Apple moved into second place in worldwide smartphone shipments during the first quarter of 2011, according to market research firm IDC. Apple is led only by Nokia, and is followed by Research In Motion, Samsung and HTC, to round out the top five. Read More »
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New information from comScore shows Android extending its lead over Apple’s iPhone during the three month period ending in December 2010. Google’s mobile OS is now within close striking distance of Research In Motion (RIM), the U.S. smartphone market leader. Read More »
Despite Steve Job’s obvious distaste for the company, RIM has long remained ahead of Apple in the global smartphone market. Not any longer, according to research firm Strategy Analytics, which yesterday reported the iPhone shipped more units than did BlackBerry during 2010′s third quarter. Read More »
Apple’s stock price reached a lofty milestone in pre-market trading early this morning, crossing the $300 mark for the first time in company history. It reached as high as $301.50, and remains above $300 after opening bell today. Analysts predict it will go higher still. Read More »
Google bought AdMob, and Android has been catching on with consumers like a brush fire on a dry midsummer day, but Apple is still holding the reins as far as smarphone advertising goes, according to new data released by Millenial Media. Read More »
Perhaps it has to do with Apple positioning itself as a mobile devices company, but the iPhone is on a serious upswing in the U.S. smartphone market, even while all of its competitors seem to be losing ground. Except for one, that is, and the rate … Read More »
Nearly half of the money spent in America in the last year on desktop computers went to Macs. According to NPD, and reported this week by BetaNews, Apple’s October desktop PC market share was 47.71 percent, a huge increase on the previous year’s figure of … Read More »
Of all the file syncing solutions available, one of the most popular is Dropbox. As one of the solutions that is also cross-platform compatible, many Mac users have embraced Dropbox as a more reliable and robust solution than other alternatives, like MobileMe’s iDisk. Diehard Dropbox … Read More »
Recently the group that I work in was given the opportunity to move from Dell laptops to MacBook Pros. Score! Since the business infrastructure has been 100% percent PC to date, we had to develop something of a business plan for how to deal with having … Read More »
Apple recently introduced two brand new TV commercials, currently airing on U.S. cable and network television, that continue the “There’s an app for that” series of ads. The two new spots, called “Share” and “Travel,” both highlight features common to all currently sold iPhone models, instead … Read More »
A number of different email clients are available for the Mac, but a new piece of software announced at MacWorld takes a new and different approach. Postbox is a new way to manage online communication, aiming to let you spend less time managing messages and … Read More »
Apple front-ended their notebook event today with a look at the business side of things. Their reported sales figures were impressive, having moved 2.5M Macs last quarter alone, and continuing their trend of growing at two to three times the rate of competitors in the same … Read More »
