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Strong iPhone Sales In Asia Lead Apple Up and Away

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported another strong quarter this week driven by a whopping 131% increase in iPhone shipments and a 33% increase in Mac sales. Apple started shipping its latest innovation, the iPad, on April 3 after the close of its first quarter and is already expected to have sold more than 500,000 units of the iPad’s Wi-Fi model. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has also promised some extraordinary products this year. Let’s take a closer look. >>>

IPO In China: Made-In-China.com President Joseph Wong (Part 7)

SM: Why did you list in China instead of Hong Kong?

JW: The main decision was made by the CEO and CFO. Since I did not make the decision directly, I cannot say what were the final reasons for choosing the Chinese markets over the Hong Kong markets. >>>

IPO In China: Made-In-China.com President Joseph Wong (Part 6)

SM: Is Made-In-China a public company?

JW: Yes, we went public last year. We went public in China. >>>

IPO In China: Made-In-China.com President Joseph Wong (Part 5)

SM: Your business model is basically paid subscription and advertising fees from suppliers. Buyers get to use the site free. Do you have any other revenue generating aspects of your business?

JW: We actually try to provide additional trader oriented services for the buyers and suppliers. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Real Estate Update

Tech Stocks looks at the latest results from online real estate companies ZipRealty and MOVE to see how the sector is faring as the economy shows signs of improvement. You can read all of this week’s posts by clicking on the full article. >>>

Smartphone Ecosystem (Part 11): Beyond Smartphones – Low End

By guest author Nalini Kumar Muppala

The year 2010 promises to be an exciting year for smartphones, but it is easy to get carried away by all the talk about their power and capability. It is time to take a reality check.

Not every player has had it easy competing in the smartphone market. For example, Palm and Garmin are struggling to find their foothold. 2010 will determine the fate of many wannabes. >>>

IPO In China: Made-In-China.com President Joseph Wong (Part 4)

SM: Let’s delve more into your search engine traffic strategy. You said that search engine traffic accounts for anywhere from 20% to 30% of visitors to your site. Are you including optimization of your site as well as paid search advertising in that traffic volume?

JW: Yes. We include all search engine traffic and follow it as a group. Any mechanism that we use to drive traffic to the site via search engines is something that we consider to be search engine traffic. >>>