Apple bits and pieces, Web smarts from MacWorld

According to MDN, John Shinal of Investors.com reported that in the past decade Apple's Steve Jobs boosted research spending while other tech companies slashed theirs. The boosted spending produced the iPod and this has changed the company and boosted its value four-fold in two years.

Applepeels talks a lot about Apple's potential growth in small and medium business, the enterprise, education, higher education, and consumer. Quite lengthy and I didn't have time to read it.

While Applepeels ponders where Apple should strike next, research firm IDC released research work commissioned by Apple saying that while Apple does indeed have a foothold in the life sciences there are pitfalls the company has to look out for. The study says scientists are delighted by the duality of Mac OS X: the grahical interface and Microsoft Office compatibility, and it being able to support Unix codes. One of the big challenges in having a Mac is using it in a "Microsoft-centric world."

MacWorld features Web Smarts: Secrets of Mac Superheroes. This is a list of 7 tips for Safari users. Perhaps the list will be updated with the release of Safari 2.0.