Apple = 2x Microsoft….
Today, Microsoft (MSFT) had a market value of $274.04 billion. The value of Apple (AAPL) was $549.22 billion – more than double the value of Microsoft. Is Anyone Listening? 🙂 Even I didn’t see that one coming a few years ago. Astonishing. Mind you, I have always considered Apple to be far more than double Microsoft’s value… You did good …
Read MoreApple reaps 75% of entire mobile handset industry profit, with only 8.7% market share….
Source: Asymco.com …and people write serious articles about Android being some kind of “threat” to Apple or “dominating” just because of higher unit sales? Most peculiar. The real picture is clear.
Read MoreIs Anyone Listening? 2013
OK it’s that time again where I lay out a golden opportunity to make easy money by following this advice than from slaving away at your businesses and 99% of you ignore it for another year. 🙂 Following on from… Is anyone listening? 2010 where we gained 54% and Is anyone listening? 2011 where we gained up to 30% but …
Read MoreClean Sweep for Apple at PC World Satisfaction Survey. Again…
“PCWorld readers like their iPhones. More survey participants own this model than any other phone, and an unusually high proportion of them praised its durability, ease-of-use, design, and camera quality in our 2011 Reliability and Service survey,” Mark Sullivan reports for PCWorld. “But readers had little good to say about LG and Samsung phones, finding fault with their phones’ ease …
Read MoreFor those struggling with Android…
For a sixth consecutive time, Apple ranks highest among manufacturers of smartphones in customer satisfaction. Apple achieves a score of 838 and performs well in all factors, particularly in ease of operation and features. Source: J.D. Power Ty’s Take: Just cos it kinda looks like an iPhone and it kinda behaves like an iPhone doesn’t mean it’s an iPhone.
Read MoreUp, up and away!
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 third quarter ended June 25, 2011. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $28.57 billion and record quarterly net profit of $7.31 billion, or $7.79 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $15.70 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.25 billion, or $3.51 per diluted share, in the year-ago …
Read MoreGoogle: Open? Steve Jobs words…
Google loves to characterize Android as “open” and iOS and iPhone as “closed.” We find this a bit disingenuous and clouding the real difference between our two approaches. The first thing most of us think about when we heard the word “open” is Windows, which is available on a variety of devices. Unlike Windows, however, where most PCs have the …
Read MoreThe Changing IT Landscape…
A picture paints a thousand words… 🙂 Source: Asymco
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