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Apple Tops Q2 Estimates Despite Lower Profit; Stock Climbs on Dividend Raise, Buyback Plan
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 5:29pm | 529Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) released its highly anticipated fiscal second-quarter results on Tuesday after the closing bell. The company reported a lower profit for the period, but sales were up by more than 11 percent. Margins fell sharply in the second-quarter, but investors are pushing the stock...
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iWatch Gains Traction with 5% of Consumers "Very Likely" to Buy One
Friday, April 19, 2013 - 10:56am | 424Read More...Five percent of consumers surveyed are "very likely" to buy an iWatch. An additional 14 percent are "somewhat likely." These results come from a new study conducted by ChangeWave Research. The study, which was published on Wednesday but not publicly announced until Friday, showed an interesting...
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iPad Mini Shipments May Fall 30%
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 1:06pm | 398Read More...Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) beloved iPad Mini might be headed for steep declines in the second quarter. While the company is believed to have shipped 15 million units during the first quarter (the final number will not be released until next week), Apple may ship 20 to 30 percent fewer units during the...
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Apple Expected to Ship 10 Times More Tablets than Google in 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 8:51am | 472Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) endured some criticism last month after rumors surfaced that the company may ship 12 percent fewer iPads than previously anticipated. Instead of shipping 60 million full-size iPads and 40 million iPad Mini units, the company is now rumored to ship 55 million iPad Mini units...
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Apple's Market Share is 'Under Attack'
Saturday, April 6, 2013 - 9:57am | 978Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have reported a great first quarter, but this is no time for the company to get cocky. The iPhone maker has remained silent about the ongoing rumors surrounding the firm's 2013 lineup. Meanwhile, Samsung, HTC and other competitors are gradually stocking their portfolios...
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329 Million Smartphones to be Sold in China: Can Apple Get a Piece?
Monday, March 18, 2013 - 10:03am | 548Read More...Following a report that China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) would sell as many as 120 million TD-SCDMA handsets in 2013, DigiTimes Research has revealed that smartphone sales in China could reach 329 million units by the end of 2013. China's smartphone market grew substantially in 2012, rising 67 percent....
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Apple Developing a "Smart" Way to Wirelessly Charge Future iPads
Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 1:13pm | 502Read More...Last week Benzinga published a piece about the future of wireless charging. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is one of the larger smartphone makers to adapt this technology, but how long will it take for Samsung and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to follow suit? The answer could come today. Samsung is rumored to announce...
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Why is Every Fresh Apple Product Several Years Away?
Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 1:13pm | 577Read More...From the iWatch to the rumored television concept, every original Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) device has a rumored release date of sometime in the distant future. Keep in mind, nothing happens overnight. Apple spent more than two years developing the first iPhone. In 2007, consumers had no idea that the...
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Amazon Makes Big Donation to Low Income Families
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 1:15pm | 519Read More...Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has teamed up with the National PTA to bring Kindle e-readers to low-income and at-risk youths and families throughout the United States. The online retailer will be the exclusive sponsor of the National PTA's new Family Reading Experience program, which will be hosted by...
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Naughty Kids Could Cost Apple $100 Million
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 4:42pm | 426Read More...Kids say the darndest things! What they do is even crazier. When they're not drawing on the wall or throwing Mommy's most expensive/breakable items, they're using Dad's iPhone to purchase hundreds of dollars in bonus content for an app that cost 99 cents. This is the price consumers pay for the...
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Chromebook Pixel Validates Microsoft's Touch Strategy, Could Force Apple's Hand
Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 4:25pm | 527Read More...When designing Windows 8, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) made a brilliant movie: it decided to scrap the old, mouse-friendly interface and focus on touch. The company knew this was risky; bloggers and analysts told them so for months! It was a risk Microsoft wanted to take. The Xbox maker knew that, as...
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Apple's Success Threatened by $4 Billion Industry Loss
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 1:27pm | 593Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been taking a beating with investors. The stock has plummeted more than 31 percent since September 4, 2012. During the fall period, Apple also sold 47.8 million iPhones and nearly 23 million iPads. This year the company announced that it had sold its 120 millionth tablet,...
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Apple Wins Big Government Account for 10K iPhones, iPads
Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 12:18pm | 450Read More...More than 6,000 New Zealand police officers are getting an iPhone after the nation signed a 10-year outsourcing contract with Vodafone. Of those 6,000 officers, 3,900 will also receive an iPad, creating the most lucrative deal Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has announced since Home Depot (NYSE: HD)...
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Apple May be Unable to Maintain iPad Market Share
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 4:57pm | 440Read More...Citi analysts Glen Yeung, Walter H Pritchard and Jim Suva think that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reached the end of the line for tablet growth. "Apple has again lost tablet market share (despite the introduction of the Mini), holding a still dominant 38.8%, but down from its 56.8% 2Q12 peak," they...
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Apple Accused of Price-Gouging Australian Consumers
Monday, February 11, 2013 - 12:29pm | 442Read More...Nearly one year ago, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission accused Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) of misleading consumers when it released the third-generation iPad. The ACCC alleged that Apple's worldwide promotional materials -- which emphasized the cellular version as "Wi-Fi + 4G" -- were...
















