Peter Burrows
I've covered the high-tech industry since 1989. Since joining Business Week's Silicon Valley bureau in 1995, I've covered Apple, Cisco, Microsoft and a broad range of markets, companies, people and technology trends.
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Streaming HD movies to the new iPad on the go can be costly.
Why the New 4G iPad Isn’t the Ultimate Streaming Machine
Apple’s new iPad, with its high-resolution screen and option for 4G speeds, seems like the perfect device to stream high-definition movies on the go, right? Think again. The problem is not that the device, with its fast new processor and...
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This was Tim Cook's first big product unveiling since Steve Jobs died last year.
The First Timnote: It’s No Stevenote
Yesterday’s iPad unveiling was Apple’s first big announcement since the death of Steve Jobs, whose legendary skills as a pitchman set the bar for product introductions. How did CEO Tim Cook & Co. do? As others have pointed out, the...
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Shoppers Andres Moran, left, and Mckiernan Flaherty checked out Apple's iPhone 4S at a store in San Francisco last year.
The One Apple Analyst Who Says ‘Sell’ as the Stock Keeps Climbing
There are 57 Wall Street analysts in Bloomberg’s database who follow Apple Inc., and only one of them has a “sell” rating: Edward Zabitsky. His reasoning? Zabitsky, an analyst at Toronto-based ACI Research, doubts Apple will be able to maintain...
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