Via David Smith;

“Apple paid out $700M to developers during this quarter.
That is equivalent to 125 $0.99 apps being sold every second.”

So saw this about a month ago and it just blows me away that this would be published:

Think different: Provincial governments are gaga for Apple products. In 2010, Alberta paid $276,000 to buy 1,400 iPod Touch devices to give away during the Winter Games, while B.C. taxpayers have spent roughly $250,000 to outfit senior government officials with 268 iPads.

OK, let’s have a look at this statement. These 2 expenditures total about $500,000.  One of these is a one time promotional cost and I guarantee as a promotion those iPod Touches still make those people think about Alberta every time they pick them up to use them.  Not a bad trade-off in my opinion.  But it’s the second one that really blows my mind.

The BC provincial government buys the latest and greatest technology for their senior bureaucrats and that is a waste of money?  Let’s break the number down a little.  First let’s figure out which iPad those people got.  Pretty simple math. 250000/268= $932.84

So we can assume it’s the high-end model.  So, in that case it’s 3G model as well.  So it has all the capabilities of a laptop + built-in 3g Data.  Meaning they can work where ever and when ever.  They also carry less paper and print less because of the nature of the iPad.  Wonder how much was saved in paper and printing costs alone? Wonder if productivity went up?

iPad’s are not just toys, they are productive pieces of equipment if they are used properly.

Anyway my 2 cents.

99 stupid things the government spent your money on (V) – Canada, Uncategorized – Macleans.ca.

Via electronista;

President Obama during his 2012 State of the Union address directly touched on the importance of companies like Apple while also pointing towards policies that would change how Apple itself behaves. With Steve Jobs’ widow Laurene in attendance, he wanted to foster an employment culture of talent and innovation that would create “the next Steve Jobs.” Among the fixes were addressing the lack of engineers and scientists at a time when many were still looking for work.

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