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.
The Japanese automaker was a perennial also-ran, behind Honda and Toyota. Until now. Nissan is making deft moves just as its rivals stall.
By Doron Levin, contributor
FORTUNE -- Japan's auto industry has been battered by disasters natural and unnatural unlike this year. A tragic earthquake and a steroidal yen have wreaked havoc on the bottom lines of major firms Honda and Toyota. The exception? Nissan. The perennial third place finisher has MORE
Aug 23, 2011 8:56 AM ET
Apple has included an early-warning service in the next version of its Japanese iPhones
Earthquake damage in Japan. Source: news.com.au
No one knows better than the Japanese what a difference a few minutes -- or even seconds -- warning can mean when a major earthquake or tsunami is on its way. That's why they have developed the world's most sophisticated early warning system.
9to5Mac reports that the latest beta of iOS 5 -- MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 22, 2011 10:59 AM ET
In Japan, its profits grew 1,156% between 2005 and 2010. Europe's were up 1,518%
Source: Motley Fool
"Apple's international sales are simply on fire"
So wrote the Motley Fool's Erik Bleeker Monday in a piece assessing Apple's (AAPL) overseas demand.
It is, as he puts it, exploding.
This will come as no surprise to anyone who has been following COO Tim Cook's Q&As with analysts, where he's been highlighting Apple's growth in the Japanese MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 28, 2011 7:38 AM ET
The contrast with Windows PC sales is especially striking in Asia, the U.S. and the rest of the world
Source: Needham
As is his wont, Needham's Charlie Wolf waited until the middle of Apple's (AAPL) current quarter to issue his analysis of the last. As usual, it was worth the wait.
In a note to clients Friday entitled "What a Streak," he uses a series of charts based on IDC data to MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - May 22, 2011 10:40 AM ETThese days, Microsoft's co-founder has more on his mind than software sales figures or even his charitable work -- namely he wants to help solve the world's energy problems.
Philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates
FORTUNE -- At WIRED's Disruptive by Design Business Conference today, Bill Gates discussed the current state of energy and potential technology replacements for oil and coal.
Gates suggested there's much more potential for nuclear energy, despite MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - May 3, 2011 12:16 PM ET
The first video shows a queue three city blocks long for Japan's post-tsunami launch
Source: stevenagata via YouTube
Earthquakes, a tsunami and a few nuclear meltdowns don't seem to have cooled the ardor of Japanese Apple (AAPL) enthusiasts for the iPad 2, which launched Thursday after a five week postponement.
The first customers took their place on line at 8 p.m. Wednesday and withstood a night of heavy rain, according to the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 28, 2011 11:00 AM ET
Despite strong sales, iPad supplies and Japan's quake make Q2's report a hard one to call
Apple headquarters. Photo: Wikipedia commons
Nobody, not even CFO Peter Oppenheimer, thinks that Apple (AAPL) earned as little as $4.90 per share on revenues of $22 billion last quarter -- the numbers he offered in January when he issued his guidance for the company's second fiscal quarter of 2011.
As usual in the Steve Jobs/Tim Cook MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 20, 2011 8:31 AM ET
After offering Google Voice, the carrier now will let you make Market purchases against your monthly bill.
Joining AT&T (T) and T-Mobile (ahem), Sprint (S) will now allow Android users to buy Android Market items and have them charged to their monthly Sprint bill. This theoretically simplifies purchasing and removes the barrier to entry for paid Apps for some Android users. Google remarked:
We believe that Direct Carrier Billing is a key MORE
Seth Weintraub - Apr 13, 2011 4:00 PM ET
Paying whatever it takes to ramp up to a reported ship rate of 4 million iPads per month
Natori City in northeastern Japan. Photo: REUTERS/KYODO
Here's what Apple COO Tim Cook might call another "fantastic use" for the company's nearly $60 billion cash reserves.
According to a report Thursday in DigiTimes, the Taipei-based daily that is a rich source of electronics supply-chain rumors, Apple (AAPL) has agreed to absorb all the additional MORE
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