After the close of trading Tuesday on Wall Street, Apple announced the best quarterly earnings in the company’s storied history. Blowing past (with hurricane-like wind speeds) Wall Street expectations, Apple said its earnings rose more than 117% to $13.06 billion last quarter, which shakes out to about $13.87 per diluted share.

For the quarter, Apple’s revenue was a new quarterly best at $46.33 billion. Earnings had been forecast to climb by 57% to $10.08 a share with revenue expected to climb 45% to $38.85 billion.

Apple sold 37 million iPhones, 15.4 million View full post on ModMyi.com News Feed

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The Recording Academy announced the winners of its annual Special Merit Grammy awards today and Steve Jobs is a recipient of the Trustees Award for 2012. The Trustees Award category honors those who have made significant contributions to music in areas outside of performance.

Steve Jobs won a Grammy. Let that sink in for a minute. The man who bent record executives backwards over a lead-spiked barrel and branded them with an Apple logo was honored with one of the most prestigious awards handed out by the Recording Academy.

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The Recording Academy announced the winners of its annual Special Merit Grammy awards today and Steve Jobs is a recipient of the Trustees Award for 2012. The Trustees Award category honors those who have made significant contributions to music in areas outside of performance.

Steve Jobs won a Grammy. Let that sink in for a minute. The man who bent record executives backwards over a lead-spiked barrel and branded them with an Apple logo was honored with one of the most prestigious awards handed out by the Recording Academy.

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With the strong gains in Asia Pacific during the third quarter, Apple finally saw its worldwide share of the PC market pass the 5% mark for the first time in 15 years. Needham & Co. analyst Charlie Wolf informed investors on Wednesday that Mac shipment in the third quarter has outpaced the PC market for the 22nd straight quarter. Apple had a growth of 24.6% whereas the PC only saw growth of 5.3%.

Apple posted record Mac sales of 4.89 million for this time period and according to Wolf, this was enough to help Apple break its record. The company seems to be climbing up from 4.9% in June View full post on ModMyi.com News Feed

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With the strong gains in Asia Pacific during the third quarter, Apple finally saw its worldwide share of the PC market pass the 5% mark for the first time in 15 years. Needham & Co. analyst Charlie Wolf informed investors on Wednesday that Mac shipment in the third quarter has outpaced the PC market for the 22nd straight quarter. Apple had a growth of 24.6% whereas the PC only saw growth of 5.3%.

Apple posted record Mac sales of 4.89 million for this time period and according to Wolf, this was enough to help Apple break its record. The company seems to be climbing up from 4.9% in June View full post on ModMyi.com News Feed

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Apple announced today the company has yet again broke the iPhone pre-order record with the iPhone 4S. In the first 24 hours Apple accumulated 1 million iPhone 4S pre-orders, besting their previous record by 400,000.

By you think we the media would know that no matter our feelings toward an Apple product, the company will continue to break previous sales records. Also, as Forrester analyst Charles Govlin pointed out in a View full post on ModMyi.com News Feed

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Practice makes perfect is a common saying for a menagerie of examples. When it comes to typing, whether on your computer or iDevice, the only way to get better is to practice often. Figuring out the touch pad at first can be a little difficult however after toying with your device for a while, you can be a proficient user. You may look at someone you know (your friends, family, or some random person) and think to yourself “Wow they’re amazingly fast at texting, tweeting, etc.” Or you may think you’ve gotten good enough to be a pro typer. However, have you ever imagined someone typing the entire alphabet on an iDevice View full post on ModMyi.com News Feed