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Apple may have sold 4 million Macs in Q4 2010

by Mike Schramm (Oct 12th, 2010)

Fortune is suggesting that Apple could have sold as many as four million Macs this quarter, which would be pretty astounding. PC sales in general have been down lately, but the Mac seems to be immune, still selling like hotcakes. Hitting the four million mark in the last quarter of 2010 would be a ...

Apple #56 in Fortune 500 rankings

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 15th, 2010)

Apple has moved up 15 spots in Fortune's annual Fortune 500 rankings to be the 56th largest company in the world by revenues. Apple had 2009 revenues of US$36.5 billion in 2009, up 12.5% from 2008. Despite the massive revenues, Apple still ranks third, behind HP (ranked 10th overall) and Dell ...

Apple, Inc. market cap now exceeds Walmart

by Chris Rawson (Apr 2nd, 2010)

Apple and Walmart have been playing stock market tag over the past few weeks to see which company's market capitalization would be higher. At the time of this writing, Apple's market capitalization of $213.98 billion exceeds Walmart's market cap of $211.14 billion -- a difference of $2.84 billion. ...

Apple tops Fortune's Most Admired Companies list again

by Mike Schramm (Mar 4th, 2010)

For the third year in a row, Apple has topped the list of Fortune's Most Admired Companies. The list was based on a poll of 4,200 executives across the world's top companies, and by the highest margin ever, they picked the Cupertino-based "mobile device company" as the world's most admired brand. ...

10 billionth iTunes download going down today

by Mike Schramm (Feb 24th, 2010)

Obama Pacman has done the math, and they claim that the 10 billionth song download on iTunes (which Apple is paying out a $10k gift card for) is going to happen today, February 24th. So if you've been waiting to buy some music, today's the day to do it -- go pick up some songs in the early to late ...

Found Photos: Rarely seen Steve Jobs

by Steven Sande (Nov 7th, 2009)

As Dave Caolo told TUAW readers a few days ago, Fortune named Apple CEO Steve Jobs "CEO of the Decade" for his phenomenal leadership at Apple and how he has remade four industries (music, movies, mobile telephones, and computing) in the past ten years. Part of the Fortune article was a ...

Deutsche Bank says IT warms to iPhone

by Ken Ray (Nov 3rd, 2009)

Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore says corporate IT is warming up to the iPhone. In a research note published yesterday das analyst says, "There is growing evidence that the iPhone is making inroads into the Enterprise." Whitmore thinks Apple will sell 2 million iPhones to big business by the ...

Mickey Mouse + Magic Mouse = Mighty Steve

by Ken Ray (Oct 21st, 2009)

Is it better to have a lot of something good or a little of something great? If Apple CEO Steve Jobs is any indication, it's better to have both. In September, Alpha Steve had an estimated personal net worth of $5.1 billion, enough to end up the 43rd richest person in the U.S. according to ...

Apple as "the world's most feminine brand"?

by Mike Schramm (Jul 30th, 2009)

Fortune's Bridget Brennan has a bold statement: "Why doesn't Apple make remote controls? You ask: Why Apple? Because if any company could improve one of the world's most user-unfriendly electronic devices, it would be Apple. And then there's this: Apple just may be the world's most discreetly ...

Future iTunes versions could block the Pre, but why?

by Robert Palmer (May 30th, 2009)

Yesterday, Megan noted a Fortune story saying that iTunes syncs flawlessly with the new Palm Pre. This, of course, got the water-cooler talk bubbling: "How did Palm pull it off? Will Apple allow this to happen?" Turns out they already have. A tech note on Apple's website notes the two dozen or so ...

Tracking the iPhone hype generator

by Mike Schramm (Feb 18th, 2009)

Fortune's Apple 2.0 got a nice little graph up of just where and when the iPhone's hype machine went into overdrive. There's no question it was a gigantic brand last year, but what's interesting is just how manufactured and "by design" each of those spikes are. B on the chart above is the actual ...

Analyst Roundup: Morgan Stanley pooh-poohs, iPhone sales looking bright

by Robert Palmer (Dec 11th, 2008)

Morgan Stanley analysts yesterday cut AAPL's price target to $95, mostly citing the weak economy. They said that despite price cuts, extreme interest in the iPhone, Mac users' high satisfaction, and marketshare momentum for Mac sales, the quarter will be slow for Apple. Blog Notable Calls said it ...

Japan loves Apple, sales up there 39%

by Mike Schramm (Nov 10th, 2008)

Fortune's Apple 2.0 blog has the skinny on why Japan is so hot on Apple lately -- apparently Steve Jobs' little company has seen sales rise 39% in the land of the rising sun, even after a drop the last year. Why is this? Apple's own report says iPods, Macs, and MacBooks are the culprits -- sales of ...

Papermaster hire on hold; IBM wins injunction

by Robert Palmer (Nov 10th, 2008)

Apple's quest to replace outgoing iPod and iPhone VP Tony Fadell has run into a major roadblock: a federal district judge has granted IBM an injunction, forbidding former IBMer Mark Papermaster from joining Apple's ranks, at least for now. The story is a classic HR nightmare. According to a timeline ...

Want to write for TUAW?

by Michael Rose (Oct 23rd, 2008)

Let me just say it: we're looking for a few good geeks. Do you have a love for all things Apple, tempered with a healthy dose of skepticism for the power of the RDF? Are you eager to share your favorite tips and tricks with Mac users everywhere? Is your iPhone development mojo so strong that it ...