 2008 earnings: revenue up 38%; Mac shipments up 41% (updated)

Apple announced their fiscal third quarter 2008 financial results today in a conference call with analysts. A press release and a re-broadcast of the audio webcast is available on Apple's investor relations Web site and you can subscribe to the Apple Quarterly Earnings Call podcast in iTunes. ...

Tags: Revenue, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Earnings, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Digital Music, Digital Media, Sales, Hardware, Finance, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Apple sells 1M iPhones; 10M apps downloaded

Apple is touting the fact that they sold over 1 million iPhones and had 10 million downloads from the App Store on the iPhone 3Gs opening weekend. In the press release, Steve Job points out that "It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Stock Market, 3G, Investment, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Finance, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-14

MobileMe: iPhone finally gets OTA syncing – for a price

MobileMe: iPhone finally gets OTA syncing – for a priceWith Apple's security record, no thanksIt appears that all of my files and information are stored on an Apple server. With Apple's security record (half gigabyte security patches, weekly iTunes / Safari / QuickTime exploits, only OS to fall within 2 minutes...

Tags: Backups, Apple Mac OS X, Apple iPhone, backup, Apple Inc., external disk, disk, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

Jobs' Apple as premier platform mantra to accelerate

Apple CEO Steve Jobs will deliver another sermon to the Mac faithful at the Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC, but amid all the pyrotechnics about the iPhone, App Store and third party software goodies keep in mind the big picture: There's a platform war about to start. It's...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Job, Developer, Apple Macintosh, Platform, Apple Inc., WWDC, Gartenberg, Morgenstern, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-09

Wagering on WWDC 2008

Wagering on WWDC 2008How can I answer Yes or No to......questions like:On June 9th, 2008, will Apple’s stock AAPL close higher or lower than its opening value?Stock drop?Am I remembering incorrectly or does it seem like the stock initially drops after a keynote, but then comes back in the following...

Tags: Investment, Apple Inc., stock, WWDC 2008, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-06-04

RIP OLPC

RIP OLPCWintel is a bit - well, 'legacy'Those kids that get XP rather than OSS olpcs will miss out on the rather more interesting experience. Certainly, for learning about computing, XP can hardly be regarded as an honest opportunity.Agree about editing and recompiling software though - it luckily isn't...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, RIP OLPC, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Net Applications: Mac market share drops nearly 0.5ò0in April

Net Applications: Mac market share drops nearly 0.5ò0in AprilThanks!We all really appreciate such great feedback and such a scientific study.Good news!That's what you would call GOOD news. Let's hope iApple Mac market share continues to drop so it accurately reflect it's lack of significance.Then, hopefully, your blog may revert to...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Blogging, Apple Macintosh, Mac market share, Net Applications

Discussion threads 2008-05-01

Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMac

Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMacOnly an Apple ....... fanboy would consider running an overclocked laptop CPU in their desktop a good thing. My God you guys are starved for technology.RE: Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMacLOL! The Vista thing is going fine. And I wouldn't own...

Tags: Desktops, Semiconductors, BIOS, Network technology, Processors, Apple Inc., chip, Intel Corp., newest chip, Apple iMac, Apple Macintosh, CPU

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMac

In a comment left yesterday by Davewrite under my story about the new, speedier iMacs noted that the Intel Core Duo Extreme processor found in the new iMacs is not yet available in any PC. In fact, the chip isn't officially rolled out by Intel yet. According...

Tags: Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Chip, Montevina, Processors, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Apple bumps top iMac to 3.06GHz

Apple bumps top iMac to 3.06GHzIs the 24-Inch 6-bit color issue still there?Or was it fixed in the new one's...That's a lot of bang for the bucks...Apple just keep coming with great stuff. That is one hell of a Pro Application system."Core Duo Extreme X9100", NOT AVAILABLE YET for PCsSilicon...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Apple Inc., Apple iMac

Discussion threads 2008-04-28

Salesforce dumping 4,000 PCs for Macs?

Salesforce dumping 4,000 PCs for Macs?Watch what happens at......P&G, Gillette, and a hundred other organizations when someone says that a company with 4000 computers switched. That will make headlines. The "We're too big to switch; it's too complicated, we don't have the software, it's too costly" arguments will start...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Salesforce.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, PC

Discussion threads 2008-04-25

Liveblogging: Apple's Q2 2008 financial results

In a conference call today with analysts, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) discussed financial results of the second fiscal quarter of 2008 which runs from 01 January – 31 March 2008. Apple's revenue was up 43 percent year-over-year. The company posted revenue of US$7.51 billion and...

Tags: Revenue, Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Growth, Financial, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-04-23

Reminder: Apple to announce Q2 2008 financials today

Just a reminder that Apple will announce their Q2 2008 financial results in a conference call today (23 April 2008) at 2:00 p.m. PT/5:00 p.m. ET.Fortune's Apple 2.0 blog has a little preview: So there are two things to watch for on Wednesday: 1) Apple's sales figures...

Tags: Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-04-23

Jim Cramer: Stop trading, buy Apple

On CNBC's Stop Trading! segment Monday, Jim Cramer advised viewers to "buy Apple." Cramer said that there is a "grudging recognition" in the market, especially after Nokia's cautious guidance, that the iPhone will continue to win among smartphones. He said the iPhone is "huge, and when we get the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Instant Messaging, Smart Phones, Internet, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-04-21

iPhone SDK downloads surpass 100,000

Apple today announced that more than 100,000 developers have downloaded the beta version of the company's iPhone Software Development Kit SDK in the first four days since its launch on 06 March 2008. "Developer reaction to the iPhone SDK has been incredible with more than 100,000 downloads in the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, SDK, Apple Inc., Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-03-12

Steelie Neelie slaps Microsoft with record fine

Steelie Neelie slaps Microsoft with record finecompetition vs. customersHi, Dennis.I said what I did, re: EU case being more about competitors whining than cutomers whining because of the reception or lack thereof for the versions of Windows with Media Player removed that are sold in Europe. No one wants them.I...

Tags: Operating systems, Digital music, Steelie Neelie, Microsoft Corp., crook, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-02-27

Apple: The angst vs. the reality

Apple: The angst vs. the realityTypical ZDNet spin[i]Everyone has an iPod and some folks have three.[/i]Great for Apple, terrible for everybody else.A saturated market is bad for Apple's competitors even more because they've not sold gadgets even nearly as much.How's Zune doin' these days?Ah, right, Microsoft just has a tiny...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., angst

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

Ballmer outlines Microsoft's eight long-term growth bets

Ballmer outlines Microsoft's eight long-term growth betsAwesome speech...My rep and I flew in First Class to see this. I decided to miss the Super Bowl and attend a Windows Server 2008/Vista SP1 "Better Together" wine and cheese function on Sunday night. I heard the game was close, but not nearly...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Operating systems, Handhelds, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., long-term growth bet, growth bet

Discussion threads 2008-02-04