The Apple Mac, Surprising Growth Driver, Surpassing iPad

Editor's Note: With Windows 8, Microsoft damaged its Windows brand and consumer confidence in Microsoft products and Windows PCs--giving increasing opportunity on the high-end to Apple and on the low-end to Google's Chrome OS computers--


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Apple’s Surprising Growth Driver: the Mac - WSJ - WSJ: "During a quarter marked by frenzied demand for the latest iPhones, Apple Inc. logged its biggest sales gains with a product heading into middle-age: the Mac. On the 30th anniversary of the first Macintosh, a 21% jump in unit sales helped Apple’s computer line leapfrog the sagging iPad to become the company’s second biggest-selling product line in revenue terms, just behind the iPhone. The Mac line generated revenue of $6.625 billion in the quarter, more than iPad revenue of $5.316 billion. Demand for Macs rose amid falling sales of Windows PCs, giving Apple more than 6% of the global PC market, according to the research firm IDC. That percentage is Apple’s highest market share since 1995, when Microsoft Corp. established its dominance over the computer market with Windows 95. The Mac gained market share in 33 of the last 34 quarters, lifting its share from 2.1% in 2006, according to IDC...."


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The Mac Is Trouncing The iPad—
ReadWrite
The Wall Street Journal just declared that Apple's "surprising growth driver" is none other than the humble (and seemingly post-PC passé) Mac. While it's true that the Mac is driving growth, it's anything but surprising. See also: Apple iPad Sales Continue To ...

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New York Times
Apple Pay Runs Afoul of MCX, a Group With a Rival Product
New York Times
Even before Apple Pay was announced, a coalition of retailers refused to ... withtechnology companies, credit card businesses and retailers all fighting for a ... Google'spayments product, Google Wallet, famously flopped after its ...
Why Meijer isn't ditching Apple Pay like other retailers - MLive.com
Apple Pay competitor confirms email breach - USA TODAY
Blocking Apple Pay Is A Terrible Strategy For CurrentC Merchants - Forbes


New York Times
Facebook to Spend Billions on Future
New York Times
“Facebook Atlas is the biggest thing to take on Google in a long time,” said Jan Rezab, chief executive of Socialbakers, a social media analytics firm.
Facebook shares down 11% on warning of rising costs - USA TODAY
Facebook warns of increased spending, shares fall - Reuters
Facebook Vows Aggressive Spending - Wall Street Journal


New York Times
Looking for a Design Behind Amazon's Devices
New York Times
But Jeff Bezos, Amazon's chief executive, is known for patience and a ... continuing tech war between it and Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft.


CNET
The complete guide to Google Fit
CNET
Google Fit is Google's answer to Apple's Health app. It uses the sensors built into your device to automatically track activities like walking, biking and ...

Google takes another step into your living room with its Nexus Player
You see, once everything's hooked up, the Nexus Player basically does what Amazon's Fire TV does -- it acts as a conduit to all the video Google's got ...

Stripe Hires Top Google Ops Exec Claire Johnson to Lead Business Operations
But she has held a wide variety of jobs at Google, from working on the ... That includes recent deals with Twitter, Apple and many others to provide ...

Apple SIM Included With iPad for Customer Convenience, but iPhone Not Likely to Join In
Apple had the consumer in mind when it added a multi-carrier SIM card to its new iPads, said Apple vice president of iPhone, iPod and iOS product...

Hands on with the Nexus 6: A Nexus phone Google hopes is one for the masses
And that's good for Google and Android since major U.S. carriers will be ... Microsoft announced a trio of new cloud data services on Wednesday ... Since joining Facebook, Instagram is getting more and more love from big brands.

Google Fit Arrives to Take on Apple's HealthKit
A great paradigm shift in technology has come to light this week – with Amazon unveiling its Fire TV Stick and HP also gunning for the creative industry ...

Tim Cook Reveals Why Apple Killed the iPod Classic...
... After Apple's September keynote, they quietly discontinued their iPod Classic. It's probably no ...

A desktop for Dali: Meet HP's wildly innovative Sprout
HP is attempting to disrupt the printing industry — which it helped create back in the 70s — with a new 3D-printing technology and a wildly innovative ...

What Are Actions?
Google Developers
Actions enable users to interact with your product or service right inside Gmail and Inbox. For instance, when a user receives an invitation to an event, ...Actions can be declared in two ways: as In-App Actions or as Go-To Actions. Multiple types of actions are currently supported.

Internet.org App Launches in Tanzania
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Leaked Office for Mac 2015 screenshots look just like the Windows version
The Verge
Microsoft's next version of Outlook for Mac appeared earlier this week in ...

HP 3D printing with Multi Jet Fusion™ technology
Hewlett Packard
HP's Multi Jet Fusion technology enables the world to realize the full potential of 3D printing—in full-color, highly functional parts.

Speaking in Tech
The Register
Speaking in Tech: Amazon's Fire is being snuffed out ... and Microsoft's ("insane") billion dollar estimate for establishing a presence in the ... 

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Windows 8 point whatever consensus: FAIL, #FAIL, FAIL!

Windows 8.1? It is now obvious that without a sea change, Microsoft is going to sail the Windows 8 disaster ship, and the faulty vision it was founded upon, to the same graveyard where BlackBerry is, of once upon a time great tech companies -- unbelievable! --

Windows 8.1 is here: Can it win over skeptical PC buyers? | ZDNet: "Windows 8.1 is here: Can it win over skeptical PC buyers?" Short Answer: No

Windows 8.1: New features, but same problems | Microsoft - CNET News: "Microsoft fixes some complaints about Windows 8, such as the lack of a  Start button, but the features likely won't change buyers' opinions. . ." (read more at the link above)

Editor's Note: In other words, if you have any sense, and/or you are a knowledge worker (you actually use your PC to get work done) STAY AWAY from Windows 8 point whatever -- either find a Windows 7 PC or RUN to a Chromebook (I would recommend the Pixel or the new HP Chromebook 14 with Intel Haswell (and preferably 4GB of RAM), $299+) or an Apple Mac.

Apple warns of SSD failures in MacBook Air, offers free replacements | PCWorld: ". . . Users can determine if their drives are affected through firmware available at the Mac App Store. Users can click on Updates at the Mac App Store and choose “MacBook Air Flash Storage Firmware Update 1.1,” which will check the drive. Apple is recommending users back up their data and that they not install any new OSes or applications . . ."

Ubuntu 13.10: A desktop tour (Slideshow) | Page 13 | ZDNet: "When day is done, Ubuntu makes it easy to turn the system off. -- Last, but not least, Ubuntu 13.10, unlike some other recent operating systems I could name—cough, Windows 8.x, cough—makes it simple to restart or turn off your computer."

Microsoft pulls Windows RT 8.1 update from the Store
ZDNet
Summary: Microsoft has temporarily pulled its recently released Windows RT 8.1 update for ARM-based devices due to an unexplained issue. By Mary Jo Foley for All About Microsoft | October 19, 2013...

Why I Returned My iPhone 5s - Mobility - Smartphones - Informationweek: " . . . The biggest reason I returned the iPhone 5s is because it didn't offer a different experience from the iPhone 5. Aside from the Touch ID fingerprint sensor, there was no obvious change in how the device performed. Sure, the 5s has a slightly better camera and faster processor, but the difference in performance is hardly noticeable. If you look at it from this angle, I spent $900 to get a fingerprint sensor. Let me tell you something: I don't need a fingerprint sensor on my smartphone. At least, not right now. . . ."

Redesigned Google Play Store for Android revealed in leaked images | The Verge: "Android users may soon see a redesigned Google Play Store, judging by newly leaked screenshots of an unreleased update. . . ."

Apple decks out venue for iPad event next week
CNET
The company is decorating the windows of San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center to match the design on press invites sent out for an event on October 22....

Google Without Larry Page Would Not Be Like Apple Without Steve ...

Wired
“I wanted to let you know that going forward, I won't be joining every earnings call,” the Google co-founder and CEO said after introducing Google's third-quarter ...

Washington Post (blog)

During development, Apple's gold iPhone 5s was jokingly called the 'Kardashian'
Apple Insider
Apple employees had a humorous nickname for the gold iPhone 5s as they were planning to release the new color option: They called it "The Kardashian Phone." Style. The nickname, in honor of socialite Kim Kardashian, was first revealed by New York ...

Apple hopes for quick start on new campus to meet 2016 deadline

Los Angeles Times
Apple and the city of Cupertino, Calif., took a moment to catch their breath this week ... Microsoft's Windows 8.1 upgrade adds more multitasking, customizing....

Microsoft Office fends off open source OpenOffice and LibreOffice ...

ZDNet
Office 365 leads on 14 percent against Google Apps' nine percent. Forrester attributes Microsoft'slead to Office 365's support for hybrid deployments....

Google gets friendly with Facebook, will sell ads on Facebook

Los Angeles Times
The search giant announced on Friday that advertisers who buy ads across the Web through Google's DoubleClick service will soon be able to buy ads on ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Google stock poised to hit all-time high

Christian Science Monitor
Among top gainers in premarket trading was Google Inc , which surged 9.2 percent to $969.50, a day after reporting better-than-expected quarterly results as the ...

Christian Science Monitor

Google surpasses $1000 for first time on mobile-ad optimism

The Seattle Times
On Friday, Google's share price jumped above that price for the first time, marking ... Starbucks, Nike and Amazon, another technology-oriented stock that traded ...

San Francisco Chronicle

Illinois Supreme Court strikes down 'Amazon tax'

Chicago Tribune
An Illinois law aimed at leveling competition between online and brick-and-mortar retailers while collecting more state sales taxes is unconstitutional, the state ...

Sky News Australia

Microsoft Just Edges Sony in ABI Research's Game Console ...

HispanicBusiness.com
--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Microsoft just edged Sony for the top position in ABI Research's game console Competitive Assessment, based on expectations for the ...

1.8 million-year-old skull gives glimpse of our evolution
Sydney Morning Herald
A "time capsule" from 1.8 million years ago, located in Dmanisi, Georgia, shows variations among five human skulls from that period that suggest long-debated distinctions about early human development may be overblown. The differences between the skulls ...

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