Apple has banned protective screen film from its retail and online stores, according to the “iLounge” web site (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-bans-protective-screen-film-from-apple-store/), which says this will affect both cases and individual film packages beginning in May.
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Caris & Company analyst Robert Cihra says growth in the overall personal computer market for 2010 is trending upwards of 15 to 20%, fueled by greater than 90% growth in combined sales of netbooks and notebooks. However, it’s the iMac that will account for 25% of worldwide desktop growth, he says.
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The global mobile apps economy is set to be worth $17.5billion by 2012, according to an independent report commissioned by GetJar (http://www.getjar.com/), the world’s second largest app store.
Mobile app downloads across all types of handset are also expected to increase from over seven billion downloads in 2009 to almost 50 billion in 2012 — a year-on-year growth rate of 92%.
This would mean that the value of apps sold would be greater than the value of CDs sold in 2012 ($13.83 billion).
Some pundits have said that Apple is in danger of becoming the next Microsoft — as in “evil empire” Microsoft. I personally don’t think that’s going to happen, but find the possibility fascinating. I never would have believed anyone would have asked it when I begin my Mac journalism career almost 20 years ago doing reviews for the late, lamented “MacSense” site.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission delivered the National Broadband Plan (http://www.broadband.gov/) to Congress. I wasn’t a big fan of the bazillion dollar US stimulus package, nor am I a fan of big government, but our nation’s “digital divide” must be addressed.
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