Dear Friends,
I am down in New York City for a couple of days at an Apple event, meeting with folks from Apple and other Apple Specialists. I chose to drive down while Hapy flew, and I got to make some work calls from the road while he was dealing with airplanes and airports. Although I was born in Chicago, I guess I am really a country boy because I sure do feel more comfortable in the Green Mountains than the Big Apple.
Speaking of Apple, their third quarter financials were released on Tuesday and once again, they posted record sales and profits for the quarter. I’ll get into some of the details below, but it is clear that Apple is running on all cylinders. And with record spending on R&D, I am very excited about the product pipeline.
The public beta of Yosemite was also released this week and if you want to get a sneak preview of the newest OS, you can sign up for it now. Apple recommends (and I echo it) that if you are going to load the beta that you do so on a spare machine and do not take too many risks with this pre-release version. At an absolute minimum, be sure that you have a complete back-up (which you should ALWAYS have) before you begin testing the latest and greatest.
This week’s Kibbles & Bytes exclusive has to do with power. I have all sorts of power strips at home and work and depending upon the orientation of the receptacles, my chargers will sometimes take up more than one slot and I’ll run out of outlets.
We have recently brought in some 360 Electrical Power Curve 6-outlet Surge Protectors. Not only can you provide surge protection to your sensitive electronics during the summer thunderstorm season, but each of the receptacles rotates 360 degrees so you can attach all six of your devices without worrying about the orientation.
Just to make this bundle even more versatile, we will also include a Hammerhead 4-Port USB Charger so even if you have two iPads, two iPhones and 5 other devices, you will have plenty of room. Normally, this bundle is $54.98, but exclusively for Kibbles & Bytes readers, it’s $10 off — final price: $44.98!