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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Walmart Cuts iPhone Pricing
Bentonville, Ark. – Walmart has reduced the contract price of Apple’s iPhone 5s and 5c models. Effective this morning, the discount chain has shaved...
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iOS 8 To Offer T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calling
Bellevue, Wash. – T-Mobile’s iPhone users will be able to use iPhones running iOS 8 to place calls over Wi-Fi networks in areas where...
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Apple’s iOS 8 Adds Home Automation, Health, And Mac Sharing
San Francisco – Apple’s iOS 8 operating system for iPhones and iPads will deliver integrated control of home systems, consolidate information among multiple fitness...
Blogs
Apple Acquires A Monster
Wow, a $ 3 billion deal for Beats is an incredible achievement for Jimmy and Dre. We are glad to see that the company...
Accessories
Apple Buys Beats For $3B
Cupertino, Calif. — Apple will acquire Beats Electronics and the Beats Music music-streaming service for $3 billion. The announcement, which has drawn scads of...
Blogs
Tech Brands Ranked Most Valuable Globally
The top four most valuable brands in the world are technology companies, according to a new study conducted by Millward Brown, with Google displacing...
Blogs
Should Apple Get The Beat …
The Financial Times caused an uproar when it was the first to report that Beats Electronics and Apple are said to be in talks...
Industry
Ahrendts Taking Big Bite Out Of Apple
Cupertino, Calif. — Apple’s new retail and online stores senior VP Angela Ahrendts will be amply rewarded for leaving her CEO slot at Burberry...
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