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Apple posts record first Quarter profits; $1.58B; 44% mac sales growth over previous quarter

January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

 
Apple has already posted their quarterly results for all to read. Here’s what Apple sold this quarter:

2,319,000 Macs (44% more than last quarter)
22,121,000 iPods (5% more than last quarter)
2,315,000 iPhones

Revenues clocked in at $9.6 billion and a net profit of $1.58 billion.
Best. Quarter. Ever.

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Apple introduces iTunes movie rentals, HD rentals

January 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Apple has officially announced movie rentals for iTunes. Studios involved include Touchstone, MGM, Miramax, Lions Gate, Fox, Warner Brothers, Walt Disney, Paramount, Universal, and Sony, just to name a few. The new feature will launch today with 1,000 available films by the end of February — prices will come in at $2.99 for a regular [...]

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The Amazon MP3 Store and Amazon MP3 Downloader

September 25th, 2007 · No Comments

The new Amazon MP3 Store looks like no previous iTunes Store rival. The music is completely DRM-free, encoded at a very respectable 256 kbps, includes a ton of songs from major record labels, and offers terrific software support for Mac OS X.When you purchase singles, you can download them directly via your web browser. When [...]

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Apple’s iPod touch gets official

September 5th, 2007 · No Comments

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/Apple_s_iPod_Touch_gets_official’;Well, what do you know. Turns out the iPod touch is a reality after all. While we initially assumed that Mr. Jobs wouldn’t be so kind as to bless us all with two new full-fledged iPods in a single day, we’re elated that he had other ideas. The [...]

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Steve Jobs is not an idiot

June 14th, 2007 · No Comments

I keep thinking back to 1989. Apple had just introduced the Macintosh II. This was way back in System 6.x days. A long, long time ago. But why did that year matter? Well, Apple was way way way ahead of the rest of the industry. I remember being in a computer science class back then [...]

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