Mac OS Ken: 09.13.2011

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 995 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2011

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

NPD Sees Better Than Expected Mac Growth for the Current Quarter / Apple Issues EFI Firmware Update for Mid-2011 MacBook Airs / IDC: Smartphones and Tablets Combined Will Outnumber Computers Online in the States by 2015 / Researcher Sees Continued iPad Dominance in UK Tablet Sales / Bernstein Analyst Says Widespread Adoption of HTML5 Web Apps Could Eventually Slow Profit Growth for Apple / Microsoft Webcasting Build Windows Keynote Today at Noon EDT/9am PDT at / Apple Seeks to Have Motorola Mobility Suits Against It Halted in Wake of Google Acquisition Plans / HTC Chairwoman Says Company Considering Buying Its Own Operating System; Maybe webOS / HTC America Exec: The Kids Say iPhone Not That Cool / GameStop Confirms “iTrades” Program; Stays Mum on Selling New iThings / GameStop President Says They Have an Android-Based Gaming Tablet in the Works / NBC (Finally) Adds Full Episodes to iPad App / TNT Adds Full Episodes to iPad App (Unless You Subscribe Through Their Parent Company) / TBS Adds Full Episodes to iPad App (Unless You Subscribe Through Their Parent Company) / Apple Adds Low-Priced “Quick Reads” Section to iBookstore / Steve Jobs Biography Gets More Pages and Shaky Publication Date

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0:00.0	This is MacOS.C.S.C.S.C.S.C.S.C.
0:07.0	Another line on current quarter Mac sales, smartphones and tablets will team up for the post-PC world
0:18.4	and a way that Apple getting its way could hurt Apple.
0:22.2	It's Tuesday, September 13, 2011. I'm Ken Ray and this is news from
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0:45.4	app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, available in the App Store now for
0:51.1	$2.99.
0:54.7	The most divisive point to come out of numbers for Apple's current quarter may end up being
0:58.9	sales performance for the Mac.
1:01.5	We've heard terrible, not bad, a little better than expected, and now Business
1:06.2	Insider has market researcher NPD saying that Mac sales are up 22% for the first two months of the quarter, much better than the 16% rise expected
1:16.4	by the street.
1:17.9	Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says the strong sales are likely thanks to the release
1:22.0	of the Lyon operating system, refreshed
1:24.5	Macbook airs, and refreshed Macminies.
1:27.7	Meanwhile, NPD says iPod sales are down 16% for July and August, which sounds bad, but is in fact not as bad as Wall Street
1:37.3	had thought it would be.
1:38.9	Speaking of Mac's, the newest Macbook airs have a new EFI firmware update.
1:44.0	Apple Insider says the All Things I Maker has dropped Macbook Air EFI firmware update 2.1 on the unsuspecting masses,
1:52.0	enabling support for the coming along someday Thunderbolt Cinema
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