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Should Apple Release a Cheaper iPhone to Boost Sales?
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 10:25am | 764Read More...Some say yes. But is it worth the risk? In an iPhone report released this morning, Rodman & Renshaw discussed a lot of key points, including the likelihood that supply constraints could limit the upside of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) most successful device. “Layering on the estimated 4 million...
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Apple's Black Friday Sale in One Word: zzzzz
Friday, November 25, 2011 - 10:58am | 521Read More...Some of you camped out last night on the sidewalks of New York City, and some of you decided just to visit store.apple.com. Regardless of your shopping preference, Apple's once-a-year sale is finally here. Continuing its tradition of offering a store-wide sale for only a single day per year, Apple'...
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Apple Product Overhaul in 2012…Haven't We Heard This Rumor Before?
Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 3:04pm | 209Read More...The word on the street is that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will actually change the look of its MacBook Air computers in the coming year. Bear in mind that this has been a steady rumor for the MacBook line of computers since last winter. This time, however, the news comes from DigiTimes (via Forbes),...
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Now that HP is Dead, Which PC Manufacturer Will Be the Next to Fall?
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 12:41pm | 737Read More...This laptop, netbook and desktop PC manufacturer is on the verge of death. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is no more. While the company has insisted (with a Celine Dion-like impression) that its heart will go on, the firm's core market – PCs and laptops – is being spun off. Just like IBM (NYSE: IBM...
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Intel to pay $300M for a MacBook Air Killer
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 1:58pm | 243Read More...But will it be enough to persuade consumers? Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is willing to spend as much as $300 million to, as Bloomberg puts it, “back the development of technology to speed up the introduction of notebook computers it's calling ‘ultrabooks.'” According to Bloomberg, Intel plans to invest...
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Why McDonald's Should Team Up With Apple
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 1:23pm | 709Read More...Nothing could stop the light and compact Big MacBook Air. Seriously, nothing could. “Would it be an edible product?” my colleague asked. But we don't need to answer that right now. All investors need to know is that McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) are two of the most important...
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Four Ways Apple Could Spend $80 Billion
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 5:17pm | 1540Read More...With nearly $80 billion in cash, the Mac maker has plenty of spending money. But how should it be used? Around the offices at Benzinga, some have said (perhaps jokingly) that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) should attempt to cure cancer to keep Steve Jobs alive. Obviously that's not going to happen. I don't...
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Is Apple's New Goal to Nickel and Dime Consumers?
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 1:35pm | 1250Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is profiting at the expense of our stupidity. “Stupidity!?” Yes, stupidity. Consumers have been a little too excited about Apple's products lately, and the company is more than happy to take advantage of that. Earlier this month it was revealed that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:...
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Apple's Next Innovation
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 12:55pm | 436Read More...iPods. iPhones. Touch pads. MacBooks with flash memory. These are just a few of the products that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has released that pushed the boundaries of consumer technology. Many of them – especially the iPhone and its music-only predecessor, the iPod – were fresh, groundbreaking...
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Barron's: AAPL Changes MacBook’s Specifications
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 2:09pm | 163Read More...According to an article on Barron’s, Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has changed the MacBook’s specifications today morning. The new entry-level version of the laptop carries a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo processor with Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics. It also has a longer 10-hour battery, as compared to the earlier...



