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In Piper Jaffray re-test, Siri raises her grade from a D to a C

In a quiet room, the latest version understood 91% of questions, correctly answered 77% FORTUNE — Siri is a little like the weather. Everybody complains about it, but only Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster seems to do anything. In June he … Continue reading

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LTE Phone Shipments Will Triple To 275M Units In 2013, With Amazon + Mozilla Among Those Waiting In The Wings To Pounce

We are far from global ubiquity for LTE and other 4G networks, but carriers in markets that have implemented the faster mobile data standard are seeing a boom in growth. Figures out today from Strategy Analytics predict that shipments of … Continue reading

Video: Jim Cramer rips into Citi’s hot-cold Apple analysis

The pot may be calling the kettle black, but in this case it’s richly deserved FORTUNE — I’d been wondering what to say about Citigroup’s (C) coverage of Apple (AAPL), which took a sharp turn for the worse with the … Continue reading

OS X Mountain Lion: About AVCHD files and QuickTime Player

Learn about using AVCHD files with QuickTime Player in OS X Mountain Lion.

VideoCardApps.com Announces Holiday Video Contest

  Christmas Video Greeting Cards   Splash Screen   Christmas Video Greeting Cards App – Be the STAR of your own card! (AppleNews247.Com, December 19, 2012 ) Los Angeles, CA — Christmas Video Greeting Cards is a new app just … Continue reading

TIME’s Person of the Year: Tim Cook is one of 4 runners up

The final choice was a no-brainer. The inclusion of Apple’s CEO was a surprise. FORTUNE — Having participated as a Time Magazine editor in my share of Person of the Year selections (I edited the David Ho cover and wrote at … Continue reading

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Rumor: Apple Is Testing The Apple TV In Secret, No Rush To Launch

Much has been said about a potential Apple TV set in the past few years, but it would appear that a source out of Foxconn has said that testing is already underway on Apple’s HDTV. The source, speaking under the … Continue reading

New State-by-State Study Measures Economic Benefits of Unconventional Oil and Gas Production for Each State in the United States Lower 48

Dateline City:  Washington, D.C. IHS study finds economic benefits in every state—whether producing oil and gas or supplying the industry The second study in the IHS series measuring the economic benefits of unconventional oil and gas production in the United … Continue reading

Apple’s iPhone 5 as loss leader

Big chains are selling the hot phone at steep discounts. Good luck trying to find one. FORTUNE — If you follow Apple (AAPL) news half as obsessively as I do, you’ve no doubt heard that Walmart (WMT) and now Fry’s … Continue reading

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Samsung Withdraws Lawsuits Against Apple In Europe For Standard-Essential Patents

Samsung has announced that it will drop all of its standard essential patent infringement cases against Apple in Europe, according to the manufacturer. Blooomberg reports that Samsung says it’s doing so “in the interest of protecting consumer choice” in a … Continue reading