Why The Rumors About A Cheap iPhone Aren't Adding Up
A trickle of rumors about a cheaper iPhone has recently turned into a gush. This would seem to lend support to the idea that a…
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iPhone 5 Now Available With Unlimited Service, No Contract On Walmart's $45 Straight Talk Plan
Walmart (WMT) announced this week that beginning January 11th, Apple's (AAPL) iPhone 5 is available alongside $45-per-month unlimited service from Straight Talk Wireless. Two purchasing…
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Smooth Sailing Is Over For Apple
Apple (AAPL) is sailing into choppy waters that will put an end to the sky-high iPhone margins the company has enjoyed for more than half…
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Good News, 'Phablet' Fans: ZTE Plans To Release A 5.7-Inch Behemoth Called The 'Grand Memo'
ZTE (0763) has big plans for 2013. The Chinese manufacturer has previously focused on low-end feature phones and smartphones, however in a move similar to rival Huawei(002502),…
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Dell Founder Reportedly Plans To Spend $1 Billion Of His Own Funds To Regain Control Of Company
Give Michael Dell credit — he's apparently willing to put his money where his mouth is. Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that Dell, the founder…
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Dropbox Now Guaranteed Massive Success After Ballmer Dismisses It As A 'Little Startup'
It's too bad that Dropbox isn't a publicly traded company, because it would be a great time to buy its shares now that Microsoft (MSFT)…
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The Z10 Is A Good First Step, But BlackBerry Still Has To Fix Its App Problem
BlackBerry, a.k.a., the Company Formerly Known as RIM, made good with its first two BlackBerry 10 smartphones on Wednesday. While the new devices are far…
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One Major Hurdle For Driverless Cars: No One Knows Who's Liable If There's An Accident
While driverless cars could be huge, there a lot of very important issues to be addressed before we start seeing them rule the roadways. The…
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Apple Unveils New 128GB iPad
Apple (AAPL) on Tuesday announced the upcoming availability of a 128GB version of its fourth-generation iPad tablet. The new slate will be identical to its…
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Google's Next-Gen Nexus 7 Said To Debut In May With Full HD Display
Google's (GOOG) follow-up to the popular Nexus 7 tablet will reportedly debut in May as a cooperative effort with manufacturing partner Asus. Digitimes on Tuesday…
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Microsoft Office 2013 Set For January 29th Debut
Microsoft (MSFT) on Monday confirmed it will launch Office 2013 on January 29th in New York after the company teased the date on its Twitter…
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How ISPs' 'Six Strikes' Anti-Piracy Program Could Wreak Havoc On Public Wi-Fi Hotspots
Here's another reason why Internet Service Providers' plans to implement a "six strikes" anti-piracy system could be a disaster in the making: it will likely…
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Over The Past Decade, Microsoft's Stock Has Usually Tanked After New Windows Launches
Microsoft (MSFT) was once the king of the computing world. When the company released a new operating system its stock would typically flourish in the…
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Lenovo Backtracks On Possible RIM Bid
Lenovo CFO Wong Wai Ming made comments last week that the company might consider an acquisition of struggling BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIMM) in an…
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Kim Dotcom Says The Obama White House Used His Arrest To Rake In Hollywood Campaign Cash
Kim Dotcom made his triumphant comeback last week, but that doesn't mean he's toning down his accusations against the Obama administration and its connections to…
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Apple Has Enough Cash On Hand To Buy Visa, Cisco Or Intel
Despite concerns about its future growth, Apple (AAPL) is still a cash cow. Benzinga, noting that Apple's most recent earnings report shows that the company…
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Beyond Google Fiber: Google Looks To Create Its Own Experimental Wireless Network
Look out, wireless carriers: Google (GOOG) may have its eye on shaking up your business as well. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google "is…
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Why The iOS-Android Feud Is So Intense: It's About Core Philosophy More Than Products
One of the things that's often baffled me is how personally people take their decision to own either an iOS or an Android device. Just…
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Lenovo Says Company May Try To Acquire RIM To Boost Mobile Business
Lenovo (0992) may be the world's second-largest PC vendor, but it knows that it desperately needs to step up its game in the mobile world to…
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Carriers' Messaging Nightmare Gets Worse As Apple's iMessage Growth Pulls Even With WhatsApp
As mobile operators across the world seek ways to cope with SMS volume erosion, two leading messaging services are now running neck and neck with…
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Nokia's North American Sales Soar By 444%, But Emerging Markets Take A Big Hit
Apple (AAPL) wasn't the only handset vendor to disappoint this week; Nokia's (NOK) share price dipped by -5% in Helsinki after the company released its…
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Apple Confidence Sinks As Lead Bull Reins In Target
Apple (AAPL) has had no shortage of bulls pushing its stock price up over the past few years. While Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is typically…
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Back In Black: Nokia Swings To $270 Million Q4 Profit After Six Consecutive Quarterly Losses
What a difference a year can make. Nokia (NOK) on Thursday reported its results for the fourth quarter of 2012, beating Wall Street's estimates and…
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Google Dominates The Mobile App Market, Has 5 Of The Top 6 Apps In The U.S.
Wondering why Apple (AAPL) is sinking so much effort into building its own Maps application? Because it doesn't want Google (GOOG) to gobble up all…
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The Best News For Apple: The iPhone Is Still Generating Monster Profits
Many expected a black Christmas for the iPhone average sales prices. CIRP had estimated that the iPhone 5 portion of total iPhone sales had dropped below 70%.…
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Apple Reports Q1 Results: $13.1 Billion Profit Beats Estimates, iPhone Sales And Q2 Guidance Miss Big
After two consecutive misses to wrap up fiscal 2012 and an unprecedented dive in the company's share price, all eyes were on the future as Apple (AAPL)…
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Major Surprise: Apple's Q1 Sales Growth Stalled In The Americas, But Was OK In Europe
One of the big surprises in Apple's holiday quarter was the weak iPhone volume — iPhone sales came in at slightly below 48 million, missing…
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Three Reasons To Root For RIM
I have expressed skepticism that RIM (RIMM) will really be able to pull off an epic comeback and reestablish BlackBerry as a legitimate contender with…
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iPhone 5 Demand Again Said To Be Waning As Customers Flock To Cheaper Models
UBS is the latest in a long line of me-too firms to trim its outlook on Apple (AAPL) as investor sentiment continues to sour. In…
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Verizon Q4 Loss Doubles To Nearly $2 Billion Despite Record Subscriber Adds
A record 2.1 million net postpaid subscriber additions and record fourth-quarter smartphone activations couldn't offset huge charges related to pensions and costs associated with Hurricane…
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LG Reportedly Overtakes Apple As America's No.2 Handset Manufacturer
It looks like LG (066570) is starting to get its mojo back. Yonhap News reports that new data from Hong Kong-based Counterpoint Research shows that LG has…
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BlackBerry 10 OS Walkthrough, BlackBerry Z10 Pricing
With BlackBerry 10's official launch just around the corner, we happened upon a few photos of the final gold master version of the operating system…
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Paid Apps Are History
This week marked an important moment in the evolution of the iOS app market. As Pages just slipped out of the iPad top 10 highest grossing…
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Google Wants To Replace The Password With An Electronic Ring That Grants Access To All Web Content
This is one of the better ideas that Google's (GOOG) engineering team has concocted lately: a smartcard-embedded finger ring that uniquely identifies users on the web…
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Samsung's Latest Monster Smartphone Will Reportedly Have A 5.8-Inch Screen
One gets the feeling that Samsung (005930) would just throw caution to the wind and release a 49-inch smartphone if it thought it could get…
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ASUS In Talks With Microsoft To Develop A Windows Phone 8 Smartphone
The PC industry is in shambles and manufacturers have begun to explore new options to increase revenue. According to The Wall Street Journal, ASUS (2357)…
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Clash Of The Bantams: The Bloody Smartphone Battle That Will Take Shape In 2013
As titans Apple (AAPL) and Samsung (005930) continue to stomp across the smartphone landscape, a new battle is emerging between two scrappers in 2013. In…
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Weak iPad Supply Could Offset Strong iPhone 5 Sales Over Holiday Quarter
We're now at the point where every single analyst is releasing sales estimates for Apple (AAPL) devices ahead of the company's quarterly earnings report, and…
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How Not To Fix Apple Maps
Fixing Apple's (AAPL) awful mapping application is a hard row to hoe. Getting the fledgling service to a point where it can even approach the…
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Samsung Says Galaxy S III Sales Hit 40 Million Units As Cumulative Galaxy S Series Sales Top 100 Million
After selling more than 30 million Galaxy S III handsets in just 150 days, the numbers were bound to add up fast. Samsung (005930) on…
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Extensive BlackBerry Z10 Demo Video Posted By German Website [Video]
Want to know about all the hottest features in the upcoming BlackBerry Z10? Well now you can, although it will help if you can speak…
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The Most Important Question For Apple: How Did The 64GB iPhone 5 Sell?
A year ago, Apple (AAPL) managed to avoid iPhone price erosion by selling a massive number of 64GB versions of its new model at $850.…
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Nexus 5 Smartphone, Nexus 7.7 Tablet Rumored For May Debut
Anxious Android fans still can't manage to get their hands on a Nexus 4, but Google (GOOG) and LG (066570) are reportedly already prepping a…
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Kim Dotcom Blames Recording Industry Pressure After Radio Stations Pull Ads For New Mega Website
Kim Dotcom's new Mega file-sharing site hasn't even launched yet, but it's already proving as controversial as his previous ventures. New Zealand's TVNZ reports that…
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Despite Interested Buyers, HP Reportedly Reluctant To Unload Autonomy
In a rational world, this would be a big potential win for HP (HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman: There may be companies willing to take Autonomy off…
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Apple's iPhone Business May Have Already Peaked
Another firm has warned that Apple's days of mobile dominance have come and gone. Andy Hargreaves and Corey Barrett of Pacific Crest said in a…
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Smartphone Shipments To Top 1 Billion In 2013
As consumer electronics giants Apple (AAPL) and Samsung (005930) continue to dominate the smartphone industry, two new milestones are expected to be reached this year.…
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Will Europe's Nose Dive In Consumer Spending Crush Smartphone Sales As Well?
There are new signs of European consumer spending finishing the year 2012 on a very weak note. Could this mean that consumer electronics sales from…
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'Apple's Brightest And Most Innovative Days Are Ahead Of It' Despite Toppling Stock
Despite a soured investor sentiment that has sent Apple's (AAPL) share price plummeting 30% over the past four months, one industry watcher believes Steve Jobs'…
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Former Apple CEO Sculley Encourages Apple To Make A Cheaper iPhone
Former Apple (AAPL) CEO John Sculley may not seem like a good person to offer Apple advice, especially since he's widely blamed for pushing Steve…
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Dell's Bold Plan To Reinvent Itself: A USB-Sized PC That Gives Access To Windows, Mac OS, Chrome OS
Be honest: When was the last time you felt excited about Dell (DELL)? If the answer is "never," then you might understand why the company…
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Apple Supplier Sees Big Q4 Boost, Likely A Good Sign For iPhone 5 Demand
Shares of Apple (AAPL) have been hit hard over the last few days. Investors continue to worry about the company's profit margins, demand for its…
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Why Wall Street Might Be Hitting The Panic Button On Apple Too Early
Last summer, Apple (AAPL) was Wall Street's golden goose, a company that seemingly had no limit to how high its share price could go. These…
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iPhone 5 Order Cuts Reportedly Not As Severe As Claimed
Investors were sent into a panic on Monday, again, as reports from Nikkei and The Wall Street Journal suggested Apple (AAPL) slashed iPhone 5 component orders in…
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The Strange Math Of Apple's Alleged Massive iPhone 5 Order Cuts
The Sunday evening Wall Street Journal article claiming that Apple (AAPL) had cut its iPhone 5 display orders drastically for the March quarter made quite…
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Lenovo IdeaTab A2107 Comes To AT&T For $200 With No Contract
AT&T (T) on Friday announced the addition of the Lenovo (LNVGY) IdeaTab A2107 to its line of tablet PCs. The 7-inch slate is equipped with…
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LG Reportedly Halts Nexus 4 Production To Make Way For New Nexus Device
It has been nearly impossible to purchase a Nexus 4 since it was released in late November. Google (GOOG) is subsidizing the phone on its…
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Holiday PC Sales Declined In 2012 For First Time In Five Years
The post-PC era is arriving faster than many of us had expected. New research from IDC shows that global PC sales in the fourth quarter of…
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Beats Audio Announces New Music Streaming Service To Launch In Late 2013
Following Beats Audio's acquisition of subscription music service MOG, BGR exclusively reported details about the company's plans to launch an iTunes-like music service, codenamed project…
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Expect More Suffering For Microsoft And Intel In 2013
The PC industry is in shambles and no one is going to be hit harder than Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC), according to the latest…
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Tired Of Seeing Android Sued By Everyone, Google Cranks Up Its Patent Output
Google (GOOG) may hate the patent suit players, but it sure doesn't hate the patent suit game. As Network World reports, Google ramped up its patent…
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'Apple Is Done' And Surface Tablet Is Cool, According To Teens
Apple's (AAPL) staggering success over the past few years can be attributed to the combination of several key factors. Great leadership is one, great products…
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Polaroid's Jelly Bean Tablets Could Give Google A Run For Its Money
Polaroid isn't typically a name that comes to mind when people think of Android. While the company has released a few Android-powered cameras, it has…
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Google Chairman To North Korea: Tear Down This Firewall
Google (GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt isn't just going to North Korea to play its hot new Crazy Taxi-like video game — he's also apparently there…
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CES Has Sadly Become A Complete Waste Of Time
Las Vegas is a much better place to be in January than Boston, and I've typically had fun covering CES in the past. I skipped…
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Apple Post Huge Q3 Miss; EPS Climbs To $9.32 On $35 Billion In Revenue
Apple (AAPL) on Tuesday reported financial results for the third fiscal quarter of 2012. As always, analysts were expecting another monster quarter from the Cupertino,…
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Netflix Announces 'Super HD' And 3D Streaming For Select ISPs
Netflix (NFLX) on Tuesday announced new enhanced streaming options for users on select ISPs. Following a series of rumors that suggested as much, Netflix has…
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Burned By Supply Chain Issues, Apple May Again Look To Sharp For Future iPhone, iPad Displays
Apple (AAPL) is learning that good help can be hard to find. In its eagerness to shed its reliance on Samsung (005930) as a component…
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RIM Posts Narrower Than Expected Q2 Loss Despite Stalled BlackBerry Sales
Research In Motion (RIMM) is trapped in a holding pattern as it rushes to launch its next-generation BlackBerry 10 platform. The first smartphones powered by…
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Stolen Android Apps Reportedly Being Sold In BlackBerry App World
One of the biggest problems with launching a new mobile platform just as the current leaders are starting to peak is attracting enough top developers…
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HTC Actually Had A Pretty Awesome December
HTC (2498) announced dismal fourth-quarter 2012 numbers on Monday and it resulted in a lot of gloomy coverage. Lowest quarterly profit in half a decade,…
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AT&T Sold A Record 10 Million Smartphones In Q4 As Android And iPhone Sales Hit All-Time Highs
AT&T (T) on Tuesday announced that smartphone sales in the fourth quarter of 2012 were higher than ever before. The wireless carrier sold more than…
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Apple's Next iPhone To Reportedly Feature Larger Screen And 'Brand New Exterior Design'
Reports from industry watchers continue to suggest that Apple (AAPL) is preparing to launch two new iPhone models this year, and new purported details surrounding…
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Elop On Possible Future Nokia Android Phone: 'Anything Is Possible'
We could someday see a Nokia (NOK) Android phone after all. In an interview with El Pais, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said that while his…
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NVIDIA Unveils Tegra 4 Mobile Processor With Five CPU Cores, 72 GPU Cores
NVIDIA got an early start on Sunday as it unveiled its next-generation mobile processor ahead of the CES 2013 rush. Dubbed Tegra 4, the follow-up…
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Google's Strategy For Beating The Antitrust Rap: Spend $25 Million On Lobbying
Given that Federal Trade Commissioners were reportedly "convinced" that Google (GOOG) was illegally using its dominance in the search realm to favor its own services…
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The Cost Of Google's Antitrust Victory: Its Motorola Patents Are Now Worth Even Less Than Before
Google's (GOOG) decision to buy Motorola really isn't looking too hot right now. The Wall Street Journal reports that Motorola's patent portfolio took a significant…
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Google's Rumored 'X Phone' Could Be An 'Attack On Samsung'
If Samsung (005930) really does plan to move away from Android, then it makes sense for Google (GOOG) to move Android away from Samsung. Over…
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Huawei Launches The Ascend P1 In The U.S. For $450 Through Amazon
Despite its attempts to attract new customers with high-end phones, Huawei (002502) remains relatively unknown to U.S. consumers. The company is looking to change that…
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U.S. State Department Knocks Google Chairman's Planned North Korea Trip
The United States State Department is not amused by Google (GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt's plan to travel to North Korea. Even though Schmidt plans to…
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No HDTV From Apple In 2013, According To New Report
A number of industry watchers are waiting for Apple's (AAPL) "next big thing" before they're confident once again that the company can maintain rapid growth…
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Poll Finds People Want An 'iPhone 5S' With New Color Options
The latest rumor surrounding Apple's (AAPL) next-generation "iPhone 5S" is that it will launch in May or June with two different screen sizes and five…
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Samsung Confirms Plan To Begin Inching Away From Android
Google's (GOOG) white-hot Android operating system will be the center of Samsung's (005930) business for years to come. For the Samsung we know today, Android…
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RIM Unveils A New BlackBerry Phone! (But It's Only A Curve For T-Mobile Running BlackBerry 7)
Research In Motion (RIMM) on Thursday took the wraps off a brand new BlackBerry smartphone — but it's not the kind of smartphone BlackBerry fans…
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Quick Fix For Boot Camp Brings Windows 8 To New iMac Computers
Early adopters of Apple's (AAPL) new iMac computers who chose the 3TB Fusion Drive model have been unable to use Boot Camp Assistant. The program, which…
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'iPhone 5S' To Reportedly Launch By June With Multiple Color Options And Two Different Display Sizes
After a seven-month run that took Apple (AAPL) shares to an all-time high in late September, the company's stock plummeted more than 25% and touched new lows…
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Samsung Said To Be Readying Fix For Randomly Dying Galaxy S IIIs
It was previously reported that several Galaxy S III owners were experiencing problems with their devices. Users discovered that the flash memory in the handset was…
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Apple Says 'Do Not Disturb' Bug In iOS 6 Will Persist Until Next Week
Apple (AAPL) has acknowledged a bug with the "Do Not Disturb" feature in iOS 6 and has said that the issue will persist until it…
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Court Dismisses Apple's Lawsuit Against Amazon Over The Term 'App Store' [Updated]
After hitting some early hurdles, Apple's (AAPL) lawsuit filed against Amazon (AMZN) in 2012 over the use of the term "app store" has been dismissed.…
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Nokia Predicted To Abandon Mobile Business, Sell Assets To Microsoft And Huawei In 2013
Nokia (NOK) appears to have finally turned a corner with the Lumia 920, a smartphone that is seemingly selling quite well after a string of…
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Like Apple, Intel Hits Roadblocks In Attempt To Revolutionize TV
Intel (INTC) is indeed working on a service that will look to change the way cable TV is consumed, but it is running into some…
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