Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously denounced Android as unable to compete with the iPad, but Android 3.0 Honeycomb could raise tablet competition to a new level. – Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously (or infamously, depending on
your point of view) lashed out against Google Android tablets during his companys
October earnings call, denouncing them as incapable of competing with the iPad.
The “painful lesson,” Jobs told analysts and media listening
to that call, …
Apple’s and Google’s CEO shakeups are unlikely to benefit rival Microsoft as the latter attempts to push further into the smartphone and search-engine markets. – Apple CEO
Steve Jobs elected to take a leave of absence from his company Jan. 17,
reportedly for health reasons. Three days later, Google CEO Eric Schmidt
announced he would hand over the reins to the companys co-founder Larry Page.
Both those
seismic events have pundits and analysts questionin…
Apple’s next iPad will include a screen with 2048 x 1536 resolution, according to the latest rumor. But which Apple exec will unveil the next tablet in Steve Jobs’ absence? – Apples
next-generation iPad will feature a higher-resolution screen, according to a
new burst of rumors. That adds to the general drum-roll of rumor and
speculation surrounding the successor to the companys bestselling tablet.
Citing unnamed
sources from “upstream component makers,” the publica…
When Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that he would be taking a medical leave of absence Jan. 17, the news rippled through the high-tech community like a tsunami, prompting panicked questions. Financial analysts managed to ameliorate some of the hysteria by noting that they expected Apple not only to report a fine first fiscal quarter for the year, but also that the company’s existing products and forthcoming upgrades would keep the company well positioned well into the future. Well, Apple reported record earnings for the holiday quarter, ending Dec. 25. It’s also important to note that Apple has been down this road twice before with Jobs. Jobs took time off to battle pancreatic cancer in 2004. More recently, in April 2009, Jobs underwent a liver transplant. Both times, Apple COO Tim Cook has been there to guide Apple’s ship through waters calm and roiled. Since Jobs’ full-time return, the company has launched new iPhones, Macbooks, iPods and the seminal iPad last April. With upgrades planned for all of these products in the next year, Apple appears well positioned for growth& with or without Jobs. Jobs’ vision isn’t replaceable; no one is questioning that. But with Cook at the helm, backed by a solid supporting cast, the company’s day-to-day operations will be fine. Here are 10 reasons why Apple will do just fine without Jobs. – …
Can a Jobsless Apple flourish?
ON JANUARY 18th Apple unveiled record quarterly results, with revenues rising to a whopping $27 billion and profits to $6 billion—up by 71% and 78% since the same quarter in its previous fiscal year. The bad news surfaced the day before. Steve Jobs, the firm’s iconic boss, is to quit the daily grind, at least for a while, to focus on his health.
Apple has been here before. In 2004 Mr Jobs took time out after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In 2009 he took six months off and had a liver transplant. On both occasions, Mr Jobs recovered and Apple didn’t crumble. The firm is now America’s second-largest (after Exxon Mobil) by market capitalisation. …
Apple posted record revenue and profits Tuesday, a day after the company announced that its iconic founder and chief executive Steve Jobs was taking a medical leave of absence for unspecified health problems. The health of the company however has never seemed brighter. Apple said it had record revenue of $26.74 billion in the fourth [...]
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 first quarter ended December 25, 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. “We had a phenomenal holiday quarter with record Mac, iPhone, and iPad sales,†said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We are firing on all cylinders, and we’ve got some exciting things in the pipeline for this year, including iPhone 4 on Verizon, which customers can’t wait to get their hands on.â€
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced that hes taking his second medical leave of absence from the company in as many years. He didnt provide details on why hell be leaving the company for an extended period, but he reassured investors that Apple would be left in the able hands of its COO Tim Cook. Jobs leave of absence and his decision to put Tim Cook in charge of day-to-day operations has prompted both investors and other observers of Apples every move to question who will take over the company if Jobs has to step down. Cook seems like an obvious choice, considering he has been tasked with leading the company in Jobs absence, but there are other equally qualified people& both at Apple and outside the firm& each of whom could be capable successors to Jobs. This slide show presents some leading figures at Apple and in the IT industry at large that Apples board of directors might want to keep in mind as potential successors if Jobs has to step aside. This list could change, depending upon when Jobs makes a decision. Jobs may have already told the board who he wants to succeed him. But for now, the following 10 people seem like the best choices for the job. – …
Despite Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ medical leave, analysts are bullish on Apple’s Q1 financial results. Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster sees iPhone and iPad as keys to a great quarter. – Strong December sales for the iPad and iPhone
could push Apple’s earnings above Wall Street’s current expectations of $5.40
earnings per share on sales of $24.43 billion, according to research firm Piper
Jaffray.
quot;iPhone and iPad remain somewhat of a wildcard,
albeit positive, and we belie…
Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who battled pancreatic cancer in 2004 and received a new liver in 2009, is taking a medical leave of absence. No return date was offered. – Apple
CEO Steve Jobs announced Jan. 17 in an e-mail
to Apple employees that he’ll be taking another medical leave of absence to
focus on his health.
Jobs
didn’t offer any details about his health, or how long he plans to be on his
board-sanctioned leave, but he wrote that he’ll continue to a…
Well….this can’t be good. On Monday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that he will be a taking medical leave of absence from the company — effective immediately — a little less than two years after undergoing a lifesaving liver transplant. In 2004, the Apple chief was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. He [...]
Apple reported 1 million apps downloaded from its Mac App Store in its first day of release. How will Google and Microsoft respond? – Apple announced Jan. 7 that 1 million apps had been downloaded from the Mac
App Store. The question now is: How will its competitors respond?
quot;We’re amazed at the incredible response the Mac App Store is getting, quot;
Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrote in a Jan. 7
statement. quot;Developers have …
Apple’s Steve Jobs took a salary of just $1 for steering the world’s most valuable technology company through 2010, according to a regulatory filing released Friday. But there’s no need to feel sorry for the financial situation of the Apple founder. His shares in the company continue to rocket in value. He owns some 5.5 [...]
Apple announced today that over one million apps have been downloaded from the Mac App Store in the first day. “We’re amazed at the incredible response the Mac App Store is getting,†said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Developers have done a great job bringing apps to the store and users are loving how easy and fun the Mac App Store is.â€
News Analysis: Steve Jobs was named the “Person of the Year” by the Financial Times and its a well-deserved title, even compared to the achievements of Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg or Googles Eric Schmidt. – Steve Jobs has been named “Person of the Year” by the Financial Times. The U.K. publication said that it was this years release of the iPad that helped complete “the most remarkable comeback in modern business history.”
He bested other prominent figures that were probably considered, including …
Apple’s iPad 2 is likely right around the corner. But so far, Apple hasn’t said what that device will offer. It sure would be nice if it had some of these features. – Speculation
abounds over what Apple’s next iPad, known as the iPad 2, will offer when CEO
Steve Jobs finally unveils the new tablet. Some say the device will feature both
front- and rear-facing cameras. There is also speculation that the tablet will
have a better display and video conferencing t…
More than 300,000 Google Android phones are being switched on each day, according to a tweet from Android creator Andy Rubin. Let’s see what Steve Jobs has to say about that. – Google Android creator Andy Rubin said Dec. 8 that there are now 300,000
Android phones being activated each day.
The stat, which Rubin delivered via this rare tweet
late Wednesday, came two days after he reiterated at D: Dive into Mobile that
Google was seeing more than 200,000 activations of …
The latest round of Apple rumors has Steve Jobs launching a new redesign of the MacBook Pro in April 2011 with solid-state drives and the Intel Light Peak optical cable technology. – Apple is notoriously reticent about providing information about upcoming
products, but that doesn’t stop the Apple faithful from speculating. The latest
rumor making the rounds of Apple blogs predicts the next MacBook Pro notebook
will move to solid-state drives.
Mark Reschke from the Three-Guys…
We wouldn’t call it Beatlemania, but The Fab Four are definitely large and in charge on iTunes. The Beatles catalogue was released on iTunes, the world’s No. 1 digital music retailer, for the first time on Nov. 16, ending years of negotiations between Apple founder Steve Jobs. In the first week since the catalogue was [...]
Apple today announced that iOS 4.2, the latest version of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, is available today for download for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. iOS 4.2 brings over 100 new features from iOS 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 to iPad, including Multitasking, Folders, Unified Inbox, Game Center, AirPlay, and AirPrint. “iOS 4.2 makes the iPad a completely new product, just in time for the holiday season,†said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Once again, the iPad with iOS 4.2 will define the target that other tablets will aspire to, but very few, if any, will ever be able to hit.â€
