The crowd of 350-400 was smaller than the ones that showed up for the iPad and iPad 2
We counted 352 heads before shooting this video. By the time Apple (AAPL) staffers opened the doors at 8:00 a.m., it had probably grown to 400.
We counted 330 at this store for the launch of the iPhone 3GS, 500-600 for the launch of the original iPad and nearly 1,200 for the iPad 2.
Judging from the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 14, 2011 10:01 AM ET
Rovio is hinting that it might go public next year. Its Angry Birds franchise is a mega-hit -- but is that enough?
FORTUNE -- Rovio Entertainment hasn't made a wrong move yet with its massively popular Angry Birds franchise. The enraged avian creatures are everywhere, picking up wads of cash in their beaks. The original mobile game is still wildly popular, and now there are plush toys on the market and MORE
Dan Mitchell, contributor - Oct 14, 2011 8:57 AM ETFormer Newsweek editor Mark Coatney won't take all the credit. But since he joined Tumblr and began selling the platform to other publishers, it has skyrocketed.
By Alex Kantrowitz, contributor
FORTUNE -- Mark Coatney is Tumblr's secret weapon. The former Newsweek editor moved to Tumblr in July 2010 and assumed the role of Media Evangelist. His mission? To recruit other news organizations to Tumblr and help them use it as successfully as MORE
Oct 14, 2011 8:43 AM ET
Its $113 million grant to the University of California, announced in 2007, raised eyebrows. Turns out, it has helped the school immensely during California's grisly budget debacle.
By Richard Nieva, contributor
FORTUNE -- Whitney Davis is not afraid to be honest. When the University of California at Berkeley art history professor was asked if he would potentially leave the premier public university because it might be possible to better achieve his academic MORE
Oct 14, 2011 8:20 AM ET
A soggy tale of queue-sitting entrepreneurship gone sour
Pope, Mai and Parker. Photo: PED
The skies opened up at about 1:00 a.m. Thursday night, dumping torrential rain on the customers camped out in front of the Fifth Avenue Apple (AAPL) Store to buy the new iPhone 4S.
Which makes this story all the more poignant.
The couple occupying the first two spots had been there for more than two weeks (see 17 days MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 14, 2011 7:35 AM ET
Imagine if Amazon delivered the same day. Qiandong Liu's 360buy does.
By Bill Powell, editor-at-large
Back in 2005, says Liu, "I barely knew what the Internet was."
FORTUNE -- Sitting in his big office, a stone's throw from the iconic Bird's Nest, the Olympic Stadium in Beijing, Qiangdong "Richard" Liu is explaining how he got the idea for 360buy, China's fast-growing e-commerce site (a mashup of Amazon (AMZN) and Fresh Direct), which global MORE
Oct 14, 2011 5:00 AM ET
Waitin', whoopin' and hollerin' in seven countries and four languages
Reuters reporting from Australia and Japan, via YouTube
Apple (AAPL) launched the iPhone 4S Friday in Australia, Japan, Germany, France, the U.K., Canada and the U.S.
Videos below the fold as they come in.
See also our report from New York City, 17 days in the iPhone line: Wet, cold and smelling like Cheetos.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 14, 2011 4:39 AM ET
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* Demand for the iPhone 4S may be higher than many had anticipated. According to All Things D, Apple (AAPL) reportedly asked Pegatron Technology to manufacture five million more iPhone 4S units than the originally contracted 10 million. (All Things D)
* Google's (GOOG) third quarter revenues surpassed predictions, with $9.72 billion. The MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Oct 14, 2011 3:30 AM ET
Life-lessons learned on the sidewalks of New York City
Keenan and Jessica on day 17. Photo: PED
Want to know what it's like to spend two and a half weeks in an iPhone line?
If you've ever considered such a thing, Keenen Thompson, 21, and Jessica Mellow, 26, have done you -- and the rest of the iPhone-lovin' world -- a favor: they have teamed up to record their experiences for posterity, MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 13, 2011 4:07 PM ET
Meg Whitman's experience at eBay may make her seem qualified to lead HP's turnaround. But most tech turnarounds -- when they work -- take several years. And this one is likely to be very difficult.
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
FORTUNE -- Most seasoned executives have their share of career ups and downs. And then there's Meg Whitman.
Whitman presided over eBay's rise from a scrappy startup to an e-commerce giant worth $75 billion MORE
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