Year: 2010

Apple shares hit (another) all-time high

Apple shares hit (another) all-time high

Posted by | Jun 18, 2010 | , |

Apple saw its shares continue to rise Friday, hitting both new 52-week and all-time highs in afternoon action, reports “MarketWatch” (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-shares-climb-to-new-all-time-high-2010-06-18).

Apple stock hit US$275 before pulling back slightly to $273.61. For the year, the shares have jumped about 30% as the company has seen strong demand for its new iPad tablet computer and anticipation for iPhone 4, notes “MarketWatch.” Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research have target prices on Apple ranging from $280 to $350 a share, with a median price of $325.



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Analyst predicts 9.4 million iPhones to be sold in the third quarter

Analyst predicts 9.4 million iPhones to be sold in the third quarter

Posted by | Jun 18, 2010 | , |

Susquehanna Financial’s Jeff Fidacaro issued a note to clients predicting that next weekend could be a “2 mln – 3 mln iPhone event” — two to three times bigger than the launches of Apple’s Phone 3G and 3GS in 2008 and 2009, respectively.

According to “Fortune” (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/18/iphone-launch-2-3-million-says-analyst/), the analyst cites both the size of Tuesday’s pre-order (600,000 units) and what he expects to be strong upgrade demand, especially from owners of the iPhone 3G. With this in mind, Fidacaro is raising his iPhone numbers from:

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FlightCheck gets Adobe CS5 support

Posted by | Jun 18, 2010 | , |

Markzware (http://www.markzware.com) has has updated FlightCheck Professional, a pre-flighting solution, to version 6.75, which adds support for Adobe Creative Suite 5.

FlightCheck is a prepress application used to manage printing quality control for print jobs. This solution provides both a native file and Adobe PDF preflight check. It’s designed to help users scan and prepare PDF and other document types for commercial printing.

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WebAgenda now links to iPhones, iPads

Posted by | Jun 18, 2010 | , |

Teamsoft (http://www.teamsoft.com) has released a new version of WebAgenda for the Mac or PC, which lets you your schedule the important things in your life, and share the schedules with people that are important to you.

Your email address is your user ID. Your password is emailed to you. You can use it immediately, with nothing to install, or configure. You can keep your agenda and contact information private, or share it with your friends and associates.
 

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‘MacNotables’ looks at the iPhone 4, new mac mini, more

‘MacNotables’ looks at the iPhone 4, new mac mini, more

Posted by | Jun 18, 2010 | |

The 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 is getting an iPhone 4.0, and talks about why the decision was easy for him, his acquisition strategy, and the implications of the online pre-order meltdown. That’s just the beginning.

Landau addresses the rapid-fire rate of Apple product and update announcements, the “Mac is

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