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A closer look at those iPhone supply chain cuts

Behind the reports that triggered a flurry of Apple analysts’ revisions FORTUNE — At least five top Apple (AAPL) analysts lowered their price targets last weekend based on reports that the company had reduced some parts orders for the iPhone … Continue reading

China’s 2-million iPhone 5 launch: What the analysts say

Record first-weekend sales suggest a strong Chinese New Year for Apple FORTUNE — On Friday, UBS’s Steven Milunovich wrote that “some of [his] Chinese sources do not expect the iPhone 5 to do as well as the iPhone 4S.” Two … Continue reading

Apple fell below $497 in pre-market trading Monday

Hit a low in European and Asian markets not seen since mid February FORTUNE — Of the two dueling Apple (AAPL) headlines Sunday — 1) the news that Citigroup lowered its price target and downgraded the stock from Buy to … Continue reading

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The Simple Trick To Use Google Maps With Siri

For all her faults, Siri is a useful companion. Sometimes. But she defaults to Apple Maps. Thankfully it’s rather simple to trick Siri into giving you directions with Google Maps instead. No jailbreak required. As shown in the video above, … Continue reading

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ComScore: Smartphone Penetration In Europe’s Big-5 Markets Now At 55%, Samsung Is The One To Beat

Europe’s mobile market has reached a tipping point: the top-five markets in the region collectively have a majority of consumers using smartphones, according to the latest numbers from comScore, and that proportion only continues to grow. France, Germany, Italy, Spain and … Continue reading

Open Directory replication may not work; "Size Limit exceeded" appears in slapd.log

Open Directory replication may not work; when this happens, entries such as the following appear in /var/log/slapd.log: slapd[209]: do_syncrep2: rid=001 LDAP_RES_SEARCH_RESULT (4) Size limit exceeded slapd[209]: do_syncrep2: rid=001 (4) Size limit exceeded This can occur if an Open Directory server … Continue reading

Have Apple’s iPhone and iPad saturated the U.S. market?

A new Morgan Stanley survey suggests there is still room to grow FORTUNE — “Despite concerns to the contrary,” writes Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty reporting the results of a proprietary survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers, “iPhone and iPad demand remain … Continue reading

Why did Apple cut iPhone 5 parts orders? Three theories.

1) iPhone sales are soft. 2) Yields improved. 3) Apple is clearing the way for a new model FORTUNE — At least four analysts lowered their Apple (AAPL) price targets in the past few days based on reports that the … Continue reading

Surprise! Apple sold 2 million iPhone 5s in China in 3 days

Wall Street may have misread the signals coming out of Apple Stores in China FORTUNE — In a press release that represents first solid piece of good news for Apple (AAPL) investors in weeks, the company announced Sunday that sales … Continue reading

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iPhone 5 Sells More Than 2M Units During First Weekend In China

Apple announced today that it sold over two million units of the iPhone 5 over the weekend after its launch on December 14. Last year’s riots during the launch of the iPhone 4S makes it difficult to compare sales data, … Continue reading