Jobs' travel expenses continue to rise
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is continuing to spend high amounts of money on private jet travel, figures from the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal. The company is required by regulations to show how much money Jobs was given in compensation for using his Gulfstream jet; for the most recent quarter, the figure is listed as $189,000. This represents a substantial escalation over the June quarter,...
published on Wednesday, the 5. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
Games a runaway hit on iPhone and iPod touch
?Within days of buying his iPhone, John Furrier discovered that his 13-year-old son, Alec, was sneaking off with the device and downloading games.? Alec?s not the only one. ?Games,? reports Alex Pham (latimes.com), ?have become the fastest-growing and most popular type of application for iPhone and iPod Touch,? inspiring developers to create ?nearly 1,700 games since the online App Store launched in June.
published on Monday, the 3. November 2008, apple-hot-news
Study Sees Ballooning iPhone Use Among Lower-Income Buyers
Not all iPhone owners are among the most well-to-do Americans, according to a new report. While 43 percent of iPhone owners earn more than $100,000 a year, the strongest growth in users is now coming from those who earn less than country's the median household income. iPhone adoption since June 2008 rose 48 percent among those earning between $25,000 and $50,000 per year.
published on Friday, the 31. October 2008, macnewsworld
New Sony battery recall hits Dell, HP, more
Sony on Friday said it would back a voluntary recall begun by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission that asks customers to replace over 35,000 lithium-ion notebook batteries included in US systems from Dell, HP and Toshiba, as well as 65,000 worldwide. The Japanese PC builder believes that batteries using 2.15Ah cells made during a production transition between October 2004 and June 2005, as ...
published on Friday, the 31. October 2008, macintosh-news-network
Apple posts WWDC footage on iTunes U
Months after the actual conference, which occurred in early June of this year, Apple has posted iTunes U videos for a variety of the WWDC 2008 development sessions. The clips are only available to Premiere members of Apple's Developer Connection program, but include some 57 iPhone videos, 92 Mac clips, and 56 IT-related pieces. iPhone topics cover areas such as networking, game development and t...
published on Monday, the 27. October 2008, macintosh-news-network
Apple to Release Q4 2008 Financial Results on October 21st
Apple has posted a media alert announcing details for the October 21st release of their financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008. The results will cover sales from June 29th through September 27th, and will be released at the clos...
published on Friday, the 17. October 2008, macrumors
Apple Grabs Bigger Slice of Smartphone Pie
Sales of Apple's iPhone 3G have given the hardware maker a six-point boost in the consumer smartphone market, from 11 percent to 17 percent, according to a new report from The NPD Group, a consumer sales tracking firm. The report placed the iPhone in the top spot among the four best-selling smartphones based on unit sales to customers from June through August.
published on Tuesday, the 7. October 2008, macnewsworld
iPhone 3G now 17% of US smartphone market
The iPhone 3G's launch propelled Apple to the top of the US smartphone market in the summer and near the peak of the smartphone ranks in the US, according to NPD Group data. The phone outsold the BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Pearl and Palm Centro in the June through August window and used the spike generated by the launch to give all iPhones about 17 percent of the US smartphone business from Jan...
published on Monday, the 6. October 2008, macintosh-news-network
Apple notebooks picked up one-third of summer retail dollars
According to NPD sales data from June and July, Windows laptops bought during that period accounted for 80 percent of the laptop market, but only accounted for 65 percent of the total spending. That's because Apple and its higher prices are bringing in a larger chunk of the bling, although the company may have to explore cheaper products in the future.Read More...
published on Thursday, the 2. October 2008, ars-technica
Apple laptops gaining ground on Windows
Apple is making inroads in the portable laptop sector, so much so that even Microsoft-focused bloggers are noting that MacBooks are gaining ground on Windows laptops. eWeek Microsoft Watch blogger Joe Wilcox says that while 'Windows laptops are losing luster, Mac laptops are making surprising gains.' Mac laptops have moved to a 20-percent market share (for June/July brick-and-mortar sales), with a...
published on Tuesday, the 30. September 2008, macintosh-news-network