Apple and Google have turned smartphone market on its head

By Troy Wolverton In the smartphone business, Google's Android partners are racking up the sales and Apple is sucking up the profits, leaving some of the ...

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Netgear CEO rails on Apple's Steve Jobs, praises Android

By AppleInsider Staff Netgear chairman and CEO Patrick Lo went on a rant Monday against Apple and its CEO Steve Jobs, criticizing Jobs' "ego" and Apple's ...

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Washington, WSU Hit The Floor For Basketball Apple Cup On Sunday Night

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) By Brian Floyd - Editor The Washington Huskies and Washington State Cougars hit the floor for the basketball Apple Cup on Sunday ...

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Apple Captures Third Place in Global PC Sales

By Ben Camm-Jones, Macworld-UK Figures from market research firm Canalys show Apple to be the third largest PC vendor in the world. Apple had a 10.8 percent ...

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Apple Captures Third Place in Global PC Sales

By Ben Camm-Jones, Macworld-UK Figures from market research firm Canalys show Apple to be the third largest PC vendor in the world. Apple had a 10.8 percent ...

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Tech Notebook: Is Apple's iPad a PC? (Is it a netbook?)

Combining iPads and Macs, Apple's holiday-quarter shipments skyrocketed 241 percent to 13.6 million, according to Canalys. Apple's market share jumped to ...

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Samsung to quadruple mobile chip production for Apple in 2011

By Daniel Eran Dilger Sources in South Korea are reporting that electronics giant Samsung will boost its mobile Application Processor fabrication for Apple ...

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Macworld Expo 2011: Gallery and report

Still based around Apple's timeframe of January announcements, even though the company turned its back on the event and its community, Macworld hit San ...

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Apple releases iTunes 10.1.2

by Lex Friedman, Macworld.com Apple on Thursday released iTunes 10.1.2, a stability and performance update for everyone's favorite media-playing ...

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Apple, Android to Lead $15B in Mobile App Downloads

Apple's App Store helped mobile application downloads soar in 2010. With Google's Android Market pushing Apple, expect the overall pie to grow in 2011, ...

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IPad Makes Apple Third-largest PC Maker, Canalys Says

By Agam Shah, IDG News Apple was the world's third-largest PC vendor during the fourth quarter last year if iPad shipments are included, research firm ...

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Will Apple make David Rice disappear?

Apple has reportedly hired the former NSA expert as its director of global security. He may be the person who finally articulates the company's security ...

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Apple iPhone 5, iPad 2 could have wave-and-pay features

The next Apple iPhone might include features that could enable users not just to make phone calls but also to make purchases with their phones. ...

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Apple-Loving App Developers Seduced by Android: Report

BY EB Boyd Today Apple is still the king of the app world, both on smartphones and tablets. But a new survey shows that Android is catching upâ€"at least ...

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Apple launches App Store social links on Twitter, Facebook

By Daniel Eran Dilger Following up on its efforts to defend the trademark "App Store," Apple has launched a Twitter account promising exclusive offers and ...

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Will Schmidt's exit change the Apple-Google battle?

by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Eric Schmidt's exit as the CEO of Google won't affect the dynamics of the company's battles with Apple in the smartphone and ...

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The Understudy Takes the Stage at Apple

By MIGUEL HELFT On an 18-hour flight from California to Singapore a few years ago, Timothy D. Cook, Apple's chief operating officer, had little time for ...

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That's the question on many investors' minds as Apple wrestles with yet another medical leave for the company's chief visionary. Jobs announced Monday that ...

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Apple: Self-disrupt or perish

by Brooke Crothers While the secret for Apple's success seems patently obvious to most--as obvious as the form and function of the iPhone 4--a more subtle ...

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Playboy on iPad Uproar Misguided and Uncalled For

Apple--and more specifically Steve Jobs--has firmly established that "pornography" is unwelcome on the iOS platform. In fact, to get its iPad app past the ...

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Apple Maintains Its Sanctimonious Streak by Denying Playboy

By Ted Samson, Infoworld iPad-wielding prudes, take heart: Apple is holding tight to its "no nudes is good nudes" policy and has no intention of letting ...

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Apple solves Verizon iPhone dilemma with universal bumper

Apple has already addressed the problem of needing new cases for the Verizon iPhone 4 model by quietly seeding a new, universal bumper case into shops. ...

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Do iOS icons confirm iPad 2 front-facing cam?

by Matt Hickey It's almost considered certain among fanboys that Apple's next iPad--which so far we're imaginatively calling the iPad 2--will come out in ...

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Apple is poisoning Chinese workers and doesn't seem to care. Should we?

Simple: they complained about something to Apple and Apple â€" no surprise to us Americans â€" didn't respond. What a shocker. Apple didn't respond to a ...

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Apple's Amateur Analysts Outperform Wall Street Professionals

19 (Bloomberg) -- Ted Moore, a portfolio manager at Fifth Third Asset Management, talks about Apple Inc.'s earnings and the impact of Chief Executive ...

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15 Amazing Things We Learned On Apple's Conference Call

Listening to Apple's quarterly conference calls these days is like watching a once-in-a-generation sports team demolish every other team in the league. ...

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Apple COO: We're 'very confident' in Apple's future

by Erica Ogg The two questions on the mind of anyone who follows Apple are "When is Steve coming back?" and "What happens if he doesn't? ...

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Futures weighed down by Citi, Apple

Apple's stock slid in premarket trading Tuesday, a day after the company announced CEO Steve Jobs will take a medical leave of absence for the third time ...

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Despite Anxiety Over Leave at Apple, a Deep Bench of Leadership

By MIGUEL HELFT and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Timothy D. Cook, Apple's chief operating officer, will again take over day-to-day operations. ...

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Apple's App Store on pace to surpass total iTunes music sales by March

By Sam Oliver The average iOS device has seen more than 60 applications from the App Store downloaded on to it, putting Apple's digital download destination ...

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Apple adds Verizon to retail store's EasyPay terminals

By AppleInsider Staff Apple has added Verizon Wireless to its retail store's EasyPay terminals, in order to check upgrade eligibility for users as they buy ...

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Apple's iPhone finally comes to Verizon

They still erected Verizon cellular towers at Apple's Cupertino headquarters to check signal force and avert the reliability disorders of the iPhone at AT&T ...

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Mac App Store the Kick Apple needs?

Apple computers are known for their 'creative' stuff, like iMovie, Final Cut, etc. Gaming has traditionally been quite lax on the platform. ...

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Two entrepreneurs, one big, one small, enjoy a second bite of Apple

In both cases the alternative economy created by Apple boss Steve Jobs offers a second lease on life to an entrepreneur … though at a price. ...

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Rumor: Apple's iPhone 5 a GSM-CDMA world phone, iPad 2 to have SD card slot

By AppleInsider Staff Apple this year plans to release a completely redesigned dual GSM-CDMA iPhone, an iPad with a high-resolution screen and an SD card ...

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Murdoch's iPad newspaper gets delayed

Murdoch was supposed to appear with Steve Jobs and other Apple executives at a media event next Wednesday to announce to launch of Daily, but that event has ...

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A Delay For The Daily: Apple, News Corp. Push Back Launch Date

Apple and News Corp. have made a joint decision to push back next week's planned launch, according to sources familiar with the companies' plans. ...

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Mac sales climb as rivals lose US share

By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - Apple bucked the US trend last quarter by posting double-digit Mac sales gains as PC giants like HP and Dell lost share, ...

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IDC: Apple hits 8.7% share as fastest growing PC maker in US 4Q sales

By Daniel Eran Dilger Even without counting iPad sales, IDC's preliminary Q4 2010 report on PC shipments shows Apple experienced the fastest growth in an ...

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Microsoft challenges Apple's App Store trademark

Microsoft has filed a formal motion (PDF) for a summary judgment to dismiss Apple's trademark filing for the term App Store. The Windows developer claimed ...

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Apple, News Corp. To Unveil iPad Newspaper - Source

(NWS, NWSA) CEO Rupert Murdoch to introduce The Daily, a digital newspaper for Apple's iPad tablet computer that Murdoch has called his company's "most ...

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Apple doubles awarded patents, reaching 563 in 2010

By Sam Oliver Apple was awarded 563 patents in 2010, making it the No. 46 global company in terms of inventions recognized by the US Patent and Trademark ...

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Apple's Steve Jobs to join Rupert Murdoch in unveiling The Daily on Jan. 19

By Sam Oliver Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs will appear onstage alongside media mogul and News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch in San Francisco on Jan. ...

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Apple COO Paid $59M After Covering For Jobs

By Antone Gonsalves , InformationWeek Apple chief operating officer Timothy Cook received $59.1 million in compensation during the 2010 fiscal year, ...

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Apple Steals CES 2011 Spotlight as No-Show With Verizon iPhone & Mac App Store

Apple is one of the few tech companies that can steal the show without even showing up. Strategically timed announcements during the CES 2011 allowed Apple ...

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Google Android Overtakes Apple iPhone In Popularity

... users turn to the RIM BlackBerry smartphones to keep in touch, Google Android phones are now used more people than the Apple iPhone (see chart below). ...

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Alt media player VLC cut from Apple App Store

by Edward Moyer Popular media player VLC has been pulled from Apple's App Store at the request of one of the program's original developers--in a move that's ...

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Apple CEO Jobs' 2010 compensation remains $1

A regulatory filing shows Apple CEO Steve Jobs' compensation package remained the usual $1 in fiscal 2010. Apple Inc. said in a filing with the Securities ...

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Apple's Steve Jobs could appear onstage at Jan. 11 Verizon event

By Josh Ong A new report claims that Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs will likely make an onstage appearance next Tuesday at Verizon's media event, ...

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Android Edges iPhone in US Smartphone Market: ComScore

Google's Android operating system beat Apple's iOS in US smartphone market share by one percentage point, according to comScore. ...

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Apple Approached Blackstone's CFO About Potential Job

By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED For a company with little need for Wall Street, it's a little unusual that Apple would approach a top executive at a financial ...

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Mac App Store opens with more than 1000 apps

by Jason Snell, Macworld.com On Thursday Apple opened the Mac App Store, releasing a software update for Snow Leopard that allows Mac users to buy software ...

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Apple's MAS effect

There is speculation that it will sell apps at bargain prices, which hasn't exactly been the Apple norm. I often think this kind of speculation is more ...

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7 Ways To Save Microsoft In 2011

If Redmond can't adapt to the most competitive landscape in decades, it will fall further behind Apple and Google in key growth markets like phones and ...

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Apple updates iMovie, Garageband ahead of Mac App Store launch

By Josh Ong Apple on Tuesday updated Garageband and iMovie '11 for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard users to improve stability and compatibility in advance of ...

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The Circuit: Apple valued at $300 billion; Chrome numbers climb

By Hayley Tsukayama LEADING THE DAY: Apple's latest valuation puts it at $300 billion, according to a report from TechCrunch. Exxon Mobil is the only other ...

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Tablets from Apple competitors will take center stage at electronics show

By Cecilia Kang If imitation is the highest form of flattery, Apple should be blushing at the Consumer Electronics Show this week as a flood of competing ...

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The Circuit: Goldman backs Facebook, Google to take on Apple, Apple to take on ...

Google to take on Apple's iTunes store: With a range of tablets set to take on the iPad this year, Google is rumored to be planning a digital news stand for ...

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Microsoft looks to dive into tablet software field

Allying with ARM is Microsoft's way of stepping up its rivalry with Apple, which has garnered the largest share of the tablet market with its iPad, ...

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Pepin Heights Orchard apple cider recalled on toxin fear

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and Pepin Heights Orchard are advising consumers to avoid drinking Pepin Heights Orchard brand apple cider ...

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Report claims RIM and Microsoft were skeptical over Apple's original iPhone

It has been found out that Research in Motion (RIM) was initially skeptical about Apple's capability of designing and launching an iPhone. ...

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2011's Biggest Security Threats

It lists several popular services and platforms including Google's Android, Apple's iPhone, foursquare, Google TV and the Mac OS X platform. ...

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