The conference circuit is hot. Once the domain of nameless geeks to commiserate on why they can’t get dates, tech conferences now showcase high-profile CEOs, serve as the backdrop for big deals and are the new sign that...Asymco’s Horace Dedui Plans April Conference in Helsinki
The conference circuit is hot. Once the domain of nameless geeks to commiserate on why they can’t get dates, tech conferences now showcase high-profile CEOs, serve as the backdrop for big deals and are the new sign that...Hand-Me-Down iPhones Are Still An Important Market For Apple
Here’s a new cultural phenomenon: hand-me-down handsets. Owners of Apple’s hugely-popular iPhone are more apt than other cell phone consumers to either hand down their old device or sell it on the secondary market, researchers find. Indeed, Apple and...iPhone 4S’s Release Destroyed Android’s Lead Over iOS
Remember the images of Android as unstoppable? Uh, it’s slowing down. Seems someone threw an iPhone 4S on the tracks and derailed the growth of the Google mobile operating system among new smartphone buyers. After the iPhone 4S’ October release, Android’s popularity with new...General Electric: To Our Employees, iPhones Are As Important As Light Bulbs
When your company is 120-years-old and synonymous with the light bulb, it can be difficult convincing prospective workers that you’re hip and with-it. But GE thinks it has what it takes: the iPhone. An executive says its support of the...General Electric: To Our Employees, iPhones Are As Important As Light Bulbs
When your company is 120-years-old and synonymous with the light bulb, it can be difficult convincing prospective workers that you’re hip and with-it. But GE thinks it has what it takes: the iPhone. An executive says its support of the...More And More Businessmen Are Chucking Their Laptops In The Trash For iPad
Here at the business desk, we love to hear ways companies are falling head-over-heals for the iPad. The latest is a survey finding Apple’s tablet is all work in the office. Employees use the iPad for business more than 90 percent of the time,...Apple Releases Names of 156 Suppliers & Report On Factory Conditions
Facing a storm of criticism over the working conditions in factories building iPods, iPhones and iPads, Apple today for the first time released the names of 156 global suppliers along with a report showing mixed success obtaining fair working conditions. One bright spot: fewer...Apple Expected To Ask Carriers Pay More As iPhone Sales Continue Upward
As iPhone sales continue to climb, U.S. carriers should expect Apple to also require increased subsidies, one observer writes. Verizon could pay nearly 28 percent more in 2012, with Sprint and AT&T also facing double-digit hikes in payments for the popular smartphone. According to...Apple Halts iPhone Sales in Beijing, Shanghai In Wake of Chinese Near-Riot
Apple, a veteran of long lines ahead of iPhone launches in the U.S., has temporarily halted retail sales of the iPhone 4S in China. The tech giant announced Friday it has stopped in-person sales in Beijing and Shanghai “for the time being” in the...Can iPhone Rivals Mimic Apple Success Just By Cutting Models?
If you need another reason why iPhone rivals just don’t get it, there’s word four of the largest smartphone makers plan to introduce fewer models in a bid to replicate Apple’s success. Ah, if it were only so simple. According to the Taiwan-based industry...Intel ‘Talking to Apple’ — But Is Anyone Listening?
Intel wants to be friends with Apple — or more specifically, Apple’s hoard of cash. As the PC industry craters and mobile devices seem to be the future, the chipmaker wants the tech giant to buy its Medfield design. Although Intel if talking, is...Target To Add 25 ‘In-Store’ Apple Locations to U.S. Retail Chain
Consumers have another reason to mob their favorite retailer, besides designer clothes. Target confirmed 25 of its largest U.S. stores will offer an expanded line of Apple gear later this year. The stores join Best Buy in catering to crowds of Apple fans looking...
