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Apple's image takes slight hit in wake of Steve Jobs death

Posted May 29, 2012 - 11:18 am

A recent market research survey found that 11.1% of respondents have a more negative view of Apple since the death of co-founder Steve Jobs.
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Don't call it widescreen: rumors abound about the next iPhone ratio

Posted May 23, 2012 - 11:15 am

Google might be getting its layoff machine rolling again, Samsung’s stylus-oriented Galaxy Note tablet is due soon, and Apple, dear Apple, is having its video ambitions debated in a wide public rumor exchange. Let’s get into this Wednesday’s rumor roundup!
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An epic battle of good and bad (rumor sources)!

Posted May 16, 2012 - 1:57 pm

Your dad’s Wall Street Journal was the sheet that aimed to tell you everything you needed to know that morning to face the many-headed, irrational beast known as The Market. Your Wall Street Journal? It wants to have the very best sourcing on what your next iPhone is going to look like, and it usually succeeds.
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How Apple is breaking free of Google's Maps (and maybe Google, entirely)

Posted May 11, 2012 - 11:33 am

It’s no secret that Apple and Google have the kind of relationship that touring bands have with Ticketmaster: an aspiring artist with a thinly veiled contempt for the company that has all the right connections.
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Screen-sharing BlackBerrys, face-tracking Apple TVs, and more

Posted May 9, 2012 - 9:09 am

BlackBerry 10 devices could let you show people what you’re seeing on your screen. Apple’s purported HDTV offering could see what you’re looking at. And you may not see any Verizon representatives pushing an iPhone on customers any time soon. This week’s Rumor Roundup is all about vision.
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AT&T achieves Zen state of unintentional irony

Posted April 26, 2012 - 11:37 am

The company that fought last year to reduce the number of U.S. carriers from four to three says more competition in the smartphone market is a good thing.
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What are you willing to pay for mobile data?

Posted April 25, 2012 - 1:09 pm

With at least half of all U.S. mobile device users now owning smartphones, wireless carriers must rely on mobile data sales for future revenue growth. But there are limits to how much consumers are willing to pay for mobile data.
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Strong earnings should halt Apple's stock slide

Posted April 24, 2012 - 6:19 pm

Apple reported a 94% increase in second-quarter profit thanks to strong sales of the iPhone and iPad.
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Want to create a LEGO stop-motion film? There's an app for that

Posted April 24, 2012 - 11:22 am

Stop-motion fun for your Lego Mini-figures comes in an iPhone app.
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What abject failure in the smartphone market looks like

Posted April 20, 2012 - 3:49 pm

This week's news involving Research in Motion and Nokia are sad, predictable and -- in one case -- unintentionally comical.
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How to grab a screenshot from iPhone, Android, and nearly any other smartphone

Posted April 20, 2012 - 10:49 am

Let’s review the best ways you can grab a screenshot from an iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, or Windows Phone. Or even a WebOS phone, if you're feeling esoteric.
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Malware-infected download knocks last trace of hipster gloss from Instagram

Posted April 19, 2012 - 4:43 pm

Instagram, once the not-very-exclusive artistic vision of the hipster iPhone photographer community, lost most of its shine when it was ported to Android, then sold to Facebook. Fake downloads with Russian malware put it out to pasture for good.
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Source of Apple's malware problem: arrogance, negligence, contempt

Posted April 16, 2012 - 7:57 pm

The Flashback botnet was labeled as the big breakthrough that would make Apple and its users realize malware for the Mac was real. Instead it made clear that, whenever Apple users need it to step up and take responsibility for a major flaw, Apple steps back and points fingers instead.
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Seriously, Nokia, this is painful to watch

Posted April 11, 2012 - 2:32 pm

Nokia on Wednesday lowered its financial outlook for the first half of this year, just a day after the Finnish device maker revealed a software glitch in its marquee smartphone.
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More on transferring contacts from your BlackBerry to your new smartphone

Posted April 9, 2012 - 10:50 am

What keeps people on the BlackBerry platform? The feel of the keyboard, sure. BlackBerry Messenger, maybe. But in some cases the answer is "I really don’t want to transfer all my contacts over.”
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The pre-paid smartphone world you never hear about is booming

Posted March 30, 2012 - 1:41 pm

A new report states that more than 50 percent of all phone purchases, prepaid or contractual, are smartphones, and that 29 percent of prepaid phones are smartphones.
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How do you organize your phone home screens?

Posted March 27, 2012 - 11:24 am

Let’s open the doors to bragging, debate, show-and-tell, and all the other stuff that makes for a lot more fun than “Oracle's Google Android patent lawsuit cut down to size”.
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The real leadership lessons of Steve Jobs (according to his biographer)

Posted March 26, 2012 - 4:02 pm

The author of last year's biography on the late Steve Jobs says the Apple co-founder's career offers valuable leadership and management lessons.
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Battery life key to smartphone customer loyalty, J.D. Power survey shows

Posted March 16, 2012 - 11:36 am

J.D. Power's annual survey of smartphone customers shows that battery life is a critical factor in brand loyalty.
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AT&T shows how to make a PR disaster even worse

Posted March 15, 2012 - 2:58 pm

If you want some lessons in how to make a PR problem even worse, you must learn at the feet of the master, AT&T.
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When creepy is worth it: tracking purchases with Slice

Posted March 9, 2012 - 9:01 am

Heard about personal data security and privacy lately? Oh, yes, you have. Allow me to provide a tonic, a refreshing change of scenery, or, at the very least, a neat app recommendation.
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The one phone better than iPhone: The BatPhone!

Posted March 8, 2012 - 11:49 am

Superman vs. Batman is so last century. The real debate is iPhone vs. BatPhone.
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Another federal bureau to abandon BlackBerry

Posted February 29, 2012 - 3:53 pm

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives plans to stop using Research in Motion's BlackBerry in favor of Apple's iPhone.
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Apple now worth nearly $500 billion

Posted February 29, 2012 - 10:15 am

Apple shares closed Tuesday at an all-time high of 535.41, putting the company right on the edge of a $500 billion valuation.
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For HP and RIM, some painful pending inflection points

Posted February 24, 2012 - 2:21 pm

Hewlett-Packard and Research in Motion are facing some inflection points that underscore the problems undermining each company's fundamental business.
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