When Steve Jobs speaks…
…the world should listen. From last night’s financials call… Hi, everybody. As most of you know, I don’t usually participate in Apple earnings calls, since you’re all in such capable hands with Peter and Tim. But I just couldn’t help dropping by for our first 20-billion-dollar quarter. I’d like to chat about a few things, and then stay for the …
Read MoreBe careful what you say…
On October 6, 1997, in response to the question of what he’d do if he was in charge of Apple, Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell stood before a crowd of several thousand IT executives and answered flippantly, “What would I do? I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.” A little more than a month …
Read MorePC Mag Readers’ Choice Awards
PC Magazine’s Readers’ Choice Survey 2010 Computer Notebooks Readers’ Choice: Apple Inc. No other company comes anywhere close to Apple’s ratings. Computer Desktops Readers’ Choice: Apple Inc. Apple sweeps the category, with the highest ratings in everything from the reliability of the computers to the technical support and repair service the company provides. Cellphones Readers’ Choice for AT&T: Apple Inc. …
Read MoreThought for the day…
This year Apple will generate twice as much handset profit, from the iPhone, as the rest of the industry combined, despite selling only 3% of handsets by unit volume. Source: Goldman Sachs This is happening because Apple offers consumers the best end-user experience money can buy. These sort of figures go some way to explain why you hear so many …
Read MoreSteve Jobs’ words at D8…
When the most powerful man on the planet in IT talks, we should listen… – On Apple’s market capitalization passing Microsoft’s: “It doesn’t matter very much. It’s not what’s important. It’s not what makes you come to work in the morning…It is a little surreal.” – On his return to Apple in the ’90s: “Apple was about 90 days from …
Read MoreGoogle moving from PCs to Macs and Linux boxes…
According to a report in the Financial Times, Google is making a full-throated move away from Windows PCs for the company’s workforce. Apparently the big G is now giving staffers the option of a Mac or Linux rig as an alternative to a Windows computer. The FT article suggests that the move is spurred on by security concerns — some …
Read More>The Power of Apple
>iTunes helped put the Music store out of business Remember way back when the mall used to have Music Stores? Remember those stores that would let you preview the CDs before you bought them? Remember how you’d preview the $ 17.99 CD at the mall and then you’d go buy it at Best Buy (BBY) for $ 11.99? Do you …
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