It’s a country with a population of over 1.3 billion, so this should surprise no one, but yes, China appears to be to the iPhone what flowers are to bees.
IDG News reports that in a conference call yesterday, Apple COO Tim Cook revealed that between January and March 2011, iPhone sales in “Greater China” surged nearly 250 …
Well, that’s a new one. So it’s probably a no-brainer that those who are young are more likely to say “no way, Grandpa” to a landline, but a study shows that just how poor you are may determine whether you’ll decide to cut the cord.
The National Center for Health Statistics released a study which revealed that 40 percent of …
With today’s estimated $135 million acquisition of Where.com – the hyperlocal media company that will soon offer deals based on user geotargeting – eBay not only adds another channel to its growing number of revenue streams, but also plants its foot firmly in the growing world of offline commerce.
Under eBay’s PayPal arm, …
After Verizon launched its iPhone in February, predictions for the fate of former iPhone-exclusive heavyweight AT&T were less than winning: revenue losses and a mass exodus of customers.
It looks like all those analysts and pundits were overly dour. AT&T is reporting that even with the added competition, profits during the first …
Oh look, another study pitting Apple against Android like digital pugilists boxing for market share. The verdict this time? iOS has “twice the reach of Android.”
That’s according to comScore, which claims in its breaking study that Apple’s iOS devices (comprising iPhones, iPad, and iPad Touches) total some 37.9 million devices among …
According a report in the Wall Street Journal, Twitter is in “advanced talks” that would lead to the purchasing of the popular client TweetDeck for $50 million, according to people “familiar with the matter.”
At the time of the report, a Twitter spokesperson declined to comment, and TweetDeck’s chief executive was …
In somewhat shocking news, Fortune is reporting that Apple’s stock is down 2.2% this morning, sending the technology leader into negative territory for the year.
The timing of this is particularly strange because 1) the Dow is still up 5% for the year, and 2) AAPL was poised to announce record earnings just a few days ago. What makes …
Google has finally decided to put Google Video out of its misery. What’s that I hear? Silence? Yep, that the sound of people caring.
Starting April 29, the site will not host any more videos, making many nonexistent users forlorn about its demise. An email was sent out to active users to download their videos and re-upload them to …
Nintendo’s 3DS portable flew off the shelves in late March, moving just shy of 400,000 units during its first week of U.S. sales, reports Nintendo. Couple with Nintendo’s other handhelds, and the company says it saw its best March ever (that’s “in U.S. history” ever) for portable hardware sales.
Factor in dueling DS games …
Got beef with Amazon? Apparently, so do big-time record labels.
The online retailer was due for a meeting today in New York with music label executives about its controversial cloud music storage service.
The digital locker Cloud Drive was launched in March and allows anyone to upload and back up their music to Amazon’s servers. …
Advertising skeptics might be surprised to read this: Online ad revenue topped a record $26 billion in 2010.
This figure represents a 15% increase from 2009, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers and Interactive Advertising Bureau report released Wednesday. The previous record was in 2008, when revenue reached $23.4 …
Be careful who you fire as you’re handing over your company, they just might sue you for $105 million. In fact that’s just what former Huffington Post blogger Jonathan Tasini’s asking from AOL and HuffPost in a lawsuit with possible class-action status, claiming he and other bloggers weren’t paid for their work.
Those other …
