iPhone App Downloads to Hit 1 Billion Mark Faster Than Songs Did
by Don Reisinger
There may only be over 12 million iPhones in the wild, but that hasn’t stopped iTunes users from downloading more than twice as many apps as songs during the store’s first two months of availability, according to a report.
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Apple Gets Back in Bed With NBC
by Paul Glazowski
As the world of iTunes TV shoppers learned all too well, the well-established relationship between Apple and NBC came to a bitter halt last year in a feud over pricing.
Early Q4 Apple Mac, iPod Sales Estimates Beating Expectations (AAPL)
Another sign that Apple’s (AAPL) not taking a hit from the crappy U.S. economy: Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster has analyzed preliminary NPD Group July sales data and, after extrapolating them for the entire September quarter, estimates that both Mac and iPod sales are beating Wall Street’s expectations.
Microsoft Ad Team: We’ll Sell Vista, But We’re Using Macs
Microsoft has hired Crispin Porter + Bogusky, the ad industry’s hottest shop, to improve its battered image. So what’s their plan?
Step 1: A weird candid camera commercial. Step 2: Paying Jerry Seinfeld $10 million. Step 3: Convincing its own staff to use Microsoft products instead of Apple’s. From Fast Company’s Crispin Porter profile earlier this [...]
Apple’s Macs To Get A Video Upgrade?
Is Apple planning to improve the video capabilities on its Mac computers? And is that the mystery “future product transition” Apple alluded to on its Q3 earnings call — one of the reasons it expects margins to be lower this quarter?
From a tipster: “I happen to know that the product transition referred to in [...]
