According to the annual list of the 400 richest Americans, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is 42nd on the list with a net worth of US$6.1 billion. Last year he had a net worth of $5.1 billion.
The CEO only draws one buck a year in salary, but makes a bundle of cash from Apple stock options. Globally, Jobs ranks 136 on the list of billionaires, according to “Forbes.”
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In a note today to clients, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster raised his iPad sales estimates for 2011 from 14.5 million to 21 million units. Among other things, he thinks that Apple will begin selling the tablet device in Target stores, along with over 1,000 Best Busy, in time for the holiday season.
Jaffray also thinks the international roll-out of the iPad will pump up sales. The tablet is now offered in more than 20 countries. Finally, the analyst thinks iPad sales will be helped by Apple’s increasing presence in the enterprise market.
Read MoreVemedio has updated Snowtape (http://www.snowtape.com) for Mac OS X — which enables users to listen and record live Internet radio with the touch of one button — to version 2.0. You can now record from multiple radio stations in the background at once.
Snowtape 2 also introduces Recording Schedules. You can program the new recording engine to record at a certain time in the future or to record a favorite weekly show. Snowtape even wakes up the Mac, starts itself and records the show. After it has finished the Mac goes to sleep again.
Read MoreThe latest edition of “MacNotables” (http://www.macnotables.com/wordpress/), a podcast that serves as home to Mac personalities who will comment on the latest news and opinions in the Mac community, is available.
Ted Landau looks at plenty of apps on his iPhone and iPad, but there are only so many that make the cut and remain installed and in use. He takes us on a tour of what he uses and why, with apps for productivity, news, file sharing, audio and video streaming, Twitter, and more.
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XPI Power has released a small, US$4.99 adapter for the iPad: the iXP1-500 (http://www.xmultiple.com/xwebsite-powercircuit-xpower1.htm), which is designed to solve the problems iPad users have charging from their non-Mac desktop and laptop computers.
You can attach the iXP1-500 adapter to your existing Apple charge/sync cable, and your iPad will charge from your computer’s USB port. Plugging an Apple tablet into a computer’s USB port, instead of an AC jack, often results in syncing only.
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