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Steve Wozniak didn’t quite have optimistic words about Apple in a recent report from German publication, Wiwo.de, in which he expressed some of his opinions in regards to how the iPhone is stacking up to the competition nowadays. Despite being the company’s co-founder, he has in the past acknowledged his fondness for newer Android handsets…
Apple is looking to help promote some of the great new authors that are struggling to find their spotlight by adding a new Breakout Books section of the iBookstore. This surfaces some of the new books in the iBookstore from “emerging authors,” many of which are priced very reasonably when compared to the more well-known…
Nokia, the mobile phone vendor that has been focusing on Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS more than any other hardware manufacturer, hinted in an interview that Windows 8 tablets might be in its future. Specifically, CEO Stephen Elop told Australian Financial Review the company is examining how other form factors beyond just smartphones would play out for…
According to Strategy Analytics, Apple became the number one mobile phone vendor in the United States during Q4 2012, overtaking Samsung, LG, and all of its competitors for the first time with 34 percent market share. Previously, Samsung had taken the lead for shipments each quarter since 2008. The numbers come from the Wireless Device…
I tend to browse through Kickstarter a lot — the Design and Technology categories in particular — eager to find some great new ideas from creative and intelligent people. A few months ago I stumbled upon an interesting app called “1 Second Everyday” with the caption “Imagine a movie that includes every day of the…
A spokesperson for Microsoft confirmed today that the 64GB flavor of the Microsoft Surface Pro, which goes on sale February 9th, will have a dramatically low amount of storage that buyers can actually utilize. Only 23GB of the 64GB is available to users to store their own content. That’s less than half of the total…
iLounge is out with a report that both supports and modifies previous rumors about the upcoming iPad and iPhone models for 2013. Everyone knows there will be a new iPad and iPhone at some point this year, but when they will come out and what they’ll feature are two important mysteries at this point. The report…
Today Microsoft posted its Q2 2013 earnings results, which saw record revenue of $21.46 billion with an earnings per share of $0.76. Of the revenue, Microsoft kept $6.38 billion in net income and had an operating income of $7.77 billion. The company saw both wins and losses when it comes to matching analysts’ expectations of…
Google announced its fourth quarter earnings today and they’re pretty impressive. The company just slightly beat analyst expectations, reporting revenue of $14.42 billion for the quarter, which is an increase of 36 percent over the year-ago quarter in 2011. Google noted that this revenue amount doesn’t even include revenue from Motorola Home, which contributed $1.51…
The sequel to one of the most popular games of all time for iOS and Android, Temple Run, is already receiving massive success after debuting in the iOS App Store just a few days ago. Temple Run 2 passed 20 million downloads in four days of availability. It brought in six million of those downloads…