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Market Dodges Phablets — Flurry

Posted: April 1, 2013 at 1:52 pm

Apps analytics firm Flurry said today in a blog post that mobile devices known as “phablets” -- that is, a device with a screen size larger than 5 inches but ...
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Microsoft Tablets on Sale Now

Posted: October 16, 2012 at 11:35 am

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced this morning that its new Surface tablets would be available for a “special limited-quantity pre-order” today at 9 a.m. Pacific Time. Three versions of the ...
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Amazon Eyeing TI Smartphone Chip Division (AMZN, TXN, AAPL, ARMH)

Posted: October 15, 2012 at 10:12 am

Internet behemoth Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is considering acquiring the smartphone chip division of Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN). The report of the talks, which are said to be “advanced,” ...
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Orders for B&N’s New Nook Readers at Record High (BKS, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, WMT, TGT)

Posted: October 8, 2012 at 2:07 pm

Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch said today that orders for the company’s just introduced Nook HD and Nook HD+ devices are coming in at “the highest ...
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Walmart to Stop Selling Kindle Products — Reuters (WMT, AMZN, TGT, AAPL, BKS)

Posted: September 20, 2012 at 1:14 pm

In a move no doubt designed to stop supporting one of its main online rivals, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) will no longer sell the Kindle family of e-readers and ...
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Tablet PCs, Car Sales and TV Channels

Posted: June 28, 2012 at 6:21 am

If Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is fortunate, its new Nexus 7 tablet will be like a Chrysler automobile. The device is up against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), with its General Motors (NYSE: ...
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Microsoft, B&N to Unveil Tablet? (MSFT, BKS, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG)

Posted: June 18, 2012 at 9:30 am

At a hastily arranged event scheduled for today at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is expected to announce a new tablet device to be built by its ...
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Barnes & Noble: The Next Bridge to Nowhere (BKS, MSFT, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG)

Posted: June 6, 2012 at 10:10 am

Ron Burkle and his Yucaipa funds have distributed nearly 12 million shares of Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) to shareholders of two of the funds, according to a filing ...
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iPad Market Share Up, Tablet Shipments Down (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN, BKS, MSFT)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 12:22 pm

International Data Corp. (IDC) this morning released data on first quarter 2012 shipments of media tablets. These include the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and tablets that use the ...
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Target Dumps Kindle Devices (TGT, AMZN, AAPL, BKS, MSFT, GOOG)

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 12:39 pm

Retailing giant Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) will discontinue selling the Kindle family of tablets and e-readers by this summer. The Kindle devices are made by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), and ...
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Nook, Windows 8 Pairing Doubles B&N Stock Price

Posted: April 30, 2012 at 8:11 am

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) announced this morning that the two companies were forming a “strategic partnership,” called ‘Newco’ for purposes of the announcement, ...
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Kindle Fire Dominates Android Tablet Market (SCOR, AMZN, GOOG, AAPL, SSNLF, MMI, DELL, SNE)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 4:31 pm

Market research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) reported today that the Kindle Fire from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is the market share leader by a wide margin among tablet devices ...
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Google to Launch $150 Tablet in Late Spring (GOOG, AAPL, AMZN)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 7:43 am

Speculation continues to grow that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will release a tablet device later this year and join the gaggle of competitors chasing the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Kindle First-quarter Sales Weak (AMZN, AAPL)

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 1:13 pm

Sales of the Kindle family of e-readers from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is “significantly weaker than expected” in the first quarter of 2012 according to an analyst at Pacific Crest. ...
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Tablet Shipments Soared in Fourth Quarter (AAPL, AMZN, SSNLF, BKS, GOOG)

Posted: March 13, 2012 at 4:32 pm

Fourth quarter worldwide shipments of media tablets such as the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) grew 155% year-over-year and 56% sequentially, according to the latest data from International Data ...
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