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Service Certification Exams: Paying by Purchase Order (PO)

Payment for service certification exams may be made by Visa, MasterCard, or American Express at time of registration, or by pre-approved purchase orders (POs). This article outlines the steps that must be followed to get a pre-approved credit line with … Continue reading

NPD: iPhone surged, Android slipped in Oct. and Nov.

Apple’s (AAPL) share of the U.S. smartphone market nearly caught up to Google’s (GOOG) Android in the first two months of the fourth quarter, according to a new report from the NPD Group. Apple’s market share jumped from 26% in … Continue reading

Lion Server: Configuring WebDAV sharing for Active Directory accounts

Lion Server’s WebDAV Sharing feature uses HTTP Digest authentication by default to secure access to share points and home directories from iWork apps on iOS device; however, this authentication method does not support user accounts defined in Active Directory. This … Continue reading

Apple’s 2012 Proxy Statement Now Online

 CUPERTINO, California—January 9, 2012—Apple® today announced that its 2012 proxy materials are now available at www.apple.com/investor under the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Notice and Access rules. As a result of the Notice and Access rules, Apple is able to significantly … Continue reading

Monday was raise-your-Apple-estimates day on Wall Street

Goldman Sachs, Needham and Hudson Square Research issue new notes Setting a new intraday high You can tell you’re getting close to an Apple (AAPL) earnings report when the analysts start dusting off their spreadsheets and issuing new estimates. At … Continue reading

RF MEMS Forecast

IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service Identifies First Use of RF MEMS Part, Set to be Next Big Thing in Cellphone Radios

Dateline City:  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. IHS has identified a radio frequency microelectromechanical system (RF MEMS) device in a new Samsung cellphone, marking the first known use of such a part in a volume-shipping product—and sounding the starting gun for an … Continue reading

Apple sets a new intraday high

Passes the $426.70 mark it hit briefly one day in mid-October This should be a good day to watch Apple (AAPL). It finished Friday with a record close of $422.40 and within minutes of Monday’ opening bell had surpassed its … Continue reading

Why Apple is in no hurry to settle its iPhone patent suits

New analysis suggests the payoff could be seven fold greater if it holds out for a win Click to enlarge. In a note to clients issued Monday, Deutsche Bank’s Chris Whitmore lists four possible outcomes of the patent wars being … Continue reading

Sagging Economy

Selling Apple In October Wasn’t The Best Move, But Not Buying Google Was Worse

MG Siegler argues that if you sold your Apple stock last October, right after the company’s Q4 2011 earnings report, you are an idiot and/or a moron. After all, Apple’s stock price closed at $398.62 on October 19, and it … Continue reading

Apple hits a record-high close with over 2 weeks to spare

The slingshot ride in advance of the company’s quarterly earnings report has begun early “If you can keep a good stock down then you are able to load up for the ride back up. It’s like a slingshot — the … Continue reading