Monthly Archives for January 2012
The time Steve Jobs asked Google’s Schmidt to stop stealing employees
Come in Ivory tower. Check. Go ahead Jobber. Hey, how ’bout, uh, let’s do lunch Smitty. We need to talk. Over. Yeah, what about this time? I already got an iPad. And an iPhone for the little lady. Not sure … Continue reading
Apple iPad dominates online buzz in India
MUMBAI: Coinciding with the recent news of Apples’ record-breaking profit, its iPad dominated online conversations related to tablets across the Indian social media space, according to NM Incite, a Nielsen McKinsey company. The study conducted across all online mediums said … Continue reading
Should you feel guilty for buying your iPhone?
(CNN) — Last week, The New York Times gave us an inside look at what it’s like to work at Foxconn, the manufacturing company that owns several China-based factories that crank out Apple’s iPads, iPhones and iPods by the millions. … Continue reading
Steve Jobs’ Jobs vs. "Jobs"
On Tuesday afternoon, Apple said it earned $13 billion in the fourth quarter on $46 billion in revenue. Thirty-seven million iPhones and 15 million iPads sold in the quarter helped boost its market cap to $415 billion. A few hours … Continue reading
Apple iPad: Happy 2nd Birthday
Apple’s iPad turns two on Friday, assuming we accept the late Steve Jobs’ announcement of the iPad as the device’s date of birth rather than its April, 2010 release date. The iPad’s gestation period was a long one. Computer pioneer … Continue reading
iPhone 4S Accounts for Nine in Every Ten iPhones Sold
At Apple’s quarterly earnings report the company announced record quarterly sales of 37 million iPhones, but failed to give a breakdown of how many each iPhone had sold . But now, a new survey from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) … Continue reading
Bill Gates: ‘I wrote Steve Jobs a letter as he was dying. He kept it by his bed’
Should Britain’s richest citizens follow his example? “Philanthropy should be voluntary.” No one, he says, is going to take up giving “because someone scolded them or they heard Bill Gates say something mean. But I do think people are missing … Continue reading
iPad Loses Ground to Android Tablets? I Don’t Think So
Credit: Flickr User Cheon Fong LiewAndroid fans are grinning wide today over news that Android’s global tablet share jumped to 39 percent in 2011, cutting into Apple’s iPad market share lead. Should Apple start biting its nails? Hardly! It’s true … Continue reading
AT&T Sales Beat Estimates as IPhone Drives Subscriber Gains
Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) — ATT Inc., the largest U.S. phone company, reported fourth-quarter revenue that beat analysts’ estimates as the latest iPhone version drove sales of the device to a record. Sales rose 3.6 percent to $32.5 billion, Dallas-based ATT … Continue reading
Truth Squad: Steve Jobs’ jobs vs. Obama’s jobs
Editor’s note: Part of the CNN political fact-checking series (CNN) — In a rebuttal to the State of the Union address, Republicans gave the late Steve Jobs credit for creating more jobs than the stimulus bill Tuesday. The statement: “Contrary … Continue reading
