Apple CEO Steve Jobs ranks number three on the “Businessperson of the Year” list by “Fortune” (http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/news/companies/1011/gallery.business_person_year.fortune/index.html). Ranking ahead of Jobs were Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, and Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford.
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Mike Abramsky with RBC Capital Markets said in a note to investors that Apple has made slight upward revisions to its iPad build plan for the fourth quarter of calendar year 2010, reports “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com). Apple also reportedly plans to build the same number of iPads in calendar year 2011: 40 million.
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To find out which smartphone manufacturers are currently winning and losing the market share battle, ChangeWave Research (http://www.changewave.com) asked 1,212 consumers who had purchased smart phones within the past six months to rate their new models. Not surprisingly, the iPhone came out on top.
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By Greg Mills
Sometimes what I write hits a nerve, and I get email from readers giving me fresh information they found. My article regarding what I consider false claims that Apple has gone rogue drew an email from a reader.
He sent me a link to an article and actually an embedded half hour Video TV news story that ran recently in Australia that loosely linked Apple with Chinese pollution in general and worker injury specifically. It turns out this is old news and not quite what it appears.
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The MacJury (http://www.macjury.com) recently convened to come up with the “Holiday Gift Guide, Part 2.”
With picks at all price ranges, tech and non-tech, and some with an eye toward social responsibility, you’resure to find something for everyone you need to buy gifts for — including yourself. The MacJury panel includes Mark Anbinder, Mark Fuccio, John Grzeskowiak, Keith Lang, Chuck La Tournous and host Chuck Joiner.
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