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Apple moves from 253 to 197 on ‘most profitable companies’ list

Apple moves from 253 to 197 on ‘most profitable companies’ list

Posted by | Jul 9, 2010 | , |

Apple has moved to number 197 on the “Fortune” list of most profitable companies. That’s up from 253rd place in 2009 and 337th place in 2008. Apple is listed as having revenues of $36.5 million — up 12.5% from 2008 — and profits of $5.7 million — up 18% from 2008.

The top 10 companies on the list are Old Mutual, American International Grouop, Aegon, Gruppo Mediolanum, Groupe BPCE, Lloyds Banking, Freddie Mac, Hartford Financial Services, Aviva and International Assets Holding.

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Tidy Up for Mac OS X tidied up to version 2.2.4

Posted by | Jul 9, 2010 | , |

Hyberbolic Software (http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com) has released Tidy Up! 2.2.4, the latest version of their disk, file and folder processing utility for Mac OS X.

Tidy Up! can find duplicate files and packages using any criteria. Version 2.2.4 adds full compatibility with iTunes 9.2.

Tidy Up 2.2.4 requires Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) or higher. Upgrades from version 1.x are $20, and upgrades from version 2.x are free.

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Wi-Fi iPhone for China may be getting closer

Posted by | Jul 9, 2010 | , |

Apple appears to have moved a step closer to delivering an iPhone with Wi-Fi capabilities to the Chinese market, says “PC World” (http://macosg.me/2/i6).

This week, Chinese regulators issued a network access license for an Apple iPhone that is equipped to use the China-developed wireless LAN security protocol, WAPI (WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure). With that license, a Wi-Fi iPhone can now be sold in China, suggesting it may debut soon, notes “PC World.”

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Research group: iPhone dominance in mobile app download market to decline

Research group: iPhone dominance in mobile app download market to decline

Posted by | Jul 9, 2010 | , |

The dominance of the iPhone in the mobile app download market will be eroded over the coming years as rivals Android, Symbian and BlackBerry make inroads, Ovum has forecast, reports “Bank Systems & Technologies (http://macosg.me/2/i0).

A new report by the research group says that mobile application downloads generated by non-operator application stores will grow by a compound annual growth rate of around 41% globally over the next five years, with total downloads almost reaching 21.3 billion by 2015. That’s up from 2.69 billion in 2009.

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