Cupertino came through the last economic downturn strong because it continued to invest in R&D, innovative products and a strong infrastructure. It appears the same strategy in this much more severe recession, as indicated by this one measure, is once again yielding good results.
Several apps from one developer have been expunged from the Apple App Store because some of them displayed photos of the unclothed anatomy, both male and female, in violation of Apple policy.
The Apple CEO’s six-month-and-change medical leave, which has been punctuated by rumors, sitings and speculation, is now over, although it’s extremely unlikely that this mere morsel of information will do much to quell our preoccupation with the man.
Well, the fat lady has finally sung woman of generous girth has finally vocalized lyrically—the mothership has picked a location for its East Coast server farm. I guess this means we should be speculating where their mid-continent, West Cost and worldwide centers might end up.
Apple has purchased an additional 2.2 million shares of stock in Imagination, the British-owned Bangalore chip maker, increasing speculation that Apple will become more involved in chip design.
Recently, we learned that Apple’s new iPhone 3GS costs more to make than its predecessor due to the inclusion of twice the performance and storage. Now, we also find out that the company’s most-affordable desktop computer, but still none too cheap Mac mini, has also seen a marked increase in its basic material and manufacturing costs for largely the same reasons—premium functionality costs more.
One of the big surprises at this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference was the remaking and repricing of the MacBook Pro line — a welcome set of changes aimed at bolstering sales of the company’s most popular products. With that out of the way, it makes sense that the company will turns its attention to rejiggering its consumer desktop and portable product lines, as well.
How cool is the Mac? Only as cool as the people using it. Or, alternately, as cool as the stuff people are inspired by Apple’s stylishly fast computers to create.
Despite the uproar and teeth-gnashing among investment bankers, stock analysts, and corporate moguls, the everyday people that invest in Apple Inc. are not so worried about the health of Steve Jobs.
Even financier Warren Buffet thinks that Apple should be telling the investing public more about the health of Steve Jobs, especially something as critical as an organ transplant.
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