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...
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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,...
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Kantar: Apple Tops In Q4 U.S. Smartphone-OS Share
London — Apple’s fourth-quarter share of smartphone sales exceeded Android-phone sales in the U.S. in for the first time in any quarter since the...
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Apple, Samsung In Global Smartphone Tie In Q4
Boston – Apple tied with Samsung as the world’s largest smartphone vendor in the fourth quarter, thanks to surging sales of its iPhone 6...
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Survey: iOS Gets 50% Of Q4 Cellphone Activations
Chicago — Smartphone activations repeated history in the fourth quarter when Apple’s iOS surged to account for more cellphone activations than the Android OS,...
Financial
Apple: Surging iPhone Sales Offset iPad Decline In Q1
Cupertino, Calif. — Global iPhone sale surged 46 percent in units and 57 percent in dollars to record levels in Apple’s 2015 fiscal first...
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iPhone ASPs Up, iPad ASPs Down In Q4, Survey Finds
Chicago – Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) sees iPhone average selling prices (ASPs) rising in last year’s fourth quarter and iPad ASPs falling based...
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Survey: iPhones Grab 50% Share Of Q4 U.S. Phone Sales
Chicago – The strength of Apple’s iPhone launches last September boosted its share of cellphones sold in the U.S. to 50 percent in the...
CES
Apple To Bring Order To Home-Control Chaos: Panel
Las Vegas – With more than a dozen companies unleashing new smart-home platforms at CES, Apple’s HomeKit could be a unifying factor to attract...
Industry
Tim Cook: An Innovator Continues Down His Own Path
Clearly the naysayers had it wrong when they predicted doom and gloom for Apple in the wake of Steve Jobs’ death in 2011. His...
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Survey: New iPhones Boost Apple Share
London – The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus boosted Apple’s smartphone share a lot around the world but only a little in the U.S.,...
Accessories
Beats Adds Bluetooth
Culver City, Calif. — Beats by Dr. Dre unveiled its latest headphones, the Solo2 Wireless on-ear Bluetooth model, its first new headphones under Apple...
CES-2016
LG Gains Q3 Smartphone Share
Chicago – LG’s share of third-quarter U.S. smartphone activations jumped to 18 percent from the second-quarter’s 8 percent and the year-ago 9 percent, Consumer...
Accessories
Logitech Extends Keyboard Line To iPad Air 2
Newark, Calif. — Logitech has welcomed the iPad Air 2 into its flagship Apple accessories line by unveiling the new Logitech Keys-To-Go, a slender...
Financial
iPhone Sales Up As iPads, iPods Slide
Cupertino, Calif. – iPhone sales in Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter rose 16 percent in units and 21 percent in dollars, but iPhone growth rates...
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Apple Launches iPad Air 2, Mini 3
CUPERTINO, CALIF. — Apple unveiled its latest iPads — the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 — hoping to reverse declining sales and...
Accessories
Cases Roll Out For New iPads
New York — As with any new Apple product announcement, accessories vendors were ready with new cases to fit the slimmer form factor of...
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CIRP: New iPhones Off To Faster Start Than Last Year
Chicago – Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus accounted for a larger percentage of iPhone sales in their first weeks of availability than last...
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iPhone 6 Plus: Plus-Size Screen, Plus-Size Margin
El Segundo, Calif. — Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus not only offers a bigger display than its little buddy the iPhone 6, but it also...
news
Apple Breaks 3-Day Sales Record For iPhone Launch
Cupertino, Calif. — Apple sold more than 10 million new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones in the first three days of availability,...
Accessories
iOS 8 Creates Connectivity Issues With Some Aftermarket Car Stereos
New York — Apple’s iOS 8 operating system has been out only a few days, and at least two aftermarket car audio suppliers –...
Blogs
Apple Takes Another Big Bite from the Smartphone Market
Tuesday’s Apple event proved, once again, that the industry should never underestimate how successfully Apple can break the mold or flaunt conventional wisdom. Everyone...
Blogs
Innovation No Longer The Sole Province Of Apple
Competitors stole a lot of thunder from Apple in the past couple of weeks, diverting consumer attention away from the iPhone launch and reinforcing...
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Apple In Wearables; Debuts iPhone Plus
Cupertino, Calif. – After months of speculation, countless rumors and way more alleged leaks than could possibly come true, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced...
Computers
Apple Updates MacBook Pro Models
Cupertino, Calif. — Apple revealed updates to its MacBook Pro notebooks with Retina displays on Tuesday, offering faster processing, double the memory in both...
Financial
Apple Sales, Profits Rise; iPhone, Mac Shine
Cupertino, Calif. — Apple reported higher revenue and net profit for its fiscal third quarter, ended June 28, with iPhone sales up but iPad...
Industry
Soulé Named President Of OWC
New York — Jen Soulé has been named president of OWC, the manufacturer of Mac-compatible memory upgrade and storage products. Soulé, a veteran of...