Here’s a thumbnail sketch of Apple’s journey to a trillion dollar valuation — and why it matters to investors and customers.
Two Creative Apple Watch Faces with Spiderman and Snoopy
Kelly Guimont found two cool images designed to be Apple Watch faces.
The Ad-Filled Web Is Now Called the Bullsh*t Web
I first came across this article via Daring Fireball, and it discusses the Bullsh*t Web, a term for the ad-filled web we’re now familiar with.
Take that CNN article, for example. Here’s what it contained when I loaded it:
- Eleven web fonts, totalling 414 KB
- Four stylesheets, totalling 315 KB
- Twenty frames
- Twenty-nine XML HTTP requests, totalling about 500 KB
- Approximately one hundred scripts, totaling several megabytes — though it’s hard to pin down the number and actual size because some of the scripts are “beacons” that load after the page is technically finished downloading.
Ads are necessary to keep things free, but the amount of crap that most modern websites are filled with is unnecessary.
People Can Buy Apple Hacking Tools on the Dark Web
In an email they sent to me, they shared that some of the hacking tools are very cheap, going for US$2 or less each.
The Daughter of Steve Jobs is Publishing a Book
Lisa Brennan-Jobs, daughter of Steve Jobs, is publishing a book on September 4, 2018. She tells the story of “the pride and pain of a childhood spent navigating the vastness between her struggling single mom and Apple’s mercurial founder.” She wrote a book adaptation for Vanity Fair where she discusses some of her experiences.
In the spring of 1978, when my parents were 23, my mother gave birth to me on their friend Robert’s farm in Oregon, with the help of two midwives. The labor and delivery took three hours, start to finish. My father arrived a few days later. “It’s not my kid,” he kept telling everyone at the farm, but he’d flown there to meet me anyway. I had black hair and a big nose, and Robert said, “She sure looks like you.”
My parents took me out into a field, laid me on a blanket, and looked through the pages of a baby-name book. He wanted to name me Claire. They went through several names but couldn’t agree. They didn’t want something derivative, a shorter version of a longer name.
Emotions and Apple's Market Cap, Lisa Brennan-Jobs Memoir - TMO Daily Observations 2018-08-03
John Martellaro and Dave Hamilton join Jeff Gamet to talk about the emotional aspect of Apple’s trillion dollar market cap, and the Lisa Brennan-Jobs memoir about growing up as Steve Jobs’ daughter.
Soundfreaq Pocket Kick Bluetooth Speaker: $39.99
We have a deal on the Soundfreaq Pocket Kick Bluetooth Speaker. As the name suggest, it’s a portable Bluetooth speaker designed to fit in your pocket. The grills are metal, and the company is using custom-engineered drivers in the speakers. It’s $39.99 through our deal.
Apple Emails Sent via Gmail Could be Marked as Spam
Joe Rossignol of Macrumors found that Apple addresses like @mac.com, @me.com, and @iCloud.com sent via Gmail could be marked as spam.
BusinessWeek Notes Apple's $1 Trillion Market Cap Milestone
Well played, BusinessWeek.
LOL pic.twitter.com/Z0Z0c2CaEs
— Businessweek (@BW) August 2, 2018
Tim Cook to Employees: Thanks for the $1 Trillion Market Cap
Apple became the first company with a US$1 trillion market cap on Thursday, and CEO Tim Cook marked the occasion with a memo to employees for helping reach the milestone. Cook called the event a “Significant milestone,” and went on to say products and customers are more important than a number. He said,
Financial returns are simply the result of Apple’s innovation, putting our products and customers first, and always staying true to our values.
It’s true: Without products like the iPhone, and incredibly loyal customers, Apple wouldn’t be where it is today.
