Want to know why Apple has so much cash in the bank? It’s due to the innovation of Steve Jobs combined with the cost-efficient microeconomics of Apple. The company’s latest version of the iPod, the iPod Shuffle, apparently only costs 28-percent of its retail price, $79, to make. That leaves Apple with nearly $57 profit for each player sold. That ...
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Bill and Melinda Gates Ban iPods, iPhones In The Home
Oh quit crying, you two. You have enough money to wipe your asses with $100 bills for the rest of your natural born life. In a recent interview with Vogue, Melinda Gates stated that she keeps iPhones and iPods out of the hands of her children. The direct quote sez: “…there are very few things that are on the banned ...
Read More »Gear Skins For Label Whores
Music Skins (a.k.a. GelaSkins) collaborated with streetwear label Lemar and Dauley to create a line of covers for laptops, iPods, iPhones, and plain old cellphones. All of the skins are emblazoned with Lemar and Dauley’s rainbow skyline logo. I dig the skyline drawing on the skins, but I don’t see why anyone besides a major label whore would want two ...
Read More »Apple stocks up, orders 500 million Samsung NAND flash drives
Everybody has their own Apple predictions and this announcement will do nothing, but add to the speculation. It’s being reported that Apple is planning to order 500 million Samsung NAND flash drives by the end of the month. Now, what could they be doing with all of that damn flash? Sources say that the acquired flash drives will be used ...
Read More »iPod vending machines run on Windows XP…wtf?
This is a paradox we’re sure both Microsoft and Apple don’t want to find themselves in. With the better part of their advertising campaigns trying to show the differences between the two companies, the Zoom vending machines used to distribute iPods, run on the Windows XP operating system. Isn’t it ironic? Don’t ya think? Of course, it would probably be ...
Read More »Solar Powered Bikini keeps your drink cold and the tunes flowing
The great outdoors become all the more great during the warm days of summer. Though for us, the outside poses the obstacle of finding a source of energy to power our electronics. While we might not go as far as to wear a Solar Powered Bikini, we would thankfully use our girlfriends to supply our beloved electronics with power. Made ...
Read More »Teacher assaulted after taking away iPod
“Now any true gangsta’ knows, nobody be messing wit’ our iPod and shit.” That’s probably something like the mentality these kids at Germantown High School were under when they beat the living hell out of a teacher who had taken away their iPod. We’ve talked about the lengths at which people would go for their iPods before but we can ...
Read More »Mahogany Charging Station: Power with gusto, cost is mucho
Are you the type of guy that has both a love for gadgets, but also likes to have the class of Mahogany stained furniture? If you are, odds are that most charging stations are not very fit to have a place in your home. With the Frontgate Mahogany Charging Station, style just happens to be a nice extra touch. Don’t ...
Read More »iPod Vending Machines collect iProfit galore
What is the world coming to? iPod vending machines?! Yeah..sure it’s ridiculously cool to be living in a world where you can grab an iPod from a vending machine, but who in their right mind would invest $400 in a machine that most of us are afraid to put $2 in to get a back of chips or cookies? Another ...
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