Late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs once led Apple Inc. (AAPL) with unparalleled commitment and strategy that many had never experienced before, and under his leadership, AAPL continued to improve each year. However, Apple’s latest stock quote shows signs of exceptional growth in the month of January, led by new Apple CEO Tim Cook, who filled the position in August 2011 … Read More
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Names John Browett as New Senior Vice President of Retail
Former Senior Vice President of Retail, Ron Johnson left Apple Inc. (AAPL) to join J.C Penney as CEO last November, and left no one to take his spot. Johnson spearheaded many ideas for the retail stores and kept Apple’s over 300 retail stores operating and increasing presence all around the world. On Tuesday, AAPL announced that they have named John … Read More
Apple Inc. (AAPL) CEO Responds to Reports of Working Conditions at Supplier Factories
Reports about the treatment of workers at Apple Inc. (AAPL) Supplier factories in other countries surfaced on Thursday, revealing that the companies ignored many issues with their workers, many cases which led to suicide in a Foxconn factory. On Friday, AAPL CEO Tim Cook responded to the reports, suggesting that Apple takes any and all employee issues seriously and is … Read More
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Sees Major Opportunity for Growth and Profit in Brazil
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has experienced major growth in revenue and profit in international markets over the last few months, and continues to grow in promising markets such as Asia, and the United Kingdom. However, Apple’s (AAPL) increasing influence in South America, more specifically, Brazil has led to a very promising outlook for Apple. Apple CEO Tim Cook noted that Brazil … Read More
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Starting Operations in Israel with Anobit
In a report from Israeli business newspaper Calcalist, it was revealed that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is ramping up its operations in Israel post acquisition of Anobit. The report also mentioned that AAPL has begun looking over resumes to hire for its new research and development center in Haifa, Israel and has looked over “several hundred resumes” from engineers looking to work … Read More
Apple iPad 2 Sales Unaffected by Kindle Fire Release
Many tablets have been introduced in the market from companies looking to create the “iPad killer”. Top contenders include the Motorola Xoom and Kindle Fire, which failed to follow through with the original hype that it created upon release. On Tuesday, following Apple’s announcement of their 4th quarter earnings for 2011, an analyst during the earnings call, asked Apple CEO … Read More
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Reports Q1 2012 Earnings: $46.33 Billion in Revenue
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), over the past two years has been not only increased its revenue but also its quarterly profits and on Tuesday, the company reported their best quarter ever for the 1st quarter of 2012. AAPL posted a revenue of $46.33 billion and net quarterly profit of $13.06 billion, which equals to $13.87 per diluted share. This is much … Read More
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Names Arthur D. Levinson as Chairman, Disney CEO Bob Iger Joins Board
After the passing of former CEO and Chairman Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has made transitions to appoint a new Chairman of the Board, as well as a new addition to the board. Apple’s new chairman is Arthur D. Levinson, co-lead director of the board since 2005, and also chairman of Genentech. While Levinson settles in his new roles and begins … Read More
Apple and Employees Donate $2.6 Million Through Donation Matching Program
Shortly after Tim Cook was named as Apple’s new CEO he created a donation matching program to give money to charity. The guidelines to the program were that for every dollar that an employee donated, Apple would match 100% of it. In a letter to Apple employees in September, Cook wrote: I am very happy to announce that we are … Read More
What Should We Expect From Apple’s “Let’s talk iPhone” Event?
After a long wait, the world has finally learned that Apple is going to unveil and announce the release date for iPhone 5 next week. With speculation of when Apple’s event would be held at rest, we can now begin to think about what Apple has in store for us. First off, an iPhone 5 is a given, however, whether … Read More
Apple To Talk About iPhone 5 / 4S During Special Event on October 4th
Apple earlier today sent out invitations for a special media event scheduled for October 4th with a tag line “Let’s talk iPhone.” Apple’s CEO Tim Cook along with other executives are expected to unveil the iPhone 5 during this event. The invitation confirms earlier reports about iPhone 5 release date event that was rumored to be held in the first … Read More
Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO, Continues as Chairman and Director
In a letter to Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Board of Directors, Steve Jobs publicly announced on Wednesday that he is resigning from his current CEO position and requested to remain Chairman of the Board. Before resigning, Jobs recommended Tim Cook to be the new CEO of the Palo Alto company. Jobs is still expected to be part of Apple and will help the … Read More
China Mobile to Offer Apple’s iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 By End of October?
Earlier today, a report from CapitalVue reported that Apple and China Mobile, the world’s biggest carrier have struck a deal to bring the iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 onto their network. China Mobile reigns supreme above other carriers in the world, such as AT&T, Verizon with a whopping 600 million customers. A Chinese language site, ccidcom.com picked up the story … Read More
Apple Unhappy With Best Buy Over iPad 2 Sales Technique?
A new report from CrunchGear published today has revealed that Apple may be unhappy with Best Buy for holding back stock of the iPad 2 after reaching their daily sales quota. Despite the overwhelming demand for the second generation device, and the difficult consumers are having with trying to acquire one, the retailer refused to sell more than they needed … Read More
Phone Patent Battle lines drawn. Microsoft eyes opportunities.
As I suggested last week, Apple’s lawsuit against HTC over phone patents did not come out of the blue, and is not the last of what may mushroom into a multi-company skirmish, perhaps even including Microsoft. Oppenheimer analyst Yai Reiner issued a report yesterday that illuminated the issues and industry discussions that have been going on behind closed doors prior … Read More