He laid out the reasons NOT to build an Apple television at All Things D in 2010
Jobs at All Things D8
There's been a lot of talk about Apple (AAPL) launching a full-fledged interactive television ever since Walter Isaacson quoted Steve Jobs saying he'd "finally cracked it."
But before the company can successfully market such a product, it must overcome the formidable hurdles that Jobs laid out the year before he died at MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 23, 2011 8:28 AM ET
Netflix's remaining customers appear to be loyal. But what happens when competition heats up?
By Dan Mitchell, contributor
FORTUNE -- The Netflix customers who dropped their subscriptions after a series of flubs by CEO Reed Hastings last summer were angry. Those that remain are pretty happy with the service because it still offers the widest selection of videos at a low price, according to a survey conducted by Citigroup. By and large, those MORE
Dec 23, 2011 7:51 AM ET
HTC was forced to drop one feature. Motorola may have to drop another. More to come.
The 1969 War of Attrition. Photo: Israeli Air Force
Many commentators took at face value HTC's declaration of "an actual victory" after the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that it had infringed Apple's (AAPL) patent on software that allowed a user to dial a number embedded in an e-mail simply by clicking on it. That MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 23, 2011 6:58 AM ET
Intuit is finally offering hope that there will be a version that runs on OS X Lion
Not for Lion users
Five years after it issued its last version of Quicken for Apple's (AAPL) Macintosh line -- Quicken for Mac 2007 -- Intuit (INTU) offered this belated assurance Thursday to any users who haven't already switched.
Maybe management took at face value the pundits' repeated warnings -- 56 since 1995, according to MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 22, 2011 5:06 PM ET
The enterprise giant's stumble may not bode well for the technology sector -- and not just enterprise providers, but all big cap tech companies.
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
FORTUNE - Oracle missing its earnings guidance is like Mariano Rivera blowing a save opportunity, or Bob Dylan putting out a disappointing record. It happens, but not very often. And when it does, the only real question is: Why?
The answer matters beyond the world MORE
Dec 22, 2011 11:50 AM ET
America's largest newspaper publisher goes on a spending spree
The chief tool of the trade, circa 1940
Apple (AAPL) seems to be the chief beneficiary of a major tech upgrade announced Wednesday by Gannett (GCI) the largest U.S. newspaper publisher by circulation (think USA Today).
Here's the key section of the memo to employees from newspaper division president Bob Dickey:
We're excited to announce a significant investment in our newsgathering tools. This week, MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 22, 2011 10:51 AM ET
When Chad Troutwine called Sonny Pitchumani in 2006, their little disagreement wasn't yet big enough to include Google, Yelp, and the rest of the GMAT test-prep community. A few years later, it would be.
By Chadwick Matlin, contributor
FORTUNE -- When Chad Troutwine called Sonny Pitchumani in 2006, their little spat wasn't yet big enough to include Google, Yelp and the rest of the GMAT test-prep community. In a few years it MORE
Dec 22, 2011 10:24 AM ET
A lot. Despite delayed launches, they download nearly as many iPad apps as U.S. users
Share of U.S. and Chinese iPad app downloads. Source: Distimo
Consider this:
The original iPad didn't go on sale on mainland China until September 2010, five months after its U.S. launch.
The iPad 2 arrived in May 2011, two months after its U.S. launch, and even then just in Wi-Fi-only versions.
The 3G iPad 2 finally launched in China MORE
Mixed results from a 12-week Kantar Group snapshot of the walk-up to Christmas
Samsung Galaxy S II
The launch of the iPhone 4S lifted Apple's (AAPL) share of the smartphone market rather dramatically the U.S., the U.K. and Australia between early September and the end of November.
But Apple lost ground just as dramatically against less-expensive Google (GOOG) Android phones on the economically troubled continent, according to results released Thursday by the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 22, 2011 6:20 AM ET
There are plenty of signs that the cloud computing market is maturing -- including blockbuster acquisitions. But is it starting to froth?
FORTUNE -- People like to talk about bubbles. And the cloud. And, more recently, a potential cloud bubble. But are we really heading in that direction?
Not yet. It's too early to tell whether some of the recent inflated valuations (a la SAP's acquisition of SuccessFactors) are justified. What's clear MORE
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