The investment bank has seen the future and it looks a lot like the iPhone
Click to enlarge. Source: Morgan Stanley
Apple's (AAPL) iPhone was the hero of an hour-long conference-call seminar on The Mobile Internet presented Tuesday by Morgan Stanley.
The report was intended to be a follow-up to Mary Meeker's 1995 "The Internet Report," which became known as "the bible" of the dot-com boom.
Graphics like the one at right charting MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 16, 2009 6:23 AM ET
High profile private equity shop appears to be chatting up a new fund despite string of struggling investments.
Word is that Elevation Partners, the high-profile if poorly timed private-equity firm headlined by rock star Bono and star investor Roger McNamee, is considering raising a new fund.
Elevation's investment partners (from left): Bret Pearlman, Fred Anderson, Bono, Marc Bodnick and Roger McNamee. Photo: Elevation Partners.
As surely as dogs chase rabbits or night MORE
Adam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - Dec 16, 2009 6:00 AM ET
Boeing's long-delayed 787 Dreamliner finally took flight on Tuesday to the ecstatic cheers of thousands watching from a wet runway at Paine Field in Everett, WA. The composite wings flexed, and the Rolls-Royce engines roared as the first entirely new commercial jet from the Boeing Co. since launching the 777 in 1995 headed out toward the Pacific for a four-hour spin.
(Click here to tour the inside of the Boeing 787)
There are thousands of MORE
Michael V. Copeland, Senior Writer - Dec 15, 2009 4:21 PM ET
Can media companies thrive online by reaching the right people at the right time?
By Ramana Rao, Co-founder and CEO, iCurrent
Rao sees opportunity in tracking online readers' interests. Photo: iCurrent
Amid the sturm and drang of traditional publishers squaring off against Google (GOOG) and others in a game of high-stakes business, it's easy to lose sight of the opportunity the Internet offers for a much more satisfying MORE
Dec 15, 2009 9:00 AM ET
Apple blames high demand. Early buyers point to nettlesome production problems.
Image: Apple, Inc.
"The new iMac has been a huge hit and we are working hard to fulfill orders as quickly as possible."
That's the official line Apple (AAPL) public relations is putting out to explain delays that have pushed shipments of the new 27-inch iMacs past Christmas. And indeed, sales of Apple's desktop computers in October and November were up MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 15, 2009 8:06 AM ET
Sorry, Google. The apps (and by that we mean appetizers) won out.
At long last there is proof of Google's (GOOG) long-anticipated smartphone. Late last week, the online advertising giant started handing out an Android-powered phone to employees. While refusing to detail the specs, the official Google mobile blog refers to it as a "mobile lab."
The Googley vagueness continues on the blog, where it is described as, "A device that combines MORE
Michael V. Copeland, Senior Writer - Dec 15, 2009 6:00 AM ETBen Baer, Senior Producer - Dec 14, 2009 9:57 PM ET
With its "Give It A Ponder" campaign, the handset maker walks the line between lecture and laughs
LG's viral marketing campaign is using humor to get teens to think before they text. Image: Facebook.
One in five teenagers have received a naked picture in a cell phone message. That's one scary stat that LG marketing executive Ehtisham Rabbani uncovered while researching how teens use mobile technology.
Most interesting, though, is what MORE
Jon Fortt - Dec 14, 2009 2:26 PM ET
A pair of analysts see an end-of-the-year uptick in Apple's computer sales
Photo: Apple Inc.
"Our conversations with industry contacts suggest that the Mac shipment levels have improved over the last two weeks," writes J.P. Morgan's Mark Moskowitz in a report to clients issued Monday morning.
In that report, he raised his both his estimate for Mac sales in the December quarter (to 3.29 million from 3.17 million) and his Apple (AAPL) MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 14, 2009 2:18 PM ET
Vineet Nayar, CEO of information technology company HCL talks about managing growth and taking on the big boys of tech.
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