Large-screen smartphones — often called phablets — have been getting a lot of attention lately. But so far, the devices make up only a tiny portion of the global mobile market, according to a new study. Flurry, a mobile analytics company,...
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Are Phablets a Fad? Flurry Report Looks at Screen Size
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"Terry" Gou Tai-Ming, chairman and president of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd., speaks in his office building at the Foxconn City complex in Shenzhen, China, in 2010.
Foxconn Doesn’t Want to Be Confused With Foxconn, So It’s Changing Its Name
For years, the world has had trouble wrapping its head around that behemoth known to us all as Foxconn. Not helping matters has been the fact that Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group is actually a name given to a collection of...
Read more »Apple Just Hired One of its Outspoken Critics
It’s an old adage that Kevin Lynch can surely appreciate now: If you can’t beat them, join them. Lynch, who is leaving Adobe to work at Apple, spent the past eight years at the software company, including the last five...
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Samsung Braces for Next Battleground With Google
Samsung made itself the brand to beat in the crowded smartphone space by backing Google’s Android software –- 96 percent of the South Korean company’s shipments ran on the platform. Now, it’s planning a high-end smartphone powered by Intel-backed open-source...
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Samsung introduced the Galaxy S4 at a Broadway-style event in New York.
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Launch Was From Another Planet
Gadget makers tend to go over-the-top with their product launches, but Samsung Electronics was in another galaxy tonight. The Korean tech company brought in Broadway performers for a mammoth production at New York’s iconic Radio City Music Hall, which seats...
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The Inner Balance app coaches you through breathing exercises designed to reduce stress.
Inner Balance Promises Stress Relief for IPhoners: Rich Jaroslovsky
In a classic “Seinfeld” episode, George’s father adopts what’s supposed to be a stress-reduction technique. Except that, instead of reciting it softly to himself, he bellows to the rafters: “Serenity now!” The Inner Balance Trainer is a $99 device from...
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Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said changes to how it reports earnings forecasts are designed to increase transparency.
Apple Shuts Down Reality-Distortion Field on Earnings Forecasts
For 34 consecutive quarters beginning in April 2003, Apple easily beat analysts’ estimates on its earnings per share. Then on Oct. 18, 2011 — less than two months after Tim Cook took over as chief executive officer — Apple missed....
Read more »Apple’s Cook Comments on Rumors About Orders for IPhone 5 Parts
On Apple’s earnings call today, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook commented on rumors in recent days that the company had slashed orders for iPhone 5 parts, which suggested lower-than-expected demand for the device. He said those rumors, if you’ll allow...
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Are Consumer Electronics Killing the Consumer Electronics Show?
You won’t find booths by Apple, Microsoft, Google or Amazon at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. Nor will you see the CEOs at the largest U.S. cable operators, Comcast and Time Warner Cable, or media companies such as Disney and CBS. Nokia and...
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A Toshiba Excite Android tablet is shown at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Android Is Red Hot, Except With the Business Crowd
Google’s Android software for mobile devices has opened up a wide lead in market share, but it hasn’t made the same inroads with a lucrative niche: businesspeople. While Android is expected to grab 68 percent of the smartphone market this...
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