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Apple and Samsung are without a doubt the top dogs in the cellphone market. In 2012, both companies managed to grab most of the market share, recording an insane 103 percent in cellphone profit, according to Cannacord Genuity’s estimates. These bitter rivals were able to obtain this seemingly impossible number from the failures of companies…
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…
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…
The BBC’s 5 live Breakfast interviewed Stephen Bates, BlackBerry’s UK Managing Director, on the day the company was prepared to launch its new BlackBerry 10 operating system. The talk turned to Apple and the iPhone when the interviewer asked what BlackBerry has learned from the Cupertino company and its phones. Rather than address the question or…
Apple announced on Monday that iOS 6 is now on 300 million iOS devices, including the iPhone and iPad. This accounts for over 60 percent of total iOS devices sold globally and is an impressive stat for a mobile OS that’s been out for a mere six months. This 60% adoption rate blows Android out…
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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…
Mobile phones are among the most popular items for “modern thieves.” In fact, almost 10,000 units were stolen in London, UK last month, according to figures released by the Metropolitan Police as they start an ad campaign to warn phone users of the risks. Needless to say, Apple’s iPhone is the single most “popular” device,…
Apple’s stock continued its downward slide, falling as low as $483.80 in early morning trading on Tuesday. The company reached its all-time high of $705.07 on September 21, the day it launched the iPhone 5. It’s been almost a year since Apple’s stock last sold for less than $500 on February 16, 2012. The latest rumors…
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook met with China Mobile’s Chairman Xi Guohua last Thursday to discuss “matters of cooperation,” a China Mobile spokesman said. No further details were given due to a confidentiality agreement signed, and we’ll rather have to wait for another few weeks or months to get something new on this. Apple currently has…