Apple's stock hits $500

Shares of Apple reached $500 for the first time on Monday, setting yet another high-water mark for the tech giant.

Who first called Apple at $500?

Technically, it was Hudson Square's Daniel Ernst. But we have a few caveats.

Where would U.S. consumer electronics be without Apple?

Down 6% in 2011, that's where, according to the NPD Group

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4,400 MacBooks in Mooresville, N.C.'s schools

For once, an educational success story that's not really about the computers.

Apple's stock hits $500

Pinterest quietly profits off its users' links

The societal networking field's buzziest startup is under fire this week for not being completely crystalline with its users.

First Solar shares plunge after project delay

Shares in First Solar fell nearly 9% Friday after the solar panel maker and project developer reported a delay in funding for a massive solar farm ...

Look who's switching to iPhones and iPads

HP: Same issues, different year

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Why Honeywell is out to nix Nest

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Santorum's 'Google problem' isn't Google's problem

FORTUNE -- First, a clarification is in order. The fact that searching for "santorum" pulls up the profane, anti-Rick Santorum site SpreadingSantorum ...

First Solar shares plunge after project delay

Shares in First Solar fell nearly 9% Friday after the solar panel maker and project developer reported a delay in funding for a massive solar farm ...

The rise of Redbox should spook Netflix

FORTUNE -- Reed Hastings must look at Redbox these days with a mixture of bafflement and envy.

Google's new 'entertainment device' is coming

The tech world is all abuzz about Google's mysterious new "entertainment device."

Apple's new Siri ad: Remind me to do WHAT again?

Based on my experience with the iPhone 4S, Apple is doing something very un-Applelike in its TV ads for Siri -- over-promise and under-deliver.

63% of iPhones activated outside U.S. last quarter

And that percentage is likely to increase sharply now that China has the iPhone 4S.

Why did Apple pop Thursday?

Investors search for reasons the company's market cap grew by $15 billion in one day.

Why Honeywell is out to nix Nest

Ron Conway is a Silicon Valley startup's best friend

The rooftop deck of Ron Conway's San Francisco apartment building is packed with a random and seemingly incongruous assortment of tech A-listers,...