Apple shares beaten late on concerns over CEO's health, guidance
Apple handily beat expectations for its fiscal third quarter Monday, but investors used a late trading session to punish shares of the Mac and iPhone maker after the company offered conservative forward-looking guidance and refused to comment on the ...
Apple shares beaten late on concerns over CEO's health, guidance
Apple shares beaten late on concerns over CEO's health, guidance
During his quarterly financial results call, Apple's chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer revealed that the company will make a key product transition that cuts back on its profit margins to help shut out rivals.
A frequent point of discuss...
Apple plans mystery "product transition" before September's end
A frequent point of discuss...
Apple plans mystery "product transition" before September's end
Apple's financial results conference call today was littered with references to future products coming from Apple. While some degree of optimism (very excited about future) is the norm during these financial results calls, there was more discussio...
Apple Hints at a 'Product Transition' and a New Product Soon
Apple Hints at a 'Product Transition' and a New Product Soon
Apple announced their 3rd Quarter 2008 Financial Results today. Apple posted revenue of $7.46 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.07 billion (or $1.19 per diluted share). This compares favorably to revenue of $5.41 billion and net quarterly prof...
Apple Announces $1.07 Billion in Profit for Q3 2008
Apple Announces $1.07 Billion in Profit for Q3 2008
Apple on Monday announced the best spring quarter for earnings and revenue in company history, and will soon hold a financial conference call with analysts and members of the media. Several notes of interest are available ahead of the call.
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Notes of interest for Apple's Q3 2008 financial results call
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Notes of interest for Apple's Q3 2008 financial results call
Apple said Monday that third-quarter profits rose more than 30 percent to $1.07 billion, or $1.19 per diluted share, on sales of $7.46 billion for the three-month period ended June 28, 2008.
These results compare to revenue of $5.41 billion and n...
Apple posts profit of $1.07B, ships nearly 2.5 million Macs
These results compare to revenue of $5.41 billion and n...
Apple posts profit of $1.07B, ships nearly 2.5 million Macs
Apple is set to report earnings for its fiscal third quarter after the close of regular hours trading this afternoon. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expect the company to post earnings of $1.08 on $7.37 billion in revenue, fueled by sales of 2...
Apple Q3 preview: analysts place bets ahead of earnings
Apple Q3 preview: analysts place bets ahead of earnings
Bloomberg reports that Apple's earnings report later today will focus on Mac and iPod sales which make up for 75% of the company's revenue. Despite the prominent iPhone 3G launch last week, those sales fall outside the reporting window for today's e...
Apple's Earnings Results to Focus on Mac (and iPod)
Apple's Earnings Results to Focus on Mac (and iPod)
Ahead of the summer Olympics, Apple on Saturday will open the doors to its first retail store in China, a glass-enclosed high-profile shop situated in Beijing's newest retail development: the Village at Sanlitun.
Keeping with his tradition of atte...
Apple retail invades China this weekend (photos)
Keeping with his tradition of atte...
Apple retail invades China this weekend (photos)
There's been a lot of news in the past few weeks about Rhapsody.com, the much-buzzed-about music subscription site that brings a new twist to legally downloading music. The site offers unlimited access to music for a monthly fee, as opposed to the pay-per-song plan of iTunes. As a longtime, reasonably devoted iTunes user, I gave Rhapsody a spin to see if it could convince me to convert.
Rhapsody Has Merit, but iPod Users Will Find Little to Love
Rhapsody Has Merit, but iPod Users Will Find Little to Love
Amidst the rocky .Mac to MobileMe transition last week, Apple made one other mistake that it is now apologizing for. Apple had been preauthorizing charges up to 121 GBP to European customers who signed up for a free MobileMe trial. For debit accou...
Apple Sends Another MobileMe Apology E-mail and Extension
Apple Sends Another MobileMe Apology E-mail and Extension
As noted on DaringFireball.net, Apple's popular Remote iPhone application adds a useful and unpublicized feature to your Apple TV - a keyboard.
iPhone Remote Acts as Wi-Fi Keyboard for Apple TV
iPhone Remote Acts as Wi-Fi Keyboard for Apple TV
With sales of Macs maintaining growth rates of more than two times the industry average and a pair of hefty portable updates in the pipeline, Apple is reported to have increased sharply its procurement of notebook-use circuit boards for the third cal...
Apple hikes orders for notebook boards by 20 percent - report
Apple hikes orders for notebook boards by 20 percent - report
Signs are starting to appear that Apple may be prepping for a revision of their Mac laptops in the near future. Following up a previous Commercial Times report that pointed to a Q3 (July-September) order for MacBook displays, the paper now reports t...
Apple Prepping for Notebook Refresh
Apple Prepping for Notebook Refresh
Apple will be webcasting their 3rd Quarter 2008 Financial Results on July 21, 2008. The 3rd fiscal quarter encompasses sales between April 1, 2008 and June 30, 2008. As such, results from the iPhone 3G and App Store sales will not be included in th...
Apple's Q3 2008 Financial Results on July 21st
Apple's Q3 2008 Financial Results on July 21st
Two research firms, Gartner and IDC, have released reports indicating Apple has generated a stellar uptick in shipments of Macs to customers in the United States -- so much so that the Cupertino, Calif., company has eclipsed, or perhaps surpassed, Acer to become the third biggest personal computer manufacturer selling in the U.S. market.
Apple, Acer Battle for Third Spot in US PC Market
Apple, Acer Battle for Third Spot in US PC Market
Maybe the key to competing with iTunes isn't doing things better, but differently. Online music service Rhapsody and mall-based retailer Hot Topic want to take a slice of the market from Apple's iTunes. For the MP3 addicted, it means a more diverse marketplace with new options.
Rhapsody, Hot Topic Reach for Slice of iTunes' Pie
Rhapsody, Hot Topic Reach for Slice of iTunes' Pie
A pair of quarterly research reports released today reveal that Apple is continuing to experience growing U.S. market share among PC shipments.
Apple's U.S. Market Share Continues to Grow
Apple's U.S. Market Share Continues to Grow
Apple next week is expected to announce another quarter of strong earnings, but investors may respond unfavorably should the company's gross margin not recover from last quarter's instability, one Wall Street analyst says.
We believe the gross ma...
Apple's gross margin may be "biggest swing factor" next week
We believe the gross ma...
Apple's gross margin may be "biggest swing factor" next week
A recently published filing discovered by AppleInsider reveals work by Apple's chief software architect to advance the Podcast beyond its static form and into a live interactive presentation medium suitable for use by educational institutes and busin...
Apple filing takes Podcasts to the next level
Apple filing takes Podcasts to the next level