APPLE = MVP

Recently, APPLE became Wall Street’s MVP (Most Valuable Property). This is based on the market cap valued at the New Stock Exchange. It became the most valuable by about $235-B more than Exxon, the previous leader that now ranks as the second most valuable company in the world.

Most analysts even concluded that APPLE actually became the MVP of all time. Of course, the conclusion would differ if inflation were accounted for. According to the Columbia Journalism Review, “APPLE’s market cap of $622 billion isn’t an all-time record and that Microsoft’s 1999 record still stands. Microsoft, which posted the previous record of $620.58 billion in 1999, was really worth $850 billion when adjusted for inflation.

At any rate, APPLE is really the largest company in the world now.  For mobile users, it has also become the company of choice. Its products are the most sought after. Most consumers now use the IPAD, the iPhone, the iPod, Mac laptops and other Mac mobile devices and accessories.

APPLE vs. SAMSUNG

The value of its stock already rising, APPLE late last week won its Patent case against SAMSUNG. The former was awarded over $1 billion in damages. Pending appeal, APPLE would most likely get the court to enjoin the selling in the United States of at least 7 SAMSUNG gadgets.

This would mean more sales for APPLE mobile devices, more income, and correspondingly, increase of its stock price. In fact, after the decision, APPLE stock price rose to new highs.

Wait until the iPhone 5 and the IPAD Mini are launched this coming October!

This prompted my barber to comment, “It is really the APPLE of GOD’s eye.”

MICROSOFT

Windows 8 OS of MICROSOFT will be launched within the next few months. It will be in Windows Phones, Nokia Smart Phones, Tablets, Ultra books, Laptops and Desktops.

SAMSUNG’s loss to APPLE and Windows 8 present a window of opportunity for MICROSOFT. SAMSUNG’s Tablet that uses Windows 8 OS should be launched immediately to compete with APPLE’s IPAD head-on. It would also be a chance to start installing Windows 8 in SAMSUNG Smart Phones.

INTERNATIONAL CES

The annual International CES (Consumer Electronic Show) will be held on January 8-11, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the largest electronics show on earth. About 145,000 attend every year for different reasons. According to a poll survey, 66.77% attend to see what’s new; 16.77% go there for Networking; 4.45% for the TechZones/Innovation; 3.73% for the Conference sessions; 3.11% for the Keynotes; and 5.28% for other reasons.

I attend it every year representing Asian Journal USA, as a credentialed member of the PRESS. I write about the events of the conference as I attend them.

The first event for the Press on International CES will be in New York on November 12, 2013. It will showcase the new consumer electronic products and expose them to the media.  It will be held at the Metropolitan Pavillon. I am registered to attend it.

REMINDER: Those who are interested in attending the CES Las Vegas event without having to pay the conference fee, should register immediately. The deadline for free registration is August 31, 2012. Starting September 1, 2012, the fee will be $100 and at the site, it will be $200.

CYBERSECURITY CONFERENCE

Another conference that I attend annually in Washington, D.C. as a member of the Press, is the CYBERSECURITY Conference. This year, it will be held on October 22-23, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington.

Attendees are expected to receive the latest developments in tactics, tools, and technologies for incident prevention and response as well as communication and strategy for cyber programs. 

It will be held simultaneously with the CLOUD & VIRTUALIZATION CONFERENCE and the MOBILE GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE.

So, it will be THREE EVENTS IN ONE! I intend to write about the new technologies and programs that will be covered in the three conferences.

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE

Here is one conference that I never miss. This year, the Enterprise Architecture Conference is being held at the Walter Washington Convention Center on November 28-29, 2012.

My interest in this conference is the information and knowledge that I get about the current state and future role of Enterprise Architecture in Government; new approaches, tools and methodologies for architecture for a digital government.

DIGITAL LIFE

As you can see, I will be focusing on a digital and electronic life in the next few months. I will continue to use my APPLE mobile devices but hope to test and experience the SAMSUNG Tablet that has the Windows 8 OS before the International CES.

I Tech IT From My Barber!