Apple Q4 2012 earnings: $36 billion in revenue, $8.2 billion net profit
By Darren Murph posted Oct 25th 2012 4:31PM Just a day after introducing the iPad mini, a revised iMac, a 4th-generation iPad and a retooled Mac mini, the company is outing its Q4 2012 earnings — and it looks as if it has narrowly fell short of Wall Street estimates. Revenue was pegged at $36 billion (compared to estimates of $35.08 billion), with net profit at $8.2 billion. For the sake of comparison, the outfit’s fourth...
Warner, Redbox agree to 28 day delay on disc rentals, UltraViolet support for Redbox Instant
By Richard Lawler posted Oct 25th 2012 4:51PM Redbox and Warner Bros. were at odds in January when Warner wanted to extend the window before discs hit kiosks to 56 days, but now the two have come to an agreement that keeps it at a 28 day delay. When their previous deal expired Redbox said it would find other ways to obtain discs and offer them day and date to its customers, although actually finding them in kiosks could be tough. The...
Apple Introduces All-New iMac
Creating the stunningly thin design of the new iMac took some equally stunning feats of technological innovation. We refined, re-imagined, or re-engineered everything about it from the inside out. The result is an elegant all-in-one computer that’s as much a work of art as it is state of the art. Learn more How did we make an already gorgeous widescreen display even better? By making it 75 percent less reflective. And by...
Python: big data’s secret power tool
When it comes to analyzing big data, software packages such as Hadoop or the R statistical language come readily to mind. But at least one company, AppNexus, also relies on the Python programming language to help conduct heavy-duty data analysis. View post: Python: big data’s secret power toolcheapest Texas insurance
New York Times for Windows 8 hands-on (video)
By Joe Pollicino posted Oct 25th 2012 5:29PM While today’s Windows 8 launch event in NYC didn’t open our eyes and ears to anything we haven’t known Microsoft’s latest OS and the Surface RT tablet, we did take a few moments to spend some time with the New York Times’ new app for the OS. The layout is frankly dead simple, and should be familiar to anyone who’s unfolded a traditional daily edition made...
