Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results

So, this week Apple posted exceptional results for Q3 or 2009 (their fiscal fourth quarter), showing adjusted revenues of $9.87 billion dollars representing $12.25 billion in actual sales in the period. (The company has to adjust sales for the iPhone and Apple TV over their estimated economic lives to meet GAAP accounting rules.)

Both Mac computers and iPhones saw unit growth over the year-ago quarter, while the iPod fell slightly. The company sold more Macs and iPhones than it ever has in a single quarter, suggesting amazing staying power across its product lines.

For the full year, Apple posted revenue growth of 12 percent and net income grew 18 percent, suggesting that being in the business of selling Macs and iPhones is simply a nice place to be.

Apple gave guidance pointing toward $12 billion in revenues for their Q1 2010 (Q4 2009), suggesting they plan to sell some stuff for the holiday season. Probably a safe bet.

Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results.

October 23, 2009 · Filed Under Apple, IPhone, Mac

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Mac Upgrade Company Now Powered by Wind

This is cool…OWC, one of my favorite “go to” companies for Mac-oriented upgrades (they sell memory, hard drives and other components for Macs) just announced that their company is completely off the grid, using wind power for all of their daily power needs. What a great step to take — and how much fun is it that they’re a medium-sized business willing to take on this investment.

OWC Turbine is now online and operational. | Other World Computing Blog.

October 23, 2009 · Filed Under Green Economy, Mac

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Fearless Jackson Goes to the Fair

A fun little video shot by JFP senior intern Jackson Breland on a basic Flip and editing by me using iMovie HD.

October 22, 2009 · Filed Under Video

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Next Steps for TypePad from Six Apart

I’ve only just now gotten a chance to look at some of this stuff since TypePad/Moveable Type isn’t a platform I’m currently using. (This blog uses Wordpress; and all of my Jackson Free Press stuff uses Expression Engine.) I was just reading Huffington Post and noticed that it’s run using MoveableType, something I found surprising and impressive. So I clicked over to Six Apart and find some fun stuff, in no particular order:
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