2015-05-08

Apple cash reserves greater than those held by most US industries combined

Apple cash reserves greater than those held by most US industries combined: "The $178 billion in cash reserves Apple held at the end of 2014 was more than aggregate of every other non-financial U.S. industry sector, excluding the technology and medical industries, according to a Moody's Investors Service study released on Thursday."
You'd think with all those resources they could make the Mac dominant. Hmmm. Here's hoping! I'm ready with Xcode.

Apple details new 'AppleBot' web crawler used by Siri and Spotlight

Apple details new 'AppleBot' web crawler used by Siri and Spotlight
One web developer spotted Apple's crawler last November, after seeing numerous hits from a crawler in the 17.0.0.0/8 block. That block is assigned to Apple, one of just a handful of companies that control an entire A block.


I got a whole block to myself.