chinacat
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Post by chinacat on Mar 3, 2018 8:15:05 GMT -8
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Post by Luckychoices on Mar 3, 2018 9:12:15 GMT -8
At least AAPL finished strong at the end of another turbulent week for the Market, and a new ATH is never bad, as fleeting as it was. For those of us who did not make it to the shareholders meeting, PED has Inside Apple Park (photos). Great(interesting) photos for the most part...but I hope that first one, of the reflecting pool and the three chairs, wasn't taken with an iPhone.
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chinacat
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Post by chinacat on Mar 3, 2018 15:10:44 GMT -8
Apple has hired tech team from data science startup SVDS has some interesting news about the hiring of a tech team "that provides business transformation consulting to enterprises and other organizations using data science- and engineering-based solutions." In keeping with several other recent mass hirings by Apple, SVDS itself is not part of the deal. The ramping up of the services play seems to be in full swing.
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Post by rickag on Mar 4, 2018 9:44:47 GMT -8
Apple has hired tech team from data science startup SVDS has some interesting news about the hiring of a tech team "that provides business transformation consulting to enterprises and other organizations using data science- and engineering-based solutions." In keeping with several other recent mass hirings by Apple, SVDS itself is not part of the deal. The ramping up of the services play seems to be in full swing. Interesting article, I wonder what’s afoot?
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Post by Luckychoices on Mar 4, 2018 14:18:47 GMT -8
Interesting article on Seeking Alpha by an author, who already had high expectations for the Apple Watch, deciding that maybe he *understated* the case for the success of the Apple Watch. Apple: Don't Underestimate This 'Small' BusinessNearly six months ago, I argued that "not much attention had been spent on the possible product refresh announcement of the third-generation Apple (AAPL) Watch". In my view, this fly-under-the-radar product category had the ability to generate $11.8 billion in annual revenues by 2021, based on my conservative estimates.
But on Thursday, news from research firm IDC seem to suggest that I may have low-balled what this business could represent for the Cupertino company's future financial results. According to the firm, Apple has almost single-handedly driven the 8% unit sales growth of wearable devices in the 2017 holiday quarter. The Apple Watch is now the market leader in shipment volume, overtaking fitness tracking household name Fitbit (FIT) and Xiaomi (XI) - and now accounting for 21% of the total pie. This represents an eye-catching improvement of over six percentage points in market share over year-ago levels. Summary
News from research firm IDC suggest that I may have low-balled what smartwatches could represent for Apple's future financial results.
I revisit my forecast for Apple's watch-driven revenues over the next four years, and find another $1 billion in top-line upside.
I continue to be an AAPL bull, and believe an investment in the stock at current levels will likely reward value investors in the long term.
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Post by rickag on Mar 5, 2018 4:18:57 GMT -8
I very much liked your comment in the Seeking Alpha article,
“Hey hey hey said: === "Is it really that much harder to pull your phone out of your pocket then it is to pull your sleeve back to expose your watch and move wrist to your eyes so you can see the watch screen?" === ***Yes.
=== "What are we sloths???" === ***Apparently some are trolls.”
Made me laugh, thank you.
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