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Fortune’s Phillip Elmer De-Witt posted the “aftermath” to the showdown between the Pro and the Amateur on Apple’s Quarterly Earning Reports. It was no surprise that the Pro Analyst are beaten by the Amateurs.
I need a ob as Tech Industry Analyst with minimum of six-digit salary. I can make stuff up and be a lot more accurate than the current crops of Proffesional Analysts employed by the big firms.
Brain Not Needed, Tech Analyst Wanted!
Microsoft is giving a sneak peek at its new home page. According to Microsoft, to view the new home page your computer must meet the following requirement:
It is odd that Microsoft is supporting Chrome right away, while the other Webkit-based browser namely Safari is not supported.
By the way, Chrome for Mac OS X can view the home page just fine.
Apple posts record Mac, iPhone and iPad sales for its fiscal 2011 first quarter ended December 25th, 2010.
The Company posted record revenue of $26.74 billion and record net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $15.68 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.38 billion, or $3.67 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 38.5 percent compared to 40.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 62 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
Apple sold 4.13 million Macs during the quarter, a 23 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 16.24 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 86 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 19.45 million iPods during the quarter, representing a seven percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter. The Company also sold 7.33 million iPads during the quarter.
iPad sales makes up the decline in iPod sales and then some. iPod sales down around 1.5 million units.
In related news, Apple stock dropped during Tuesday morning pre-trading period then bounced back before the Earnings Call. The drop was attributed to Apple CEO Steve Jobs Medical Leave of Absence news.
From Apple P.R.:
Apple CEO Steve Jobs today sent the following email to all Apple employees:
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At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company.
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I love Apple so much and hope to be back as soon as I can. In the meantime, my family and I would deeply appreciate respect for our privacy.
No details are given regarding the medical leave while many speculates.
Get well soon, Mr. Jobs.
Apparently someone with affiliations to NBC mistaken the definitions of “jailbreaking” with “unlocking” the iPhone.
Jailbreaking is the hacker term for cracking software restrictions so the iPhone will work on other wireless carriers and allow any apps to be installed, not just those approved by Apple.
Jailbreaking does not automatically unlock the phone. In addition to that the article does not even use word “hacker” in correct context.
Haven’t I read this a while back?
Someone at NBC: “Hey, iPhone is now on Verizon.”
The other someone at NBC: “Let’s write something about iPhone with a shocking headline.”
Does NBC do some research before the “break” the news?
By the way NBC, Library of Congress called…….
It must be slow news day for you.
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I am currently helping acquaintances with their new computer. The plan is to set-up the new one and transfer the files from the old one. So they decided to pick one up from Best Buy for there was one nearby and they needed to get it before they left for vacations. Best Buy is definitely not my first choice to buy computers and I prefer not to recommend it to anyone.
There are many reasons why I do not like Best Buy and this is one of them:
Best Buy breaks the seal from the box, takes the computer out, turns the computer on, installs some Best Buy programs and reseals the box. All of these are done before the computers are sold to customers. Best Buy tries to sell the already opened computers to customers as new and adding some extra fees. Customers can always refuse to pay the extra fees.
The problem is that Best Buy does all these before the computers are being made available for sale. Best Buy breaks the seal. Best Buy turns on the computers and agreeing to the license agreement imposed by manufacturers and Microsoft. When an end user buys a computer from Best Buy, the same computer that Best Buy took out of the box and agreed to the license agreement without user’s consent. Doesn’t it mean that the end user never agrees to those license agreement?
What would the manufacturers such as Lenovo say if you call them?
I will call Lenovo and ask them the question.
This is one of the typical error messages when using Google Chrome.
I am guessing that Google Talk within the Gmail is using Flash, and it crashed for no apparent reasons that I could think of.