apple- selling by the millions

despite the things people have said about the mac products, they have still been selling like hot cakes on a winter morning.

ipad - 3.27 million since launch

iphone 4 - 8.4 million (up 61%)

mac - 3.47 million (up 33%)

with the things said about the apple products like the ipad's simplicity, and the iphone 4's antenna problem, i thought people would think twice about buying the products, but there is no decrease in sales. What does " up by ... %" mean?

google

the old look of the image search on google has changed. now all the pictures are lined up with almost no gap in between. info is given when mouse is rolled over it. Plus, they have compressed several pages onto one page. this way, they can fit over 1000 pics per page

weather

the bay area has had one of the coolest summers this year. an average of 76.7°.

i wonder if the efforts to stop global warming are really working that well?