Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.24 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.37 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.23 percent at 0927 GMT.
Trashing talk that some members of the Apple board have conducted discussions on CEO succession plans with executive head hunters, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the rumors are mere 'hogwash'.
Microsoft Corp reported a greater-than-expected 30 percent increase in fiscal fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by sales of its Office software, but profit from its core Windows product fell on soft personal computer sales.
Over one million users purchased and downloaded Mac OS X in a single day, announced Apple.
A future without genius/icon chief executive Steve Jobs at the helm of Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL)?
Upon first glance, it looks like every other Apple store should. But to the trained eye of an American blogger living in Kunming City, China, it was clearly an impostor.
Apple's competitive advantage is growing in the smartphone, tablet and personal computer categories. The company's strength is product, including the iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers. But it's the advantage of the three combined that's pushing Apple to marketshare dominance.
Given Jobs’ history of medical issues, and the lack of an explicit successor, there are some concerns about the future of Apple – despite its immense success and market domination.
Apple's latest operating system Mac OS X Lion debuted yesterday, and is now available for download from the Mac App Store. If you have a really slow connection, you can come back August and pick up a flash drive from an Apple store for $69.99. It has more than 250 new features, including FaceTime video chatting, AirDrop wireless transfer, multi-touch gesture and autosave. Here are some reviews from around the web.
Apple is hoarding record amounts of cash, currently holding $76 billion. But the company has not historically made big acquisitions. CEO Steve Jobs says Apple is merely keeping its "powder dry" for strategic opportunities in the future.
Apple's new line of 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air notebooks, which went on sale on Wednesday with the new Mac OS X Lion pre-installed, will pose a threat to PC sales, according to analysts.
Alongside its highly anticipated releases Mac OS X Lion and Intel Sandy Bridge-based MacBook Air, Apple also launched the world's first Thunderbolt Display.
An American blogger living in China has exposed fake Apple stores thriving in the country. The fake Apple Store in Kunming, the capital of southwestern Yunnan province, looked exactly like those genuine retail stores run directly by the consumer electronics giant, and even the liveried employees believed that they were Apple employees.
By embracing post-PC era where mobile computing dominates the market, Apple successfully unleashed its latest beast, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
Apple unveiled the much-awaited Mac Os X Lion, the latest version of its desktop operating system. The following are major features of the Mac OS X, according to Apple:
The Chinese are recognized world wide for their skill of producing stylish counterfeit designer bags and sunglasses but who would have imagined a fake Apple Store equipped with a 'genius bar', spiral staircase and Apple Store trademark wall to wall glass windows? You don't need to. An expat stumbled into three in China's southwest providence of Kunming.
Apple reported its best-ever results in its fiscal third quarter Tuesday. On Wednesday investors applauded by driving Apple's stock to near it's all-time high.
Apple Inc shares surged 6 percent in pre-market trading on Wednesday, a day after the company posted stellar results even by its own lofty standards, prompting several analysts to raise their earnings targets for the iPhone maker.
The Mac OS X Lion is available as an upgrade to the Mac OS X version 10.6.6 Snow Leopard. The operating system, which boasts more than 250 features, can be downloaded for $29.99.
The wait for the roar is over: Apple on Wednesday morning released its long-awaited Mac OS X 10.7, codenamed Lion.
The newest rumor about the release of Mac OS X Lion and MacBook Air is circulating in the Internet and it says that the release date is Wednesday at 8:30 a.m (EST), according to MacRumor and 9to5mac.
Technology giant Apple Inc’s (AAPL) third quarter earnings and revenue beat Wall Street expectations, led by blockbuster sales of its hot iPhones and iPads.
