Apple Reports Second Quarter Results
Leave a CommentApple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 second quarter ended March 27, 2010. The Company posted revenue of $13.50 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.07 billion, or $3.33 per diluted share. “We’re thrilled to report our best non-holiday quarter ever, with revenues up 49 percent and profits up 90 percent,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’ve launched our revolutionary new iPad and users are loving it, and we have several more extraordinary products in the pipeline for this year.”Read more…
Drastically Improved 13-inch MacBook Pro
Reviewer Mike Prospero (Laptopmag.com) makes the “drastically” improved 13-inch MacBook Pro an Editors’ Choice (4/5 stars), concluding that it “offers the best combination of performance, endurance, design, and smart software.”Read more…
The Magazine Reimagined
With its new Popular Science+ app for iPad, publisher Bonnier is changing the way we interact with and experience magazine content. It’s the first example of a new concept they call Mag+ that takes full advantage of Multi-Touch technology on the iPad.Read more…
Apple Announces Worldwide Developers Conference
Apple today announced that it will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 7 through June 11 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. The five-day conference includes the first ever iPad development sessions and hands-on working labs for iPhone OS 4, as well as Mac OS X core technology labs.Read more…
Thoughts on Flash
In a statement today on Apple.com, Apple CEO Steve Jobs described the company’s position on Flash: “I wanted to jot down some of our thoughts on Adobe’s Flash products so that customers and critics may better understand why we do not allow Flash on iPhones, iPods and iPads.”Read more…
A Very Serious Portable Powerhouse
CNET editors award the 15-inch MacBook Pro an Excellent/4 star rating and write that “it now feels like the line’s powerhouse flagship model.”Read more…
Supercharged, Elegant 15-inch MacBook Pro
Laptopmag.com makes the new 15-inch MacBook Pro an Editors’ Choice, writing that “if you want a big screen, excellent battery life, and plenty of muscle in a compact package, no other system comes close.”Read more…
Phenomenal Battery Life in New MacBook Pro
Citing “phenomenal battery life” in the new 13-inch MacBook Pro, Computershopper.com concludes: “Apple has once again taken what was already an impressive machine and made it even better.”Read more…
Laptop Killer? Pretty Close
In a detailed review of iPad, Walt Mossberg (allthingsd.com) writes: “After spending hours and hours with it, I believe this beautiful new touch-screen device from Apple has the potential to change portable computing profoundly, and to challenge the primacy of the laptop.”Read more…
FileMaker Announces Bento for iPad
FileMaker, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of its Bento App for iPad on the App Store. The app is based on Bento for iPhone with enhancements to make the most of the big, beautiful iPad screen. The new app enables users to manage contacts, track projects, plan events and more, and can be used by itself or synchronized with Bento 3 for Mac.Read more…
