In the last quarter, Apple sold 5.3 million iPods, a 558 percent increase from a year ago. More astonishing though is the news that the company sold 1 million Macs — 43 percent more than in the same period last year. And 40 percent of those were sold to customers who had never owned a Mac before. Wow! Something’s up.
Daily Archives: April 14, 2005
Sistine chapelcam?
The conclave of cardinals to elect the next pope assembles in the Sistine Chapel next Monday. Wonder if any enterprising media organisation has thought about bugging the building? A wireless webcam would be just the ticket. This one, for example, can be remotely controlled.
Quote of the day
The first two television election broadcasts by the two main parties concentrate not on throwing mud at each other but on hosing the manure off their own reputations.
Mark Lawson, the Guardian, April 12 , 2005.