The BlackBerry is still arguably the top dog, but the sniper hit from Apple and the global economic recession have taken quite a toll on RIMM shares.
But the event nonetheless was a huge hit for Apple, demonstrating the stranglehold the company maintains on the tablet market despite the steady emergence of 100 or more competitors.
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Nineteen days after Jobs' death, Walter Isaacson's much-awaited biography of the Apple leader hit stores and immediately became the top-selling book in the country.
We believe the connected TV could hit Apple stores and distributors in the second half of 2012, and based on our checks, Sharp is ramping production of the sets.
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On the other hand, selling more iPhones will hurt reported profits, as the carriers absorb the hit from the substantial subsidy they pay Apple for every phone sold.
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"Whether they were the same exploits as the ones that hit Apple is a little bit unclear, " Mr Cluley told the BBC.
Since I wanted this column to hit around the time the Elite Men were coming through, I set it up the night before and hit the publish button from an Apple iPhone as I was sitting up on the railway embankment to get a good view of the runners.
With iCloud Apple hit the afterburners. iCloud is a comprehensive service that puts most (eventually all?) of your data in a personal cloud that syncs across your desktop and mobile devices and archives in the cloud.
News of this contest hit the business pages and blogs just as reports about Apple's latest innovation, the iPad, hit the front pages and every other media channel.
While the iPad Mini appears to be a hit, Apple was reportedly forced to release the iPad 4 due to the lagging sales of its predecessor.
Over the last half a week, Apple has been hit with the largest mass-hacking incident in its history.
The worst-hit sector has been technology, as the Apple-heavy Select Sector SPDR Technology (XLK) is down well over 13%.
The news also hit Apple OEM partners such as Qualcomm and Broadcom .
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The plan is the plan, and frankly JCPenney needed a plan and this one is a bold undertaking not seen in retail since Apple stores hit the scene.
After the phenomenal success of Apple in the 1980s, Jobs hit a dry spell.
Bhatia had been working for Apple as a hardware engineer after graduating from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, when he and Apple colleague Jack Smith hit upon the concept of web-based email out of frustration at being unable to check their company email away from the office.
The question moving forward will be whether or not Apple can maintain its hit parade against the juggernaut of Samsung.
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He pointed to the rush to buy Apple's new iPhones when they hit the market last week.
We're honestly not so sure, though: Apple always tells investors that it's confident in how its products are priced but responsive to market changes, and it's not like a smaller price cut boosted the Apple TV into hit product territory.
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Raising cash in the bond market helps Apple avoid the big tax bill that would hit if the company brought its cash back to the U.S., executives said last week.
That's a big number, and it will continue to grow as Apple ties iTunes to new products like the iPhone (which has been a hit) and Apple TV (which has not).
Rovio is the brand behind Angry Birds, the Android and Apple app store smash hit, which has recently announced a new foray into Facebook, and also that the title has crossed 100M downloads.
While the Kepler-powered chip won't actually hit Apple systems till later this year, we got a first look at the K500 on a Mac here at IBC.
The computer was never a huge hit, but before long, Apple Computer had established itself as one of the most creative and important forces in the computer industry.
Other than pricing, Apple hit it out of the park with the iPad Mini.
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The stock has taken a hit after Apple last month reported slowing fourth-quarter revenue and profit growth.
Some analysts believe that the Apple TV would likely hit shelves in 2014 or 2015, while others point out that rumors of an actual TV set have been swirling since 2009, making all of the buzz and industry noise largely that: noise.
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Poke last month briefly hit the top of the most downloaded chart for Apple's app store.
With the Apple stores, the company hit all its goals.
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