The Mac fan club gives Apple a teeny 6% share of the desktop and laptop market.
What's more, raising the money through a corporate bond sale gives Apple a tax benefit.
The phone goes on sale Thursday, June 24, giving Apple a four-day sales weekend.
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Likely these companies are doing apple a favour and bringing more people into the tablet loop.
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Now I have a reason to say an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Moving to a year round product release cycle should deliver Apple a number of benefits.
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The mastermind was a guy named Tony Fadell, who actually left Apple a few years ago.
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This huge volume gives Apple a significant revenue stream and also helps it sell more app-rich iPhones.
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Neighbors are invited to send Apple a letter or go to the city's website to express any concerns.
The arrangement guaranteed Apple a 30 percent commission on each e-book it sold.
The iPads have been selling well, giving Apple a chance to further lower their costs in volume over time.
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They were doing a documentary on Steve and I was working with Apple a great deal at that time.
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So two songs sold in one transaction start to make Apple a profit.
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Specifically with iPhones, the older models likely net Apple a smaller profit as they are sold at reduced margins.
The latest chapter in the ongoing game of IP Risk hands Apple a victory over the Google-owned Motorola Mobility in Germany.
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This gives Apple a clear advantage over Samsung since consumers may consider postponing phone orders until the chip is made available.
Um thinks that the reduced estimate mostly reflects lower demand for cover glass from non-iPad tablets, but with Apple a lesser factor.
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This could teach Apple a thing or two about the Chinese market.
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That makes Apple a challenger more in mindshare than marketshare, says Greengart.
Back in 2002, everyone considered Apple a computer company and the analysts who followed it also covered IBM, HP, Dell, etc.
Not only is Apple a technology bellwether, but it is regarded as one of the best run, fastest growing companies in the world.
But has Siri, a business bought by Apple a couple of years ago, actually produced a more accurate voice recognition service than Android?
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And despite its market share lead, most mobile searches happen on Apple devices and Google pays Apple a chunk of those mobile search revenues.
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He calls Apple a rare example of a consumer-focused business with high switching costs because customers are attached to its music, photo and other applications.
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Most analysts back at the beginning of 2000s considered Apple a computer company and included it in the same silo as HP, Dell, and IBM.
Google and Samsung, to say nothing of up-and-coming Chinese companies, are great players that will give Apple a run for its memory, apps and user interface.
Its relevance is not whether you are an Apple fan or not but whether we see in Apple a different and durable way to scale an enterprise.
And even when consumers use Google for mobile searches, they are often doing so on Apple devices like iPhones, for which Google has to pay Apple a fee.
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Its survey of people who bought tablets as gifts showed that the Fire was the single top choice, although combining the iPad and the iPad mini gave Apple a bigger share.
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