Sure, Apple could make software that powers both Macs and iPads. Yes, it could put touchscreens in its laptops. And yeah, it could make a hybrid device that's both a tablet and a notebook. But that would be taking the easy route. At ...
China's top smartphone companies challenged Samsung and Apple with surging sales and revenue in 2014, vowing to scramble for a larger share in a global turf war with the top two makers. As one of the major competitors, telecom behemoth ...
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Tablet consumers have taken as big a bite out of Mac growth as they have out of personal computers in general, showing that Apple is not immune to the seismic shift it triggered with the iPad. During the 12 months preceding 30th September ...
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Apple has unveiled a third consecutive decline in earnings as sales of Mac laptops and desktop computers fell, while unit shipments of smartphones and tablet computers continued to increase. The company sold 33.8 million iPhones, up from ...
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Apple is clearly not Steve Jobs' company any longer, analysts said this week, citing examples from Tuesday's earning calls with Wall Street. Eighteen months after the co-founder and former CEO's death, Apple is a very different company, ...
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Apple may delay the release of OS X 10.9 because it's pulled engineers from the team to help in a final push on the next version of iOS, according to online reports. A delay won't affect Mac sales, and by all measurements, shifting bodies ...
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Apple's net profit dropped during the second quarter of 2013 as the company's iPhone shipment growth slowed down, based on year-over-year comparisons. Apple recorded a profit of US$9.5 billion for the second quarter ending on March 30, ...
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Apple has seen its first decline in profits for a decade during the first quarter of 2013. The iconic brand lost its most valuable company title last week and has now seen a drop in its profits. Apple recorded a quarterly net profit of ...
Apple CEO Tim Cook yesterday defended the company's iconic Mac line, which saw a second consecutive decline in sales last quarter, and promised that Apple would continue to crank out personal computers. "I don't think this [personal ...
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Apple's Mac has been punished by shifting consumer tastes just as has the overall PC industry, data from the company's earnings statements show. But in the end, Apple may not care. "I think PC, and Mac, volumes will continue to shrink ...
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Over the weekend, Apple improved supplies of its new iMacs in the U.S. and several other markets. As of Sunday, the company's U.S. and Canadian online stores showed a shipping delay of just one to three business days, a marked improvement ...
Apple's U.S. retail Mac sales were up for the first month of the quarter, but not to the extent recently claimed by a Wall Street analyst, the NPD Group said today. Earlier this week, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, citing NPD data, ...
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US Mac sales in January increased 31% compared with the same time, which indicating that Apple began to meet the market demand for a new generation of iMac. Mac sales in the first quarter fell 17%, Apple blamed the short supply of the new ...
Apple today dropped prices of its Retina-equipped 13-in. MacBook Pro by as much as $300, and lowered the price of its top-end MacBook Air by $100. Some models of the company's laptop line also received processor speed increases, with the ...
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Mac sales plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2012, falling 22% from the same period the year before, with computer sales accounting for a record low percentage of Apple's total revenue of $54.5 billion. The decline in Mac sales was ...