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When I saw in the financial news a few days ago that Apple was considered the no. 1 most admired company, I decided that I wanted to start a thread for "Apple in the news" - a thread in which to take note of news articles about Apple that wouldn't necessarily merit a whole thread on their own.
I think it's interesting to read news about Apple that 'everyone' is reading, not just stuff that Apple fans follow with such care. There were three articles that I wanted to include before they disappeared into the archives of their various news and financial sites. First is this: Quote:
http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com...f-says-report/ Second is this article on What Makes Apple Golden: (Brief excerpt) Quote:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/29/news...tune/index.htm And third is that, as I mentioned, Apple is no. 1 of the ten most admired companies. I wonder what all those people who always make snarky comments about Apple think of that? Quote:
As I mentioned, this is meant to be a long-running thread. So, anytime you see an interesting article about Apple, but you don't think it'd merit a thread of its own, here would be a good place to post it. Last edited by Windswept : 2008-03-05 at 17:17. |
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Cool idea. I often see stories about Apple in unexpected places (not the usual Mac news/rumor/geek sites), like the one I posted earlier today about Jobs and how he kept his cancer secret for nine months.
If you'd had this thread up and running, I would've definitely put it here. I'll post the link here anyway, in the interest of being thorough. http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/02/news...ex.htm?cnn=yes |
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Fantastic idea. I look forward to visiting this thread on a regular basis. Nice one Windswept.
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Shouldn't this be a sticky?
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Naw, just a free-floating thread should be be fine, I think. |
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I did like this quote off one of the Fortune blogs. http://bigtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com...ce=yahoo_quote Quote:
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Apple's iPhone now seen as real threat to BlackBerry
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Add me to the "no" column.
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I was watching The Charlie Rose Show yesterday (on PBS), and he had a black eye, and a bandage on his forehead. I assumed he had been in a car wreck or something.
Then, today, I see 'this' in the financial news: ...Charlie Rose got his black eye because of his MacBook Air. http://www.switched.com/2008/03/19/c...air-literally/ Oh, and the next clip is for pscates. It's Meredith *licking* a MacBook Air on the Today Show. It's back from when the MBA was first released, but I didn't see the clip till now, so here it is, for those like me who didn't see it at the time. http://www.switched.com/2008/01/29/t...ok-air-on-air/ |
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Interesting little story about Apple's perception as a brand.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2...nd-survey.html I find little things like this interesting, although a bit off-putting. I would not say that Apple's brand perception is unmerited. The company has worked hard to get where it is, paying attention to design and functionlity. At the same time, the power of brand is scary, as it can reduce individual choice to a name and symbol game. When there's an eel in the lake that's as long as a snake that's a moray. |
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Interesting, Chinney. I took note of these lines:
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And the fact that these respondents were all involved in marketing is also noteworthy, because such individuals would likely be more brand-aware than the odd group of people just off the street. Yay! |
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*Bump*
Maybe the following article is already being discussed *elsewhere*, but since I never go there anymore, I wouldn't know about that. I thought this article was remarkably predictive of vast future possibilities wrt our favorite company, and if I had read it a few weeks ago, when AAPL hit 80, I probably would have bought more stock - despite my general fears about the market, recession, etc. (A note for those who have never seen this thread: it was started back in the spring and has lain dormant for lo' these many months. ) Quote:
My stock portfolio says: "Yaaay!!!" http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/...d6c868850a.htm Last edited by Windswept : 2008-12-10 at 22:45. |
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Fortune: Trouble in the 99¢ App Store
Cogent article with charts and graphs of Apps by price and genre, and excerpts and links from an Open Letter to Steve Jobs by the head of IconFactory, who details the cost of developing Apps and the challenges of cost recovery given the current App Store structure. Quote:
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Not really a big deal, in my opinion. The Apple app store is the medium for sales in the same way Walmart is the medium for sales. If folks want to write a killer app and sell it for big bucks, they can.
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The problem isn't a lack of willingness to pay, it's that since so many people buy the 99¢ apps just for giggles, they all float to the top of the "charts", so it's hard for more expensive apps to get exposure.
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Apple should have given us a simple solution. Give us the Top 10 for different price bands. We need more than just "Free" and "Paid".
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Those numbers are bullshit. I don't fancy myself underpaid, and I make roughly a quarter of that. $150-$200/hr equates to a salary of $300,000 - $400,000. No average software developer makes that. I don't imagine my salary will ever come CLOSE to those numbers.
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While I agree that those numbers are inflated, don't forget that your salary isn't the only cost you bring the company. There's all the other things the employer has to pay out that would be included in the cost.
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Is there anything that prevents a developer from marketing their products on their own website or other channels. Provide more screenshots, or produce a YouTube demonstration?
I don't recall Apple ever promising to entirely market apps for developers. They provide a distribution centre where you can quickly and easily download and purchase product. |
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