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“This transaction represents a major commitment to strengthen and expand critical infrastructure for our nation’s future,” said Randall Stephenson, (more…)

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on July 10th, 2008, even they would not have thought in their wildest imaginations that it would end up becoming such a huge success.
. Fast forward to the present and the App Store is about to hit the magical 10 billion app download mark.
Apple has launched a 10 Billion App Countdown promotion to celebrate the milestone. The user who downloads the 10 billionth
from the App Store will get a $10,000 iTunes gift card.
As of today, nearly 10 (more…)

It was just last week that we heard of a news report by Japanese News Paper Nikkei about Apple and Toshiba having ended up in a partnership to build a 1.2 billion dollar facility in China to produce LCD displays for the
.
. We have yet another report emanating from the same source about Apple and Sharp having tied up with Apple for …well, another 1.2 billion plant in China – again, for making LCD displays for the iPhone .
Now, with the (more…)

Apple sold 3.47 million Macs during the quarter, up 33 percent unit over the year-ago quarter. Apple also sold 9.41 million iPods during the quarter, representing an eight percent decline over the year-ago quarter.
Apple ’s CEO, Steve Jobs said:
It was a phenomenal quarter that exceeded our expectations all around, including the most successful product launch in Apple ’s history with
. iPad is off to a terrific start, more people are buying (more…)

The success of the A4 chip has already spawned a new vertical that Apple will now cater to. According to reports on the New York Times, HP and Lenovo have already expressed their interest to bring the A4 chip to their netbook devices. As chip industry veteran Fred Weber remarks, “
”. With A4, Apple can now pose a significant threat to the likes of Intel, Qualcomm and Nvidia.
However, Apple 's major focus is likely to be in the way the semiconductor (more…)

Textfree was launched in May of last year as an application that will let users send free text messages to any mobile number in the US as well as receive free replies. The iPhone app comes in two versions: Lite and Unlimited(paid). Users of the free Lite version will be able to send a maximum of 15 text messages per day while paid users may avail ad-free unlimited texting for a price of $5.99 per year.
While the level of profitability is still unknown, (more…)

For the study, Mike says his firm considered three price points and then predicted the corresponding number of units that are likely to be sold at each of the prices. According to this, if Cupertino chooses to sell the device on the higher side at close to $800, they are likely to sell 1 million units. On the other hand, if the device is priced cheap at $500 for the mass market, the study says the company could then expect to sell 10 million units (more…)

This underlines the phenomenal growth that the company has witnessed when it comes to the download of third party apps from the App Store. It was only eighteen months back that the first app went on sale. Speaking about the milestone, Steve Jobs noted that the
had revolutionized the smartphone market. Also, apparently taking a dig at Google who are launching their
today, Jobs said that the growth of the App Store has ensured that competition cannot (more…)

More than 100,000 apps are now available for download from Apple ‘s App Store, making it the largest such retailer in the world.

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Apple )

The App Store launched in July 2008 with just 500 applications. The store is now available in 77 countries, which has contributed to what Apple said Wednesday is well over 2 billion downloads.

Apps from the App Store work with both (more…)