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Apple Store; They’re Literally All Over the World.

Apple doesn’t just design its products very well, it also looks after the shops. Here are some stunning Apple Stores.

New York: Located in the city that never sleeps, Apple Store Fifth Avenue opens 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. | Source: apple.com

Shanghai: The new Shanghai Apple store is the biggest Apple store in China. It is located near the most popular tourist attraction in Shanghai, Huangpu River. It has up to 300 employees with average more than 40,000 customers everyday. | Source: micgadget.com

Amsterdam: The Apple Store in Amsterdam is the biggest Apple Store in the world when it comes to the number of products on display. | Source: dutchdailynews.com

London: Located in Covent Garden, this is the biggest Apple store in the world in terms of size. Enough said. | Source: electricpig.co.uk

Sydney: Situated on the corner of George and King Streets in Sydney, the Apple Store occupies the first three levels of a 21-story building. Its façade is a three-story glass box that projects from the front of the building and extends towards George Street, mediating the transition between the street and the building. | Source: bcj.com

Well, I think we should stop at this point. There are hundreds of Apple stores in the world and it is hardly possible to post the pictures of every single of them. This situation determines if Apple as a TNCs has branches which flexibly adapt to certain condition and policy set up in the country The thing we’re trying to emphasize by this post is how big the company we’re talking about? It has its stores spread all over the world with its unique design and all distinctive and exclusive features that we couldn’t mention. Now, how do these stores work? I mean, they are located in different states which literally has different policies and regulations regarding trades. Anyone wants to give it a try?

Welcome to the World of Apple

What can I say? It is literally the World of Apple. Welcome to the website (used to be a blog) where you can find anything you need related to Apple Inc. This is, by far, the only blog we can find that is fully related to the Apple Inc. and not only its products. It is unfortunate that we cannot find further information around the website’s history because the ‘about’ page is currently under construction. But then, I can say this lack of feature will not affect your overall experience on exploring the website.

Taking a further look into the contents of this website, I figured out that World of Apple explores its issues from more than one perspectives. For example the headline above is an article talking about Microsoft vs Apple game that elaborates into business point of view. The other example is shown on the sidebar under the ‘Popular’ category where the headlines sound a bit techie. Unfortunately, the usage of complicated wordings makes it hard to understand the articles by only skimming it.

Inside Apple: How America’s Most Admired–and Secretive–Company Really Works

Adam Lashinky

Grand Central Publishing, 25/01/2012 – 272 pages

INSIDE APPLE reveals the secret systems, tactics and leadership strategies that allowed Steve Jobs and his company to churn out hit after hit and inspire a cult-like following for its products.

If Apple is Silicon Valley’s answer to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, then author Adam Lashinsky provides readers with a golden ticket to step inside. In this primer on leadership and innovation, the author will introduce readers to concepts like the “DRI” (Apple’s practice of assigning a Directly Responsible Individual to every task) and the Top 100 (an annual ritual in which 100 up-and-coming executives are tapped a la Skull & Bones for a secret retreat with company founder Steve Jobs).

Based on numerous interviews, the book offers exclusive new information about how Apple innovates, deals with its suppliers and is handling the transition into the Post Jobs Era. Lashinsky, a Senior Editor at Large for Fortune, knows the subject cold: In a 2008 cover story for the magazine entitled The Genius Behind Steve: Could Operations Whiz Tim Cook Run The Company Someday he predicted that Tim Cook, then an unknown, would eventually succeed Steve Jobs as CEO.

While Inside Apple is ostensibly a deep dive into one, unique company (and its ecosystem of suppliers, investors, employees and competitors), the lessons about Jobs, leadership, product design and marketing are universal. They should appeal to anyone hoping to bring some of that Apple magic to their own company, career, or creative endeavor.

Source: Google Books

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Review

Written by: Josh McConnell

With the recent passing of Steve Jobs, more books than usual have surfaced to try to give readers insight into Apple and the life of its founder/CEO. The incredibly detailed Steve Jobs was insightful and authorized by the Jobs family, which is an advantage over most other books out there. With Apple being such a secretive company, unless you are on the inside you must rely on your own external research and interviews with people close to the organization when writing your own narrative.

All of this being said, Adam Lashinksy has slight advantage to other external researchers. As the Senior Editor at Large of Forbes, he was one of the few journalists who received special treatment by Jobs and Apple. While he certainly isn’t an insider to the company, he at least has the connections and ability to give us additional insight that others may not be able to.

In Inside Apple, Lashinsky makes the attempt to put Apple under the microscope to reverse engineer its success. In ten chapters, Lashinsky gives readers crucial elements of Apple’s strategy to replicate in their own businesses. But even if you are not a business person and simply fascinated by (see: take part in) the cult that is Apple, you will still get your money’s worth. There is lots of detailed reasoning as to why Apple behaves the way it does, therefore giving readers a peek behind the curtain.

That being said, Inside Apple is on the short side. With only 208 pages of rather large font, you feel a little cheated with the book’s length. In addition, if you are an Apple enthusiast who has read extensively about the company and Steve Jobs in other books (mainly the authorized biography) then you won’t find anything new here per se.

But if you are looking for a book that can quickly summarize what has made Apple so successful and how to translate it into your own life, Inside Apple does just that. Even if you have read other books on the company, Lashinsky offers a quick refresher that is still worth your time. Even though I have read many other books and articles on these same issues, I still found myself unable to put down this easy read. Though it may not be worth a purchase at full price due to its short length, Inside Apple is a must-buy if you come across it on sale.

Source: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/342021159

Does Apple have an obligation to create more American jobs?

At this point, it’s fairly common knowledge that Apple outsources its manufacturing work overseas. Labor is much cheaper in countries like China, where there are no minimum wage laws, so it’s a huge draw for companies looking to lower their costs.

But not everyone’s ok with this. CNN’s Clyde Prestowitz recently wrote an article entitled “Apple has an obligation to help solve America’s problems.” The piece is essentially about the company’s lack of job creation in the US, and what it should do about it…

Prestowitz writes:

“As a business, Apple has a right to fear that moving the assembly work from China to the United States will entail raising labor costs so high as to make the company less competitive and profitable. But for it to say that it has no obligation to help solve America’s problems is completely unacceptable.”

That’s a pretty outlandish claim — to say that because Apple has become extremely successful, and because it’s headquartered in America, that it should put domestic job creation ahead of its own business needs. I have to agree with The loop’s Jim Dalrymple here:

“The problems in the U.S. economy are not for Apple to resolve. They pay taxes — I’m sure they pay a lot of taxes — and they employ tens of thousands of Americans in high paying jobs. Apple is not a charity, nor should it make business decisions based on a country’s needs or wants. Apple has one financial responsibility — to make money for its shareholders.”

Apple has come under heavy fire during the past few months over its refusal to bring its manufacturing jobs into America. In fact, the criticism has prompted the company to create a new section on its website explaining its value to the US work force.

I’ll be the first to admit that it would awesome if Apple could find a way to create more jobs in the US — I’d say the same thing for any company. But to say that it’s obligated to do so is a bit ridiculous.

(Lee, 2012)

What’s your take on this? Does Apple have an obligation to create more American jobs?

iPhone 5 Release is More Than What We See

On September 21, Apple officially released its new product in the US; iPhone 5. The world’s reaction to the release is unbelievably high. The pre-order session reached the number of 2 millions in 24 hours, THAT is twice as the release of iPhone 4S on October 14 last year. Sounds like a good news, doesn’t it? I mean, that actually proves that Apple made a lot of money in only 24 hours! But, just like a coin, a story always has perspective sides to look at.

Introducing, the biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone. (Apple, 2012) | Source: Forbes.com

This is a photo of Apple’s Store in Beijing, where Apple products are being distributed. Underline, distributed. What is so special about the store and the picture is the fact that it was taken on a freezing morning where people were actually waiting in front of the store to buy iPhone 5 on its release date. | Source: techpus.com

Some people are lucky enough to be one of the first ones to get their hands on iPhone 5 earlier than most people all over the world. And look, they are obviously feeling happy about it. What a tremendous moment? | Source: NYDailyNews.com

Now the question would be… where this iPhone 5 came from?

Foxconn, the largest manufacturing partner of Apple Inc. Here is where those greatest iPhone came from, as well as other Apple products. This company is located in China, thousands miles away from USA. | Source: Reuters.com

So, have you ever wondered why these gadgets have to be made so far away from its home country? The answer is simple, each countries has different regulations regarding workers and anything related to it. In China, there is no regulation that controls the payment of their workers; in other word, there is no minimum wage in China. Get the big picture now? | Source: Telegraph.co.uk

Apple obviously get the best of both world. It has a good asset of high demand of its products not only in the US but clearly worldwide. In the other hand, it manufactures these products in China–saving a lot of money from its production cost. Good business, isn’t it? or… is it? | Source: veryvarious.wordpress.com

Above all, we can see that apple has a huge number of its product demand in the universe – what a fascinating fact!? However, in the other side of the world, far far away from the uncle  sam’s land, the fact is much more fascinating. Foxconn group, the place where most the uncle jobs’ products manufactured, with low human right that doesn’t have an appropriate regulation on its  minimum wages. Hence Apple Inc eventually earn large measure of profits.

So the question is, what are the implication theory between Apple (U.S.) & Foxconn (China). Does this issue affect the sovereignty of both states where the company come from? ehmm

Lets discuss about this!

The Not-so-brief History of Apple Inc.

The Rise and Fall of Apple Inc. (Part 1)

The Rise and Fall of Apple Inc. (Part 2)

Those two links we provided above will take you on a journey to Apple Inc.’s history. This article, is so far, has the most complete information that you need. Yes, it is not a short one and probably not the easiest but we think you will enjoy it. So, what are you waiting for? Just grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the ride.

 

(The Rise and Fall of Apple Inc. is originally published in the Rolling Stone Magazine, 1996)

WHO IS THE KEY ACTOR BEHIND APPLE SUCESS? DUO ‘S’

STEVEN WOZNIAK

He is one out of 3 apple co-founder (Steve Jobs, Steven Wozniak, Ronald Wayne) who invented the Apple I and Apple II single-handedly. He withdrew from university along with Steve Jobs and developed a computer that further made him famous. He developed the Apple I software and hardware by himself, while Jobs was founding ways to sell it. At first, Woz and Jobs sold their possessions(such as Wozniak’s HP scientific calculator and Job’s Volkswagen van) for the first capital to build the company, Apple Computer. The Apple I was incredibly success, then he created and developed the Apple II, first PC that has the ability to display colorful graphics and BASIC programing language built-in.

STEVE JOBS

The man who taught different. Along with Steven Wozniak, he built the Apple Computer, now Apple Inc. He was a known as perfectionist; for instance it took 3 years for the development of Macintosh because of Job’s obsession with details. He refused the Idea of internal fan to cool the heat from the computer because he thought it was noisy and clumsy. Also he wanted his engineers to redesign the motherboard just because it was looked inelegant. In 1985, he went of from Apple and built his own company NeXT until he had called again to go back to Apple as a CEO in 1997. For about 6 months were wasted until he agreed and happy with way the scrollbars in OS X worked. Jobs believed that if you want to present an object to people, you have to make sure everything is right, even the ones you couldn’t see (Surowiecki, 2011, ¶ 1). Jobs idea to run proprietary for its hardware and software is incredible. “If you wanted to run Apple software, you have to owned Apple hardware as well”. That’s why Apple computer is more expensive than the market standard.

He found the first, PC (Apple I), Smart phone (iPhone), online music store (iTunes), and first successfully tablet (iPad). When Jobs back to save Apple John Sculley admitted, “I’m convinced that if Steve hadn’t come back when he did… Apple would have been history.” (Halal, 2011)

In summary, BOTH ‘S’ have important role in Apple success history; however, who do you think is the most affected players behind that success?

 

BILL MAHER: Apple Should Take Over Government

Real Time With Bill Maher 05/14/10

This is a talk show that airs weekly on HBO, hosted by comedian and political satirist Bill Maher.

Very interesting! the way he explained to the public to compare apple to the US government is suspicious. He doesn’t actually mean if Apple should replace the government. He just want to tell how great is apple at the moment that possible make them to be more powerful than the state.

Uncle Sam Vs. Uncle Steve- Who Has More Cash?

APPLE VS U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY. In amount, Apple Inc. has more $2 Billion balance than U.S’s ($73,768 Billion). “There are several companies that Apple could buy right now that the government could not… If the U.S. defaults, Apple will also likely have much better credit than the government does.” MG Siegler, a general partner at CrunchFund and a columnist for TechCrunch stated.

Here are the articles to support the video above:

Apple holding more cash than USA

Money To Spend: Apple: $75.876 Billion. U.S. Government: $73.768 Billion

To put into perspective how dire the debt situation is, CNN is reporting that tech giant Apple now has more cash on hand than the U.S. government.

Apple now has more cash than the U.S. government