Foxconn Says ‘No Need For Overreaction’ To Steve Jobs’ Medical Leave
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co), the largest manufacturer of electronics and computer components worldwide with up to 450,000 workers and of course manufacturers of products from Apple, Amazon, Cisco, HP, Dell, Nintendo, Nokia, Microsoft, Sony and Sony Ericsson have spoken out in relation to the controversy surrounding Jobs’ medical absence. In a report from DigiTimes, Foxconn acknowledged that Steve Jobs’ had taken medical leave and expressed that it was not the first time and since Apple, their major client, is ‘well organized’ they will not experience any operating issues simply ‘because of one person’s absence.’
Amazon Kindle For Mac App Store Now Available – How To Use It
Well it didn’t take Amazon long to get their Kindle app launched on the Apple Mac App Store. It is free to download and currently enjoys second place in the US Mac App Store Charts. Using it is straight forward, follow the steps below to maximize your pleasure with this app… Install Firstly, head to the Mac Store and click on the Kindle app to install it. Just before the install window you can read up on some further information regarding the Kindle app. It explains there are over 775,000 books in the Kindle store, including best sellers and new releases. Amazon Whispersync automatically syncs with your last page read,…
Apple Reveals Cyber Monday Deals
Apple US store has got some great deals today on Apple accessories. The UK Apple store is not ‘celebrating’ cyber Monday unfortunately but there are some great deals to be had at Amazon, both in the UK and US, so don’t forget to swing over there and take a look too.
Amazon Drops Price of iLife ’09 – iLife’11 Hello
Well, we’ve all been waiting for this update for a long time and it seems that we won’t have to wait too much longer. 9to5Mac reported that Amazon have reduced the price of iLife ’09, by 44% – surely that is confirmation, if ever we’ve seen it that iLife ’11 is about to hit the shelves? We can’t wait, come on Apple.
‘A Magnificent Shining Light’ – The Apple iPad
That was this statement reportedly said by Best Buy CFO, Brian Dunn, when talking to the Wall Street Journal while explaining, that the iPad ‘had cannibalized sales from laptop PCs by as much as 50%’. Dunn went on to say, "People are willing to disproportionately spend for these devices because they are becoming so important to their lives". This holiday season, Best Buy hopes to capitalize even more on this shift in consumer spending by heavily promoting Apple’s iPad and Amazon’s Kindle in its stores. Target is also rumored to be getting the iPad as early as Oct. 3. In April, a Walmart VP told BusinessWeek that the company expects…
