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Free Microsoft Points Easier to Get Than Ever Before With BestFreeMicrosoftPoints.com

(AppleNews247.Com, May 18, 2012 ) New York City, NY — Getting free Microsoft points just got a lot easier with the new website BestFreeMicrosoftPoints.com. This simply-designed and easy-to-use website walks explains how to get free Microsoft points in just three … Continue reading

Meet the men who carved $96B out of Apple’s market value

A gathering of hedge fund managers in Manhattan sends the share price on a wild ride Jeffrey Gundlach. Reuters FORTUNE — See on the chart at right where Apple’s (AAPL) share price dropped to just over $540 shortly after 3 … Continue reading

Chart of the day: A snapshot of 3,997 distinct Android devices

A record of the Android phones and tablets that downloaded a single app over 6 months FORTUNE — Suddenly you can see the advantage — both for developers and users — of Apple’s (AAPL) approach of limiting the number of … Continue reading

IHS Announces Agreement with EnVizTec to Meet Market Demand for Operational Risk Solutions that Support Enterprise Sustainability

Dateline City:  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. IHS, (NYSE: IHS), the leading source of information and analytics, today announced an agreement with Australian technology and service provider EnVizTec to meet surging market demand for information management solutions that can help global organizations manage … Continue reading

The Zooey Deschanel effect

The iPhone’s “buzz” got a bump after Apple started using celebrities in its Siri ads Click to enlarge. Source: YouGov Deschanel with iPhone FORTUNE — Some purists used the fact that Apple (AAPL) had replaced the always appealing but generally anonymous … Continue reading

Apple bites Android: Customs halts U.S. sales of HTC phones

Two models held for inspection after a December patent ruling in Apple’s favor Stopped at Customs: The HTC One X. Engadget photo. FORTUNE — In what is believed to be the first tangible effect of the two-year-old proxy war Apple … Continue reading

Tim Cook meets John Boehner

In Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Source: Speaker’s Blog FORTUNE — Since the photo was posted on the Speaker of the House’s website with no details beyond the date, and it’s not known what he and the CEO of … Continue reading

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How Many Daily Downloads Does It Take To Reach The Top Of The App Store?

It’s hard to underestimate how important ranking in Apple’s top 25 in the iTunes store is for mobile app developers. After all, the top 25 is probably the single most important app discovery mechanism for most iOS users. But how … Continue reading

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How Many Daily Downloads Does It Take To Reach The Top Of The App Store? [Updated]

It’s hard to underestimate how important ranking in Apple’s top 25 in the iTunes store is for mobile app developers. After all, the top 25 is probably the single most important app discovery mechanism for most iOS users. But how … Continue reading

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Forrester: 32.1 Million U.S. Households Now Access Online Video On Their TVs

Almost 115 million households in the U.S. currently own at least one TV set and 36 million own four or more. That’s a huge market and as Apple, Google and Microsoft try to wrestle more of this business away from … Continue reading