Shocking…
…to fools like this guy. And these people.
Remember when Apple passed Microsoft in market cap? You should, it was only May 26, 2010. (Also, remember how some people thought I was insane when I predicted it would happen in March of that year?)
Since then, Microsoft’s stock has done very well — their market cap has risen from $227 billion to $259 billion.
Of course, Apple’s market cap has risen from $227 billion to $468 billion in the same time frame.
Yes, Apple’s market cap is now over $200 billion ahead of Microsoft.
Spencer Ante and Jessica Vascellaro report:
Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc. will sell a version of the coming iPad that runs on their newest fourth-generation wireless networks, according to people familiar with the matter, as the battle to cash in on big investments in mobile broadband heats up.
Of the supposed new features, this is number two on my excitement list — right behind that screen. I wonder how much service will cost? Apple cut a special deal for 3G rates, will they be able to do the same for 4G?
The only positive for us during that whole week was we were watching the basketball games and we were watching Linsanity. My family was getting a kick out of it. That’s the only smiles they really had all week. It was great to see that. It’s been a tough week.
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Jeremy Lin has went from unknown to international star in less than two weeks. Did you think we would still be talking about him 10 days later? Here he is on the front of the local newspapers in Taipei.
Interesting link from Globes, Israel’s main business program. News outlets such as Reuters have been renting rooftops in Tel Aviv; television news producers have also been making arrangements for Iran-Israel war coverage. Article’s Hebrew-only, but Google Translate gives the gist.
Translation: The press is bullish on Middle Eastern war :(.
MASS RIOTS in Athens, Greece.
At least 10 buildings went up in flames in protests today.
[Updated with photo credits
@Real_GR, @mmgeissler, @mchancecnn]
Iranian bomber maimed when his own explosive goes off in Bangkok
An Iranian man was seriously wounded in Bangkok Tuesday when a bomb he was carrying exploded and blew one of his legs off, police and government officials said, but they declined to speculate on whether he was involved with any militant group.
Shortly before, there had been an explosion in a house the man was renting in the Ekamai area of central Bangkok, and shortly afterwards, another blast on a nearby road. (Photos: Damir Sagolj/Reuters; Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)
He tells me a story about how his father, an engineer and semi-serial entrepreneur, helped him build a model of a mass spectrometer out of Legos, ball bearings, and magnets when he was 11. (A few weeks later, Dorsey’s father, Tim, tells me his version of the story, taking the time to teach me the concept of mass spectrometry. In the Lego device, the magnets were there to encourage ball bearings of different sizes to arrange themselves by weight, just as a real device would do with gases of different weights. “Did it work?” I ask. “No! It was a disaster!” Tim Dorsey laughs. “But we had a great time!”)
From our story about Jack Dorsey, cofounder of Square and Twitter. Read more->
