Apple Overtakes Exxon Mobile, Again

The stock market has been on a roller coaster ride lately. Today is historical in the corporate history of Apple, not so much in overtaking the largest oil company in market capitalization as reaching its highest price per share yet, at $418.75 shortly after the morning bell. All that from a company that nearly failed a decade ago.

One Week Later - Ongoing Memorial for Steve Jobs

Today I took a trip down to the local Apple Store here in Houston Galleria, and saw this remarkable scene.

Eulogy for Steve Jobs at Apple Store, Houston.

Looking at the eulogy written allover the window on Post-it® Notes , I found Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, English, and many other languages. As you can see in the pictures above, there is even one coming from the Andriod nation.

I stood at the window for a few minutes just to see the reactions of the mall goers. Sure enough, many people were curious about what was going on, and someone would whisper "It's for Steve Jobs". People were spontaneously picking up the blank Post-it® Notes and pens left by others to write something of their own to add to the wall. Flowers were laying before the storefront. As cynical as I could be, I must say, this phenomenon was genuine; it goes on to show how much of a cultural impact Steve has on this generation. If you want to hear more about how people reacted, I suggest watching the 10/5/2011 episode of Buzz Out Loud.

Flowers for Steve. Blank Post-it® Notes are available for passers-by's to write something.

No sign points to when this public display of mourning will end. Eventually, Apple will begin stopping people from "decorating" their austerely styled stores, but the company itself is still in the mourning phase and most likely will allow the public to express themselves this way for a little while longer.

Business As Usual

Inside the store, things aren't any different. Tomorrow the demo units of iPhone 4S will be on display, and I wonder if there will be a line of fans here in Houston, eagerly waiting to bring home their new best friend named Siri.

Calendar App in iOS 5 - Followup Round 2 (Video)

Here are the new features in the Calendar app in action. I am using the iPad to demonstrate the tricks, but the operations are essentially identical on the iPhone.

Calendar App in iOS 5 - Followup Round 1

"What's that?" you said. Yup, remember the Week view we saw in earlier post? Turns out, even when your device is in portrait mode, you can go to the adjacent dates just by swiping left or right. That's right, just like how you navigate pages of apps on the home screen. Should've thought of that long ago, Apple. Just saying.

By the way, when you move an event by touch (see previous post), you can move to adjacent dates by dragging the event to the left or right edge of the screen. Again, similar to how you move an app icon across pages on the home screen.

Have fun!