News: revenue from China, the cost of Apple factories, remembering Steve, and more!

Written by Benny Ling | 20 October 2011
Posted in Apple

Yesterday's quarterly earnings call revealed two things: success in the financials means not hitting the predictions as set out by Wall Street analysts, and that nearly one in every six dollars of Apple's revenue comes from China. CEO TIm Cook even mentioned that progress in China has been amazing, and that China represents an enormous opportunity for Apple.

Over at asymco, Horace Dediu takes a look at the cost of Apple factories. It's a post that's filled with all sorts of numbers on all sorts of metrics, but just looking at the very first graph says machinery, equipment, and internal-use software easily has the highest costs of any other operating cost. Dediu goes on to discuss the ramifications and possible directions of this on Apple's overall strategy.

Apple has updated their Steve Jobs memorial page to now include others' memories, thoughts, and feelings about Steve. Over a million such remembrances were received, and the one thing they share in common is how each person was touched by his passion and creativity.

Back in 2009, Apple actually tried to buy the file-sharing service, Dropbox. Many users today have wanted a great iDisk replacement for a long time, and for many, that replacement is Dropbox. Forbes has the full story, where Steve Jobs thinks of Dropbox as more of a feature than a product.

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