6 posts and columns on March

Survey: AT&T Drops Three Times as Many Calls as Verizon

in Mobile on May 5, 2010 at 7:15 am PT

After a brief respite, AT&T is back in the news again for claims of poor wireless service. Despite a concerted effort to improve connection reliability and circuit capacity, the carrier is still receiving low marks for dropped-call frequency, a key indicator of wireless customer satisfaction.
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Year of the Mac, Indeed: Apple Headed for a 2.9 Million Mac Quarter

in News on March 15, 2010 at 12:10 pm PT

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has declared 2010 the “Year of the Mac,” and it’s hard to disagree when looking over the latest retail sales data from the NPD Group: Mac sales during February were up 43 percent for the month–this after a 36 percent spike in sales during January.

Condé Nast, With Help From a Nearly Naked Rihanna, Takes Another Step Toward Digital Magazines

in Media on December 18, 2009 at 12:33 pm PT

Condé Nast has taken another small step into the future of digital magazines: The publisher has put a second edition of its GQ magazine up for sale on Apple’s iTunes Store. Seminude pop star aside, this doesn’t seem as sexy as the Tablet of Tomorrow talk. But the fact that people are indeed buying magazines in digital form seems pretty relevant to me.
January GQ

Apple Beats the Street; Guidance a Bit Light

in Media on April 22, 2009 at 1:37 pm PT

First quick look at Apple’s earnings: Tim Cook and company have beaten the Street’s expectations. Apple earned $1.33 per share on revenues of $8.16 billion, beating the consensus of $1.09 and $8 billion. It also outperformed estimates for sales of the Mac, iPod and iPhone. At first glance, a strong quarter. But guidance for the next quarter may be a bit less than what Wall Street was looking for.

Oh, One More Thing…Goldman Sachs, You're DEAD to Me

in News on December 15, 2008 at 3:44 pm PT

Apple may not have yet succumbed to the economic malaise that hangs heavy over consumer tech, but it will soon. According to Goldman Sachs, anyway. This morning Goldman Sachs analyst David Bailey downgraded Apple’s stock to neutral from a buy, claiming the company will suffer when consumers continue to rein in spending next year. Worse, it won’t uncrate a magical new product category at Macworld.

Oh, One More Thing…Goldman Sachs, You’re DEAD to Me

in News on December 15, 2008 at 3:44 pm PT

Apple may not have yet succumbed to the economic malaise that hangs heavy over consumer tech, but it will soon. According to Goldman Sachs, anyway. This morning Goldman Sachs analyst David Bailey downgraded Apple’s stock to neutral from a buy, claiming the company will suffer when consumers continue to rein in spending next year. Worse, it won’t uncrate a magical new product category at Macworld.