The inability to sell the iPhone is hurting T-Mobile USA. The only one of four U.S. carriers not offering the Apple smartphone, T-Mobile announced it saw a drop in new subscribers due to the iPhone 4S launching at Sprint,...
T-Mobile: Lack of iPhone 4S Costing Us Subscribers
The inability to sell the iPhone is hurting T-Mobile USA. The only one of four U.S. carriers not offering the Apple smartphone, T-Mobile announced it saw a drop in new subscribers due to the iPhone 4S launching at Sprint,...
Apple Popular With 21% Of Chinese Consumers — If Only They Could Afford The Brand
Apple is in the cat bird seat when it comes to dominating personal computer sales in China. A new survey by Morgan Stanley finds more than 20 percent of Chinese consumers looking to buy a computer want a...Apple Requiring Union Training for Retail Managers
Cue up the Norma Rae theme music. Apple is about to go up against the unions. Well, not quite. The tech giant is starting mandatory training for retail store managers that includes the...Google: Siri Is A “Significant Development” That Could Help Kill Our Search Business
Google’s former CEO and executive chairman Eric Schmidt told U.S. Senators Apple’s voice-recognition system is an “interesting development,” suggesting the iPhone 4S feature posed a “competitive threat” to its search business. Schmidt’s written comments come as a new survey finds Siri drastically reduces the...Internet Briefly Hit By Huge Outage Along U.S. East Coast
If you felt like your Internet connection briefly died early Monday morning, you were not alone. About 9 am Eastern (6 am PT) many cable Internet customers along the East Coast and stretching down to Texas lost online connections. The...Want a Piece of Steve Jobs? Buy His Glasses
What happens when heart-felt tributes to the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs get turned into commercial schmaltz? You get an Asian eyeglass distributor using the death of Steve Jobs to promote its products. At an Asian tradeshow, a distributor announces Jobs left “his overwhelming...An Apple-Branded TV? Why Bother, Asks Analyst
The idea of Apple entering the fractious and shark-infested waters of the television set industry has always made us scratch our heads. We were almost convinced the fever had passed when Steve Jobs biography was released, quoting the Apple co-founder that he’d...Apple Converts 4% Market into 56% Mobile Profits
Here’s a good riddle: What has just four percent of the market, yet pockets more than half of the profits? The answer is Apple, the tech giant known for squeezing every ounce of profit from its iconic products. According to one analyst, Apple...Amazon: Next Kindle Fire to Sport 8.9″ Screen [Report]
Amazon reportedly plans to scale down the screen size of its next Kindle Fire tablet, producing an 8.9-inch device, rather than an originally expected 10.1-inch product for 2012. The report could be another indication that suppliers are busy filling orders for Apple’s iPad. According...Apple Among Few Tech Giants Paying ‘Fair’ Corporate Taxes [Report]
Don’t look for the Occupy movement to picket Apple. The iPhone maker is among just a few tech companies paying their fair share of corporate taxes. According to a report released Thursday, Apple paid a 31 percent tax rate. By comparison, the likes...The Under 44 Crowd Prefers Smartphones, But Everyone Wants An iPhone [Survey]
If you own a smartphone in the U.S., you’re likely younger than 35 years old. By contrast, if you are older than 45, a basic feature phone is likely your preferred handset indicates a new survey. Welcome to the Smartphone Generation Gap. According...Radically Overhauled iPhone, iMac, iPads and MacBook Airs Coming In 2012 [Report]
Apple is supposedly is preparing to ‘overhaul’ its key product trifecta: the iPhone, the iPad and iMac, as well as the MacBook Air in 2012. The report, based on the tech giant’s “upstream supply chain,” echos existing chatter that the company will unveil...
