Friday, January 30, 2015



AAPL all-time high of $120 ($840 pre - split)






Tech tax holiday to repatriate cash held abroad proposed by senators







Jeff Williams: Apple CEO material







Apple Inc's thermonuclear assault on Samsung vaporizes Android's remaining profit pillar


After years of failing to do much more than embarrass Samsung Electronics in legal battles over patent infringement, Apple has rapidly obliterated Samsung's mobile division profitability, rendering it as barrenly unprofitable as every other Android or Windows licensee with razor thin margins in the phone, PC and tablet market.




This graphic looks about right.

The title? 

Not so much

Can Apple keep up its growth spurt?





Apple's success in China can teach US firms a lot





Apple Invents a Superheterodyne Pen Stimulus Receiver to Overcome the Classic Stylus Latency Problem






Apple has filed their First Apple Watch Related Trademarks in the U.S.






These speed "improvements" are pathetic and still don't match countries like Korea.

The US still ranks #32 with 32.57 Mbps downloads


FCC says broadband-class connections must offer at least 25Mbps download speeds



Below is the paltry speed Comcast provides to our house.





This is where Apple unveiled the Apple Watch most recently

Steve Jobs biopic filming at Flint Center for key Macintosh unveiling scene





Saturday opening: Apple Store Jiefangbei in Chongking




And now photos from the press preview of the Jiefangbei (China) Apple retail store, including underground space..








Work on the Brussels Apple Store moving ahead rapidly: possible June opening instead of fall?









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Thursday, January 29, 2015



Icahn to increase $203 AAPL target: says Apple still undervalued



Carl Icahn says Apple is still undervalued, plans to increase his $203 price target




Tipping point

Ben Bajarin/Creative Strategies 




Samsung's mobile profits plunge 64.2% after Apple's iPhone 6 devastates premium Galaxy sales 





Samsung's Mobile Division Profits Suffer another Major Plunge






More Android-to-iPhone switchers coming from international markets








Apple takes top gifting spot in China





Missed this yesterday:

Raw data: Apple's $18 billion quarter is the biggest ever

Apple now has five of the top ten quarters. Exxon Mobile has three






Here's what people are saying about yesterday's Apple earnings






Bad assumptions







Apple needs more office space to house employees until Apple Campus 2 is ready in 2016

Apple snaps up two large buildings from LinkedIn in Sunnyvale





2015 could see two Apple Stores in UAE





Apple's R&D spending shoots up 42% year-over-year, hit new $1.9B record in Q1







Why Apple selling fewer iPads is actually a huge achievement





How one of the best films at Sundance was shot using an iPhone 5s






Danny Boyle's "Steve Jobs" starts shooting in San Francisco






Why you should care? 

Apple Invents a Solution to Counter Clock Overdriving by Hackers






Apple takes high road in China smartphone standoff with Xiaomi






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Wednesday, January 28, 2015




Apple obliterates all expectations, selling 74.5M iPhones & earning $18B in profit






Biggest quarterly profit in world history for any company



People test out products in the new Apple flagship store at Pinghai Road on January 24, 2015 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province of China.Photograph by ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images





Wall Street shocked by Apple's staggering quarter, prompting analysts to raise estimates






Goal!

Apple's Q1 stats: iPhone now makes up 69% of total revenue, 1B iOS devices shipped







By the numbers: Apple's ludicrous fourth quarter






Dear Skeptics, Here's how Apple will continue to demolish expectations






Apple rich enough to pay everyone in the US $556






China Retail Store Expansion At Full Steam






Apple CFO sees sales growth as hedges ease currency swings







Tim Cook: Apple Pay accounts for $2 out of every $3 spent with contactless payments






Apple has $178 Billion in cash, here's just how much that is





Apple Inc's once slower Q2 now getting a boost from China's Lunar New Year holiday






Still not worried, because they have no real competitor, and the life cycle is more like a laptop than a phone.

Apple iPad sales slumped 18% in Q1, but Cook still sees 'bright future' for platform






Apple Watch on track to ship in April, CEO Tim Cook says






Apple Pay, what's in your cyber wallet?

USA Technologies Announces Support for Apple Pay at Nearly 200,000 Locations






Apple releases OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 with WiFi and Spotlight fixes






For the online auction obsessed

eBay developing Apple Watch software with ties to iOS app






And they got them

Wall Street is Expecting iNormous Earnings from Apple Today






Apple Store employees to get updated attire, go 'back to blue' starting Feb. 2






$687: The average selling price of the iPhone.
$45: The average selling price of phones from Microsoft's handset unit last quarter.

Wall Street finally starts to appreciate Microsoft's difficulties 









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