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Apple soars into Fortune 500's top 10

by Steven Sande (May 6th, 2013)

Despite the media's best attempts to make it appear that Apple is in dire financial straits, Fortune today reported that the company has made it into the top 10 of the Fortune 500 list. Apple arrives in the top 10 in the number six spot, replacing HP (now No. 15) as the leading tech company. ...

Walmart acquires iOS development agency Small Society

by Mike Schramm (Jan 4th, 2012)

There have been quite a few strange acquisitions in the world of iOS development lately, but I think this one takes the cake: Walmart, of all places, has picked up an iOS development house named Small Society, in order to strengthen its customers' experience on Apple's mobile devices. Small ...

Apple.com fifth most-visited retail site on Black Friday

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 30th, 2011)

Black Friday was a successful day for online retailers. Customers spent more than US$816 million, a 26 percent increase over Black Friday 2010. Apple was one of the beneficiaries of this rise in online sales. The Cupertino company climbed its way into the top 5 and became the fifth most-visited ...

Best Buy, Sams Club and Wal-Mart to carry the iPad 2 at launch

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 3rd, 2011)

When the iPad 2 makes its retail debut on March 11th, customers will have a variety of retail outlets from which to purchase Apple's latest generation tablet device. In addition to online and brick and mortar Apple Stores, the iPad 2 will also be available from Best Buy and possibly Wal-Mart ...

Apple stock at another all-time high, market cap 4th in US

by Chris Rawson (Mar 23rd, 2010)

Apple's stock rose to another record high earlier today, reaching $228.36 at market close. That's almost another $10 above the record high it set back on March 5, which translates into nearly nine billion dollars in market capitalization gained in less than three weeks. Apple's market cap is so ...

Incredible: Apple responsible for 25% of US music sales

by Dave Caolo (Aug 19th, 2009)

The NPD Group has released amazing numbers this week: Apple is generating one quarter of all US music sales. Equally impressive, but less surprising, is that Apple is also responsible for 69% of all online music sales. Wal-Mart is #2 for US music sales at 14% (that's a combination of both their ...

Walmart will sell iPhones starting Dec. 28

by Robert Palmer (Nov 19th, 2008)

Walmart will be taking a pass for most of the holiday shopping season with one particular item: the iPhone. It will begin selling the handset December 28, according to Jamie Townsend, of research firm JRPG. Boy Genius Report also notes that the phone will be sold in some Sam's Club stores as well. ...

Apple Store Sydney storefront leaked

by Mike Schramm (Oct 11th, 2007)

The Sydney Morning Herald has been doing a little poking around the city council blueprints office, and they've come back with an artists' representation of what the new Apple Store will look like there-- a huge glass cube, basically, embedded in the building. A few people who sent it to us ...

Wal-Mart adds insult to injury with IE-only website

by Michael Rose (Feb 10th, 2007)

We've known all along that the Wal-Mart Video Downloads service was going to be a Windows-only affair. It's sad, but that's the way that goes sometimes. Is it really necessary, however, to lock the website to Internet Explorer 6+ only? On Tuesday, TechCrunch reported that some coding mistakes on ...

Walmart Video Download Follow-Up

by Erica Sadun (Nov 28th, 2006)

The Walmart/Superman FAQ just went live and here are a few more facts to follow on our earlier story. The "portable format" will use PlayForSure. The "standard format" will be 640x480 at approximately 1500 kbps and will occupy about a gigabyte of storage. You can't transfer the videos between ...

Tell Steve not to partner with Wal-Mart

by Scott McNulty (Nov 2nd, 2006)

Wal-Mart Watch, an independent organization that keeps tabs on what Wal-Mart is up to, isn't happy that Apple is considering a partnership with the big W. Recall, if you will, that Wal-Mart wasn't so happy about the iTunes Store potentially biting into their share of the movie business. The ...

Wal-Mart bullying Hollywood over iTS movie downloads?

by David Chartier (Sep 24th, 2006)

Today's edition of 'yes they did/no they didn't' is brought to you by Wal-Mart, the New York Post and Reuters. As we knew, Wal-Mart is the largest DVD retailer (at least in America), with 40% of the market. Obviously, a player with that large of a stake in the game might not be too happy when a ...