Year: 2010

Apple placed third in the fifth annual Millward Brown Optimor BrandZ Top100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking (http://www.millwardbrown.com/Sites/mbOptimor/Ideas/BrandZTop100/BrandZTop100.aspx) released today. It ranks behind Google and IBM, but is ahead of Microsoft.

When most key financial indicators plummeted, the value of the top 100 brands rose by four percent in the last year to more than US$2 trillion. The BrandZ Top 100, commissioned by WPP, is the only valuation in the world that takes into account customers’ opinions on brands and demonstrates this with a dollar value.

Apple has announced that it will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 7 through June 11 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. The five-day conference includes the first ever iPad development sessions and hands-on working labs for iPhone OS 4, as well as Mac OS X core technology labs.

The Tiffen Company (http://www.tiffen.com) has released two new Domke bags to the line — the Quick-Shot Sling and the Photo Courier. The Quick-Shot Sling camera bag is a light weight bag with padded interior and adjustable dividers.

It’s available in small and medium sizes in Brown RuggedWear and Black Canvas. The bags will be available in May at manufacturer’s suggested retail prices ranging from $104.99 to $129.99.

RadTech (http://www.radtech.com) has released the STM Glove (US$24.95) in four new colors. The vertical-loading STM Glove protects your notebook from impacts, dust, scratches and spills.

They’re constructed from neoprene and ringed with YKK zippers. The Glove features deep, protective flanges to prevent the zipper from contacting your laptop. They comer in five tailor-made sizes to fit all Apple and many PC notebooks.