Spurred on by record sales of its iPhone and Mac products, Apple Inc. has posted a quarterly revenue and profit result that has managed to soundly surpasses the average analyst’s estimates. Following Apple’s stunning results, the company’s shares gained 7.5 percent to end at around $204 in extended trading, reflecting renewed investor confidence in the technology industry as of late.
Analysts have praised Apple’s financial guidance this quarter, stating that while the company’s forecasts of its results are usually fairly conservative, their revenue estimates matched with Wall Street’s guesses. Apple has also received great praise for its ability to draw consumer …read more

If you own an iPhone, you probably have it by your side at all times and couldn’t imagine life without it. A land with no iPhones? That’s difficult for much of the rest of the world to imagine. But up until now, people in South Korea weren’t allowed to own iPhones.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Korea Communications Commissions has decided to allow iPhones to be sold in the country. To allow iPhones, a technical ban had to be altered.
In South Korea, the iPhone will take on domestic giants such as LG and Samsung. Considering that people in …read more

Due to the lack of MMS messaging availability, AT&T and Apple have been sued for deceptive marketing. The lawsuit, which listed Deborah Carr as the plaintiff, was filed on Wednesday in the state of Ohio.
The lawsuit reads: “Millions of customers, as a result of the false and deceptive representations and concealments of Apple and AT&T purchased the 3G and 3GS, waiting for the wonderful day in June 2009 when the new application would be available which would allow MMS. Unfortunately, after downloading the new 3.0 Software Update application, MMS still did not work on both the 3G and 3GS.”
While even …read more

As the unemployment rate continues to creep upward, many communities have become more and more desperate for job openings. Maiden, North Carolina, located in Catawba county, agreed today to raise its previous offer of incentives for Apple to open its East Coast data center near city limits, bringing much-needed jobs to a community with a 15 percent unemployment rate. 
 
Apple could save $46 million when compared to the state’s previous offer, as North Carolina rewrote its tax calculations to give Apple’s $1 billion data center such a break. Catawba County and the city of Maiden could also pay Apple about $21 …read more

If I were a fruit what would I be? I am still trying to think of an answer that I would give if asked this question in an interview. If you were a fruit, what would you be? I would love to hear some answers to this question. If a hiring manager asks this question in an interview, you do need to come up with an answer. It may seem like a dumb question, and even a waste of time, however people who ask the question are really looking for an answer, so be prepared to field a silly question.
Here’s …read more

On Monday, Apple announced that they have already sold more than one million iPhone 3GS models. If you are scoring at home, that’s more than 333,333 iPhone 3GS models per day in the first three days after the launch.
Perhaps even more impressive, Apple says that approximately six million people have downloaded new software for the iPhone 3.0. Considering that has been on the market for only five days, that’s more than one million downloads per day.
Apple claims that this version of the iPhone is the most powerful and the fastest iPhone to date. Included in the improvements are a 3 …read more

According to the Wall Street Journal, Steve Jobs had a liver transplant approximately two months ago. Jobs, the CEO and co-founder of Apple, has reportedly recovered well and is still on schedule to return to the company by the beginning of July.
Jobs, who revealed in 2004 that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, has had his health in the headlines ever since. Considering that he’s viewed as one of the most important CEOs in the world, there’s no doubt that the media will be asking for more confirmation and more information.
Apple shareholders have been known to sell off Apple …read more

On Monday, Apple will hold their annual developer conference. Many stock market experts believe that Apple’s stock could go up or down depending on whether CEO Steve Jobs attends the conference.
Jobs, who is regarded as one of the most influential CEO’s in the business world, is currently on a leave of absence due to health issues. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004, his health status has been a question mark ever since. Depending on who you believe in the blogosphere, Jobs is either dealing with routine health issues or fighting for his life.
Apple’s stock is at around $145 at the …read more

Finishing at the top of your class is pretty prestigious on an individual basis. We are all about measuring and evaluating performance and accomplishments when we hire and fire employees. Fortune magazine completed a survey that gives the top 10 in performance for organizations. Take a peek. You might want to consider some of these organizations as you consider employment options. Do some research for your self and see if any of these organizations tickle your fancy!
For the 50 most admired companies overall, FORTUNE’s survey asked businesspeople to vote for the companies that they admired most, from any industry. According …read more

As I’ve mentioned before, Apple has its eye on the international market for its very popular iPhone. Unfortunately, British regulators have decided that Apple has misrepresented the capabilities of the product by failing to mention that neither Flash nor Java are available natively.
As two of the most common technologies for modern web developing, that’s a pretty big gap, and the advertising regulators weren’t impressed with Apple’s very literal interpretation of its own ad. The web is full of rumors as to when Flash and Java may appear, and developers Adobe and Sun claim they’re working on respective versions for the …read more