Apple Insider Oct 30, 07 2:09 PM CDT
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Apple has moved 2 million copies of Mac OS X Leopard since the long-awaited operating system dropped Friday. The figure is Apple’s biggest for a new OS, far outpacing the sales of its predecessor Tiger, which took 6 weeks to break the same mark in 2005, AppleInsider reports. Steve Jobs crowed, “Leopard will be a huge hit with consumers.”
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Co-founder Wozniak raps Jobs for
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Laptop Magazine Oct 30, 07 10:53 AM CDT
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Apple has taken heat for its decision to lock its iPhone and prevent third parties from developing software, but now the company is facing criticism from one of its own. Laptop Magazine spoke to Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs in the 1970s and who had some cutting words for the company's recent decisions: he had hoped the iPhone would be "open like a computer," not closed like an appliance.
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Accuses iTunes of destroying music revenue
Apple Insider Oct 30, 07 4:20 AM CDT
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NBC chief Jeff Zucker has launched an extraordinary attack on Apple, accusing the digital download service iTunes of destroying revenue in the music industry, reports Apple Insider.com. "Apple has destroyed the music business—in terms of pricing—and if we don’t take control, they’ll do the same thing on the video side," Zucker said at Syracuse's Newhouse School yesterday.
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Company offers 5% of flicks online, and stays relevant by picking up indie fare
Washington Post Oct 27, 07 3:10 PM CDT
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They beat Blockbuster, but can Netflix outpace rivals in the race to show downloaded movies on TV? "It's like a three-act play, and we're in the opening minutes of the second act," said Netflix exec Steve Swasey. Act two is where startups like Vudu take on giants like Amazon to plug home TVs into the ‘Net—while Netflix tries to adapt before its DVDs hit the dumpster, the Washington Post reports.
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Big-time remake of Nick Haley's unofficial YouTube spot highlights trend in user-generated content
New York Times Oct 26, 07 4:28 PM CDT
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Apple's next iPod Touch commercial was born in the mind not of some slick ad exec but of a British university student with a little free time. Eighteen-year-old Apple devotee Nick Haley married kickin' music with animations of the Touch's features last month and posted the result on YouTube—where it got noticed by Apple execs who remade it in HD.
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iPhone-style steep and rapid price drops becoming norm
PC World Oct 24, 07 12:32 PM CDT
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Only two months after the launch of the iPhone, Apple angered its fan base of early adopters by dropping the phone's price sharply. Apple's move signals a broader shift in product life cycles: the shelf life of bragging rights for which early adopters of new gadgets pay premium prices is growing ever shorter, PC World reports.
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Wireless subscriptions reached 65.7 million
New York Times Oct 23, 07 5:06 PM CDT
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AT&T quarterly profits went up 42%, boosted by strong wireless sales and by the ever-nifty Apple iPhone. Total wireless sales hit 65.7 million, much of the increase coming from the company's purchase of BellSouth—which made AT&T the sole owner of Cingular. “We had an excellent quarter in wireless growth,” says the company's CFO.
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Earnings punch through the crunch
Wall Street Journal Oct 23, 07 3:38 PM CDT
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Stocks closed up today, thanks partially to good news from Apple, which reported a 67% increase in quarterly profit after yesterday's close. Tech in general continued to bolster the markets despite broader economic worries. The Dow rose 109.26 to 13,676.23, the Nasdaq was up 45.33 to 2,799.26, and the S&P 500 climbed 13.26 to 1,519.59.
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New Mac sales records lead earnings success
San Jose Mercury News Oct 22, 07 11:57 PM CDT
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Apple reported yesterday that it dramatically outstripped estimates for fourth-quarter profits, news that bumped the company's stock up 6% in after-hours trading. Apple saw $6.22 billion in sales this quarter for earnings of $904 million ($1.01 per share), a 67% improvement over the same time last year. Analysts were expecting earnings of 86 cents on sales of $6.07 billion, repors the Merc-News.
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USA Today Oct 22, 07 5:16 PM CDT
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If you've seen the iPod Nano ad featuring "1234" by Feist, you probably have the song stuck in your head. You're not alone: Since the TV spot first aired last month, the song has shot up the iTunes charts, hit No. 4 on SoundScan, and propelled sales of the Canadian singer/songwriter's album "The Reminder," USA Today reports.
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Tech-heavy Nasdaq outperforms other indexes
Wall Street Journal Oct 22, 07 3:45 PM CDT
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The markets seesawed today as an afternoon rally faded then revived, led by the tech-heavy Nasdaq. Friday's bloodbath lingered into this morning, but a speech by Fed governor Randall Kroszner raised hopes for a rate cut, reports the Journal. The Dow closed up 44.95 at 13,566.97, the Nasdaq up 28.77 at 2,753.93, and the S&P up 5.70 at 1,506.33.
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Computer sales surge as new operating system nears debut
New York Times Oct 22, 07 2:37 AM CDT
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Sales of Mac computers are booming, boosted by the success of Apple's iPod and iPhone among PC users. Apple will move into third place among computer makers today—behind Hewlett Packard and Dell, reports the New York Times . The surge comes just as Apple is about to release the new Leopard version of its OS X operating system.
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Independent (UK) Oct 21, 07 10:09 AM CDT
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A California environmental group has announced it's filing a lawsuit against Apple's popular iPhone, demanding the company eliminate "dangerous" toxic chemicals from the gadgets or include a warning label on the product as required by state law. At issue are phthalates, suspected of causing birth defects, that are used to make iPhone cables more flexible.
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Jobs says delay is to ensure security against viruses and malware
Macworld Oct 17, 07 4:09 PM CDT
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Apple will release a software development kit for the iPhone and iPod touch in February, CEO Steve Jobs wrote in a letter on Apple's website. The kit will allow third-party developers to create native applications for the devices. Jobs said the delay was needed to ensure that the platform would both satisfy developer's needs and provide security for users.
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