Hardware 
Apple and Microsoft unwrap products that resemble phone apps – Economic Times
People who buy an iPad or iPhone, for example, might be more inclined to also buy a Mac computer if they work together seamlessly and have features that operate the same way on both devices. For Apple, which still has … Continue reading
Apple market value hits $500 billion – Sauk Valley Daily Gazette
Apple’s arch-nemesis Microsoft Corp. was worth just more than $500 billion briefly at the end of 1999, and again in early 2000. It even shot up above $600 billion for one day. The company is now worth $267 billion. Cisco … Continue reading
Windows 8, the Missing Piece: Hardware – New York Times Blogs
This is a lot easier, of course, because Apple makes its own software, hardware and has hundreds of its own stores. In the computer business that Microsoft comes from, there’s a long tradition of talking about operating systems long before … Continue reading
Apple reaches $500B market value – The Business Journal
Tech giants Microsoft, Intel and Cisco have all fallen well below $500 billion,” USA Today reports. Apple’s stock opened Thursday morning at $542.44 per share, up 1.31 percent. It has had a 52-week range of $310.50 to $547.61 per share … Continue reading
Zacks’ Voice of the People highlights opportunities with Apple, Microsoft, Google and Intel – Bradenton Herald
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is once again battling the 13,000 level. This is the third consecutive trading day it has been above that level on an intra-day basis. The big question is, will it finally close above that master … Continue reading
Apple ascends to $500 billion valuation – The Vancouver Sun
USA Today (MCT) — Apple on Wednesday joined the most exclusive club in big business when its market value topped $500 billion — a feat that only Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, General Electric and ExxonMobil had previously accomplished. In an industry … Continue reading
Apple joins the $500 billion club, but could be poised for more – San Jose Mercury News
a group that includes Santa Clara chipmaker Intel (INTC), Microsoft and General Electric. The only company besides Apple to reach the mark since the end of 2000 is Exxon Mobil, which topped $500 billion twice in 2007. Exxon held the … Continue reading
Don’t Count Research In Motion Out Yet, It May Surprise You – Seekingalpha.com
The company, through the development of integrated hardware, software, and services … to the fact that it has been dropping all through 2011 as Google (GOOG) and Apple cannibalized its market share bit by bit. Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu … Continue reading
Apple Dividend May Return Part of $98B in Cash – Bloomberg
Apple also may buy back shares … In September, Microsoft boosted its quarterly dividend by 25 percent to 20 cents a share. Intel (INTC), the world’s largest chipmaker, raised its dividend in May to 21 cents, from 18 cents.
Apple reaches $500 billion market value – The Business Journal
Apple’s market value climbed to more than $500 billion. The Cupertino-based company joins a “club” that only few companies have entered and has proved hard to stay at, according to a USA Today article. Those companies include Microsoft, Intel, Cisco … Continue reading
