What really happened at Princeton, Cornell and George Washington University
Apple (AAPL) public relations won't come out and say it publicly, but a story is making the rounds -- most prominently in the newly rebranded Bloomberg Businessweek -- that is driving them crazy.
According to numerous reports in print and online, three prominent American universities -- Princeton, Cornell and George Washington -- won't allow Apple's new iPad on their campuses. The Christian MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 26, 2010 10:20 AM ET
A blogger-analyst with an enviable track record fears the market could drag it down
Click to enlarge. Source: The Big Picture
Two weeks ago, I found this e-mail in my inbox:
"This market has all the earmarkings of a major sell off. No one is hedging their positions and the market continues to grind up on zero volume and with continued outflows from equities and inflows into treasuries. I've generally been a MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 26, 2010 6:43 AM ET
The official explanation for seizing the devices at the airport never did make sense
On the face of it, Israel's decision Saturday night to allow iPads to be brought into the country was a straightforward reversal of a sensibly cautious import policy.
At least 20 iPads purchased in the U.S. had been seized at Ben-Gurion Airport, confiscated and held in storage for 45 shekels ($12) a day -- a fee that now MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 25, 2010 8:01 AM ET
Accused of yanking an Apple bag until the cord tore off part of the victim's little finger
Surveillance video. AP Photo/Denver police
According to the Denver Post, police have arrested a man suspected of the strong-arm theft of a newly purchased Apple (AAPL) iPad outside a local shopping mall.
The man was identified as Brandon Darnell Smith, 20. A surveillance camera had captured an image resembling Smith near the parking garage where MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 24, 2010 5:07 PM ET
This week's $23.80 rise was one for the record books
Apple (AAPL) shares opened Monday at $247.03 and closed Friday at $270.83, a 9.63% increase from what was already its second-best opening day.
To find a better week for Apple shares, you have to go back more than a year -- to April 3, 2009 -- when the stock was trading just over $104 a share and managed to climb 10.98% in MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 24, 2010 1:39 PM ET
Santa Clara police are reported to be investigating the purchase of a top-secret prototype
Photo: Gizmodo
Is somebody going to go to jail?
According to a CNET report posted Friday, police in Silicon Valley are investigating the sale of an iPhone prototype that was accidentally left in a bar by an Apple (AAPL) engineer and purchased by a gadget website for $5,000.
The purpose of the investigation, according to CNET's source, an unnamed MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 23, 2010 5:34 PM ET
International laws force Google to block some Cloud services.
Rachel Whetsone, Google's Vice President, Global Communications and Public Affairs, posted a 'refresher' on the state of Google's services as they are used around the world. Interestingly, in a quarter of the countries where Google operates, some portion of its services are blocked.
Image Credit: OpenNet.net
Obviously things like child pornography are blocked globally, but on a more granular level, countries like Germany can MORE
Apr 23, 2010 11:56 AM ET
Chinese pianist Lang Lang performs "Flight of the Bumblebee" in San Francisco
It was the first of three encores at a concert for young musicians at San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall. The YouTube video has gone viral, but the joke is that you don't need to be a piano virtuoso to play Rimsky-Korsakov's classic interlude at high speed on the Apple (AAPL) iPad. On Smule's Magic Piano ($0.99), the app does MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 23, 2010 11:05 AM ET
His private jet, grounded for most of 2009, is back in the air
Source: Company reports. Inset: Silicon Alley Insider
From January to March, Apple's CEO racked up $127,000 in expenses on his private Gulfstream V jet, according to the Form 10-Q Apple (AAPL) filed with the SEC on Wednesday.
That's not much compared with the record $550,000 Steve Jobs burned in the fall of 2007, when Apple was busy negotiating MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 23, 2010 7:30 AM ET
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| Bank of America Corp... | 7.24 | -0.06 | -0.86% |
| Ford Motor Co | 12.26 | -0.48 | -3.75% |
| Frontier Communicati... | 4.22 | -0.25 | -5.59% |
| Juniper Networks Inc... | 21.62 | -0.75 | -3.33% |
| Cisco Systems Inc | 19.59 | -0.24 | -1.21% |
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| Dow | 12,663.49 | -71.14 | -0.56% |
| Nasdaq | 2,812.82 | 7.54 | 0.27% |
| S&P 500 | 1,315.83 | -2.60 | -0.20% |
| Treasuries | 1.91 | -0.02 | -1.09% |
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