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Apple Inc just had their first $40B quarter ever - to the tune of $46B dollars in revenue. They sold 37M iPhones, 15M iPads and 15M iPods. Additionally, they sold 5M Mac computers. These numbers are ridiculous. Right now Apple is stacking away a ton of cash - so much so that it makes the $100M they wasted on a spurious lawsuit against HTC merely a drop in the bucket. These numbers are astounding - but are actually not surprising. In this quarter, … [Read more...]
I recently wrote an article examining the basic offerings of Apple, Google, and Amazon, and hypothesized that they were all building ecosystems to get consumers locked in to one ecosystem or another. Here is another post in that series, this time looking at the Apple ecosystem. Apple's Offerings Apple has some of the most innovative and sought after consumer products on the market right now. You likely don't know many people that don't own or … [Read more...]
Here at CTOVision, we analyze disruptive technologies and follow trends happening in the government, enterprise, and consumer technology space. Yesterday I was reading reading about Google's new offering of a music service through the Android Market. I found it interesting that Google would do this, since they are so far behind in the game relative to Apple's iTunes and Amazon's music services. Then I started thinking about what this meant for … [Read more...]
We here at Crucial Point LLC like to bring you all news about disruptive technologies and speculate upon their effects business and government. This article is not about a new technology, but is concerned with a company that has brought about several disruptive and iconic items in the last decade. This company of course is Apple. By now I am sure you have heard that Steve Jobs has stepped down as CEO of the company (though he will retain his … [Read more...]