Apple’s retail chief makes millions on AAPL options
Apple’s senior VP retail, Ron Johnson, has exercised 150,000 AAPL stock options at a strike price of $11.73, selling these for a total $44.1 million. Johnson, who has been responsible for Apple’s explosive retail store success, sold his shares at an average $306.07 per share, according to a SEC filing. Johnson led Apple’s deployment of...
Omnivision to make iPad 2.0 cameras — report
What will be inside the iPad 2.0? If you’ve been asking yourself this question then you don’t have too long to wait — iPad 2.0 will boast a camera and is set to ship in the first quarter of 2011. This at least is what’s being claimed by investment firm Detweiler Fenton in a note...
Apple is now fourth largest handset maker, sales up 90 percent
COMPUTERWORLD: Despite the heavily-hyped Android onslaught and the ‘antenna-gate’ affair, Apple has managed to ease its way into the top five handset makers for the first time, bouncing Sony Ericcson out of the game and returning iPhone...
Sprint boss won’t promise iPhone but praises iPad
Sprint’s making cooing noises around Apple, praising the company’s iPad for stimulating interest in the carrier’s Overdrive 3G/4G MiFi Wireless hotspot device. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, says “Smartphones is part of a bigger value proposition, because you need to have a network that can support that smart phone,” he said. Interesting he should mention this,...
iPhone 4 sells out in China
Apple launched its online retail store in China this week — and promptly sold out of iPhone 4 units within 10 hours, forcing the company to suspend sales. With Apple’s recent move to stop iPhone sales in its brick-&-mortar stores in China, this means there’s now nowhere to purchase an iPhone in the country —...
iPhone power: why Apple wins the smartphone war
COMPUTERWORLD: Intense competition; component cost price hikes; and rapid technology advancement — for most handset manufacturers, mobile’s not a nice market any more. Apple’s iPhone advantages include some Android and others can ...
Has Apple updated Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme
Because the ‘new’ flag sure thinks it has…
Apple employee numbers up by a third
Apple has filed its 2010 annual report with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, revealing higher employee numbers, higher advertising spend and a slight decline in profit margins as it kept iPad prices as low as it could. The company has raised its employee numbers by over a third from last year, it had 46,600...
Apple partners cheer the iPad, iPhone ‘X’ factor
TPK Holdings, a supplier of touchscreens for iPhones and iPads has seen serious business come its way as a result of its Apple connection, raising $200 million from its IPO — the largest such offering in Taiwan this year. Similar happy rumblings too from Apple’s carrier partners in the area, who confirmed rising profits and...
Apple kills the white iPhone?
Apple has removed all mention of the white iPhone from its website, scant hours since some reports claimed the company may have dismissed the product completely. The company has seen production of the white models delayed, due to light leakage through the case which affected the camera lens. Now the smart money says the device...
Pegatron to ship CDMA iPhone 4 ‘in December’ – Digitimes
Yet more information on the iPhone which doesn’t yet exist! And no, I’m not talking about the mythical, nay, almost unicorn-like white iPhone 4 fantasy creature, but the CDMA iPhone for use on networks outside of AT&T. Pegatron Technology has been identified as manufacturer of the new model CDMA iPhone, and a report in today’s...
5 essential utilities for any Mac user
COMPUTERWORLD: Keeping your Mac in the best possible shape is the aim of the game, fortunately there’s a plethora of available utilities which can improve your Mac life. Here’s five personal recommendations to boost your experience.
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