Video of Apple's Grand Opening of New Lincoln Park, Illinois Retail Store

Video credit:  Laurel Delaney, The Global Small Business Blog

Apple's Grand Opening of New Lincoln Park, Illinois Retail Store

I had a great time standing in the rain and taking photos this morning of Apple's grand opening of new Lincoln Park, Illinois retail store.  Managed to walk away with a classy umbrella souvenir (as shown above).  Those global Apple folks think of everything!

Congrats to Apple!  Nice launch.

Photo credit:  Laurel Delaney, founder of GlobeTrade.com

Posted by:  The Global Small Business Blog

iPad Goes Global

iPad, an Apple product, made its global debut. The rollout included the U.K., Germany, Japan, and six other countries.

Read more here.

Another: iPad Makes Foreign Debut

See our previous posts about the iPad here, here and here.

Photo credit: Laurel Delaney, 5/29/10, Apple store downtown Chicago

Posted by: The Global Small Business Blog

Who's the Largest Tech Company in the World?

IBM, Google, Oracle, Apple or Microsoft?

In terms of market capitalization, the winner is:

Apple

This list of product rollouts tells the story:

iMac (Bondi Blue -- pictured above) – 1998

iBook (clamshell) – 1999

iPod with scroll wheel – 2001

Mac OS X – 2001

iTunes Store – 2003

MacBook (switch to Intel) – 2006

iPhone – 2007

App Store + iPhone SDK – 2008

iPad – 2010

Do you aspire to become the world's largest company at what you do?

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Apple Delays Overseas Launch of Its iPad

Think they have all their iDucks in a row? Is the domestic demand so great that it's forcing Apple to slow down their international expansion efforts? Or did Israel's ban wallop them?

Don't know.

Read more here and let us know what you think or what you would do if you were in Apple's shoes.

We welcome your viewpoints.

Opening a New Global Frontier: The iPad

Here it comes. Brace yourself for a magical and revolutionary product that will change the way we do things on a global basis in the digital media sphere. It's called the iPad.

And we wrote about it first here (2/1/10). And then Mossberg over at the WSJ referred to it the same way here (4/1/10). Remember this piece too? "Who Has the Global Edge On Wireless Reading Devices?"

Looks like we are on to something. Are you ready?

Photo credit: Apple

Posted by: The Global Small Business Blog

Global Game Changer

Apple's new iPad (pictured) is here and we most certainly will have to wait to see if it becomes another global game changer. Read more here.

Apple's motto which we can all learn from: Think DiFfeRent.

About Steve Jobs. One more here.

Our post about the much anticipated new product launch here. And another post October 9, 2009 on: "Who Has The Global Edge On Wireless Readers?"

Related topic wise ... watch for upcoming post to the American Express OPEN Forum on "bold innovation." Follow us on Twitter to capture it @LaurelDelaney.

Global iTablet from Apple?

Whatever it is and whenever it is launched, get ready to take your business global by developing accessories for the soon to be announced Apple tablet.

Read more here.