Now I have a reason to say an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Getting in line at an Apple store a day or more in advance of a new product release has become the norm in the seven years since the company released the iPhone.
The phone goes on sale Thursday, June 24, giving Apple a four-day sales weekend.
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And yet, for the 755 apps that get submitted to the Apple app store a day, there are probably thousands that never get built.
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Apple's appearance comes just a day after the same panel branded Apple's complex structure the "Holy Grail of tax avoidance".
After ensuring there wouldn't be any kinks in approving the app, ZeptoLab settled on April 18, a Thursday, the day of each week when Apple touts a new set of apps.
His death came just a day after Apple unveiled its latest iPhone 4S model.
You know the infamous lines wrapped around an Apple store on the day a new version of iPhone releases?
After years of using various Research In Motion devices, the arrival of my first Apple iPhone 4G felt like a day of liberation.
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On the day of the Samsung Galaxy S4 launch, pundits are forecasting a tough day for the Apple share price.
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The point is that just like a lot of money can be made or lost in a casino in a very short time, a lot of money can be made or lost in Apple stock in a very short time almost every day.
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The real tell will be how Apple behaves on a big market down day.
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The foregoing behavior is typically experienced in Apple stock on the day after a product launch.
Apple slipped 2.3% a day after announcing Steve Jobs will take another medical leave and ahead of its latest quarterly earnings release.
It was the largest number of pre-orders Apple has ever taken in a single day and was far higher than we anticipated, resulting in many order and approval system malfunctions.
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Instead, Apple banks the cash for a rainy day.
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Authorities say the 40-year-old Miller, while employed as an institutional sales trader for Rochdale Securities LLC of Stamford, conspired with another individual to execute a trade to buy 1.6 million shares of Apple stock on behalf of a Rochdale customer whose account Miller handled on the day Apple was scheduled to announce earnings.
That's a day of downtime, Apple, and one that could have been avoided.
Apple also says it provides a 90-day guarantee on repairs, which is three times longer than required under Chinese law.
As banks and credit card companies struggle to develop an adoptable mobile solution, Apple continues to build a powerful user base day over day.
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Mr Jobs has stepped aside from day-to-day management at Apple on a couple of occasions before, after having surgery for a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2004 (see timeline).
Maybe the time has come for Apple to begin the prepare the market for a day without Jobs.
How ironic that on a day when Facebook shares hit a new all-time low, Apple shares finished at a new all-time high.
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So this may be the beginning of a new day for software security at Apple.
In Apple stock, the outside day yesterday was after a sustained bull run.
Smart-phones accounted for just 1% of the market, but Apple has been selling some 4, 000 iPhones a day, making South Korea one of the gadget's hottest markets.
So, for now, it looks like Missouri students are free to give their teachers an apple and send them a Facebook friend request on the first day of school Monday.
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One day after a disastrous earnings report from Apple, Microsoft this afternoon reported profits for its fiscal second quarter ended December 31 that were slightly ahead of Street expectations.
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This year, DHS is focusing its message on that glorious little device that inspires adults to line up in front of Apple stores like preteen girls on the opening day of a new Twilight movie: the smartphone.
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