Steve Jobs, one year to the date.

From Apple.com:

A message from Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO.

Steve’s passing one year ago today was a sad and difficult time for all of us. I hope that today everyone will reflect on his extraordinary life and the many ways he made the world a better place.

One of the greatest gifts Steve gave to the world is Apple. No company has ever inspired such creativity or set such high standards for itself. Our values originated from Steve and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple. We share the great privilege and responsibility of carrying his legacy into the future.

I’m incredibly proud of the work we are doing, delivering products that our customers love and dreaming up new ones that will delight them down the road. It’s a wonderful tribute to Steve’s memory and everything he stood for. – Tim

Tribute video to Steve Jobs at Apple.com

Reminders: Apple Earnings Call is scheduled for today, April 24th, 2012.

Apple is set to announce its Fiscal Year 2012 Second Quarter Results today (April 24th, 2012) at 2:00 p.m. PDT/5:00 p.m. EDT.

In the last 7 days, Apple shares have been taking a beating and closed at 571.70 on Monday April 23rd, 2012. Apple shares reached as high as 644 in the beginning of April 2012.

Editor’s note:
There are those who bet against Apple because of their personal dislikes of the company. Apple shares rapidly gaining in early April faster than anyone expected, including yours truly. Unfortunately the professional financial analysts are mostly wrong.

p.s. 37prime staff and contributors do not own a single AAPL share, individually or collectively.

One Hundred Billion Dollars!

What would Apple do with their 100 billion Dollars? We’ll find out soon enough, or so we think.

From Apple P.R.:

Apple Conference Call
WHAT: Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, and Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO, will host a conference call to announce the outcome of the Company’s discussions concerning its cash balance. Apple® will not be providing an update on the current quarter nor will any topics be discussed other than cash.

WHERE: Via conference call. The dial-in number for press is (877) 616-0063 (toll-free) or (719) 219-0041. Please enter confirmation code 592016.

WHEN: Monday, March 19, 2012 at 6:00 a.m. PDT/9:00 a.m. EDT

It is pretty peculiar that Apple calls such Conference Call within a short notice.

“Let’s talk iPhone.” Live Coverage Links.

Let’s talk iPhone.
Tuesday October 4th, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Cupertino time
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014

As usual, some invitees would be reporting live from the event. Live reports and coverage start by 10:00 a.m. Cupertino time. The followings are known sites that actually got the invite to the “Let’s talk iPhone.” event.

Meta-coverage:

More links will be added.