A US$7.5 billion quarter is nothing to sneeze at, but the sales were a bit flat compared to a year ago. Per Macworld, Apple wrapped up its 2013 fiscal year Monday with a US$7.5 billion profit on US$37.5 billion in revenue, reporting accelerating growth buttressed by strong iPhone sales and growth in the Chinese market. […]
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It’s kind of a weird firmware update they sent out, but it might be useful. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Thursday released an update for its MacBook Air lineup meant to test the thin-and-light laptop’s solid-state drive for a data loss issue and, if no fault is found, install a fresh firmware version. Apple’s MacBook Air […]
It’s the rumor mill that keeps things interesting, especially when it comes down to new hardware. Per AppleInsider, Apple has an all-new-design 12-inch MacBook with a high-resolution display, and a new 9.7-inch sixth-generation iPad with an even higher pixel count than the current Retina display, both in the works for 2014, according to well-connected insider […]
This is pretty much unparalleled. Or at least it’s a decent case of schadenfreude. Per CNET, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer saw his pay docked this year as a result of the disappointing performance of the company’s Windows Division over the past year. The Microsoft head received US$1.26 million in compensation for fiscal 2013, with US$697,500 […]
It’s hard to say exactly WHAT Apple will do with Cue, but there’s some interesting possibilities. Per AppleInsider and TechCrunch, Apple is said to have purchased Cue, a startup company behind a personal assistant app for iPhone which shut down just this week. An anonymous source claimed on Thursday that Apple is buying Cue, which […]