Even if you're not a financial analyst, Adobe's 2008 briefings make interesting viewing, from its showcase of new AIR tools to the "soul" of Adobe, Google and Microsoft. And then there's the iPhone.
Apple keeps seeing strong growth of its iPod and Macintosh computer lines. And this week it will release Mac OS X Leopard, which unlike Microsoft's experience with Windows Vista early in the year, should be another winner for Apple. But will Cupertino do as it has done in the past and split its stock price?
Apple CEO Steve Jobs strides across the stage of the Macworld Expo keynote on Tuesday and the computer industry pauses for an hour and holds its collective breath. Again, Apple delivered the goods, in hardware innovation, in services and in partnerships. What a contrast to last week's pathetic performance of Microsoft — the industry leader, right? — at the CES show in Las Vegas.
At the close of the New York markets on Tuesday, Apple climbed $100 billion past Microsoft in market valuation. And the little engine that could keeps climbing, way more than Hewlett Packard, Sony, Dell and the many others that once pronounced it dead.
Apple this week introduced its iTunes App Store Volume Purchase Program that lets schools and educational institutions buy apps in bulk and distribute them to students and teachers.
In a Thursday post, Apple stock watcher Andy Zaky at Bullish Cross said that Apple is the most "radically undervalued [company] in the tech sector on an objective basis." It is interesting reading.
Apple has $25B in cash in the bank. Where are some professional market choices for Cupertino to invest in? Think engineering.