Direct Link: MP3 Version Apple’s lawsuit standing was mixed this week: One case against the company was dismissed, but two more were filed. Mac OS X is selling well in Japan and the iPhone is selling well in the U.K., most everything with an Apple logo on it was updated, Google unleashed Android, and Apple’s…
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Podcast - Apple Weekly Report: Leopard Sales, NBC's Take on Music Pricing, Mac Security, and Ted Landau in the Context Machine
Direct Link: MP3 Version Mac OS X 10.5 sales are off to a good start, the MacBook was quietly upgraded, NBC is sure Apple is behind a music pricing crisis, and a new trojan horse for Mac OS X appeared. This week, TMO columnist and renowned author Ted Landau joins Jeff and Bryan for some…
Podcast - Apple Weekly Report: Apple Takes It on the Chin with Customers, Interview w/Chris Breen
Direct Link: MP3 Version Apple is facing criticism over some of its update and product control tactics, Verizon hopes to knock the iPhone down a notch with its Voyager phone, Time Warner wants a piece of the music download pie, and the iPhone lawsuits keep coming in. This week in the context machine, a special…
Apple Embraces Web 2.0, But Some in Enterprise Fearful
Apple has embraced Web 2.0 as the core of its new iPhone technologies. However, some in the Enterprise are fearful of the open, collaborative Web 2.0, according to Linux World. “Few technological shifts in recent memory have challenged corporate America the way Web 2.0 is doing right now,” wrote Diann Daniel. “What if any role…
Apple Stock Tops $126
Underscoring his ongoing belief in Appleis growth potential, Mr. Munster raised his target price from $140 to $160. He estimated that Apple will show a 25 percent revenue growth for 2007, 29 percent for 2008, and 43 percent in 2009. Using Appleis ratable system that spreads the revenue from iPhone and Apple TV sales over…
Podcast - Apple Report: Mangling Music with Melodyne
Direct Link: MP3 Version After a recap of the week’s Apple news, Ricky and Jeff dive into a one-of a kind Product Roundup. Learn about Melodyne, a pro-audio application you’ve definitely heard before — though you probably didn’t know it. Plus, this show features recording contortions, for the Mac nerds out there. The Apple Weekly…
Podcast - Weekly Roundup: Your Guide to Holiday Shopping
Direct Link: MP3 Version Thanksgiving is over, so let the holiday buying binge begin! Ricky and Jeff give the Context Machine a rest in order to bring you their picks for the best holiday gifts on the market this year. There’s something for everyone: the kid, student, spouse, geek, grandparent — you name it, they…
Podcast - Weekly Roundup: Zune's Crash Landing
Direct Link: MP3 Version This week Microsoft launched the Zune portable media player. The press have taken it far more seriously than previous iPod competitors, so Ricky and Jeff use the Context Machine to handicap the new MP3 player playing-field. Also, Blue’s Snowball USB condenser microphone. The Weekly Roundup will be included in TMO’s main…
Analyst: 'iPod Growth Will Continue Around 30% Year-Over-Year'
“Despite talk of market saturation, we believe iPod growth will continue at around 30% y/y,” Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster wrote at the beginning of a new report he issued Tuesday. He added: “In the next 6 months the iPhone and iTV will add two more cylinders to the Apple growth engine.” Some pundits have…
Podcast - Weekly Roundup: Unbox vs. iTunes (sort of...)
Direct Link: MP3 Version It was supposed to be a show about Amazon vs. Apple, but how much of a comparison can you draw when only Apple has the full package? For the full story on Apple’s full package, listen in to TMO’s Bryan Chaffin, Jeff Gamet, and Ricky Spero in this week’s Context Machine.…
Hidden Dimensions -- Checking the Consumer Boxes
"Customers set up a hierarchy of values, wants, and needs based on empirical data, opinions, word-of-mouth references, and previous experiences with products and services. They use that information to make purchasing decisions." — Regis McKenna When I was selling Apple products to the Federal Government, I reaffirmed that it’s often difficult to get beyond the…
Podcast - Weekly Roundup: Mac People, Meet Intel
Direct Link: MP3 Version What’s worth $112 billion dollars, employs about 100,000 people, earned a paltry $1.4 billion in the last three months, and manufactures the perfect compliment to guacamole? Intel, you say? Never heard of it. This week in the Context Machine: get to know Apple’s new best friend. The Weekly Roundup will be…
Apple Death Knell Counter
The Apple Death Knell Counter (ADKC) is a collection of death pronouncements for Apple throughout the years. Issued by journalists, analysts, pundits, business executives, and the like, there have been innumerable "Apple is dead," "Apple will soon be dead," and "Apple is dead if they don’t do this or that" statements issued by all sorts…