Mon, Oct 6th, 2008 | Archive |
When they're not hand-wringing over the recent drop in Apple's share price, Mac enthusiasts have been transfixed lately by the mystery product, code-named "brick," that's due for release later this month.Some bloggers and pundits have suggested it might be a ...Read More
Nov 2, 2009
Mon, Nov 2nd, 2009 | SciTech |
At long last, citizens of the world’s most populous country can buy iPhones on their own shores, as the device went on sale in China over the weekend. Rumors of a deal with China stretch back to 2007, when the ...Read More
Oct 21, 2009
Wed, Oct 21st, 2009 | SciTech |
Apple's April 2007 Q2 earnings call announced that the company planned to book revenue for its new iPhone and Apple TV using the "subscription method of accounting," a decision that startled analysts and left many users confused. Here's what resulted ...Read More
Oct 19, 2009
Mon, Oct 19th, 2009 | SciTech |
After announcing spectacular Q4 results, Apple's Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer explained to analysts that the company is projecting lower growth in future revenues and profit margins due to cheap new products in the company's pipeline.
"Greater value, lower gross margins"
In ...Read More
Oct 19, 2009
Mon, Oct 19th, 2009 | Business |
updated: Apple said today that Mac computers and iPhones saw strong year-over-year sales jumps in the fourth quarter, allowing the company to once again beat Wall Street's expectations for the quarter and sending the stock surging in after-hours trading.
Apple today ...Read More
Oct 19, 2009
Mon, Oct 19th, 2009 | Business |
Apple will announce its quarterly earnings Monday afternoon. As always, you can follow Apple's 2 p.m. PT conference call with Wall Street analysts with live coverage of the event at Macworld.com.
What can you expect from chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer, ...Read More
Jul 22, 2009
If you've read the stories on Apple's latest earnings, you may have noticed that Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer took the time break out the sales of each model in theiPod franchise, which is seeing year-over-year declines for the ...Read More
Jun 9, 2009
Macs are often criticized for the high price of their hardware. This so-called Apple tax is the premium that Apple computers usually cost over comparably equipped PCs. But since the company dropped prices on its laptop line yesterday, that difference ...Read More
May 19, 2009
Tue, May 19th, 2009 | SciTech |
Clearly the iPhone is a phenomenal success, so it begs the question of what Apple will do to keep the iconic device in the top spot as king of the smartphones. The answer: lower the price, add more functionality, expand ...Read More
May 18, 2009
Mon, May 18th, 2009 | SciTech |
* 5 MP3s come with $5-per-month streaming plan
* Price cut from $12.99 per month
* Aims to compete with iTunes
* Napster owner Best Buy plans in-store marketing campaign
NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - Digital music supplier Napstersaid on Monday it is ...Read More
May 18, 2009
Email |Print | Reprints [-] Text [+] NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) could offer lower-cost versions of the iPhone, and without the obligatory monthly data service plan, in hopes of significantly boosting sales, ...Read More
May 13, 2009
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on Wednesday was not listed as among the executives who would participate in the opening keynote at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference.
Jobs is on a six-month medical leave because of complications stemming from an operation ...Read More
Apr 29, 2009
Wed, Apr 29th, 2009 | SciTech |
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, who is on a six-month medical leave, was too weak Tuesday night to attend a lengthy town meeting to decide whether he should be allowed to demolish his historic Silicon Valley, Calif., house.
"I don't think ...Read More
Apr 29, 2009
Wed, Apr 29th, 2009 | SciTech |
Tuesday's meeting with the Woodside Town Council, featuring Apple CEO Steve Jobs's , Jobs himself was not in attendance. "
According to Jobs's lawyer, Howard Ellman, who represented him at the meeting, the reason the CEO didn't attend had to do ...Read More
Apr 24, 2009
Fri, Apr 24th, 2009 | Most Viewed |
There are lot of big numbers floating around the Apple-focused blogosphere this week, and some of them have to do with Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) stellar financial performance for the last quarter. Other big numbers mark a milestone: Apple's 1 ...Read More
Apr 23, 2009
Apple blew away Wall Street estimates for its second fiscal quarter of 2009, posting above-average earnings and revenue despite the economic slump.
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) said earnings totaled $1.21 billion, or $1.33 per share, on revenue of $8.16 billion. Financial analysts ...Read More
Apr 22, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Maybe it's time to start believing Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) conservative earnings guidance.
The Cupertino, Calif.-based consumer electronics giant customarily offers investors modest earnings forecasts and then regularly beats the target. Lately, it's defied the recession, selling slick laptops ...Read More
Apr 22, 2009
Wed, Apr 22nd, 2009 | Most Viewed |
Wow. Someone woke up on the wrong side of the money pile Wednesday morning.
You'd think skipping past Wall Street's sales and earnings estimates, more than doubling the number of iPhones sold compared to the year-ago quarter, and sitting on $28.9 ...Read More
Apr 22, 2009
Wed, Apr 22nd, 2009 | SciTech |
In a question and answer session with financial analysts during Wednesday's second quarter earnings call, Apple COO Tim Cook revealed that iPod touch sales have "more than doubled year over year." Combined, iPhone and iPod touch sales total about 37 ...Read More
Apr 22, 2009
Wed, Apr 22nd, 2009 | Top Stories |
SEATTLE -- Strong sales of the iPhone helped Apple Inc. lift its quarterly profit 15 percent, well ahead of Wall Street's expectations Wednesday despite the global economic downturn.
For the three months ended March 28, Apple's fiscal second-quarter earnings rose to ...Read More