Founding Apple Contract Sells for $1.6M (Katya Kazakina/Bloomberg)
Katya Kazakina / Bloomberg:Founding Apple Contract Sells for $1.6M — A three-page contract that established Apple Computer Co. (AAPL) sold for $1.59 million at Sotheby’s (BID) in New York today. — A phone bidder acquired the document, signed on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
A Very Rare Video of Steve Jobs Telling the History of Apple (Jesus Diaz/Gizmodo)
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:A Very Rare Video of Steve Jobs Telling the History of Apple — This very rare video was recorded in the 1980s. It shows Steve Jobs talking about the origin of Apple. It’s fascinating to see how he hints at the Next Big Thing, back when the Macintosh was still a secret [...]
How productive is an Apple store employee? (Horace Dediu/asymco)
Horace Dediu / asymco:How productive is an Apple store employee? — Apple publishes data about its “retail segment” which ifoAppleStore.com catalogs. Here are some statistics I was able to compute from the data: — The stores generate over $100k per employee per quarter. In 2010, revenue was $481,000 per employee.
Beware phony ‘billing info’ email that’s not from Apple
A new email making its way around the Web claims to be from Apple, and tells people that their “billing information records are out of date,” Graham Cluley from the security firm Sophos reported. Recipients of the email, titled “Apple …
Apple ID Scam Warning
December 02, 2011 — CSO — A scam targeting iTunes customers is circulating via email, security experts have warned. Security firm Sophos outlined the scam on its Naked Security blog, warning of the email which seeks to trick you into visiting …
Apple Store billing – beware bogus emails!
isn’t just about stealing your banking details, your PayPal password or even your Facebook login credentials. These days it could be your Apple account that is being targeted too. With more and more people having Apple IDs (used by …
Apple Expands Subscription Service to Games (Adam Satariano/Bloomberg)
Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:Apple Expands Subscription Service to Games — Apple Inc. (AAPL) is letting a video-game company offer its titles by subscription on the iPad, expanding the role of a feature typically used by magazine and newspaper publishers. — Big Fish Games, a Seattle-based game publisher …
Seven Charged With Clickjacking IRS, Apple Links to Tune of $14 Million (Kim Zetter/Threat Level)
Kim Zetter / Threat Level:Seven Charged With Clickjacking IRS, Apple Links to Tune of $14 Million — Seven Eastern European men have been charged in New York with operating a clickjacking scheme that infected more than 4 million computers in order to hijack surfers trying to get to the iTunes store or the IRS.
Grading the Digital School: Apple Woos Educators With Trips to Silicon Valley (Matt Richtel/New York Times)
Matt Richtel / New York Times:Grading the Digital School: Apple Woos Educators With Trips to Silicon Valley — SAN FRANCISCO — Three times over the last two years, school officials from Little Falls, Minn., have escaped the winter cold for two-day trips to Silicon Valley. Their destination: the headquarters of Apple.
Despite new CPU options, Apple reportedly questioning future of Mac Pro (Kasper Jade/AppleInsider)
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:Despite new CPU options, Apple reportedly questioning future of Mac Pro — Despite the coming availability of a new generation of Sandy Bridge desktop CPUs suitable for advancing Apple’s Mac Pro line, the company has reportedly been evaluating whether to continue to invest in furthering …
