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Technology
Microsoft, Amazon Slice Into iPad Market
While Apple's iPhone showed gains in its post-Christmas share of usage, its iPad did not fare as well. The iPhone was the only smartphone to post a usage share gain in the…
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Technology
Could Lawsuit Hamper Facebook’s Targeted Ad Efforts?
A lawsuit filed by two Facebook users gets at the heart of what the social media giant does. Its business model depends largely on its ability to target individuals sought by advertisers.
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Consumer Electronics
The Five-Year-Old iPad: When Will People Stop Upgrading?
At some point, products become so advanced that further revolutionary enhancements become limited, and consumers begin to question the need for the next generation of products that have historically been upgraded rapidly.
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Retail
Online Sales Rose 10% in Fourth Quarter
While we wait for next week's report on same-store sales from some of the country's chain stores, we can chew on some data released Thursday morning by IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark. The…
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Technology
Android And Chrome Begins to Seize PC Market
The desktop, laptop and tablet markets are supposed to be dominated by Apple and Microsoft. But both face erosion of their leads by the same major culprit of the erosion that has…
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Retail
Amazon Could Reach $100 Billion Revenue in 2014
There were 20 U.S. companies with $100 billion of sales or more in 2012. Amazon.com will join that short and elite list next year.
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Media
America’s 50 Largest Websites
courtesy of AOL, IncThe battle between Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) for the lead in U.S. unique visitors continued into November. Once again, the portal edged out the search firm–based…
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Retail
Holiday Retail: A Boom for Electronics and Apps Sales, a Likely Bust for Apparel
The signs have been pointing to a good holiday sales season for electronic gear like smartphones and tablets. But for many for the brick-and-mortar retailers, like Old Navy and Abercrombie & Fitch,…
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Consumer Electronics
Will China Mobile Deal Lead to More Fake iPhones?
The iPhone is about to become the hot consumer electronics product in the world's largest nation by population. Why wouldn't counterfeiters ride along?
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Apps & Software
U.S. Spending for Gaming Shrinks, But Number of Payers Grows
MicrosoftU.S. spending on digital games is declining. In 2012, the total spend was about $21.9 billion compared with an expected total of $20.5 billion in 2013. But the news isn’t all bad.…
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Technology
Will 3D Systems’ Growth Strategy Be a Winner?
3D Systems Inc. (NYSE: DDD) has acquired a team of engineers and other assets from Xerox Corp. (NYSE: XRX), its third acquisition this month as it focuses on technology and growth over…
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Media
AOL Leaps Up in Online Video Rankings
ThinkstockVarious sites owned by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), including YouTube, drew more than 163 million unique U.S. viewers in November. AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) drew 73 million viewers and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:…
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Retail
Could Google Be This Year’s Holiday Retail Winner?
ThinkstockUPDATE, December 17, 2013, 1:10 p.m. — As we noted in our story on online sales earlier Tuesday morning, Google’s Product Listing Ads and Google Shopping have shown the largest percentage growth of…
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Investing
Eight Stocks That Will Have Huge Volume Friday Around S&P 500 Rebalance
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThis Friday, trading volume on some top stocks in the S&P 500 will soar. In addition to the normal volatility and volume associated with quadruple witching, the S&P…
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Technology
IBM to Fight Lawsuit Over NSA Spying
ThinkstockInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has said in a statement that it will vigorously fight the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan by shareholder Louisiana Sheriffs’ Pension and Relief Fund over…