It was not long ago that legions of travel agents labored all across America in offices ranging from those located in class A office buildings to downtrodden strip malls. They gawked at 14-inch green CRT screens at gobbledygook codes that only they could understand. When it came to travel, travel
Apple (AAPL) reported much anticipated earnings after the market close. Earnings were a big miss. There is no value to be added by regurgitating the numbers as Connie Guglielmo has already done an excellent job of reporting the details in her piece Apple Sales Miss Estimates, Shares Fall As iPhone Pause Begins. As
An analysis of options trading in Apple (AAPL) shows that traders are expecting a move of about $31 in shares of Apple post earnings. As usual, bullish option players out number bearish option players, but to a lesser extent than in previous quarters just before earnings. In my analysis, a move
On Tuesday after the market close, Apple (AAPL) will release earnings. The consensus estimate is $10.35 for earnings per share and $37.23 billion for revenues. There is a big variance between the estimates by analysts. The low earnings forecast is for $9.45 a share while the top end is $12.51; for revenue,
In the latest MacBook Pro with Retina display from Apple (AAPL), the battery is glued to the case. Apple made it almost impossible for an average person to replace the battery. From a teardown report from iFixit, it appears that Apple went out of its way to make sure that even professionals could
China, which was an afterthought for Apple once-upon-a-time, has become the company’s second biggest market. In the second fiscal quarter, Apple generated $7.9 billion of revenues from China. This amount was more than three times the revenues a year earlier. As a reference, Apple’s total revenues were $39.2 billion. A large number
Apple‘s iPhone, the iconic device from that revolutionized smart phones, turned five on Friday, June 29. There has been no other device like iPhone in history. Thousands of developers have written thousands of apps to organize the lives of iPhone users in a manner previously scarcely imaginable. iPhone left its
Google has a tradition of naming its operating systems after desserts. Jelly Bean is an incremental upgrade to Android Ice Cream Sandwich. The biggest improvement in Jelly Bean is in its search function and now presents information in a fashion similar to Apple Siri. Google has also introduced Nexus 7, a
Apple has been pursuing a scorched earth litigation strategy using its patent portfolio againstGoogle and its Android mobile operating system. Shareholders and gurus almost universally support this strategy. Either there are not many who see Apple’s strategy as flawed or those who see the strategy as flawed are hiding under a
Apple and Motorola have been vigorously fighting patent lawsuits with each other. Motorola Mobilityis simply a proxy for Google because it is now owned by Google. A federal judge in Chicago has formally dismissed a patent case brought by Apple against Motorola with prejudice. ‘With prejudice’ means that neither side can refile the case, however they