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Apple's iTunes to Face Amazonian Competition
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 1:50pm | 410Read More...Although many have heard about Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Cloud music player, Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iTunes platform still tends to dominate the music-player industry. A new "scan and match" feature is ready to change all that, as it has enabled Amazon to put its music service up against the...
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Verizon Wireless Fined $1.25 Million for Blocking Tethering Apps
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 8:52am | 507Read More...Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) has been hit with a $1.25 million fine after preventing users from turning their phones into mobile Wi-Fi hotspots. The cellular carrier got into trouble after asking Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to remove select apps from Google Play, which was known as the Android Market at...
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Is Samsung Leaving Android for Windows Phone 8?
Monday, July 30, 2012 - 1:57pm | 473Read More...Samsung is planning to release two Windows Phone 8 devices in 2012, signaling the end of a near-exclusive relationship with Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android platform. According to The Verge, information on the new devices came from court documents that were submitted as part of the ongoing battle...
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Apple Acquires AuthenTec for $365 Million
Friday, July 27, 2012 - 10:32am | 619Read More...Tech giant Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is buying mobile security company AuthenTec (NASDAQ: AUTH) for $365 million. The deal is particularly interesting because only ten days ago, AuthenTec signed a deal with Samsung for Android devices. With a vicious patent battle going on in court between Apple and...
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Earnings Preview: Amazon's Jungle
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 1:21pm | 547Read More...Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) looks to boast strong revenue growth in the second quarter – but a number of obstacles could hurt sales down the road. To start, Amazon is, without doubt, the premier online shopping site. eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) may have strength within the auction niche and upstarts like...
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Research in Motion vs. Shareholders: The Final Showdown
Monday, July 9, 2012 - 1:18pm | 779Read More...Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is expected to discuss its future plans tomorrow during the company's annual shareholders meeting in Waterloo, Ontario. Over the past several months, Research in Motion has gained a lot of attention for announcing multiple delays of its long-awaited mobile OS...
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Facebook's App Center is One Giant Advertising Hub
Friday, June 8, 2012 - 12:53pm | 519Read More...Facebook is receiving a ton of press for its apparent effort to take on iOS and Android in the battle for app dominance. But while other app marketplaces offer tangible goods, the Facebook App Center is inundated with external links and ad-filled freebies. Let's start with the biggest and most...
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Can Apple, Sprint Boost Their Bottom Line with Virgin Mobile?
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - 8:25am | 358Read More...Apple and Sprint are about to do the unthinkable: by July 1, they plan to bring the hugely popular smartphone to Virgin Mobile. According to the Wall Street Journal, this is all part of Sprint's (NYSE: S) plan to make the iPhone, which it reportedly paid billions to obtain, more profitable for the...
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Facebook's Biggest Threat to Apple, Samsung and Twitter is…
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 10:54am | 467Read More...More than 50% of smartphone users do something every hour that could impact the future of tech manufacturers and social media sites everywhere. They communicate with Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). That's according to Sandvine's chief executive, Dave Caputo. "We are finding that 50-percent of smart phones...
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Google's Long-Awaited iPad-Killer Finally Revealed?
Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 8:41am | 413Read More...The first Google-branded tablet is reportedly on its way, and it's coming from a very familiar manufacturer. DigiTimes, everyone's favorite source for inflated Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rumors, is reporting that the Android maker has teamed up with Asus to produce a seven-inch "tablet PC" that will...
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Verizon Hates the iPhone
Friday, April 20, 2012 - 12:03pm | 1037Read More...What does Apple get for working with Verizon, the nation's number-two cellular carrier? Complaints, betrayal, and a lifetime of headaches. At this time last year, you couldn't escape the hype for the iPhone 4's long-awaited debut on Verizon (NYSE: VZ). After all, the iPhone was the world's single-...
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Google to Augment Your Reality?
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 11:35am | 596Read More...The dot-com giant wants to bring a little something extra to Google Play. For those of you who haven't visited Google.com (NASDAQ: GOOG) today, here's a quick update: the company is now promoting Android Market – which has been renamed Google Play – on the main page with a “Play NEW” icon...
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Is the App Store Losing to Android Market?
Monday, March 5, 2012 - 10:27am | 967Read More...Apple is celebrating the sale of its 25 billionth app. But is it too little, too late? Last July, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced that it had sold its 15 billionth App Store download – just six months after the company crossed the 10 billion mark. That's very impressive, to say the least. At that...
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Will Google Overthrow the iPad 3 Launch?
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 12:20pm | 1075Read More...Google wants to destroy the iPad 3. But will the dot-com giant attempt to stifle the success of Apple's next tablet? In just seven days, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will announce, present and hype the third iteration of its popular tablet. The media has been running crazy with rumors we hope are true and...
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Blackberry Hurting in US Market; Dominating in the UK
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 11:17am | 505Read More...It has become a popular belief in the U.S. that without an iPhone or Android, you are falling behind the times. With Blackberrys increasingly being seen as a thing of the past, it seems most users have turned their back on the once dominant smartphone. What some may be surprised to know is that in...
