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 ...
Lower device costs and easy surfing access fueling surge Smartphones have overtaken personal computers and tablets to become the ultimate gateway for those who want to connect to the Internet in China, said a report released on Thursday. ...
Tags: Smartphones, Internet Use
Google has flogged more Chromebooks to schools than Apple managed with its own iPad sales. New data from IDC has revealed that US schools bagged 715,000 Chromebooks in Q3 this year. Meanwhile Apple flogged a slightly more meagre 702,000 ...
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Christmas Shop and gifting across all directorates signalled that the festive season is now front of mind for John Lewis' customers. After passing the £100m mark last week, this week saw sales of £114.2m, up +2.1% on last year ...
Tags: Christmas Shop, Furniture
Blank Generation, a design, fashion and licensing company based in Los Angeles, California, has selected iSync Solutions’s Sync apparel PLM software. Blank Generation is the first company in US to implement Sync apparel PLM ...
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Activist investor Carl Icahn fired off word on Tuesday that he beefed up his Apple stock holdings by a half-billion dollars as the share price dipped. "Just bought $500 mln more $AAPL shares," Icahn said in a message on Twitter. "My ...
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Growth in iPhone shipments couldn't prevent Apple from reporting a drop in profits for the last quarter, as the iPad market flattened and Mac shipments fell. Apple reported a profit of $7.5 billion for the fourth quarter of its fiscal ...
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Apple's October launch for the new version to the iPad Mini is in jeopardy, as the high-resolution Retina displays for the device are not ready. The Cupertino, California-based firm's supply chain is starting production now on the ...
Tags: iPad Mini, Retina Displays
Apple has revealed the date for the launch of its newest iPhone model as September 10th in an invite sent to members of the press. An invitation, emblazoned with the message "This should brighten everyone's day" features Apple's logo, ...
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Windows’ share of the tablet market grew slightly in the second quarter, as shipments also ticked up in the face of a slow-down by tablets overall, researcher IDC said today. But the Redmond, Washington, company’s innovative ...
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Apple reported a drop in profits on roughly flat revenue for the April to June quarter, though the results were ahead of analysts’ expectations, providing something of a silver lining for the company. Revenue was $35.3 billion, up 1 ...
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's first-quarter revenue was 54.512 billion dollars, higher than the 46.333 billion dollars in the same period last year, hitting a new record; The net profit was 13.078 billion dollars, an increase of 0.1% compared with 13.064 billion ...
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IDC said on Friday that Microsoft shipped an estimated 900,000 Surface RT tablets last quarter, barely missing the top five device makers, and illustrating that demand was “muted at best”. “There is no question that ...
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Apple's revenue grew but profit was flat in its first fiscal quarter of 2013, during which sales of iPhones and iPads rose, but Mac and iPod shipments dropped. Apple reported a net profit of $13.1 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 29, ...