By Todd Haselton |
In a bizarre move out of the the company’s typically secretive business practices, Apple CEO Tim Cook suggested rather clearly that Apple will not launch any new products until the fall of this year. That means we might not even see a new iPad until…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple just announced its fiscal second quarter 2013 earnings and, on the earnings call, revealed some information on its iTunes App Store. Apple said it now offers more than 850,000 iOS applications and that 350,000 of those applications are specifically designed for the iPad. The…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple just posted its earnings for the fiscal second quarter of 2013. The company reported a net profit of $9.5 billion, $43.6 billion in revenue and an EPS of $10.09. That was above average analyst estimates of revenue of $42.3 billion and an estimated EPS…
By Todd Haselton |
Smartphones that cost under $250 are expected to increase in popularity by 2018 as feature phone users shift to carrying a smartphone. ABI Research recently published a report that suggests manufacturers will ship 788 million such devices in 2018, 46 percent of all smartphones, up…
By Todd Haselton |
Remember antennagate? It happened way back when Apple launched the iPhone 4 and users found that, by holding the iPhone a specific way, the device’s cell signal dropped off significantly. Consumers were furious and some decided to file a class action lawsuit. Apple originally said people…
By Adriana Lee |
Is Apple secretly CEO shopping? That’s what anonymous “Wall Street” sources tell Forbes writer Gene Marcial. Of course, a healthy dose of skepticism is always warranted whenever unnamed sources are involved, and concrete evidence of a Tim Cook–overthrow is hard to come by. Even so,…
By Todd Haselton |
The United States International Trade Commission recently ruled that Apple’s products are not infringing on patents owned by Google. Six patents were originally IN question and all are related to various functions on the iPhone that are also used in Android smartphones, but there was…
By Todd Haselton |
Later this week, on April 24, Best Buy and Samsung will celebrate the grand opening of one of Samsung’s new “Samsung Experience Shops.” The celebration will take place at one of Best Buy’s New York locations, Samsung told TechnoBuffalo in an email. Samsung Experience Shops will…
By Todd Haselton |
Nokia said Monday that it was granted an injunction against the HTC One after an Amsterdam court ruled in its favor. “HTC has no license or authorization from Nokia to use these microphones or the Nokia technologies from which they have been developed,” the company…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple is a secret company. The firm never discusses future products that it may or may not be working on and only ever provides a glimpse into its product portfolio when it takes the stage for new hardware and software announcements. Apple has been quieter…
By Todd Haselton |
Netflix posted its first quarter 2013 earnings on Monday and beat Wall Street estimates. The company reported revenue of $1.02 billion, dead on with estimates, but earnings per share of $0.31 beating estimates of $0.20 earnings per share. The company said it added 3 million…
By Todd Haselton |
Google was recently slapped with a 145,000 Euros fine in Germany after a court ruled that it was illegally collecting private data from its users. The company was collecting and storing data related to private Wi-Fi networks as its Google Street View cars cruised down…
By Todd Haselton |
Apparently Apple’s iPhone 5 issues with Foxconn aren’t over. A new report suggests that Apple recently rejected between 5 million and 8 million iPhone units and sent them back to the manufacturer, Foxconn. A report published by China Business first broke the news but was translated…
By Adriana Lee |
Does it get more ironic than this? Apparently the Great Place to Work conference in Los Angeles last week had a really fascinating choice of guest speaker: Marissa Mayer. If you recall, the Yahoo chief drew fire for killing the company’s telecommuting privileges a couple…
By Brandon Russell |
Google this week was victorious in a huge legal battle with Viacom over unauthorized content, including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, being posted to YouTube by users. A federal judge in New York said YouTube had not violated any copyrights, citing a safe-harbor provision…
By Ron Duwell |
Capcom has cut its profit forecast by more than one half for the entire financial year and is now planning a massive £46 million ($70 million) effort to restructure the company to fit the modern marketplace. In an open letter to investors, reported by CVG, the…
By Todd Haselton |
The argument can be made that Apple has been so quiet recently because it’s working on new technology that could create an entire industry shift. One only needs to look at the past and at the launches of the iPhone, iPad and iPod to see…
By Todd Haselton |
SoftBank wants to buy a 70 percent stake in Sprint for $20 billion. Likewise, Dish recently proposed a $25.5 billion merger deal with Sprint. Dish thinks it’s making the better offer, and wants the Federal Communications Commission to defer its investigation into a possible SoftBank…
By Brandon Russell |
You’d think the two logos above were made by the same company, just refined and tweaked to fit a specific vision over time. But nope. The logo on the left is actually from a Spanish startup based in L.A., known as Glass, and it looks…
By Brandon Russell |
Amazon has allegedly scooped up voice recognition app Evi for $26 million, according to sources speaking to TechCrunch. Amazon, Evi and backers Octopus Ventures have all declined to comment on the rumor. Sometimes silence says a lot more than actual talking does. It sure looks…
By Todd Haselton |
Nokia reported its earnings for the first quarter of 2013 on Thursday. The company noted an operating loss of EUR 150 million and, while sales of its Lumia smartphones were up, overall sales were down for the quarter. Nokia’s Devices and Services unit noted net…
By Todd Haselton |
Verizon Communications reported its first quarter 2013 earnings on Thursday and noted revenue for the quarter was $29.4 billion, up 4.2 percent from the same quarter last year. The company also reported an EPS of $0.68, up from $0.59 during Q1 2012. Verizon Wireless, a…
By Adriana Lee |
Last month, a Canadian home owner did something that gobsmacked his real estate agent, and made potential buyers scratch their heads. When 22-year-old Taylor More put his mid-sized Crowsnest Pass, Alberta bungalow on the market for $405,000 CDN, he stated he’d sell the property for…
By Todd Haselton |
Shipments of Apple’s iPad mini are expected to tank during the second quarter as consumers hold out for the second generation version of the device. Shipments are expected to fall as much as 20 to 30 percent according to DigiTimes, which cited upstream sources in Apple’s…
