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Amazon announced its quarterly at the end of the trading day on Tuesday. Though it missed its revenue expectations, the electronics retailer had a banner quarter for Kindle devices. Amazon didn’t release exact sales figures but Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said in a statement, “We are grateful to the millions of customers who purchased the Kindle Fire and Kindle e-reader devices this holiday season,…
Apple not only makes fantastic products, it also created an aura around its brand that many marketing executives would love to duplicate. One such executive is Younghee Lee of Samsung. Speaking with AllThingsD, Lee said she’s trying to figure out how she (and Samsung) can “engage with consumers from the bottom of their heart, and…
The launch of the iPhone 4S in China earlier this month did not go as planned. Huge crowds of customers and scalpers lined up in front of Apple stores in both Shanghai and Beijing. A small riot broke out when the stores didn’t open on time. Rather than put its employees at risk, Apple closed its stores and sent customers to its…
After months of delayed shipments, the iPhone 4S is back in stock at Apple’s online store. According to Apple’s website, all models and colors are now listed as being available. This is a jump from a few weeks ago when shipment times for the 4S were shortened to 3-5 days. The iPhone 4S had a banner launch…
Microsoft will release Windows 8 later this year and its influence on Windows Phone is not yet known. Many people speculate that Microsoft will drop the current version of Windows Phone and adopt a smartphone version of Windows 8 when it launches. Others believe the two operating systems will share the same look and feel, but keep their…
Earlier this month at CES, AT&T announced that it would be carrying the Galaxy Note. In a timely manner, the carrier confirmed the tablet-sized phone will go on sale starting February 19th. Customers can pre-order the Android device both online and in-store starting February 5th and will receive their Galaxy Note by the 17th. The Galaxy Note is a monster of a phone…
Are you an iPad owner who grabs your tablet and places it in your lap to read? According to a study from researchers at Harvard’s School of Public Health, you may be holding your tablet wrong. The researchers claim that gazing down at an iPad in your lap puts pressure on the joints in your neck…
There’s no screening process for Apps added to the Android Market, which means it’s easy to slip in malware along with a legitimate app. There have been several reported cases of Android malware, but the outbreaks have been small until now. Last last week, Symantec reported about Android.Counterclank, a piece of code tacked on to apps that’ll execute remote commands and steal information from the device. It’s a…
Up until this week, Google Calendar and Windows Phone didn’t play together nicely. You could only sync one Google calendar per account and had to use a JavaScript hack to sync more. Thankfully, those days are gone now that Google updated its Sync product to let Windows Phone users select multiple Google calendars. Customers with a Windows Phone can navigate to m.google.com/sync on…
Motorola Mobility announced its Q4 2011 earnings and, as expected, the results are disappointing. The manufacturer shipped a low 5.3 million smartphones and only and 200,000 tablets in the quarter. For the year, the handset maker shipped 18.7 million smartphones and 1 million tablets. This pales in comparison to Apple and Samsung both of which…