Google Inc. GOOG on Thursday unveiled the first touch-screen laptops powered by its Chrome operating system—the latest foray into hardware development for the company best known for its Internet search and mobile software. The new high-end Chrome device, which is called the Chromebook Pixel and went on sale Thursday, was designed and built by Google […]
Advisers Still Bullish on Apple Despite Woes
Financial advisers have a message for their clients fretting the sharp drop in Apple Inc.’s AAPL (AAPL) stock price: stay calm. Advisers say they heard from some clients Thursday, a day after the technology giant reported disappointing earnings and the same day it suffered the biggest share-price decline in its history. After all, a bit […]
iPhone 5 demand got you worried? Relax, analysts say
According to Apple watchers, the iPhone 5 is not experiencing weak demand — the recently ballyhooed cuts in component orders could in fact reflect improved yields on components. All of that talk that Apple has reduced iPhone 5 component orders due to slumping demand for the smartphone might be wrong.
China Will Be Apple’s Biggest Market Someday: CEO
Apple expects China to overtake the United States as its biggest market, CEO Tim Cook told a Chinese government news agency. “China is currently our second largest market. I believe it will become our first. I believe strongly that it will,” the Xinhua News Agency quoted Cook as saying in an interview. The report gave […]
Masked, gunmen rob Apple store in Paris
The French press reported that up to a million Euro ($1.3 million) in goods were stolen at the store selling products such as Apple’s iPhones and iPads behind the Paris Opera house, a figure police would not immediately
Apple hints at reinventing the TV
Apple CEO Tim Cook has poured fuel on the rumors that the company has plans to build a TV. “When I go into my living room and turn on the TV, I feel like I have gone backwards in time by 20 to 30 years,” Cook told NBC News anchor Brian Williams in an interview. […]
Google becomes No. 2 most valuable tech company
In May 2010, Apple attained a ranking long thought unthinkable — the world’s most valuable technology company, a position it achieved by dethroning longtime rival Microsoft. Apple still sits atop the throne. But in the meantime another company has come along to kick Microsoft down a peg: Google,
Apple Offers a New iPhone, Lighter and More Powerful
Apple introduced a new iPhone on Wednesday with a larger screen, faster wireless Internet speeds and a more powerful chip, as the company again seeks to demonstrate the staying power of one of the technology industry’s great franchises.
Apple’s victory vs Samsung could mean fewer phone options
Apple Inc.’s $1 billion + legal victory could mean fewer smartphone options for consumers to choose from, analysts said. A federal jury’s verdict Friday that Samsung Electronic Co. stole Apple’s technology to make and market smartphones using Google’s Android software sends a warning to other companies manufacturing similar devices, the biggest marketplace threat to Apple.
Apple Most Valuable Company In Market History
Apple became the most valuable company in U.S. history Monday when its market capitalization hit $623.1 billion at one point during trading. Apple’s bragging rights came at the expense of the previous record holder, rival Microsoft.