How Apple's iPhone disproves the Phillips curve

"The Phillips curve suggests a stable, inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment, proposing that economic growth leads to inflation, which in turn reduces unemployment." — Investopedia

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Between 2014 and 2024, Apple turned over a record number of user accounts

1 year ago

Published February 27, 2025 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Between 2014 and 2024, Apple turned over a record number of user accounts

"Apple shared an additional 632% during that time, though this last was partly due to an atypical second half of 2022, when the company shared over 300,000 accounts."

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Remember when Apple lost the teen market?

2 years ago

Published October 19, 2023 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Remember when Apple lost the teen market?

From John Gruber's "Vintage 2013 Claim Chowder: ‘Is Apple’s iPhone No Longer Cool to Teens?’" posted Thursday on Daring Fireball.

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Trefis is bullish on Apple

3 years ago

Published January 27, 2023 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Trefis is bullish on Apple

"At the current market price... Apple stock trades at just over 22x forward earnings, which we believe is reasonable given the company’s earnings growth prospects and solid balance sheet."

Who besides Apple has pulled its ads from Twitter? A timeline.

How long before we only see pillow ads?

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Technical analysis: Waiting for the Apple 'death cross'

4 years ago

Published May 12, 2022 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Technical analysis: Waiting for the Apple 'death cross'

From Henry Suttmeier's "Where To Buy Apple On Continued Downside Risk" posted Wednesday afternoon by Forbes.

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Out of the Forbes contributor network and into the slammer (video)

4 years ago

Published February 14, 2022 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Out of the Forbes contributor network and into the slammer (video)

From Joshua Benton's "An incomplete history of Forbes.com as a platform for scams, grift, and bad journalism" posted last week on NeimanLab.

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Forbes: Apple secretly funnels millions away from developers and to the App Store

4 years ago

Published November 13, 2021 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Forbes: Apple secretly funnels millions away from developers and to the App Store

From John Koetsier's "Apple Quietly Buying Ads Via Google For High-Value Subscription Apps To Capture App Publisher Revenue" posted Friday on Forbes.com.