Gizmodo: profit

Apple's Soaring Pile Of Cash [Apple]

The Business Insider — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:32:01 EST

Apple brought Steve Jobs back to the company in December 1996. Since then, he's been building a massive pile of cash, rolling out new product after new product.

On December 27th, 1996, Apple had $1.8 billion in cash and securities. Today it has $34 billion.

(Thanks to reader Cory Padfield for this chart idea.)

Dealzmodo: T-Mobile Cellphones Going for Free at Wal-Mart [Deals]

Kit Eaton — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:21:00 EDT

Fancy a BlackBerry Curve that earns you $50? At the moment, Wal-Mart is running an online deal that means the normally $149.99 phone will cost you just $49.99, and after rebates you'll actually be $50 in profit. The T-Mobile Wing and BlackBerry Pearl (normally $299.99 and $99) are also going for free, and will get you the same $50 rebate. There's a long list of other phones on similar deals from the MOTORIZR to the Samsung Blast: check out the Wal-Mart link. [Wal-Mart—Thanks Shiron]

YouTube Finds Step 2 1 In Profit Plan: Will Pay For User Vids [Software]

Jason Chen — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:30:15 EST

Step 1: Upload Videos to YouTube.

Step 2: YouTube rolls out profit sharing plan where they reward uploaders with shares of ad sales based on number of views. The ads will come in the shape of short clips in place of the actual YouTube video, which you presumably have to watch before getting to the meat. The videos may be at most three seconds long, but the details are still being worked out.

Step 3: Profit.

– Jason Chen

YouTubers to get ad money share [BBC - Thanks Adrian!]