But for Apple to focus on making its ecosystem of developers and apps uniquely valuable, it had to own maps.
FORBES: Why Apple Had To Do Maps: A Mobile Engagement Analysis
In other words the overall smartphone opportunity could still e growing healthily for Google but especially for Apple.
FORBES: Decoding Apple and Google's Duopoly in The Lucrative Apps Market
My bullish stance on Apple has not changed, but risks for Apple are rising.
But for Nerdy Apple, the Daphne costume had transformed from playful to political.
For the year, that marked a gain in share for Google's operating system, but a decline for Apple's - although in terms of units sold, both firms made gains.
People will bash Windows for being out in front on the new trends of tech but celebrate Apple for calling other peoples tech theirs.
Such changes could complicate the road to next generation televisions for not only Google but also for players like Apple and Microsoft, when they try to go beyond the western world.
FORBES: Selling Motorola's TV Group: a Strategic Mistake for Google?
But for the Big Apple, heavily taxed and unionised to the hilt, it is more or less second nature.
Xiaomi would never come out and say it, but a setback for Apple in China is good news for other smartphone makers.
FORBES: Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Ups Specs, Adds TV Box
Not a terrible idea to put these things in one place, but unfortunately for any Apple users out there, Xbox Music will only work on computers and tablets running Windows 8 and Windows RT, with hints of expansion to other platforms in the coming year.
FORBES: Nice Try Microsoft, But Xbox Music Won't Make Us Forget The Zune
This agreement is not just for the benefit of Apple, but for China Mobile as well.
The firm is best known for producing iPhones and iPads for Apple, but also makes products for other companies, such as Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard.
Granted, Apple is known for guiding low but Apple still routinely beats consensus gross margin estimates.
In another word, Apple knows whats Apple has in the pipeline and the new stuff will render everything else obsolete but Apple must wait for its competitor to have expended precious resources before Apple can show the cards Apple is holding.
When the iPhone was introduced in June 2007, the smartphone market was strictly for business use, but Apple changed that by making a smartphone for consumers.
FORBES: Mobile: The Biggest Change To Hit Retailing In 50 Years
But while Apple slashed prices for several iPod models in September, analysts worry that Apple will have to cut margins further still to counter everything from cheap, new laptops offered by the likes of Dell to new media-friendly, touch-screen handsets being readied by Nokia.
Apple declined to comment for this story, but Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in an October report on Apple's Web site that his company was committed to developing green practices.
Demonstrating AppleTV effectively may not be simple even for Apple, but its retail stores' simpler focus and knack for attracting those interested in the digital lifestyle should help Apple TV's entry in the fledgling category.
Apple would not be Apple but for Microsoft, and the reverse is just as true.
FORBES: There Is No God, There Is No Devil, And Innovation Is The Work Of Multitudes
But the big loss for Apple was on its own Facebook page, according to Media Measurement.
Mr. Jobs may well be a great leader for Apple but I doubt he could have lead the UK through WW II.
True, when a newspaper or magazine reader drops his paper for a Kindle subscription, he enters a billing relationship with Amazon rather than the publisher. (Neither Amazon nor its partners will reveal how the revenue is split.) But for record labels, Apple was the only viable and legal route.
The movement in the stock yesterday had to do with a JPMorgan analyst claiming that Apple reduced its orders for iPads in the supply chain, but he did not take down his earnings estimates for Apple, nor was the view shared by other analysts on the Street.
Pandora is a well-designed service but Apple could make iRadio much easier for users of Apple devices.
Some third-party developers have come out with Windows-based software and firmware (for the iPod itself), but Apple has yet to reveal any plans for Windows compatability, though the company is rumored to be working on just such a product.
Coke has plenty of cash flow for debt service but Apple boasts the far superior balance sheet.
This set a new record for Apple, but many analysts expected the company to sell twice as many units.
Jobs definitely was a consummate spokesman for Apple, but he NEVER lost touch with the day-to-day of the business.
FORBES: The Fallacy of 'The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives'
But consumers' insatiable appetite for Apple devices aside, e-reading may be too small a market for more new entrants.
应用推荐