Category: Apple

Apple profits straight through the roof

February 3, 2011

Well Steve might be out for the time being but profits for Apple are literally through the roof. There is a lot going on over there and it is all good apparently.Many folks have been clamoring of late about Steve’s medical leave but it would seem as though he left the ship in very capable hands. The better news here is that it is clearer now that Steve does not equal the only way Apple can be a success. For the number geeks hanging around, Apple’s revenue was $26.7 billion; or a 71% heave-ho upwards. Add to that Apple

Apple’s 10 billionth app

February 1, 2011

I suppose we will keep counting for the time being. Now it is 10 billion. Apple has now pushed 10 billion apps to the marketplace. That is a whole lotta zeros to be sure. Not only is this significant in terms of downloads but it also is a tremendous accomplishment in a field that they literally invented. Apple has a history of give aways on this and they gave a $10,000 gift card to the lucky 10B user. She downloaded a free app and won $10k. Not bad for 10 seconds worth of work.

Tablet fever

January 31, 2011

As we mentioned here on more than one occasion, CES was overrun by the tablet sensation. As was widely reported, CES had more tablets that one could shake a stick at. This morning at breakfast a client asked me where I thought technology was heading and these types of phenomenon make it such that you don’t need a crystal ball or be some techno-luminary to decipher this code: the desktop is dead and the laptop is circling the drain. To add to this Apple is cranking out new processing paradigms, Google is releasing an OS that is a ground-up

Apple’s reported new processor

January 27, 2011

It is no longer a secret that Apple will be releasing a new iPad and iPhone in the near future. The big question on everyone’s mind, as is always the case, is “what’s in it”? As usual no one know for sure but the word on the street so to speak is exciting; multiple processors. The reports are exciting as they would lend credence to other rumors that the iPad is going to have an incredible 2048-by-1536 screen resolution. As someone in line already to buy a new iPad, this is incredible news. As it is always nice to

Apple extends the app paradigm

January 17, 2011

In their quest to app-ify the world, Apple has now release apps for the Mac. Several notes of interest here indeed not the least of which being the ability for Apple to further entrench its users in adopting an “app-only” lifestyle. In other words, if it ain’t an app, I ain’t using it. Not for nothing, this isn’t far off from how many of our clients currently view the app experience. This is clearly evidenced by the amount of times in a day I hear the phrase “there should be an app for that”. Several of the usual suspects

And Adobe responds…

April 30, 2010

Folks we are back in the school yard. We are all 10 again and a crowd of kids has formed rather rambunctiously around the two bullies fighting in the center. On the one side they say this and on the other they say that. We have already spoken previously about Apple’s point of view here so it is only fair to tackle Adobe’s next. My problem with them is that they are either cognizant of the fact that they have a flimsy argument or they just really suck at fighting. You can check out the highlight reel of their

iAd: hmm…

April 21, 2010

One thing I have enjoyed quite a bit thus far on my iPhone is the overall lack of advertising. Sure, a few apps have it but, for the most part, it is missing from the mix; until now. As with many issues that face us on the device, this one too splits me down the middle. In this corner we have the fact that this device is an integral part of our business. We make these apps for clients who, in turn, require a profit in order to continue on. While some companies have made quite a splash selling