[{"title": "Amtrak Enlists iPhone as a Service Tool","link": "http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/technology/amtrak-to-use-iphones-to-streamline-service.html","date": "May  7, 2012","copy": "New York Times writer Brian X. Chen reports that Amtrak is replacing its old manual ticketing system with <a href=\"http://www.apple.com/iphone/\">iPhone</a>, noting that the company is among the %u201Cgrowing number of businesses%u201D to use iOS devices to improve operations. Chen reports that the system will allow conductors to keep track of passengers in real time and also provide updates to railway staff, such as if a disabled person is getting on at a particular stop or if equipment fails. Amtrak%u2019s Matt Hardison says, %u201CWe%u2019ve made a number of important improvements for both our customers and Amtrak, all in one fell swoop.%u201D"},{"title": "Apple Reports Record March Quarter Sales of iPhone, iPad, and Mac","link": "/pr/library/2012/04/24Apple-Reports-Second-Quarter-Results.html","date": "April 24, 2012","copy": "Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 second quarter ended March 31, 2012. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $39.2 billion and quarterly net profit of $11.6 billion, or $12.30 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $24.7 billion and net profit of $6.0 billion, or $6.40 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. %u201CWe%u2019re thrilled with sales of over 35 million iPhones and almost 12 million iPads in the March quarter,%u201D said Tim Cook, Apple%u2019s CEO. %u201CThe new iPad is off to a great start, and across the year you%u2019re going to see a lot more of the kind of innovation that only Apple can deliver.%u201D"},{"title": "Final Cut Pro X In Action","link": "/finalcutpro/in-action/","date": "April 11, 2012","copy": "Professional video editors around the world have moved to <a href=\"http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/\">Final Cut Pro X</a>  to create faster and more flexible workflows. New York-based production house @radical.media is flipping its entire facility to Final Cut Pro X to tackle high-profile client projects. Hollywood%u2019s Electric Entertainment is using Final Cut Pro X to cut episodes for the new season of its hit TV show %u201CLeverage.%u201D And accomplished editor Knut Hake used the software to edit new episodes of %u201CDanni Lowinski,%u201D one of Germany%u2019s most popular and critically acclaimed TV shows. "},{"title": "New FileMaker 12 Software Line Released Today","link": "http://www.filemaker.com/pro12","date": "April  4, 2012","copy": "FileMaker, Inc. today announced the release of the FileMaker 12 database software line %u2014 including FileMaker Pro 12, FileMaker Go 12, and FileMaker Server 12 %u2014 which offers powerful new ways to create custom database apps for iPad, iPhone, Mac, Windows, and the web. New professionally designed themes and the ability to customize every detail make it easy to create databases for managing contacts, projects, digital content, and more. All FileMaker 12 products are available starting today."},{"title": "Climbing Everest with iPad and iPhone","link": "http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/everest/gear-edmund-hillary-hilaree-oneill/","date": "March 21, 2012","copy": "National Geographic magazine reports that ski-mountaineer Hilaree O%u2019Neill %u2014 a member of its 2012 Everest expedition %u2014 will follow the same route Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay did in 1953, but with an <a href=\"http://www.apple.com/ipad/\">iPad</a> and <a href=\"http://www.apple.com/iphone/\">iPhone</a> in her backpack. iPad gives O%u2019Neill a journaling device with a solid-state data storage drive usable at altitudes where spinning hard disk drives have been known to fail. And with cell service available even on Everest%u2019s summit, she%u2019ll use an iPhone 4S to stay in touch instead of a cumbersome walkie-talkie."},{"title": "New iPad Tops Three Million","link": "/pr/library/2012/03/19New-iPad-Tops-Three-Million.html","date": "March 19, 2012","copy": "Apple today announced it has sold three million new <a href=\"http://www.apple.com/ipad/\">iPad</a> devices since its launch on Friday, March 16. %u201CThe new iPad is a blockbuster with three million sold %u2015 the strongest iPad launch yet,%u201D said Philip Schiller, Apple%u2019s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing."}]