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FY 12 Third Quarter Results Conference Call
WHAT: Apple® FY 12 Third Quarter Results Conference Call WHERE: Via conference call. The dial-in number for press is (877) 616-0062 (toll-free) or (719) 219-0039. Please enter confirmation code 691025. WHEN: Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 2:00 p.m. PDT/5:00 p.m. EDT … Continue reading
Video: Why the new iPad launch drew such short lines in China
Reuters’ Jon Gordon, tracking some iPad smugglers from Hong Kong, has a theory FORTUNE — Compared to the chaos and egg-throwing that greeted the launch of the iPhone 4S in Beijing last January, hardly anyone showed up to buy the … Continue reading
Handicapping Apple’s quarterly revenue and earnings: Q3 2012
The revenue estimates range from a low of $35.1 billion to a high of $46.4 billion FORTUNE — Apple (AAPL) is scheduled to report its third fiscal quarter earnings next week, and despite the $11 billion difference between the most conservative … Continue reading
Hard Drive-Based PCs Maintain Near-Term Dominance over SSDs in Notebook Market
Dateline City: EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Despite sluggish sales, conventional notebook PCs equipped with hard disk drives (HDD) as their main storage medium are unlikely to have their market share threatened in the near term by Microsoft’s new Surface tablet PC … Continue reading
Samsung Maintains Global LCD TV Leadership Amid Dismal Market Conditions in Q1
Dateline City: EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Language: English Multimedia Contacts Jonathan Cassell | jonathan.cassell@ihs.com | +1 408 654 1714 read more
The New iPad Launches In China Without Incident
Apple product launches in China traditionally draw big crowds. Thousands of prospective buyers (and scammers) usually amass outside Apple Stores, all hoping for a chance to buy the latest iDevice. This time around Apple turned to a reservation lottery system … Continue reading
Pressure mounts on Justice Dept. to drop Apple e-books suit
Sen. Chuck Schumer (Dem., NY) is the latest to suggest that Obama’s DOJ got this one wrong FORTUNE — From the day it was filed there seemed something ill-conceived about the Justice Department’s antitrust suit against Apple (AAPL) and five … Continue reading
Why did Apple pop in after-hours trading Wednesday…
When Verizon’s 2.7 million iPhone activations weren’t announced until Thursday morning? FORTUNE — It’s not terribly surprising that Apple’s (AAPL) shares rose $8.23 (1.36%) in Thursday trading. An hour before the markets opened, Verizon (VZ) reported that it activated 2.7 … Continue reading
OS X Lion: Unable to use Terminal command smbpasswd
When attempting to use smbpasswd to change a user’s password in Terminal, the command does not work. Instead, the message “smbpasswd: Command not found” appears in Terminal.
Opera’s First Mobile Ads Report: Rich Media Rules, iPhone Rocks
Opera Software is probably best known for its mobile browser software for smart and feature phones, but over the last couple of years it’s also been buying up mobile advertising companies to help it monetize those browsers. Today it’s released … Continue reading
