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Apple breaks into Fortune 500's top 10

Apple climbed the Fortune 500 this year to the No. 6 spot, its highest-ever ranking, its first time in the top 10, and the top technology company on the influential list, replacing sagging HP.

By Gregg Keizer | 06 May, 2013 14:41

Tags: IT industry, IBM, ios, operating systems, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, HP, Exxon Mobil, Apple, Dell, Google, Microsoft, Macintosh, software, intel
Rare working Apple-1 computer to hit auction block this month

A German auctioneer will put a working Apple-1 computer on the block later this month, and expects the handmade computer to fetch between $261,000 and $392,000 at Thursday's exchange rate.

By Gregg Keizer | 02 May, 2013 20:38

Tags: hardware, Apple, IT industry, hardware systems, Macintosh
Yes Siri, no Siri, for the Mac

Apple's next version of OS X will probably not include Siri, the digital, voice-activated assistant embedded in the iPhone and iPad, an analyst predicted.

By Gregg Keizer | 30 April, 2013 12:36

Tags: Apple, App Development, Mac OS, Macintosh, software, operating systems, mobile apps
Apple sold 35-38 million iPhones last quarter, analysts say

Apple sold about 38 million iPhones in the first quarter, an 8 per cent increase over what it sold in the same quarter a year ago, according to an ISI Group analyst. Other analysts pegged the sales number at 35 million.

By Gregg Keizer | 18 April, 2013 20:20

Tags: Apple, consumer electronics, ios, smartphones, Macintosh, software, operating systems, Capita
Don't blame Windows 8 for PC slowdown; Apple hit, too

Don't blame Windows 8 for plummeting PC sales, a retail analyst at NPD Group said today.

By Gregg Keizer | 15 April, 2013 20:13

Tags: desktop pcs, Gartner, NPD Group, hardware systems, IDC, software, Macintosh, Windows, operating systems, Microsoft, PCs

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Think different: Apple's $17B debt offers stark contrast to 1996's junk bonds

Apple's record-setting $17 billion bond offer this week stood in stark contrast to the company's darkest days, when in 1996 its millions in notes were rated as junk because investors wondered if the company would survive a thrashing by Microsoft

By Gregg Keizer | 02 May, 2013 11:00

Tags: IT industry, Networking, goldman sachs, Macintosh, Standard & Poor's, Bloomberg, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, management, Apple, new york times, Deutsche Bank, Microsoft
Moves, mistakes prove Steve Jobs era at Apple over, say analysts

Apple is clearly not Steve Jobs' company any longer, according to analysts, citing examples from its earning calls with Wall Street.

By Gregg Keizer | 26 April, 2013 20:18

Tags: management, Apple, Networking, Macintosh
Apple CEO defends Mac line; analysts foresee iPad hybrids

Apple CEO Tim Cook has defended the company's iconic Mac line, which saw a second consecutive decline in sales last quarter, and promised that Apple would continue to crank out personal computers.

By Gregg Keizer | 24 April, 2013 19:18

Tags: Apple, hardware systems, desktop pcs, Macintosh, Mac OS X, PCs
Mac sales growth stalls -- here's why Apple doesn't care

Apple's Mac has been punished by shifting consumer tastes just as has the overall PC industry, data from the company's earnings statements show.

By Gregg Keizer | 23 April, 2013 17:14

Tags: Apple, PC, hardware systems, Macintosh, Components, tablets, mobility. mobile solutions
Mac sales tank in 4Q from iMac shortages, cannibalization

Mac sales plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2012, falling 22% from the same period the year before, with computer sales accounting for a record low percentage of Apple's total revenue of $54.5 billion.

By Gregg Keizer | 24 January, 2013 17:25

Tags: Apple, IDC, hardware systems, Macintosh, tablets

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