Steve Jobs, The Innovator, Resigns As Apple CEO

PRESS RELEASE: Letter from Steve Jobs

August 24, 2011 — To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

“I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.”

Bottomline:

Steve Jobs made the right decision to resign at the best time, when Apple is at the top, Apple became the most valuable company, Apple business is firing on all cylinders, and Apple is armed with the most innovative product portfolio. It takes a bigger man to go out when you are at the top! Bravo Steve Jobs for a great decision... You will be forever missed as the Apple CEO.

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Source: Apple

Apple hits Home Run with latest quarterly earnings

Apple hit major milestones today in the latest quarterly earnings:

1. Highest Quarterly Sales of $20.3 billion, rising 67% from previous year
2. Highest Quarterly Profits of $4.3 billion, rising 70% from previous year
3. Highest Unit Sales of Mac, iPhone and iPad

“We are blown away to report over $20 billion in revenue and over $4 billion in after-tax earnings—both all-time records for Apple,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPhone sales of 14.1 million were up 91 percent year-over-year, handily beating the 12.1 million phones RIM sold in their most recent quarter. We still have a few surprises left for the remainder of this calendar year.”

Apple raised the outlook for the holiday quarter, and as Steve Jobs indicated, is planning to launch something exciting this year... Apple TV sold 250,000 units for the quarter.

In the conference call, Steve Jobs was elated, talked about winning, catching "tiger by the tail", and even joked about loving "Flash" ( memory). Mr. Jobs talked about creating the best products for the markets and customers Apple serves, and maintaining higher margins by providing the better Apple experience out of the box. Mr. Jobs quipped that he would like to learn from Nokia on how to create Smart phones for less than $50. Apple had a phenomenal quarter for the new iPad, and importantly, the businesses and education are finding new applications for the iPad.

“7-inch tablets are tweeners: too big to compete with a smartphone and too small to compete with the iPad,” said Jobs, adding that competing manufacturers were struggling to meet the price point of the iPad, which starts at $500. Both Samsung and RIM have not announced pricing on their tablets.

“These are among the reasons that the current crop of 7-inch tablets are going to be DOA — dead on arrival,” Jobs said during the earnings call!

After hitting another record daily high, Apple stock was down more than 6% in after hours, perhaps reacting to lower gross margins and pent up expectations.

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• Creativity and Innovation
• Innovation in Products
• Innovation in Business Model
• Innovation in Customer Experience
• Innovation and Leadership
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Revised in 2011! Steve Jobs interview

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Read more:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/10/tablets-steve-jobs/#ixzz12ou3xuLP

Apple's Innovation Strategy - Innovation eBook & Process

How does Apple, the #1 innovative company in the world, innovate and create game-changing innovations such as the iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad and more? What is Apple's secret recipe for innovation success?

What is Apple's Innovation Strategy? Download these Apple Innovation eBook insights and learn to be like Apple... like Steve Jobs, the innovator and CEO of Apple. The eBooks has been revised in 2011, and contains Steve Jobs interview.

"There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote
that I love. 'I skate to where the puck
is going to be, not where it has been.'
And we've always tried to do that at
Apple. Since the very very beginning.
And we always will." -Steve Jobs

Apple innovates through:
• Creativity and Innovation
• Innovation in Products
• Innovation in Business Model
• Innovation in Customer Experience
• Innovation and Leadership
• Steve Jobs

This Apple Innovation Strategy ebook provides insights, strategy, best practices, facts and much more...

Apple has built an Innovation Factory – one that harnesses creativity in its people, stimulating new ideas, and launching successful, profitable new innovations... Apple leverages its diverse culture, innovation processes, partners and networks to seize the new opportunities in the marketplace and grow its business...exponentially…

How did Apple do it?
• Increase revenue more than 400% in 8 years…
• Increase net profit more than 650% in 8 years…
• Increase market cap more than twenty times to over $170 billion and
counting…


How does Apple, the #1 innovative company in the world, innovate and create game-changing innovations such as the iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad and more? What is Apple's secret recipe for innovation success?

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About the author:
Sanjay Dalal is an innovator and entrepreneur with over fifteen years of leadership experience in Silicon Valley and High Tech companies. Dalal authored and launched the Innovation Faculty eBook and Definitive Guide on Creativity and Innovation in business in 2008, used by over 650 leading organizations and professionals all over the world including HP, Hallmark, Cleveland Clinic, Pepsi, EDS, TATA, and major universities. Dalal published over 200 articles in the last two years on the real-time state of innovation in business at this blog on Creativity and Innovation Driving Business, and introduced the Innovation Index in December 2006 that correlates business, innovation and stock performance. Dalal filed joint U.S. Patent on "Hands-On Labs" for delivering live, hands-on training over Web Meetings by simulating a training lab environment. Dalal has launched innovative products such as WebEx Training Center and WebEx Sales Center to market, and grown product line revenue to tens of million dollars in annual revenue. Dalal holds executive certification on Leading Management Teams from Cornell University, and is an engineering scholar graduate in Computer Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Dalal attended Arizona State University for graduate education in Computer Science. Dalal is the CEO & Founder of OGoing Inc., small business social networking community.

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The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs : Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough Success

A "THINK DIFFERENT" APPROACH TO INNOVATION-- Based on the Seven Guiding Principles of Apple CEO Steve Jobs

In his acclaimed bestseller The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs author Carmine Gallo laid out a simple step-by-step program of powerful tools and proven techniques inspired by Steve Jobs's legendary presentations. Now, he shares the Apple CEO's most famous, most original, and most effective strategies for sparking true creativity--and real innovation--in any workplace.

THE INNOVATION SECRETS OF STEVE JOBS

"Steve Jobs has reinvented music distribution, the mobile telephone, and book publishing. You might want to take a look at how someone creates multi-billion dollar ideas, and turns them into multi-billion dollar products that everyone loves and admires. This book is not an option. Buy it now, bank it tomorrow." -- Jeffrey Gitomer, author of The Little Red Book of Selling

“In The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs, Carmine Gallo captures the true mindset of Jobs and Apple. This book is not just for the techie and marketing crowd, although they will gain valuable insight that can be applied to their worlds. It is also for anyone who loves technology and wants to understand how to createsimple devices that are easy to use and can impact our lives.” -- Tim Bajarin, president, Creative Strategies, Inc.

Learn how to RETHINK your business, REINVENT your products, and REVITALIZE your vision of success--the Steve Jobs way.

When it comes to innovation, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is legendary. His company slogan "Think Different" is more than a marketing tool. It's a way of life--a powerful, positive, game-changing approach to innovation that anyone can apply to any field of endeavor.

These are the Seven Principles of Innovation, inspired by the master himself:

1. Do What You Love.
   Think differently about your career.
2. Put a Dent in the Universe.
   Think differently about your vision.
3. Kick Start Your Brain.
   Think differently about how you think.
4. Sell Dreams, Not Products.
   Think differently about your customers.
5. Say No to 1,000 Things.
   Think differently about design.
6. Create Insanely Great Experiences.
   Think differently about your brand experience.
7. Master the Message.
   Think differently about your story.

By following Steve Jobs's visionary example, you'll discover exciting new ways to unlock your creative potential and to foster an environment that encourages innovation and allows it to flourish. You'll learn how to match—and beat—the most powerful competitors, develop the most revolutionary products, attract the most loyal customers, and thrive in the most challenging times. Bestselling business journalist Carmine Gallo has interviewed hundreds of successful professionals--from CEOs, managers, and entrepreneurs to teachers, consultants, and stay-at-home moms—to get to the core of Steve Jobs's innovative philosophies. These are the simple, meaningful, and attainable principles that drive us all to "Think Different." These are The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs.

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Apple's Innovation Strategy

How does Apple, the #1 innovative company in the world, innovate and create game-changing innovations such as the iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad and more? What is Apple's secret recipe for innovation success? The eBook has been revised in 2011, contains 125 slides, and has Steve Jobs interview.

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• Innovation in Products
• Innovation in Business Model
• Innovation in Customer Experience
• Innovation and Leadership
• Steve Jobs Visionary Leadership

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Apple Innovation Leadership - Innovation Quadrant

Apple Innovation Leadership - Innovation Quadrant

How does Apple, the #1 innovative company in the world, innovate and create game-changing innovations such as the iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad and more? What is Apple's secret recipe for innovation success?


What is Apple's Innovation Strategy? Download these Apple Innovation eBook insights and learn to be like Apple... like Steve Jobs, the innovator and CEO of Apple.


"There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote
that I love. 'I skate to where the puck
is going to be, not where it has been.'
And we've always tried to do that at
Apple. Since the very very beginning.
And we always will." -Steve Jobs

Apple innovates through:
• Creativity and Innovation
• Innovation in Products
• Innovation in Business Model
• Innovation in Customer Experience
• Innovation and Leadership
• Steve Jobs

This Apple Innovation Strategy ebook provides insights, strategy, best practices, facts and much more...

Apple has built an Innovation Factory – one that harnesses creativity in its people, stimulating new ideas, and launching successful, profitable new innovations... Apple leverages its diverse culture, innovation processes, partners and networks to seize the new opportunities in the marketplace and grow its business...exponentially…

How did Apple do it?
• Increase revenue more than 400% in 8 years…
• Increase net profit more than 650% in 8 years…
• Increase market cap more than twenty times to over $170 billion and
counting…

The Apple Innovation eBook has been revised in 2011, and includes new insights, iPad innovation, Steve Jobs interview and more!

Download Apple's Innovation Strategy and learn to innovate, like Apple, today!!

If you are having download issues, send us an email at: info at innovationmain dot com

About the author:
Sanjay Dalal is an innovator and entrepreneur with over fifteen years of leadership experience in Silicon Valley and High Tech companies. Dalal authored and launched the Innovation Faculty eBook and Definitive Guide on Creativity and Innovation in business in 2008, used by over 650 leading organizations and professionals all over the world including HP, Hallmark, Cleveland Clinic, Pepsi, EDS, TATA, J&J, Pepsi and major universities. Dalal published over 200 articles in the last two years on the real-time state of innovation in business at this blog on Creativity and Innovation Driving Business, and introduced the Innovation Index in December 2006 that correlates business, innovation and stock performance. Dalal filed joint U.S. Patent on "Hands-On Labs" for delivering live, hands-on training over Web Meetings by simulating a training lab environment. Dalal has launched innovative products such as WebEx Training Center and WebEx Sales Center to market, and grown product line revenue to tens of million dollars in annual revenue. Dalal holds executive certification on Leading Management Teams from Cornell University, and is an engineering scholar graduate in Computer Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Dalal attended Arizona State University for graduate education in Computer Science.

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Apple Innovation Strategy - Innovation eBook, Innovation Process

How does Apple, the #1 innovative company in the world, innovate and create game-changing innovations such as the iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad and more? What is Apple's secret recipe for innovation success?

What is Apple's Innovation Strategy? Download these Apple Innovation eBook insights and learn to be like Apple... like Steve Jobs, the innovator and CEO of Apple.

"There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote
that I love. 'I skate to where the puck
is going to be, not where it has been.'
And we've always tried to do that at
Apple. Since the very very beginning.
And we always will." -Steve Jobs

Apple innovates through:
• Creativity and Innovation
• Innovation in Products
• Innovation in Business Model
• Innovation in Customer Experience
• Innovation and Leadership
• Steve Jobs

This Apple Innovation Strategy ebook provides insights, strategy, best practices, facts and much more...

Apple has built an Innovation Factory – one that harnesses creativity in its people, stimulating new ideas, and launching successful, profitable new innovations... Apple leverages its diverse culture, innovation processes, partners and networks to seize the new opportunities in the marketplace and grow its business...exponentially…

How did Apple do it?
• Increase revenue more than 400% in 8 years…
• Increase net profit more than 650% in 8 years…
• Increase market cap more than twenty times to over $170 billion and counting…

Download Apple's Innovation Strategy and learn to innovate, like Apple, today!! The Apple Innovation eBook has been revised in 2011, and includes new insights, iPad innovation, Steve Jobs interview and more!

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About the author:
Sanjay Dalal is an innovator and entrepreneur with over fifteen years of leadership experience in Silicon Valley and High Tech companies. Dalal authored and launched the Innovation Faculty eBook and Definitive Guide on Creativity and Innovation in business in 2008, used by over 650 leading organizations and professionals all over the world including HP, Hallmark, Cleveland Clinic, Pepsi, EDS, J&J, TATA and major universities. Dalal published over 200 articles in the last two years on the real-time state of innovation in business at this blog on Creativity and Innovation Driving Business, and introduced the Innovation Index in December 2006 that correlates business, innovation and stock performance. Dalal filed joint U.S. Patent on "Hands-On Labs" for delivering live, hands-on training over Web Meetings by simulating a training lab environment. Dalal has launched innovative products such as WebEx Training Center and WebEx Sales Center to market, and grown product line revenue to tens of million dollars in annual revenue. Dalal holds executive certification on Leading Management Teams from Cornell University, and is an engineering scholar graduate in Computer Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Dalal attended Arizona State University for graduate education in Computer Science.

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Apple Innovation eBook - Innovation Strategy, Innovation Process

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What is Apple's Innovation Strategy? Download these Apple Innovation eBook insights and learn to be like Apple... like Steve Jobs, the innovator and CEO of Apple.

"There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote
that I love. 'I skate to where the puck
is going to be, not where it has been.'
And we've always tried to do that at
Apple. Since the very very beginning.
And we always will." -Steve Jobs

Apple innovates through:
• Creativity and Innovation
• Innovation in Products
• Innovation in Business Model
• Innovation in Customer Experience
• Innovation and Leadership
• Steve Jobs

This Apple Innovation Strategy ebook provides insights, strategy, best practices, facts and much more...

Apple has built an Innovation Factory – one that harnesses creativity in its people, stimulating new ideas, and launching successful, profitable new innovations... Apple leverages its diverse culture, innovation processes, partners and networks to seize the new opportunities in the marketplace and grow its business...exponentially…

How did Apple do it?
• Increase revenue more than 400% in 8 years…
• Increase net profit more than 650% in 8 years…
• Increase market cap more than twenty times to over $170 billion and
counting…

Download Apple's Innovation Strategy and learn to innovate, like Apple, today!!

The Apple Innovation eBook has been revised in 2011, and includes new insights, iPad innovation, Steve Jobs interview and more!

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Sanjay Dalal is an innovator and entrepreneur with over fifteen years of leadership experience in Silicon Valley and High Tech companies. Dalal authored and launched the Innovation Faculty eBook and Definitive Guide on Creativity and Innovation in business in 2008, used by over 550 leading organizations and professionals all over the world including HP, Hallmark, Cleveland Clinic, Pepsi, EDS, and major universities. Dalal published over 200 articles in the last two years on the real-time state of innovation in business at this blog on Creativity and Innovation Driving Business, and introduced the Innovation Index in December 2006 that correlates business, innovation and stock performance. Dalal filed joint U.S. Patent on "Hands-On Labs" for delivering live, hands-on training over Web Meetings by simulating a training lab environment. Dalal has launched innovative products such as WebEx Training Center and WebEx Sales Center to market, and grown product line revenue to tens of million dollars in annual revenue. Dalal holds executive certification on Leading Management Teams from Cornell University, and is an engineering scholar graduate in Computer Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Dalal attended Arizona State University for graduate education in Computer Science.

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Apple launches iPhone 3G S - Speediest, Smartest, Sexiest Smartphone

Apple introduced the latest iPhone 3G S - S for Speed (upto two times faster), S for Shoot (with the video camera and 3.0 megapixel Still camera), S for Smart (with features such as Voice Control for making calls and music, Internet tethering and voice memos), S for Spotlight Search (search across the entire iPhone, contacts, email, calendars, notes and iPod), S for Slim (slimmer than previous iPhone), S for the two "s"es in Compass (a very cool digital compass), S for the "scape" in LandScape mode (a boon for those typing lots of messagaes, mail, notes and Safari, and who are endowed with large fingers), S for Send and SMS (as in send multimedia rich messages with video, audio, pictures, contact information and even forward them), S for Space (even more, twice the diskspace of iPhone 3G), S for Stocks (as in better stock charts and features) and finally, S for Sexy - the sexiest iPhone to date, now available in White as well as Black! iPhone 3G S is The smartphone you have been waiting for... available for only $199 for the 16 GB version.

Bottomline:

The innovations in iPhone 3G S are downright absurd, and will help expand Apple's marketshare further in the growing smartphone market segment. iPhone has been a category killer with innovative features and iPhone apps store, and now with a starting price of only $99 for the base iPhone, Apple will penetrate the market even deeper and faster. Finally, there is an iPhone for every budget. The question is whether Apple can keep up the margins with such competitive pricing. If the economy rebounds in late 2009, Apple iPhone will have a huge last quarter - traditionally the best quarter in Apple's financial performance. iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S will stall the new Palm Pre and Nokia's N97. Can it also stall Blackberry? The only thing missing from today's announcement was the absence of Steve Jobs.

Update: June, 2010

Keep applications open in the background. Organize your apps with folders. Shop for books in the iBookstore. The 8GB iPhone 3GS takes advantage of all the great features of iOS 4. And it starts at an amazing new price — just $99.*

Selected references:
Apple's Innovation Strategy
Leading eBook on Creativity and Innovation in Business
Creativity and Innovation Best Practices
Creativity and Innovation Case Studies
The Innovation Index
Top 50 innovative companies in the world

iPod and iPhone - Successful Business Innovations

 

Apple introduced Apple iPod in 2001. Apple iPod business generated total revenue of $537 million in Q4, 2004 (three years from launch), and was already 22.8% of Apple's total revenue of $2.35 billion in Q4, 2004 (easily eclipsing the 5% mark - although electronics and computer segments do show higher average percent revenue from new products - check Figure 1 below). Apple iPod business generated total revenue of $1.82 billion in Q2, 2008, (within seven years from launch), about 24.2 % of Apple's total revenue of $7.5 billion in Q2, 2008 (well ahead of the 15% threshold). Apple iPod business has consistent or better margins than Apple's hardware businesses. As a matter of fact, iPod saved Apple and made Apple successful again. iPod delivered 5.5% of total Apple revenue in 2003, within the first three years of launch, and delivered 34.6% of total Apple revenue in 2007, within the first seven years of launch.

What about the newly launched iPhone from Apple? Is iPhone equally successful as iPod, or better? iPhone is off to a fast start. In the latest quarter, iPhone innovation produced net revenue of $419 million, or 5.61% of Apple’s total revenue of $7.4 billion. This is staggering, since iPhone was only introduced one year ago. It took iPod more than two years to achieve the 5% mark; iPhone achieved this mark in just one year. If iPhone continues the momentum, it could achieve the 15% mark before end of 2009.

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Zero to Sixty in 2.09 Seconds - Safari 3.1

2.09 Safari 3.1 - First

3.62 Firefox 2 - Second

4.00 Internet Explorer 7 - Third

5.95 Opera 9 - Fourth

Blazing performance.

The fastest web browser on any platform, Safari loads pages up to 1.9 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 and up to 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2.

Safari loads web pages in 2.09 seconds - "0 to 60 in 2.09 seconds flat!"

And it executes JavaScript up to 6 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 and up to 4 times faster than Firefox 2. What does all that mean for you? Less time loading pages and more time enjoying them.

- Performance measured in seconds. Testing conducted by Apple in March 2008 on a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo-based iMac system running Windows XP Professional SP2, configured with 1GB of RAM and an ATI Radeon HD 2600 with 256MB of VRAM. HTML and JavaScript benchmarks based on VeriTest’s iBench Version 5.0 using default settings. Testing conducted with a beta version of Safari; all other browsers were shipping versions. Performance will vary based on system configuration, network connection, and other factors.

Bottomline:

Can Safari become The Web Browser?

Would FireFox users convert to Safari?

Would Internet Explorer users convert to Safari?

What would it take for new users to embrace Safari, and old users to convert to Safari?

Apple claims Safari as the fastest and easiest-to-use browser. Give Safari a test-drive and find out yourself.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the Top 20 Innovators of The Innovation Index, and the number one Innovator in the world.

“Safari 3.1 for Mac and Windows is blazingly fast, easy to use and features an elegant user interface,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “And best of all, Safari supports the latest audio, video and animation standards for an industry-leading Web 2.0 experience.”

References:
Apple Press Releases

Elegant user interface.

Safari’s clean, sleek look lets you focus on the web instead of your browser. The browser frame is a mere one pixel wide. You see a scroll bar only when you need one. You see no status bar by default — a blue progress bar fills the address field as the page loads — giving you more room to browse and view the web.

And with commonly used tools like a Google search field built right into Safari, you can get anywhere on the web faster.

Easy bookmarks.

Safari makes it easier than ever to manage your bookmarks. Know iTunes? Then you know Safari bookmarks. One click opens the single-window interface, where you can browse, search, and organize bookmarks the same way you browse, search, and organize music in iTunes.

Importing your current bookmarks couldn’t be simpler. In fact, the first time you open Safari, it imports all your bookmarks from the browsers you’ve been using. And if you want to import bookmarks later, just choose Import Bookmarks from the File menu.

Safari even helps you find sites to bookmark. Using the innovative Bonjour technology, Safari discovers and shows devices such as printers, routers, and webcams associated with web servers on your local network — automatically.

Pop-up blocking.

Say goodbye to annoying pop-up ads and pop-under windows that clutter up your desktop and distract you from your browsing.

By default, Safari blocks all unprompted new windows. You can open new windows when you click links, but you’ll get no surprises from unexpected, unwanted pop-ups.

Find.

Now you can locate any text on any web page using the Find command in Safari. Type a word into the new integrated Find banner

under the bookmarks bar, and Safari shows you the found count and highlights matching terms while dimming the page below them. So you can view every instance — in an instant.

Tabbed browsing.

With tabbed browsing in Safari, you can open and switch between multiple web pages in a single window. Drag and drop your tabs to rearrange them, open one in a new browser window, or merge all your current windows into one tabbed window.

Safari resizes each tab depending on the number you have open. Set a bookmark for a group of tabs or revert to the tabs that were open when you last closed or quit Safari.

SnapBack.

With most browsers, it’s easy to lose your way on the web. You go surfing, and before you know it, you’ve drifted far from where you started. Stop hitting the Back button and start using SnapBack in Safari. SnapBack lets you instantly snap back to your original search results or to the top level of any website, even after you’ve browsed down a few levels.

The SnapBack icon appears in the search field after you click a link in a search results page. Clicking the icon takes you back to the results page and even scrolls to the specific location you last viewed.

SnapBack also works in the address field. Type an address, click a bookmark, or click a link in email or another application, and Safari creates a SnapBack anchor point. When the SnapBack icon appears in the address field, click it to return to that anchor point instantly. So, if you type in the address of your favorite news site, click a link to read an article, then click another link, the SnapBack icon will take you back to the front page of the original news site.

Forms AutoFill.

Now you need never fill out an online form from scratch. That’s because Safari Forms AutoFill completes online forms with information from your Address Book or from previously completed forms.

Let Safari fill in your name, street address, city, zip code, email, and other information. Safari also gives you the option to automatically enter account names and passwords — all stored in a secure, encrypted format.

Built-in RSS.

Scan all the latest news, information, and articles from thousands of websites in one simple-to-read, searchable article list delivered right to you. The built-in RSS (Really Simple Syndication) reader in Safari tells you when new articles or blog posts have been added to your favorite sites, so you never have to guess.

Whenever you land on a page that offers an RSS feed, Safari displays an RSS icon in the address field. Click it and you view the simple RSS feed. Bookmark it and Safari tells you how many updates have been added since your last visit. The RSS view in Safari is customizable, so you can adjust article length or sort and filter articles by date, title, and source. You can also use the built-in search field to find articles relating to topics of interest. All from one place: Safari.

Resizable text areas.

Maybe the text area you’re typing in is a bit too small to read. Or maybe you just have a lot to say.

Either way, Safari lets you resize text areas on any website, just by grabbing the corner of the area. Resize and the web page reflows to make room.

Private browsing.

Your browsing is your business. Which is exactly why Safari offers private browsing — to keep your online activities private. Turn on private browsing and Safari won’t store your Google searches, your cookies, the history of sites you’ve visited, your download history, or information from online forms you’ve filled out.

If you’ve been browsing without private browsing turned on, just use Privacy Reset to empty your cache and clear Safari of your browsing, forms, and search history. It’s a one-click clean slate.

Security.

Now you can enjoy worry-free web browsing on any computer. Apple engineers designed Safari to be secure from day one.

For starters, Safari uses robust encryption to ensure that your private information stays that way. When you browse a secure site, Safari displays a lock icon in the upper-right corner of the browser. If you want to know more about the credentials of a secure site, click the lock icon and Safari displays detailed information about the site’s security certificate.

Safari supports SSL versions 2 and 3, as well as Transport Layer Security (TLS), the next generation of Internet security. Safari uses these technologies to provide a secure, encrypted channel that protects all your information from online eavesdroppers. And Safari lets you use standards-based authentication such as Kerberos single sign-on and X.509 personal certificates, or proprietary protocols like NTLMv2 to log in to secure sites.

Safari also supports a variety of proxy protocols — services that help firewalls control what flows in and out of the network — including Automatic Proxy configuration, FTP Proxy, Web Proxy (HTTP), Secure Web Proxy (HTTPS), Streaming Proxy (RTSP), SOCKS Proxy, and Gopher Proxy.

Graphics and fonts.

Apple brings the same amazing graphics technology to Safari that's used in Mac OS X to ensure great color in everything from iPhoto to Final Cut Pro. Safari is the only browser that employs advanced color management to deliver web images with the most accurate color possible.

And Safari makes text beautiful and easy to read on all displays thanks to Apple's sophisticated font-rendering technology. Safari smoothes fonts so that they're easy on the eyes but also remain as faithful as possible

to the chosen font. As a result, your favorite websites look the way they were meant to be seen.

With CSS3 web fonts in Safari 3.1, web designers can go beyond web-safe fonts and use any font they want to create stunning new websites using standards-based technology. Safari automatically
recognizes
websites that use custom fonts and downloads them as they’re needed.

Countdown to iPhone 2.0 aka iPhone 3G - Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)

To buy iPhone 2.5G now or wait until iPhone 2.0 3G arrives? That will be the question facing most iPhone buyers between now through Summer 2008.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the Top 20 Innovators of The Innovation Index, and the number one Innovator in the world.

In a story released by Fortune, Apple is getting ready for the launch of the all new iPhone in June 2008 in a similar vein when Apple introduced the iPhone in June 2007. If history is any guide, Apple will have another huge launch of the iPhone 3G.

"The new phone will operate on AT&T's (NYSE: T) faster network giving a big speed boost to mobile Internet users. The new phone will also be packed with more features including GPS navigation." - Fortune

Who are the biggest competitors to the all new iPhone? Sony with it's new Xperia, Garmin with the new Nuvifone, and Research In Motion's (NASDAQ: RIMM) new Blackberry 9000 will give iPhone a run for the money.

Innovation Index Group, Inc. projects sales of 12 million iPhones in 2008.

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 2.0 software scores a trifecta with leading developers, enterprise customers and partners

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: APPL) announced today the beta release of iPhone 2.0 software, and hit a trifecta with leading developers, enterprise customers and partners. Apple is one of the Top 20 Innovators of The Innovation Index, and the number one Innovator in the world. The final release of the iPhone 2.0 software is scheduled for launch in June 2008. What does the iPhone 2.0 software release include?

According to Apple press release, the iPhone 2.0 beta release includes both the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) as well as new enterprise features such as support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to provide secure, over-the-air push email, contacts and calendars as well as remote wipe, and the addition of Cisco IPsec VPN for encrypted access to private corporate networks.

The free iPhone SDK along with the iPhone Developer Program provides developers with a rich set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and tools to create innovative applications for iPhone and iPod(R) touch; a bonus is an iPhone Simulator for the Mac(R). The new App Store completes the picture providing a seamless way for developers to wirelessly deliver their applications to iPhone and iPod touch users.

The iPhone SDK provides programming interfaces for Core OS, Core Services, Media and Cocoa Touch technologies through the available APIs. Further, the iPhone SDK will allow developers to create applications that leverage the iPhone's Multi-Touch(TM) user interface, animation technology, large storage, built-in three-axis accelerometer and geographical location technology to deliver truly innovative mobile applications.

Leading developers, enterprise customers and partners are already using the new iPhone in trials, and are getting ready to launch it within their companies. Apple identified the following corporations in the press release:

AOL
"No question the powerful tools and APIs in the iPhone SDK made it easy to develop a feature-rich mobile application for the iPhone," said Kevin Conroy, executive vice president, AOL. "The rapid development cycle for this application was very intuitive, and when you add the App Store, it's an unbeatable combination for development and distribution of mobile applications."
Cisco
"As a result of this collaboration between Cisco and Apple, iPhone users will have seamless and highly secure access to mission critical information as it is needed from anywhere in the world," said Richard Palmer, senior vice president of the Security Technology Group, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO). "The connected world is becoming more mobile and collaborative where employees need access to private business information no matter where they are."
Disney
"Apple has really done their homework, addressing issues of security, manageability and integration," said Randy Brooks, senior vice president, IT Strategy and Architecture, The Walt Disney Company. "We currently have hundreds of iPhone users and expect the demand to grow significantly with this release."
Electronic Arts
"The animation technology in the iPhone OS enables us to build awesome games," said John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts. "I think iPhone consumers are going to be blown away by the games we create for this platform."
Epocrates
"By putting so much computing power into such an elegant mobile device, Apple has opened up tremendous opportunities for application developers," said Kirk Loevner, chairman and CEO, Epocrates, Inc. "The technology and software in the iPhone OS will allow us to create new and innovative applications that help improve patient safety and provide healthcare professionals with an unsurpassed user experience."
Genentech
"I believe the iPhone is a watershed event in mobile computing for corporations," said Todd Pierce, vice president, Corporate Information Technology, Genentech, Inc. "Genentech's pilot with iPhone has shown its potential to be the most useful business mobility tool we've ever used. We now have 3,000 planned for deployment based on how easy and simple it was to integrate iPhone with our corporate email system."
Microsoft
"Licensing Exchange ActiveSync to Apple enables them to build support right into the iPhone for simple, out-of-the-box connectivity with Exchange Server," said Terry Myerson, corporate vice president, Unified Communications Group, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), another Top 20 Innovator of The Innovation Index. "Microsoft believes in building open and interoperable products, and Microsoft Exchange Server is no exception."
Nike
"With support for Exchange ActiveSync, this new iPhone release really delivers a true plug-and-play enterprise solution," said Roland Paanakker, vice president and CIO, Nike, Inc. (NYSE: NKE), another Top 20 Innovator of The Innovation Index. "We already had Nike employees using iPhones, and now look forward to deploying more iPhones to more business users."
Salesforce.com
"The opportunity to use the innovative iPhone OS platform to deliver compelling Software-as-a-Service applications to mobile users is empowering to us, and ultimately, our customers," said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com. "They are asking us for new ways to harness the power of Force.com to access their business information on any device regardless of location."
Sega
"The iPhone OS is a robust development platform that will allow Sega to deliver mobile gaming experiences that are truly compelling," said Simon Jeffery, president and COO, Sega of America. "Using the iPhone's accelerometer to power a tilt control feature adds a whole new dimension to Super Monkey Ball, and we can't wait for gamers to try it."

In the 2007 launch of iPhone, Apple had touted Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), another Top 20 Innovator of The Innovation Index, as one of the key partner. It was interesting to note that Google's support for the new iPhone 2.0 software was missing in today's announcement. A coincidence? Perhaps Google has its own plans for the iPhone and will make a separate announcement.

Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, was jubilant about this new release, and said: "We're excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community with potentially thousands of native applications for iPhone and iPod touch. iPhone's enterprise features combined with its revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface and advanced software architecture provide the best user experience and the most advanced software platform ever for a mobile device."

Bottomline:

1. Whereas iPhone = "best consumer smartphone" has become a reality within one year, iPhone = "best corporate smartphone" could happen - is it only a matter of time? Or will Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), another Top 20 Innovator of The Innovation Index, have its say with its fast growing Blackberry smartphones.
2. Would corporations embrace the new SDK, push email, calendar, contacts, remote wipe, security, integration and remote management functionality of iPhone 2.0? How many corporations will convert? What would this do to Blackberry loyalists? Would Apple provide a migration path from Blackberry to iPhone? According to CNBC poll announced today, 84% of the corporate users polled indicated that they would buy an iPhone (how many of the polled already own an iPhone or own an iPod) . One of the CNBC analysts said that this could be a sampling error. Either way, we could be witnessing a a huge nascent demand for the iPhone by the corporations.
3. How many more games will Sega and Electronic Arts create for the iPhone 2.0 platform? Would iPhone displace the handheld gaming market as we know it? Would it really challenge the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP? Can iPhone become the iGamePhone? Only time will tell.

The new iPhone 2.0 innovations have created an abundance of opportunities and possibilities for Apple. How many of these opportunities will Apple convert? Can iPhone really become the defining computing device that everyone wants to have (remember iPod, Apple's best innovation)? Apple definitely challenges RIM, and even the handheld gamers with this innovation. Apple has reiterated the 10 million iPhone target in 2008. However, we believe this is conservative. Apple will sell upwards of 12 million iPhones in 2008. The proof will be in the pudding.

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