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iPhone 6 Plus Delivers Longest Battery Life, Tests Find
The Apple iPhone 6 Plus delivers longer battery life than competitors’ flagship phones even though its battery does not have the highest capacity, Strategy...
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AT&T On Apple’s iPhone Payment Plans: What, Me Worry?
AT&T isn’t worried about competition from Apple’s own installment-payment plan for the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. Apple this week announced its first...
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Sprint’s New iPhones To Boost LTE Speeds
Sprint’s iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will be the carrier’s first iPhones with carrier-aggregation technology to accelerate peak 4G LTE download speeds to 125-135Mbps...
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How The New iPhone, iPad Pro, And Apple TV Will Play Out
Apple’s iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will give consumers enough reasons to upgrade their iPhones and maintain Apple’s momentum. The 12.9-inch iPad Pro signals...
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T-Mobile Crows About Its iPhone 6s, 6s Plus
T-Mobile is crowing about its version of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus and offering a lifetime network-satisfaction guarantee to go with them. The...
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Apple’s Big Reveal: 12.9-Inch iPad Pro, Apple TV With Apps, iPhones 6S & 6S Plus
The big news at Apple’s launch event today included the biggest iPad ever at 12.9 inches, an Apple TV offering downloadable apps and Siri...
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How Important Is The Apple iPhone?
Apple will put on a really big show on Wednesday for its really big next-gen iPhones, but just how big is the iPhone? Really...
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Why Apple’s New iPhone Won’t Include Wireless Charging
Apple fanboys and fangirls are anxiously awaiting the introduction of the new iPhone on Wednesday, but wireless charging is one new feature that’s not...
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iPad Pro, Mini 4: What To Expect From Apple’s Launch Event
A big-screen iPad “Pro” and a new Apple TV promoted as a game console could overshadow the incremental iPhone improvements expected to be revealed...
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Apple Making Changes In Stores
Apple is switching things up a bit. The company is relegating iPods to its accessories wall while removing iPad-based smart signs from most of...
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Digital Smackdown: Siri Vs. Cortana Vs. M
San Francisco last month was playing the big game of “Who is it?” as everyone tried to figure out who had taken over the...
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Tablet Screen Sizes Grow As iPad Pro Beckons
Bigger is better in many things, including tablet sizes, at least among a growing number of North American consumers. North American shipments of tablets...
Industry
Serena Williams Boards The Beats By Dre Bandwagon Again
Just in time for the U.S. Open, tennis superstar Serena Williams has made a new ad for Apple and Beats Electronics. Set with Andra...
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Apple Wants To Create Its Own Programming
Apple wants to take a page from Netflix and create its own content, according to a report from Variety. Dan Frommer reports that the...
CES-2016
Best Buy Tightens Apple Relationship, Expanding Apple Watch, Adding AppleCare
Best Buy is tightening its relationship with Apple. The national appliance/electronics retailer confirmed plans to roll out AppleCare extended-warranty plans in the current quarter...
Blogs
Consumers Slow to Embrace Apple Pay
Will Apply Pay ring the cash register for the most profitable company in the world? If indications are accurate of recent U.S. consumer reaction...
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Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus Getting iSight Camera Fix
Cupertino, Calif. – The iSight camera on some iPhone 6 Plus’ smartphones needs a corrective lens. Following months of complaints by some customers, Apple...
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Best Buy Will Soon Offer AppleCare
Apple and Best Buy appear to be forging even closer ties. After giving the No. 1 CE retailer first dibs on its smart watch,...
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Apple’s Music Festival To Stream Pharrell, One Direction, Disclosure
Apple will leverage its Apple Music streaming service and online Beats 1 radio station to broadcast performances of its ninth annual London music festival,...
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Sprint Battles T-Mobile Over iPhone
Sprint is preparing for the expected September launch of a new iPhone and taking T-Mobile head-on by letting consumers lease a new base-level iPhone...
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Apple’s OTT-TV Service May Be Delayed to 2016
In the latest turn in the seemingly endless Apple OTT-TV saga, the CE giant is delaying the debut of its planned live TV service to...
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What’s Next For The Apple iPhone?
New York — A better back camera, Force Touch user interface, a better battery, a higher resolution display and faster LTE could be the...
CES-2016
Apple & LG Both Pick Up Smartphone Users
Reston, Va. — More people are using Apple and LG smartphones, ComScore said, while Samsung, Motorola and HTC weren’t so lucky during the June-ending...
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Apple Redesigns Its Website
Cupertino, Calif. — Apple has updated its website to make it easier for consumers to buy things. The CE giant, which takes second place...
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Research: Apple Sold 4 Million Smart Watches In Q2
Boston – Apple wouldn’t disclose sales of its Apple Watch, but research company Strategy Analytics is happy to disclose its estimate that Apple shipped...
Financial
iPhones Soared & iPads Slumped In Apple’s Latest Earnings
Cupertino, Calif. — Apple’s third-quarter sales grew 33 percent worldwide to $49.6 billion, with nine-month revenues up 29.5 percent to $182.2 billion. Net income...
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Canalys: Apple Tops In Wearable Bands In Q2
Palo Alto, Calif. – Apple hasn’t been in the smart watch business for very long, but it already became the world’s top vendor of...
CES-2016
Survey: LG Smartphone Activations Gain In Q2
Chicago – LG’s share of U.S. smartphone activations hit 20 percent in the second quarter, up from the year-ago 8 percent, Consumer Intelligence Research...
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Apple Hasn’t Lost Its Touch
CUPERTINO, CALIF. — Sales of iPods might be falling at double-digit rates, but that isn’t preventing Apple from launching an updated iPod Touch that...
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IDC: Q2 U.S. PC Shipments Fall 3.3%
Framingham, Mass. – U.S. PC shipments slid 3.3 percent to 16.4 million units in the second quarter, accelerating from the first-quarter’s 1 percent decline,...
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Low-Cost Tablet Sales Continue To Outpace Market
New York — The emergence of low-cost Android tablets is driving a dilution of Apple’s dominant market share, according to research company Futuresource Consulting....
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Tops Hits From Apple’s WWDC
San Francisco — The 26th annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference launched Apple’s long-awaited music-streaming reboot, served up enhancements to the iOS and Mac operating...
Blogs
The Top 10 Technology Moments From “Late Night With David Letterman”
David Letterman is a self-described technophobe, which made the technology business an easy target for his humor over the years. On the occasion of...
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As Cord-Cutting Flourishes, Pay-TV Providers Adapt
LONDON — As consumers increasingly flock to overthe- top video solutions in an effort to save money and “cut the cord,” traditional pay-TV providers...
Financial
Apple: Global iPhone Sales Hit Q2 Record
Cupertino, Calif. — The iPhone surge that began in Apple’s first fiscal quarter with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus launches continued into the...
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Apple Sells Estimated 1M Smart Watches: Research
Palo Alto, Calif. — Nearly 1 million people pre-ordered the Apple Watch on the first day it became available, according to research firm Slice...
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Apple Watch Retail Strategy Won’t Fly For Long: CIRP
Cupertino, Calif. — Apple’s distribution strategy for the Apple Watch is going to slow it down right out of the gate, according to research...
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Sprint Adds Wi-Fi Calling To iPhones
Overland Park, Kan. — Sprint joined T-Mobile in offering Wi-Fi calling from iPhones. With the feature, iPhone subscribers can initiate and receive calls over...
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Apple Eyes Fall Pay TV Debut: WSJ
-See more at TWICE sister publication Multichannel News. Apple is in talks with cable programmers and most major broadcasters, including ABC, CBS and Fox,...
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Amazon Tops Apple Among Tablet/Computer Makers
Waban, Mass. — Amazon beat Apple in offering the best customer experience among tablet and computers makers in the U.S., a consumer survey by...
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Analysts See Apple Watch Gaining Top Share Despite Premium Price
New York — Analysts are already saying the Apple Watch will top the market-share charts in 2015 despite less-than-a-day battery life and premium pricing....
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Apple, Samsung Tablet Shares Fall In 2014
Boston – Combined shipments of Apple and Samsung tablets fell below 50 percent for the first time in the U.S. and globally in 2014,...