Europe nothing but a big downer for Apple and Amazon
We’ve gotten hints of the terror that is the current European consumer market from AMD (AMD), Intel (INTC) and other tech companies, but it took …
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Samsung snags smartphone crown – ships more smartphones in Q3 than any company in history
Samsung (005930) on Friday posted its financial results for the third quarter of 2012, during which it nearly doubled its profit thanks to smartphone shipments …
Apple may finally launch its Pandora competitor in 2013
Rumors have once again begun to circulate that suggest Apple (AAPL) is planning to launch an online radio service that will compete with Pandora (P). …
Apple posts Q4 earnings miss despite iPhone 5 launch; $8.2 billion profit on $36 billion in revenue
Apple (AAPL) has been getting clobbered on Wall Street lately. The stock hit a record high of $705.07 just after the iPhone 5 launched, but …
Bill Gates: Windows and Windows Phone will be combined into one platform
In a recent interview posted by Microsoft (MSFT), company co-founder Bill Gates had much praise to offer Microsoft’s upcoming Surface tablet. Gates called the new slate …
New Chrome extension replaces your friends’ political Facebook rants with pictures of cute kitties
There are two kinds of Facebook (FB) users out there: Those who use their pages as political soap boxes and those who are sick of …
Sprint faces brutal U.S. subscriber math
Verizon (VZ) kicked off the carrier earnings season by announcing it had added 1.5 million new contract subscribers — far above the expected 900,000. Next …
Apple reportedly ditches Samsung, turns to LG for most new display orders
A new report from Digitimes suggests that a majority of screens for Apple’s (AAPL) new iPad mini, fourth-generation iPad, 13-inch Retina display MacBook Pro and …
9.3 million iPhones sold by top-3 U.S. carriers in Q3
Now that Sprint’s numbers are in, each of the three major U.S. carriers have reported sales totals for the top smartphone series in the world. …
In defense of Zynga
It’s easy to badmouth the dumb moves Zynga (ZNGA) has made — the disastrous acquisition of OMGPOP, the strip-mining of the Ville franchises, the lack of skill-based …
Ballmer says Microsoft will ‘obviously’ make more hardware after Surface tablet
Original equipment manufacturers are about to get even more competition from Microsoft (MSFT). In an interview with BBC News, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that …
Sprint loss widens to $767 million in Q3, iPhone sales total 1.5 million
Sprint (S) on Thursday reported its results for the third quarter, revealing yet another loss for the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier. Sprint posted a net …
LG posts $138.6 million Q3 profit, boosted by record smartphone shipments
LG (066570) may not be raking in cash like rival Samsung (005930), but the Korean manufacturer certainly isn’t hurting financially as badly as som of …
Yahoo closes South Korean offices, cuts 200 jobs
Yahoo (YHOO) announced last week plans to shutter its business in South Korea as a result of plans to restructure the company. The search engine …
ITC finds Samsung guilty of infringing upon four of Apple’s patents
A judge for the U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday handed Apple (AAPL) another legal victory over Samsung (005930), according to Bloomberg. The South Korean …
13-inch Retina MacBook Pro Preview
Apple (AAPL) famously introduced the world’s first Retina notebook a couple months back, but notably missing was it’s smaller 13-inch brother. Introduced yesterday at the …
While some balk at iPad mini price tag, analysts are impressed
Rumors dating back more than a year suggested Apple (AAPL) was working on a new entry-level iPad, and for 12 months industry watchers pegged the …
Microsoft found guilty of violating browser choice commitments in Europe
In a preliminary ruling, the European Commission has found that Microsoft (MSFT) failed to comply with an order that requires it to offer a choice of web …
Samsung Galaxy Note II review
Almost exactly eight months ago, I reviewed Samsung’s Galaxy Note “phablet” and called it the smartphone that “Samsunged” Samsung (005930). I very much enjoyed certain …
Breakthrough wireless tech to combine LTE, Wi-Fi data streams
Why settle for using either LTE or Wi-Fi when you could use both? That’s the question that researchers at several major universities have tried to …
AT&T matches Q3 earnings expectations with an EPS of $0.63 on revenues of $31.5 billion
AT&T (T) on Wednesday narrowly beat Wall Street’s earnings expectations by reporting $0.63 earnings per share on revenues of $31.5 billion. Analysts had expected AT&T …
Patent office temporarily invalidates Apple patent used in Samsung trial
The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently invalidated all 20 claims of Apple’s (AAPL) rubber-banding patent, including claim 19, which the company used in …
Microsoft Surface review: A tale of two tablets
Some time ago, top executives at Microsoft (MSFT) realized the company needed to make some major strategic changes to adapt in a marketplace that was …
With cash reserves dwindling, Nokia looks to raise $1 billion from bonds
Nokia (NOK) on Tuesday announced that it will be issuing a new batch of convertible bonds that it hopes will generate €750 million, or roughly …
Zynga quietly laid off more than 100 employees during Apple’s press event [updated]
While most of the world was focused on Apple’s (AAPL) press event in San Francisco on Tuesday, Zynga (ZNGA) reportedly shut down its Boston offices …
Facebook beats expectations in Q3, reports EPS of $0.12 on $1.62 billion in revenue
Facebook (FB) beat Wall Street’s expectations in its second earnings report as a public company after the closing bell on Tuesday. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters …
Apple is getting pushed around by WhatsApp
Apple (AAPL) just dropped a fascinating data point: 300 billion iMessages sent since the system debuted in the autumn of 2011. This is certainly an …
Apple kicks off iPad mini event: 3 million new iPods sold, iOS 6 now on 200 million devices
The wait is finally over. Apple (AAPL) kicked off its iPad mini event just moments ago, and while we have a pretty good idea of …
Goldman says Apple’s stock is a relative bargain
At more than $600 a share, Apple’s (AAPL) stock may not seem like a bargain to a lot of people. But Goldman Sachs analyst Bill Shope …
Samsung denies severing Apple ties
A report issued on Monday made waves, claiming that Samsung (005930) would soon sever ties with Apple (AAPL) and stop supplying the Cupertino, California-based company with LCD display panels. …
