Apple’s Downfall, Android Sales
Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is no longer the major challenge to the sales of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android-powered smartphones are. New data from comScore show that Android…
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Newest first · Page 95Smartphone Users Download Apps, But Don’t Use Them–Because They Can’t
Many smartphone owners download apps but do not use them, like the car buyer who asks for adjustable sets but never uses the settings. The Pew Internet Project says that 35% of Americans who…
Consumer Reports Continues To Savage iPhone 4
Now that Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has said it will stop giving people a little rubber case to improve reception of the iPhone 4, Consumer Reports is back in the market with a savage…
Android Taking Over Mobile O/S Market (GOOG, MSFT, NOK, AAPL, RIMM)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may be the king of search, but its Android mobile operating system is set to take over the world. Gartner has noted that Android is going to become the #2…
Nokia CEO Finally Walks The Plank, Replacement A Surprise
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has finally been pushed out as Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) CEO and will leave the company and its board on September 20. He will get a small consolation prize as he remains chairman…
Nokia CEO Kallasvuo Defies The Skeptics
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, the chief executive of Nokia Oyj (NYSE:NOK), should have been fired by now if the many media reports predicting his ouster were true. Yet, he is the headliner at the Nokia World…
Apple iPhone Sales Dragging AT&T Net Lower? (AAPL, T, VZ)
Sometimes a win for a supplier is not always a win for a carrier in the world of telecommunications. UBS has a mixed research report that is upping Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in iPhone…
Too Many Cell Phone Companies Expect Huge Unit Growth
Samsung, one of the five largest cellphone manufacturers in the world, raised its forecast for 2010 unit sales to 25 million. The South Korean company added that it expects to sell 50 million handsets…
Cisco May Buy Skype
The media is full or rumors that Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) could by Skype. Cisco has a history or M&A, and Skype would fit with its move into consumer voice and video communications. Cisco has…
The Newest Telecom Killer: Gmail Voice Calls (GOOG, T, VZ, EBAY, VG, CALL)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may have a new application for Gmail that is another one of those things that won’t make the company that much more money. Still, it is going to be just…
Apple iPad Will Dominate Tablet Space
The research firm iSuppli says that the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad will dominate the tablet market for at least two more years. “The iPad will account for an overwhelming 74.1 percent of global tablet…
Dell Starts At The Back Of The Line With New Smartphone
Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is late to the smartphone market. Very late. It has begun to sell its new Aero handset with AT&T (NYSE: T). The Aero costs $99.99 with a two-year subscription plan. Without…
Select Tech Stocks Hitting 52-Week Lows (ARRS, ARTG, ATMI, CSC, FORM, TINY, HPQ, LOCM, PLXS, POWI, PGI)
Investors are opting out of many smaller and larger technology names in case this slowing becomes a true double-dip recession. Despite the selling that has already been seen and despite what had been a…
Apple iPhone 4 And iPad About To Hit China
There are already grey market versions of the iPhone 4 and iPad on sale in China, many of them brought in through Hong Kong. And, there are a number of cheap knock-offs for sale…
Web Security Group Challenges Verizon On Flaw
A web security group challenged Verizon (NYSE: VZ) on the security of encryption software it issued in 2005. The encryption is meant to keep financial data from being hacked.The Electronic Frontier Foundations (EFF) wrote,…