Weekly Wrap: Apple divined, Apple TV tips, new iPad sales, and more

25.03.2012
Sure, Apple didn't release new iPad or new Apple TV this week, but the company didn't let the week go by without making some new news. If you want to make sure you're caught up on Apple's news from the past week, along with our reviews, tutorials, and opinion pieces, you've come to the right place: The Weekly Wrap. Population: Me and you.

Early Monday, , two programs geared towards sharing company profits with investors and spending some of the nearly $100 billion Apple has in its bank account. Apple seemingly rejected out of hand my suggestion that they instead take the $100 billion--and apologies of complex financial concepts like this one are a bit tricky for laypeople to understand--and .

During that same press conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Apple had enjoyed ; Apple later explained that it had sold more than 3 million new iPads during the tablet's opening weekend. That's roughly one iPad sold for every nervous breakdown the guy who oversees the Motorola Xoom suffered during that same time period. It's clear, though, that the iPad is on fire (.

We painstakingly transcribed , only remembering the existence of built-in transcription on the new iPad once we were finished.

In other Apple news, the company . And we took a look at the special services (Spoiler: Still no drive-through iMac purchasing option.)