...is bloated unpleasant licence abusing (they made a south park episode http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HumancentiPad) itunes still relevant with the death of the iPod...and the decline of the iPhone, ironically it has several DRM free competitors that work through...a web page.
What is quite hilarious though is that DRM something Apple support as they currently benefit from it...will start to hurt them as customers are restricted migration to their platform.
People don't buy an iPod touch to play music. They buy them to play games.
The the iPod can enjoy its continuing decline into obscurity, Already Android devices are good value (especially for kids) and everywhere, and Google unlike Apple (and I would argue Microsoft) gets games, we are already seeing consoles with Android at half this cost...with bigger screens and real controls.
I agree, except I would've used the word 'features' instead of 'quality'. . . . to me quality represents the grade of components used, the robustness of construction, etc. Hopefully they won't be sacrificing that (which really is part of the Apple brand) and just trimming down on features.
I disagree, I would use words like 'overpriced' and 'Stock components' going forward we see their (not your) PC's being increasingly turned into electronic devices using incompatible connectors. No wonder there PC sales dropped 22% and 2% over the past two quarters.
Can we please stop pretending that "market share" means "winning?"
No I'm a consumer:) I think better specification/OS at better value/choice with Android is winning...and the fact that that it has greater market share (with a stronger Application Market) reinforces these things.
They actually use a Tax loophole that allows them not to pay tax anywhere in the world. Its brilliant, what Apple do is not use a low tax island...they make the island disappear entirely. It woks because the US is concerned with where a company is Incorporated...where the Irish look where a Company is controlled...so Apple tell the US that they are Incorporated in Ireland...and tell the Irish they are controlled in the US, So Pay literally (proper use of word) NOTHING:)
So if by Urban Myth...you actually mean Fact you would have been right. The fact that you were modded informative shows a frightening trend.
As for the gravy train being over, by what metric? Their sales certainly aren't growing at the rate that Android's are, but by any measure, they are still massively successful. Their rate of sale has continued to grow incredibly fast, and their profits in PCs and mobile devices represent either a plurality or majority in each of those markets.
They bought back shares to stop the bleed in share price, and the negativity around it, and it has stabilised at around $450 from its high of $705. Its a poor move that slowed the drop in price of the shares, but not the cause of the drop; The end of the gravy train being over.
I am not sure why the post was modded informative. Here are the IDC numbers http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24085413. There rate of sales growth was single digit for Apple at 6.6% behind the market...at 41.6%...and samsung at 60.7%...and LG at 110.2%..and Huawei at 94%...and ZTE at 49.2%...even Others gets 37%...so you must be using some other measure of incredibly fast.
Nothing is mentioned about their PC's which are basically treated like cancer by Apple, but have incredible drops of 22%..and (the more manageable) 2% over the last 2 quarters, despite Windows 8 being hated universally. I cant help but notice Microsoft and Intel do not appear on the Pie chart...who are destroying the PC industry with their massive 70% margins.Its why Manufacturing companies are running to Android.
...the bottom line though in reference to Apples ONE saving grace...its profits...they dropped http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22274324, posting an opinion piece that pretends the reverse does not change that.
Hipsters won't like that ordinary folk use the "same" phone. What will they move to?
Hipster might be a market demographic for the iPhone, but in reality its very popular in a few global markets, the UK and US, and those because the phone is bought through higher purchase. In fact one of the problem Apple have is that people are buying the cheaper iPhone 4 through these *contracts*. Apple are happy to rip you off whoever you are.
Crap content, crap summary, crap analysis. Jesus, is someone holding a gun to your head and FORCING you to post Apple stories? There's NO APPLE NEWS. Apple has gone quiet, as it does quite regularly, and the tech press is losing it's fucking mind.
There never was any Apple news; Apple only have 5 products, although some have been measurably very very successful. In reality this is speculation on Apples main (Only) product line, as its currently one phone profits over market share solution is running out of steam (and has been for some time). Right now we are simply gambling on whether we sill see a *larger* or *crippled* iPhone. I personally think the summary is on the money it will be a crippled iPhone.
How come every time someone talks about pragmatism. It is about me sacrificing something, or me compromising, and we know what happens next...we are expected to do it again..and again.
Lets call pragmatism what it is Users being hit on.
DRM as a standard in HTML5 is a better place then where we are today...stores of yesteryear hadn't first gotten the RIAA comfortable with digital distribution, then weaned them off the DRM teat.
I am confident that DRM should not be a standard, and the argument that DRM being dropped will happen because companies will get *comfortable*; They don't they would have you electronically chipped if they could get away with it. The reason why DRM was dropped was because customers simply were not happy with it.
Note all this discussion of "revenue" rather than "profits"...
Because that is the right metric, because it shows growth, which is kind of what you want in a acquisition, In reality a company already serving web content should absorb all the costs, your right they could buy bonds...or lottery cards with the money, but they seem to be sensibly buying a company where they already have in house expertise, is aligned with their business model, is growing (in a market that is growing)...and has the potential for exponential growth.
There are problems but those are nothing to do with the figures...acquisitions often take time to merge successfully if at all. The fact that there is incredible competition from known established large companies (Youtube;Netflix Amazon etc)...with others controlling the ecosystems (Google, Apple, Samsung, Microsoft), and more.
I wish people would stop looking at financial figures in isolation..its just stupid.
The acquisition is priced at over $1billion. Max annual revenue for Tumblr is $13million projected to be $100million this year(high hopes that are highly unlikely, I predict $20million).
Yahoo! is paying through the nose for a highly unprofitable company with no hope of ever generating a ROI.
Ah, okay...that actually makes a lot of sense. Tumblr itself isn't really suited to advertising.
I don't disagree with the parent comment(although only as an *extra* revenue stream) to there overlords Microsoft, but a disagree with yours Why wouldn't an advertisement for cat products not be suitable for displaying on a page of long haired cats. In fact for tumblr itself it does not have to profile you *like* Microsoft and Apple do it can profile the site your watching. Like Amazon so with your shopping basket. I actually think Amazon had a missed opportunity.
The internet has become the new "idiot box"...Using it well can and will make the difference between an idiot and a resourceful, intelligent human being.
The premise of this whole article to justify yahoo buying a Picture only wikipedia(or animated gif porn cloud collections to some) for to sell advertising on...now its become trapped as Microsoft's Gimp (yes another one...Nokia is still wearing the mask for a Billion pay off every so often).
...the idea that this has become wise (ignoring the bullshit words around this) is the social media is full of poor people, While people with disposable income spend times looking at pictures of kittens(or amputee porn, cars...) hobbies. Ignoring the fact that this is just one of many (popular)picture sites set up like Instagram by faceook, Photo sharing built into Microsoft Skydrive(they have even bought Webfives), or that Google has Picassa Web albums...or how they have basically added another 41 features to Google+ all about pictures(including sticking together pictures into panoramas , auto-tagging and auto-generated animated gifs). They already acquired flickr in 2005!!
I wrote loads but changes my mond...the reality is there are not two groups. There is no rich reader vs poor writer, there may well be a measurable difference in balance of these activities between both groups...but precious time in question means they are simply doing each activity less...rather than focusing on a hobby sites over a person interaction sites. because hobbies are something you only do if your rich with no time...and they are not as friendly as the poor people without hobbies.
The bottom line here is there is one Yahoo story...and its the elephant in the room. Lets talk about Bitch Yahoo digging itself out from Microsoft's Heels.
Maybe in your universe not in mine. In my mind I have more respect for real criminals not massive corporations who can legally buy off the political system, so they can essentially pay no tax...When I work long hours and am heavily taxed and cannot afford an accountant to hide my money in a foreign company...or throw a politician a few Million in return for Billions.
Amazon has done no such think, what is the most sick part of this whole thing is the illusion of sides. I hate what Apple did, Someone needs to go to jail...I would say Steve Jobs if he wasn't dead. And Apple banned from selling products in the US. What should be happening is a serious look at why books should be locked to a device(Any Device). The fact is Amazon is offering best value right now, but the battle should be to preserve some kind of portability.
Come back with Android (or IStuff) games aren't just shitty...
...hold on do not confuse the fact that phones are great for five minute games, and those are pretty good and fun too. As being the whole gaming market, and do not confuse Android with iOS, as Steve (whichever one) never cared about gaming...which is why there are a plethora of Android gaming consoles and not one single Apple one.
I have no idea how the OUYA will work out, but at the price it is even if I only use it as an XMBC it will more than pay for itself. I notice price is something still not mentioned for the Xbox.
I really liked the PS3. It was a great product, and in every way head and shoulders better than the Xbox...They killed Linux(only every partially supporting it)...and it cost the same as a kidney. They had the Xperia Play...and left it unsupported for the lackluster (yet again great hardware) Vita. You know they are going to much it up.
You mean a minimum wage joe with insider knowledge rather than a trained (and paid) media shills. Have you seen the ARS web site recently well written propaganda.
I started writing a post about who the hell could afford this new gaming environment...how bland and safe games in that market will become(have already become), and about Microsoft squandering another opportunity at this crossroads(the smart TV while we have dumb TV's)...where they could have dominated the living room(Bill is going to be squirming in interviews again)...the whole point of the Xbox anyway.
The fun is going to be in $1-to-$4 android (and platform independent indie) games I've been there for a while...I'm adding OUYA to the mix, but there is already a cheat choice of consoles.
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The general success of iTunes shows that
...is bloated unpleasant licence abusing (they made a south park episode http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HumancentiPad) itunes still relevant with the death of the iPod...and the decline of the iPhone, ironically it has several DRM free competitors that work through...a web page.
What is quite hilarious though is that DRM something Apple support as they currently benefit from it...will start to hurt them as customers are restricted migration to their platform.
People don't buy an iPod touch to play music. They buy them to play games.
The the iPod can enjoy its continuing decline into obscurity, Already Android devices are good value (especially for kids) and everywhere, and Google unlike Apple (and I would argue Microsoft) gets games, we are already seeing consoles with Android at half this cost...with bigger screens and real controls.
I agree, except I would've used the word 'features' instead of 'quality'. . . . to me quality represents the grade of components used, the robustness of construction, etc. Hopefully they won't be sacrificing that (which really is part of the Apple brand) and just trimming down on features.
I disagree, I would use words like 'overpriced' and 'Stock components' going forward we see their (not your) PC's being increasingly turned into electronic devices using incompatible connectors. No wonder there PC sales dropped 22% and 2% over the past two quarters.
Can we please stop pretending that "market share" means "winning?"
No I'm a consumer :) I think better specification/OS at better value/choice with Android is winning...and the fact that that it has greater market share (with a stronger Application Market) reinforces these things.
As for any idea why people here talk about market share over (short) term profits. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22274324 Apples profits are falling
It is a false urban legend that Apple is paying no taxes.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/video/2013/may/29/apples-dirty-little-tax-secret-video Here is a great informative video from where they unusually, actually go to Cork Ireland.
They actually use a Tax loophole that allows them not to pay tax anywhere in the world. Its brilliant, what Apple do is not use a low tax island...they make the island disappear entirely. It woks because the US is concerned with where a company is Incorporated...where the Irish look where a Company is controlled...so Apple tell the US that they are Incorporated in Ireland...and tell the Irish they are controlled in the US, So Pay literally (proper use of word) NOTHING :)
So if by Urban Myth...you actually mean Fact you would have been right. The fact that you were modded informative shows a frightening trend.
As for the gravy train being over, by what metric? Their sales certainly aren't growing at the rate that Android's are, but by any measure, they are still massively successful. Their rate of sale has continued to grow incredibly fast, and their profits in PCs and mobile devices represent either a plurality or majority in each of those markets.
They bought back shares to stop the bleed in share price, and the negativity around it, and it has stabilised at around $450 from its high of $705. Its a poor move that slowed the drop in price of the shares, but not the cause of the drop; The end of the gravy train being over.
I am not sure why the post was modded informative. Here are the IDC numbers http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24085413. There rate of sales growth was single digit for Apple at 6.6% behind the market...at 41.6%...and samsung at 60.7%...and LG at 110.2%..and Huawei at 94%...and ZTE at 49.2%...even Others gets 37%...so you must be using some other measure of incredibly fast.
Nothing is mentioned about their PC's which are basically treated like cancer by Apple, but have incredible drops of 22%..and (the more manageable) 2% over the last 2 quarters, despite Windows 8 being hated universally. I cant help but notice Microsoft and Intel do not appear on the Pie chart...who are destroying the PC industry with their massive 70% margins.Its why Manufacturing companies are running to Android.
Hipsters won't like that ordinary folk use the "same" phone. What will they move to?
Hipster might be a market demographic for the iPhone, but in reality its very popular in a few global markets, the UK and US, and those because the phone is bought through higher purchase. In fact one of the problem Apple have is that people are buying the cheaper iPhone 4 through these *contracts*. Apple are happy to rip you off whoever you are.
Crap content, crap summary, crap analysis. Jesus, is someone holding a gun to your head and FORCING you to post Apple stories? There's NO APPLE NEWS. Apple has gone quiet, as it does quite regularly, and the tech press is losing it's fucking mind.
There never was any Apple news; Apple only have 5 products, although some have been measurably very very successful. In reality this is speculation on Apples main (Only) product line, as its currently one phone profits over market share solution is running out of steam (and has been for some time). Right now we are simply gambling on whether we sill see a *larger* or *crippled* iPhone. I personally think the summary is on the money it will be a crippled iPhone.
How come every time someone talks about pragmatism. It is about me sacrificing something, or me compromising, and we know what happens next...we are expected to do it again..and again.
Lets call pragmatism what it is Users being hit on.
DRM as a standard in HTML5 is a better place then where we are today...stores of yesteryear hadn't first gotten the RIAA comfortable with digital distribution, then weaned them off the DRM teat.
I am confident that DRM should not be a standard, and the argument that DRM being dropped will happen because companies will get *comfortable*; They don't they would have you electronically chipped if they could get away with it. The reason why DRM was dropped was because customers simply were not happy with it.
optional cross-platform DRM
LOL optional DRM is simply (mandatory) DRM, you either are one side or the other. I personally think that *software* should never contain any DRM.
Note all this discussion of "revenue" rather than "profits"...
Because that is the right metric, because it shows growth, which is kind of what you want in a acquisition, In reality a company already serving web content should absorb all the costs, your right they could buy bonds...or lottery cards with the money, but they seem to be sensibly buying a company where they already have in house expertise, is aligned with their business model, is growing (in a market that is growing)...and has the potential for exponential growth.
In November 2006, YouTube, LLC was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion(the largest at the time). Its argued today its worth http://www.valuewalk.com/2012/03/google-inc-goog-youtube/ [valuewalk.com] $45.7 Billion Ironically in the context of this article Google outbid Yahoo. In terms of numbers http://allthingsd.com/20100319/the-numbers-behind-the-worlds-fastest-growing-web-site-youtubes-finances-revealed/ [allthingsd.com] youtube revenue for the year before the sale to Google was $15,057 (whole making losses of hundreds of thousands each month)
There are problems but those are nothing to do with the figures...acquisitions often take time to merge successfully if at all. The fact that there is incredible competition from known established large companies (Youtube;Netflix Amazon etc)...with others controlling the ecosystems (Google, Apple, Samsung, Microsoft), and more.
I wish people would stop looking at financial figures in isolation..its just stupid.
The acquisition is priced at over $1billion. Max annual revenue for Tumblr is $13million projected to be $100million this year(high hopes that are highly unlikely, I predict $20million).
Yahoo! is paying through the nose for a highly unprofitable company with no hope of ever generating a ROI.
This acquisition is massive folly!
I am sick of this back of a fag packet figure being banged around. In November 2006, YouTube, LLC was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion(the largest at the time). Its argued today its worth http://www.valuewalk.com/2012/03/google-inc-goog-youtube/ $45.7 Billion Ironically in the context of this article Google outbid Yahoo. In terms of numbers http://allthingsd.com/20100319/the-numbers-behind-the-worlds-fastest-growing-web-site-youtubes-finances-revealed/ youtube revenue for the year before the sale to Google was $15,057 (whole making losses of hundreds of thousands each month)
I have no idea whether this is a good deal. But these figures are not of relevance.
Stop cutting a pasting from other sites and think for yourself (registering would be a good start too)
Ah, okay...that actually makes a lot of sense. Tumblr itself isn't really suited to advertising.
I don't disagree with the parent comment(although only as an *extra* revenue stream) to there overlords Microsoft, but a disagree with yours Why wouldn't an advertisement for cat products not be suitable for displaying on a page of long haired cats. In fact for tumblr itself it does not have to profile you *like* Microsoft and Apple do it can profile the site your watching. Like Amazon so with your shopping basket. I actually think Amazon had a missed opportunity.
The internet has become the new "idiot box"...Using it well can and will make the difference between an idiot and a resourceful, intelligent human being.
So nothing like an idiot box then.
im trying to figure out which color of star i should have to sew onto my sleeve when they come around asking for my papers.
I keep thinking this seems to be another divide between (what used to be) Middle and working class. Whatever you call those two groups nowadays.
is a shallow husk of what it used to be.
Ironically, I remember when AC had the better comments, as they were used to to protect the individual. Now its just spam.
The premise of this whole article to justify yahoo buying a Picture only wikipedia(or animated gif porn cloud collections to some) for to sell advertising on...now its become trapped as Microsoft's Gimp (yes another one...Nokia is still wearing the mask for a Billion pay off every so often).
I wrote loads but changes my mond...the reality is there are not two groups. There is no rich reader vs poor writer, there may well be a measurable difference in balance of these activities between both groups ...but precious time in question means they are simply doing each activity less...rather than focusing on a hobby sites over a person interaction sites. because hobbies are something you only do if your rich with no time...and they are not as friendly as the poor people without hobbies.
The bottom line here is there is one Yahoo story...and its the elephant in the room. Lets talk about Bitch Yahoo digging itself out from Microsoft's Heels.
True. It's not as though Amazon have any competition in the e-book business other than B&N. Like, you know, Apple, Kobo, Sony, etc, etc..
Why are we not talking about being able to buy from multiple sources. Why are we talking about a format tied to a device.
But, hey, claiming they're evading taxes sounds better, doesn't it. /eyeroll
Maybe in your universe not in mine. In my mind I have more respect for real criminals not massive corporations who can legally buy off the political system, so they can essentially pay no tax...When I work long hours and am heavily taxed and cannot afford an accountant to hide my money in a foreign company...or throw a politician a few Million in return for Billions.
amazon has won
Amazon has done no such think, what is the most sick part of this whole thing is the illusion of sides. I hate what Apple did, Someone needs to go to jail...I would say Steve Jobs if he wasn't dead. And Apple banned from selling products in the US. What should be happening is a serious look at why books should be locked to a device(Any Device). The fact is Amazon is offering best value right now, but the battle should be to preserve some kind of portability.
Come back with Android (or IStuff) games aren't just shitty...
...hold on do not confuse the fact that phones are great for five minute games, and those are pretty good and fun too. As being the whole gaming market, and do not confuse Android with iOS, as Steve (whichever one) never cared about gaming...which is why there are a plethora of Android gaming consoles and not one single Apple one.
I have no idea how the OUYA will work out, but at the price it is even if I only use it as an XMBC it will more than pay for itself. I notice price is something still not mentioned for the Xbox.
PS4 has officially won.
I really liked the PS3. It was a great product, and in every way head and shoulders better than the Xbox...They killed Linux(only every partially supporting it)...and it cost the same as a kidney. They had the Xperia Play...and left it unsupported for the lackluster (yet again great hardware) Vita. You know they are going to much it up.
The source of all this is an email, from a guy, who spoke to someone who does something at a game store.
Totally legit man, lets just take everything from here http://thexboxreveal.com/ as gospel too!
You mean a minimum wage joe with insider knowledge rather than a trained (and paid) media shills. Have you seen the ARS web site recently well written propaganda.
I started writing a post about who the hell could afford this new gaming environment...how bland and safe games in that market will become(have already become), and about Microsoft squandering another opportunity at this crossroads(the smart TV while we have dumb TV's)...where they could have dominated the living room(Bill is going to be squirming in interviews again)...the whole point of the Xbox anyway.
The fun is going to be in $1-to-$4 android (and platform independent indie) games I've been there for a while...I'm adding OUYA to the mix, but there is already a cheat choice of consoles.