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Was Amazon’s Kindle Fire just a flash in the pan?
Sales of the Kindle e-readers have apparently also fallen off a cliff Data: IDC FORTUNE — Thursday was bad-news day for Amazon’s (AMZN) Kindle line of tablets and e-readers. IDC released first quarter tablet sales data that had Kindle Fire … Continue reading
Why Can’t BlackBerry Muddle Through? They’re Not The 99%
Horace Dediu at Asymco has run the numbers and it’s not looking good. Samsung and Apple now control an estimated 99% of vendor profits with HTC scraping in with 1%. BlackBerry and Nokia barely register and, in fact, form a … Continue reading
Apple Finally Gives Proper Credit To OpenStreetMap In iPhoto For iOS
When Apple launched iPhoto for iPhone, it quickly became clear that there was something odd going on with the maps in the application. Even though Apple never talked about this publicly, the data Apple used to render these new maps … Continue reading
With 8.8% market share, Apple has 73% of cell phone profits
Among the major vendors, Samsung captured 26%, HTC took 1%, and the rest lost money Source: Asymco.com FORTUNE — Asymco‘s Horace Dediu on Thursday updated his quarterly review of mobile phone profits, and the news for everyone but Apple (AAPL) … Continue reading
How low can Apple go?
There are, in fact, limits to how far the stock can fall Click to enlarge. Source: Bullish Cross. FORTUNE — Watching Apple’s (AAPL) share price see-saw over the past three weeks — up to $644, down to $555, up to … Continue reading
Android Is Either “Winning” Because Apple Is Letting It, Or Losing
In September 2010, I wrote a post that ignited an absolute shitstorm around these parts. “Shitstorm” in this case meaning a post with a thousand comments, the majority of which were spewed up by rabid Android fanatics. The title of … Continue reading
J.P. Morgan: No full-blown TV set from Apple anytime soon
Apple’s next big thing, an analyst speculates, is more likely to be mobile payments FORTUNE — If I didn’t already agree with him, Mike Moskowitz’s note to clients Thursday would have convinced me. “We do not expect Apple TV this year,” … Continue reading
iPhone owners least likely to switch when service sucks
Blackberry and Android users are quicker to drop both their phone and their carrier Click to enlarge. FORTUNE — A new survey of smartphone users doesn’t speak well for the quality of the cellular telephone service provided by U.S. carriers. … Continue reading
An Apple CEO-in-waiting sells 95% of his company shares
The head of iPhone and iPad software sold 64,151 shares Friday worth $38.7 million Scott Forstall. Photo: SplatF.com FORTUNE — Scott Forstall took home a chunk of change Friday. Taking advantage of Apple’s (AAPL) relatively high (but not record) share … Continue reading
Sen. Tom Coburn is ‘livid’ over Apple’s tax loopholes
Yet he is prepared to give the company the biggest tax break of them all Coburn on Morning Joe. Source: MSNBC FORTUNE — I don’t know what to say about Tom Coburn, the pro-gun, pro-death penalty, anti-abortion, anti-gay rights, Southern Baptist … Continue reading
