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Apple Closes Australian Gap With Samsung
Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 1:01pm | 313Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) closed its market-share gap with SAMSUNG ELECT LTD(F) (OTC: SSNLF) in Australia during the the first three months of the year, where the two companies are now effectively running neck-and-neck, according to market research issued Tuesday. Australian Market Australia's...
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Pacific Crest Analysts Went To China, Offered Updates On Apple & Samsung
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 10:20am | 251In a report published Monday, Pacific Crest analyst John Vinh commented that his quarterly handset checks were mixed with weak overall demand in China. According to Vinh, supply chain partners indicate Chinese demand for smartphones was weaker than expected on delays of FDD-LTE licenses and excess...
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Bank Innovation: PayPal Won't Be A Partner In Apple Inc. Pay
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 10:18am | 273According to Bank Innovation, a popular blog featuring banking news, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) were previously in talks for PayPal to be a preferred payment process for Apple Pay. As a leader in the payments industry, PayPal was a prime candidate to play a role in...
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Top 5 Smartphone Trade-In Values
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 3:21pm | 714Now that Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 6 has an unconfirmed release date of October 14, consumers are eager to see how much their current handset is worth. NextWorth, the online trade-in service that powers Target's trade-in program, recently provided Benzinga with a list of the...
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Amazon Could Lose Money On Fire Phone Sales
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 4:38pm | 490Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) latest device is an ambitious, high-end smartphone that contains a plethora of new features -- including six cameras. But those bells-and-whistles features won't come cheap. Customers will pay $199 for the 32GB version. They will also be required to sign a two-...
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Samsung Looking To Iris Detection For Future Of Mobile Security
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 2:28pm | 598According to Senior Vice President Rhee In-jong, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) wants to increase its use of biometrics. One form of biometrics getting an intense look is “iris detection.” Iris detection would allow a smartphone to scan a user’s eyes to determine whether that person is a match for...
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Is Samsung Hedging Its Bets Between Android and Tizen?
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 3:22pm | 509When it comes to deciding between Android and the company’s in-house, Linux-based operating system, Tizen, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) is acting like a company hedging its bet, according to PC Magazine. That appearance arises from the fact the company seemed to be doing all it could to promote the...
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Samsung Profits Sink For Second Quarter In A Row
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 2:24pm | 561Samsung (OTC: SSNLF), the world’s largest maker of smartphones reported a second straight quarter of declining profits Tuesday. The decline stemmed from slowing demand for high-end devices like the Galaxy S4 smartphone. Profits fell, the company said, from 8.8 trillion won to 8.4 trillion ($8...
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Market Wrap For March 17: Investors Focused On Economic Data Instead Of Crimea Concerns
Monday, March 17, 2014 - 4:45pm | 2393U.S. stocks rose as investors focused on positive economic data rather than the tense situation in Ukraine. Economic reports showed that U.S. industrial production rose in February. President Obama imposed sanctions against Russian and Crimea officials following an election on Sunday which...
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Samsung's New Milk Music Service Enters Crowded Field
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 11:22am | 588Despite the fact that Samsung's (OTC: SSNLF) new streaming Milk Music service, which the company launched Friday, is both free and ad-free, it hasn’t exactly set the tech world on fire. Part of the reason is that the space is already crowded. Consumers have their choice of any number of...
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Weekly Highlights: Tesla's $5 Billion Gigafactory, Ford's Tech Plans And More
Saturday, March 1, 2014 - 2:13pm | 209The year's coldest month came to an end with rumors, minor revelations and one massive announcement. Hands down, the biggest news came when Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) finally revealed additional details about its mysterious Gigafactory. Meanwhile, Honda (NYSE: HMC) is rumored to discontinue its hybrid...
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Samsung's Latest Anti-Apple Weapon: The Galaxy S5
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 12:14pm | 600It features a heart rate monitor, fingerprint reader and is water-resistant. It’s Samsung's (OTC: SSNLF) latest entry in the Samsung versus Apple wars, the Galaxy S5. Introduced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday, the device relies on Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android OS and has...
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Disrupter Alert: Mozilla Says It Will Unleash A Flood Of $25 Smartphones
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 11:57am | 777Android giant, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) may have stolen thunder with the launch of its long-awaited Galaxy S5 Monday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but as keen observers noted, Mozilla had a little thunder-stealing of its own up its sleeve. With all the attention on Samsung, not...
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Weekly Highlights: iWatch Price, Microsoft's New CEO, A Goodbye For Redbox And More
Saturday, February 8, 2014 - 10:41am | 178Another week of rumors, exec appointments and a surprise acquisition from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) highly secretive (but continually rumored) smart watch received another publicity boost when a $299 price tag was thrown around the rumor mill. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)...
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Samsung Galaxy S5 Release Date: Rumors Say New Device Coming To MWC 2014
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 10:38am | 536It looks like the Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) Galaxy S5 release date is closer than we thought, with major news outlets reporting that we can see the new Samsung flagship device later this month. According to Reuters, Samsung sent invitations Tuesday for a “Samsung unPacked 5” event at the Mobile...