Electronics mega-retailer Best Buy began accepting preorders for the fourth-generation Apple TV on Wednesday, with an anticipated arrival in one week, on Nov. 4.
Source:: Apple Insider
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Controversial cybersecurity bill passed with resounding Senate support
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act cleared the U.S. Senate floor on Tuesday with a 74 to 21 vote in support, moving the controversial bill critics contend will grant the government unfettered access to private data one step closer to the president’s desk.
Source:: Apple Insider
Latest iPhone 6s ad features Bill Hader, Siri and Nigerian prince
Apple posted a new iPhone 6s commercial to its YouTube page on Tuesday touting the handset’s new Siri Hands Free feature with the help of comedian and actor Bill Hader.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple’s enterprise business ballooned 40% to reach $25B in fiscal 2015
During Apple’s quarterly earnings conference call on Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook said the company’s enterprise operations hit a high-water mark of $25 billion over the past 12 months, up 40 percent compared to last year.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple, Inc snatches up $14 billion of its own shares in massive Q4 buyback surge
Apple reported a spike in its capital return program, spending $17 billion in Q4, including $14 billion in open market stock buybacks in addition to $3 billion in dividend payments to shareholders.
Source:: Apple Insider
IBM saving $270 per Mac in support costs, says Apple’s Tim Cook
IBM is benefiting hugely from its internal Mac adoption program, saving about $270 per Mac versus Windows PCs, Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a Tuesday fiscal results call.
Source:: Apple Insider
Android switchers accounted for 30% of iPhone buyers in Q4, highest ratio recorded
During Apple’s quarterly conference call on Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook said 30 percent of iPhone buyers switched from Android during the fourth quarter, the highest ratio of “switchers” Apple has recorded in a single three-month period.
Source:: Apple Insider
Tim Cook ‘positive’ on China as local revenues surge 99% to $12.5B
Apple’s Chinese revenues soared 99 percent year-over-year in its fiscal fourth quarter, growing from just under $6.3 billion to about $12.5 billion, as CEO Tim Cook sounded optimistic tones about the company’s plans for the region.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple partners with American Express to launch Apple Pay in Australia and Canada in 2015, 3 more countries in 2016
Apple will partner with American Express to launch Apple Pay in Australia and Canada by the end of the year and Hong Kong, Singapore and Spain over the course of 2016, CEO Tim Cook revealed during a quarterly conference call on Tuesday.
Source:: Apple Insider
Notes of interest from Apple’s Q4 2015 conference call
Apple grew its revenue another 22 percent year over year in its September 2015 quarter, a result set by record iPhone and Mac sales. Following the announcement, executives from the company participated in a conference call with analysts and the media, and notes of inventory follow.
Source:: Apple Insider