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Four Apple Stories You Might Have Missed This Weekend
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 10:15am | 654Didn’t feel like reading the latest Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) news from the weekend? Here are a few of the stories you might have missed since the market close on Friday. Can’t Claim Lost Profit Damages in Patent Case Last week we reported that Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) employed an interesting strategy...
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Facebook Learned Lesson from Android's Home Software
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 1:45pm | 252Taking a page from the “you can't succeed until you fail” mantra, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has publicly spoken about valuable lessons it learned following the April debut of its Home software for Android devices. AllthingsD reported that Facebook's mobile engineering VP Cory Ondrejka has “learned a...
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iPad Air Is Cheaper, More Profitable Than iPad 3
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 12:28pm | 456Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) fifth-generation iPad is cheaper to manufacture than the third-generation iPad -- but retails for the same starting price of $499. According to AllThingsD, which has received the first look at IHS' (NYSE: IHS) teardown of the iPad Air, Apple is spending $274 to produce the...
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Pandora Brings Millions Of Songs To Google Chromecast (GOOG, P)
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 2:25pm | 569Pandora (NYSE: P) is the newest app available for Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) popular streaming device. The $35 HDMI stick, known as Chromecast, launched with only a handful of apps when it was released earlier this year. By inking a deal with Pandora, Chromecast users will now be able to stream...
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Amazon's iPhone Competitor Delayed Until 2014
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 3:08pm | 543Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) might be ready to take on the iPad Air, but it seems that the company will wait until 2014 to release any additional products. According to AppleInsider, Amazon has teamed up with a "number of Asian compact camera module makers" to supply advanced sensors for a new phone....
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Could Pinterest Be the Next Social Media IPO?
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 6:59am | 523If Twitter’s S-1 is any indication, is should hit Wall Street sometime in the middle of the next month. The stated valuation may be around $12.8 billion but it’s expected rocket up to about $20 billion once it reaches the market. Just like Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), the hype-machine will be full-on...
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Apple's iPad 5 Event To Crash Surface Release Party On October 22
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 11:36am | 423Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to unveil the fifth-generation iPad on Tuesday, October 22. If that date sounds familiar, it's because Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will release the next-generation Surface tablets (Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2) on that same day. According to AllThingsD, Nokia (NYSE:...
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Amazon's Offline Videos Threaten The Netflix Empire (AMZN, NFLX)
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 3:21pm | 480Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that its streaming video service, Prime Instant Video, will be the first to allow users to watch content offline. First reported by AllThingsD, the deal will give users the option to download select films and TV shows, such as CBS's (NYSE: CBS) Under The Dome or...
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iPhone 5S Supply 'Grotesquely Unavailable' - Sources (AAPL)
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 9:18am | 529Two new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhones were announced last week, and although there’s the usual chatter about the phones’ shortcomings, the reality is that people want them—good news for Apple. The not-so-good news, however, is that availability of the iPhone 5S appears to be low. The 5S will...
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Google Buys Bump, But Provides Few Details About Future Plans (GOOG)
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 9:07am | 554Bump, a popular app for iPhone and Android that allows users to transfer files, photos and videos between their smartphones and computers by “bumping” the computer space bar, announced in a blog post Monday that it had been acquired by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). Long on happy talk, short on details...
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Microsoft Skips Games In First Xbox One Promo (MSFT)
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 10:31am | 502When the Xbox One was unveiled last May, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) spent a great deal of time talking about the console's non-gaming features. Now that Xbox One has a release date -- November 22 in numerous countries around the world -- Microsoft is ready to begin promoting the new gaming machine (...
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If You Thought The Government Had Sophisticated Spy Technology, Take A Second Look At Facebook
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 10:07am | 618Think, for a moment, about movies like “Enemy of the State” starring Will Smith or any one of the “NCIS” series. If you want something more real-world, think about all of the Edward Snowden leaks and the amount of government resources that have gone into silencing what was once a relatively low...
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Cable Companies Would Hate a Google – NFL Partnership (GOOG)
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 9:14am | 712If you haven’t heard, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and the NFL are in some form of communication regarding the NFL Sunday Ticket rights that will be up for grabs beginning with the 2015 NFL season. At this point, the story isn’t so much about Google or the NFL. It’s about something much bigger that...
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Samsung To Combat iPhone 5S With Four New Phones And Wearable Galaxy Gear
Monday, August 19, 2013 - 3:48pm | 514How do you combat the release of the year's most anticipated smartphone? Now that the Galaxy S4 has been released, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) could jump ahead and release the Galaxy Note III before its presumed October release. Instead of a release date shuffle, Samsung has another plan in mind....
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Facebook Says It Isn't Going After PayPal With Its New Payment Product
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 9:25am | 450According to AllThingsD, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) wants to get into the online payment business, but before you have grand visions of a Pacquiao - Mayweather prized fight, understand that this isn’t that kind of story -- at least that's what Facebook says. Here’s the story. If you spend any time...