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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 another successful quarter, Apple is worth more than $400 billion, which is about $6,622,516 per employee. If it was to pay a corporate tax on its massive cash reserves of $97.7 billion, that money could buy an iPad for every person in Canada and Greece. However, 2/3 of that reserve is stored offshore. Moreover,…
Apple gains another victory as the maker of the wildly popular iPhone just sneaked past Samsung to become the number one smartphone manufacturer. In the last quarter of December the Cupertino-based company moved 37 million handsets compared to Sammy’s 36.5 million, according to Strategy Analytics and IHS iSuppli. Even though Samsung doesn’t specifically break out…
MacWorld has changed a lot ever since Apple pulled out of the show. The once-mighty conference once saw the introduction of world-changing devices like the iPhone was reduced to little more than a trade show for iPhone covers last year. While strolling the halls during MacWorld 2012, I began to get a sense of optimism…
Anyone who’s ever owned an iPhone knows that Apple for the most part has a pretty good track record when it comes to customer service for the wildly popular iOS handset. The Cupertino-based company runs a faith-based customer service which allows any phone under warranty to be fixed — a process which ties the phone…
We all know that Google’s Android operating system is leading in market share when it comes to new smartphones around the world but the latest earning reports from AT&T and Verizon show that Apple’s iPhone is quickly closing the market share gap. AT&T just had a record-breaking quarter for smartphone sales with 9.4 million sales…
Looks like Apple’s recent purchase of Anobit was just the first step in the company’s expansion into Israel. Reports coming out of the Israeli daily business newspaper Calcalist say that Apple is going to open a Research Center in Haifa by the end of next month. Apple is said to be looking over “several hundred…
Motorola Mobility is suing Apple for infringing on six of its patents. The patents in question are related to wireless antennas, software, messaging, and data management — quite a bit of the entire experience of a smartphone is on the line here. Apple allegedly uses these patents in the iPhone 4S and iCloud. The lawsuit…
Samsung got a victory its long legal battle against rival Apple over allegations of patent infringement in the Netherlands. A Dutch court rejected Apple’s appeal to stop Samsung from selling its Galaxy tablet in the country and this is huge because it opens the door for all Dutch subsidiaries to distribute the Tab throughout the…
After an incredible earnings report, Apple’s stock has risen and the company has surpassed Exxon once again to become the most valuable U.S. company in the world. Apple’s stock hit $445.29 today and that brought its market capitalization to about $415 billion while the oil giant Exxon had a market cap of $414 billion. The…