New and Noteworthy: Firefox runs on Intel Macs; First Albany raises Apple earnings estimates; more
New and Noteworthy: Firefox runs on Intel Macs; First Albany raises Apple earnings estimates; more
Firefox runs on Intel Macs p2pnet.net reports on a post to Firefox developer Josh Aas on his blog, referring to the fact Apple employees were able to get Firefox running on an Intel Mac. Aas says "I never tried to get Firefox running on Intel Macs by just applying their patches. For one thing, they were not worried about cross-platform patches or writing the code in such a way that we could actually land it in our [source code] tree. They just wanted it to run. Here it is, x86 Mac only (not for PPC machines)." More.
First Albany raises Apple earnings estimates Analysts at First Albany reiterate their "buy" rating on Apple Computer Inc, while raising their estimates for the company. The target price is set to $44. NewRatings reports: "In a research note published this morning, the analysts mention that the company is scheduled to report its F3Q05 results on July 13. The analysts expect the incremental Tiger sales and the launch of the iPod scheme at Wal-Mart to have boosted Apple Computer?s revenues and earnings during the quarter. The EPS estimates for FY05 and FY06 have been raised from $1.29 to $1.35 and from $1.50 to $1.56, respectively." More.
Apple's 500 million iTunes sales contest Apple has started countdown to half a billion songs sold on the iTunes Music Store. As part of the countdown, Apple is giving away an iPod mini and an iTunes gift card for 50 songs to the iTunes customer who purchases the winning song at each 100,000 interval. The person who downloads the 500 millionth song will win the grand prize-10 iPods of their choice to share with family and friends, an iTunes gift card for 10,000 songs and an all-expenses paid trip for four to see Coldplay on their world tour. Apple also announced the availability of 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' and 'The Long and Winding Road' on the iTunes Music Store. Both songs were recorded live at this past weekend's Live 8 benefit concerts featuring U2 and Sir Paul McCartney. Proceeds from the sales of these one- time-only performances will benefit debt relief in Africa. More.
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