...iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iPod touch, iPod mini, iPhone, iPad, iPad 2, Apple TV, iSight, Apple Cinema Display, Apple LED cinema Display, Time Capsule, Airport, Mighty Mouse, Magic Mouse, Remote, toetsenborden en veel verschillende software’s. Verkoop orientatie: Apple wordt in Nederland en België vertegenwoordigd door de Apple Premium Resellers, voorheen Apple Centers. Dit zijn zelfstandige winkels, die gespecialiseerd zijn in Apple producten. Per december 2006 kende België 15 Apple Premium Resellers en Nederland 24 Apple Premium Resellers. De reden voor deze naamswijziging is dat het duidelijker is dat de Apple Centers geen deel uitmaken van Apple zelf. Er wordt gespeculeerd dat de naamswijziging te maken heeft met het oprichten van Apple Stores (het retailconcept van Apple, waarbij de winkels eigendom van Apple zijn) op het vasteland van Europa. De eerste is in maart 2007 in Rome geïntroduceerd. Buiten de Apple Premium Resellers zijn er ook andere dealers die Apple producten verkopen. Sinds 2007 heeft Apple ook Apple shops in Nederland, die volgens een shop-in-shopconcept in 32 winkels van de Media Markt en Saturn-vestigingen in Nederland zijn gevestigd, elk van deze winkels heeft een gedeelte afgestaan aan Apple, waarin Apple volgens bekend (Applestore) concept de inrichting verzorgt. Daarnaast staan in elke Appleshop medewerkers van Apple zelf, dit zijn in Nederland en België de enige mensen die voor Apple werken in de Retail. In 2010 is er ook een uitrol geweest van 14 Inline...
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...Conclusion21 References22 Introduction Background of the Company Apple was by two college dropout students: Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs with the motto of “Think Differently”. In the early 1980s, Steve Wozniak left the company and Steve Jobs hired John Sculley as the President of the company. After facing many failures, Apple launched its Macintosh computers for house hold users. In mid 1980s, Steve Jobs had to leave the company because of his controversial relations with the president. At that time John Sculley rejected the offer of Microsoft‘s CEO, Bill Gates to license the Macintosh operating system to Microsoft. After this refusal, Gates developed DOS operating system and in late 1980s, the competition between DOS and Macintosh decreased Apple's sale, workforce and resignation of John Sculley. So, Apple's current CEO planned to purchase Next Step operating system of Jobs in order to improve the Macintosh operating system. In late 90s Jobs again became the CEO of the company and be started surprising relations with Microsoft by developing a Macintosh version of office software. Apple also took cost saving measures like streamlining the product line, production of printers. Steve Jobs brought Apples' focus on two concepts of consumer series with the prefix “I” for internet like iMac, iBook laptop and professional with prefix “power” such as PowerMac desktop and PowerBook laptop series. Under Jobs, Apple again becomes the innovator of computer market. His leadership leads...
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...HP- Pavillion 23’’ touch-screen all-in-one computer amd a6 series | Apple 21.5’’ I mac-intel core i5 | They pretty much do what you want but one costs a lot more than the other. If you are talking about the HP all in 1 desktop the only major differences are that one uses Windows 8 and the other MacOS And about $1000 less | * All-in-one design saves space and cuts clutter * 23" Full HD 5-point multitouch screen * AMD A6-5200 accelerated processor * 8GB system memory for advanced multitasking * SuperMulti DVD/CD burner * 1TB hard drive for ample file storage space * Cloud support lets you access your files anywhere * Built-in HD webcam with microphone * Built-in media reader for simple photo transfer * 2 USB 3.0 ports maximize the latest high-speed devices * Wireless and wired network connectivity * Easel design with cantilever stand * Wireless keyboard and wireless mouse reduce cable clutter * Microsoft Windows 8 operating system * Multimedia software package included * Built-in stereo speakers * Additional ports | * Stunning design * Beautiful widescreen display * Fourth-generation dual-core Intel Core i5 processor * Powerful Intel graphics * High-speed I/O, including two Thunderbolt ports, four USB 3 ports, and more * FaceTime HD camera * Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology * SDXC card slot * Apple wireless keyboard * Apple Magic Mouse * Powerful apps for creativity and productivity * OS X Mavericks...
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...Apple Marketing Mix Apple, Inc originated from the friendship and mutual interests of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. The Two collaborated in the development of the “Apple I in the early 1970s. The Apple I was a step ahead of most computers of the time featuring a use of aTV as a display system and a cassette interface for recording programs. After obtaining financing for the development of Apple II, the Apple Computer Company was formed in 1970.As the growth of home computer use grew, Apple grew with it. In 1980 the company issued its initial public offering of investment stock. Apple next introduced the MacIntosh Computer in 1983 during the Super Bowl. The computers desktop publishing features provided the foundation for future innovations that have become standard for the company. Today Apple, Inc has more than 33,000 employees and revenues exceeding 42 million dollars. Product * Portable Computers – including Mac products such as Mac Book Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, Mac Mini, Xserve * Servers – including Xserve, Xsan, MacOS X Ser, MobleMe. * Accessories – including Magic Mouse, Keyboard, Led Cinema Display. * Wi-Fi Based Stations - including Airport Express, Airport Extreme, Time Capsule. * Developer – including Developer Connection, Mac Program, iPhone Program. * iPod – including iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, iPod Classic. * iPhone – including iPhone3GS, iPhone4s, iPad, iPad2. * iTunes – including movies, TV shows, audio books, games. * Peripheral products – including...
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...The present case study «Apple Inc. in 2010» deals with the main problems of Apple Inc. (previously known as Apple Computer, Inc. for the first 30 years) - an American multinational corporation that along with its subsidiaries designs, manufactures and sells personal computers, consumer electronics and software. The company's best-known hardware products are the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Its most popular software includes the Mac OS X - a PC operating system and iOS – а mobile operating system as well as the iTunes media store. By 2009 Apple Inc. had over 300 retail stores in several countries. It is one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world by market capitalization, as well as the largest technology company in the world by revenue and profit. As of 2010, the company had approximately 46,600 full-time employees. Within the last decade (2000-2010) Apple has successfully introduced three major innovations – iPod in 2001, iPhone in 2007 and iPad in 2010. To view how the company got so successful let us review in short the history and growth of the Apple Inc. over the years. As we know it was founded in 1976 by Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak, two young talented electronics masterminds both in their early twenties, who unfortunately dropped out of college. Their first computer was manufactured in the Jobs family's garage and called Apple I. The company was incorporated in 1977 and was named Apple Computer, Inc., but the word "Computer"...
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...Walt Disney Company is an American leading diversified international family entertainment variety and media enterprise that has five different segments for its business: Media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media. Each segment has different elements and helps the company in numerous ways as its gradients. They are the reasons why Disney has diversity and always kept making people’s dream come true in their creative world they’d been creating since its birth. Disney’s Path, Now and Future. -Disney’s magic even works in business- “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” The Largest Media Company in the World Walt Disney Company is the largest media company from many aspects such as Market Capitalization, Number of employees, customers, fans, parks & resorts, Disney stores (where they sell Disney goods), recognition, popularity, globalize, profit, sales volume and market shares. - Employees: 166,000 * Customers (per year): 27,503,000 (Tokyo Disney Land& Sea 2012 park guest) * Parks& Resorts: 11theme parks at five location world wide * Disney’s stores (outlet): 54 stores * Profit: $5.6 Billions * Assets: $80.64 Billions * Sales Revenue: $42.84 Billions * Market shares: 13% - Market Capitalization:$103.96 Billions ...
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...evaluation: Operating System: There are many different options available in healthcare mobility solutions; however, the three most common operating systems in place today are MS Windows 10, iOS 9.x and Android 6.0. There are well-defined positives and negatives around each platform that must be carefully reviewed prior to making a decision. As operating system selection is primary to device selection, it is critical that this step in the selection criteria is well thought out. When reviewing operating systems, it is important to keep in mind the initial criteria of this research. Selecting an operating system for an enterprise-based medical device is quite different than selecting an operating system and device for personal use. While the Apple iOS and Google Android OS are widely used, they lack the maturity of key features found in enterprise-class systems, such as multi-user access per device, enterprise security, and native device management. Third party solutions (Mobile Data Management) can provide some of these features to the Android and iOS platforms at additional cost and a lower level of integration. The Windows OS and its established network and...
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...Learning More about your Mac Apple Training, Videos and Text Tutorials Mac 101 - Getting Started with the Mac “Give me the grand tour of the Mac interface” 5 lessons Apple - Support - Mac 101 - The Grand Tour “Get me working and playing” 27 lessons Apple - Support - Mac 101 - All Work and Play “Show me how to set up my Mac for me” 6 lessons Apple - Support - Mac 101 - Customize Your Mac “Connect your peripherals or get on the Internet” 7 lessons Apple - Support - Mac 101 - Connect and Use Your Devices “My Mac needs help” (Troubleshooting 101) 2 lessons Apple - Support - Mac 101 - Troubleshooting 101 “My Mac Cheat Sheet” Whether your Mac asks you for certain information or you're seeking help from Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP), there may come a time when you need to have access to your serial number, hardware configuration, passwords, email server or internet access information. And then you discover that you've either forgotten or misplaced this information. page 1 Here is a link to a PDF form where you can keep all your basic information. http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/51/3047521211216301/www.info.apple.com/images/ kbase/304752/my_mac_cheat_sheet.pdf This form can also be found on the last page of this handout. Switch 101 If you're a PC user who has just switched to the Mac and want to find out how to adapt your old working habits to the Mac OS, this is the right place. Visit Switch 101: The former PC user's guide to getting...
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...and habits and adopting their speaking or writing styles. However, it should be noticed that this paper and its related data is just/only to have the particular aspects that are searched after having the predefined topic; therefore, there is no any guarantee and support than can be done and/or given regarding to support/assist any type of negative, controversial and/or probable blasphemous issue/aspect/info/ data, etc. Steve Jobs, Minimalist aesthetic, visceral unconventionality and mad ambition: born in 1955 of a Syrian political science professor and a single mother who has decided not to elevate the lives of Jobs, adopted at birth by a couple of modest Californians, was marked by these values. It is also this culture he installed at Apple. Convinced of the immense superiority of its products, Steve Jobs, himself, has always refused to sell to someone else's Mac OS, the first to use user-friendly icons, and then copied by Windows. Bill Gates's dream was to put a PC in every home, that of Steve Jobs to build products "insanely awesome". Jobs did not like, however, the technology for technology. Jobs, himself, had the art of transforming the findings of his friend into useful products. "We need a very product-oriented culture, even in a...
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...I. Thinking Machines: The Creation of the Computer * High speed, small package * Two states: a.) ON b.) OFF * Creates its magic by calculating with the speed and accuracy that far surpasses its human inventors * Takes information , processes it, and outputs result, which is done by the partnership of the ff.: * HARDWARE – comes in boxes, physical components * SOFTWARE – disks, consists of instructions that tell the comp what to do (Example: using the keyboard to type in the input) * CPU (Central Processing Unit) – comp’s brain; processes input; magic is its blinding speed * Modern Processors are measured in mips (millions of instructions per second) * Processing CPU may retrieve data stored in Ram (random-access memory)or data stored on a hard drive * Modern ram – so quick. Every second, it can send the equivalent of ten thousand typed written pages of information to the CPU * Modern hard drives – can store the equivalent of 250,000 pages of typed material II. Calculating By Steam 19th century European Industrial revolution was underway; the development and production in commerce came from the maturing fields in engineering, navigation, surveying, finance, and science. The practical application of these fields relied on volume after volume of tables- for trigonometry, tides, interest rates, multiplication, and gravity. Tables were critical. The actual figuring was by people who specialized in mathematical computation. Surprisingly, these...
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...Introduction The Disney brand is a global powerhouse, renown for entertaining hundreds of millions of people over the past 75 years. Founder Walt Disney (d. 1966) took a simple vision of an animated mouse and turned it into a fantastical empire full of breathtaking imaginations come to life. The Disney Company is an organization which embraces constant innovations, one which the corporate world admires. It is because of this restless and intrepid spirit that Disney consistently lands on Forbes ‘Best Of’ lists, including Most Reputable Businesses and Most Valuable Brand (Forbes, 2014). Some of Disney's breakthrough innovations include the first motion feature using sound (Steamboat Willie), the first full-length animated feature film (Snow White), the first ‘4-D’ feature film (Captain E/O starring Michael Jackson), and the world’s first fully-interactive ‘themed park’ (Disneyland). This ‘company of firsts’ highlights the importance of an organization staying true to its mission statement while pushing above and beyond, breaking new ground with bold, visionary ideas. But Disney is not done. The Disney Company doesn’t rest on its laurels; and there are still new frontiers to discover in this illustrious company. Having developed new advancements in entertainment, Disney now points its mouse-ears further into scientific research. The Walt Disney Company is proud to unveil plans for a new Science and Technology division – a division designed to research and develop high technology products...
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...to Sex Object (Ali Wachutka( rince Charming did not kiss Snow White to wake her. Ariel never really loved Eric. The Beast was not angry and violent. Mulan never fell in love with her general. At least not in the original versions of the stories; all these changes were added by Disney to make a more interesting movie, or to forward a sexist agenda. A multitude of sexist messages are present in Disney movies teaching young girls that they are expected to fill a submissive role in society. The fairy tales are symbolic of women’s lives being shaped by male influences. Over time, the sexist message in Disney movies has become less apparent, but it has never disappeared; it is merely buried within a classic fairy tale that the “magic of Disney” has transformed into a sexist lesson. Naturally, these movies must not have a traumatic affect on little girls. Parents are not actually harming their daughters by allowing them to indulge their fairy tale fantasies. Not according to Jack Zipes, leading expert on fairy tales and German professor at the University of Minnesota, the movies have “a type of gender stereotyping . . . that has an adverse effect on children, in contrast to what parents think . . .. Parents think they’re essentially harmless – they are not harmless” (Giroux, “Roared” 103). Maria Tatar, Harvard folklorist, also sees harm in the movies since “[Disney] capitalizes on the worst part of fairytales” placing the focus on the material world and removing...
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...Children’s Literature on Folklore Folklore originated as stories told around the campfire and passed down by word of mouth. Because these stories originated orally, many times they have no known authors. These stories were almost always fantasy and involved magic or animals that talked. There are six subcategories that fall under Folklore in Children’s Literature. These subcategories are: folktales, tall tales, fables, myths, epics/ballads/legends and religious stories. One subcategory that falls under Folklore is Folk tales. A folk tale is a tale or legend originating among a people or folk, especially one forming part of an oral tradition. Folk tales are often part of the oral tradition of a group and are usually told rather than read. They are passed down from one generation to the next. They may be stories that grew out of the lives and imaginations of people. Folk tales can take on the personality of the storyteller and the story can take on the characteristics of the time and place in which the story is told. The themes are universal and timeless and may contain supernatural elements, imaginative characters, focus on action, have a simple sense of justice, have happy endings and contain fundamental wisdom (Chen, 2009). There are seven types of folk tales, each with their own characteristics to set them apart from one another. Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott is a beast tale. It is a beautifully illustrated folk tale from the...
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...Theme: The Walt Disney Co. is an enigma in these rough economic times for the sole purpose that they show minimal signs of slowing down. Mickey Mouse has his hands dipped into everything and from an investor’s standpoint that’s a good thing because that equals diversification, and in turn, diversification lowers risk. The Disney Company operates in several areas of the media and entertainment industry. They have recently acquired Pixar, which consistently provides box office record sales with their animated films. Along media entertainment lines, Disney also operates dominant media channels ABC and ESPN. These are two channels that carry with them a strong loyal following. Sports have always been America’s past time and it’s unlikely to see them ever declining or the viewership that goes along with it. People have always poured capital into sports and will continue to for many centuries to come. Aside from Disney’s ventures, investors focus and confidence should be in the trademark of Disney. Characters such as Mickey Mouse and Buzz Light-year are icons that will never be lost in the pages of time. Kids and adults alike will always want to participate in the next big thing the company has to offer and these kinds of expectations will always lead to Disney having a stable stock price and even unstable in the positive manner because the growth potential is limitless for this company. You can see that limitless with the many franchises Disney has under its wing. For...
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...Department of MIS, Dhaka University | WALT DISNEY DECIDES TO NAME HIS CARTOON CHARACTER MICKEY | Term Paper on a topic from 75 greatest decision ever made | Acknowledgement I would like to express my deep gratitude to Mr. Ashis Talukder, Assistant Professor, Department of MIS, Dhaka University for his patient guidance, teaching Decision Support System in fall, 2013 session. I would like to mention that under his supervision, I have gone through a number of interesting topics that made me curious to study on 75 greatest decision ever made. I have chosen a topic for this term paper where I have put some extra effort to know in details. I would also like to extend my thanks to the Mr. Ashis Talukder for helping us to explore greatest and worst business decision ever made Finally, I wish to thank my parents for their support and encouragement throughout my study. Table of Contents Introduction 4 The 75 Greatest Management Decision Ever Made 5 A Great Decision for Term Paper 8 Background of the Decision 8 How This Decision Benefited 9 The Greatest Lessons 10 Conclusion 10 Introduction “The essence of ultimate decision remains impenetrable to the observer—often indeed, to the decider himself. . . . There will always be the dark and tangled stretches in the decision-making process—mysterious even to those who may be most intimately involved,” said John F Kennedy. An air of mystery lies at the heart of decisions and decision making. An entire...
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