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Did Apple Just Reinvent the Textbook Industry?
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 2:51pm | 1305Apple's big event has come and gone. Did the company revolutionize education or simply take it in a new direction? Some might say that it was a little bit of both. Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) announcement corresponded with the multitude of rumors that hit the Web this week, paving the way for...
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Apple Made Surprise Appearance at CES 2012?
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 11:59am | 974Blink and you'll miss it. Reports suggest that more than 250 Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) employees are attending the Consumer Electronics Show this year. But instead of coming to the event with a booth and a plethora of products to steal the spotlight, Reuters reports (via Business Insider) that the...
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iPhone 4S China Launch to Delay iPad 3 Unveiling?
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 1:25pm | 781Could Apple be too preoccupied with the Chinese debut of its record-breaking iPhone to announce the iPad 3 this month? To be clear, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has not promised that it would announce the iPad 3 anytime soon. In fact, the company has yet to publicly speak on the highly anticipated tablet...
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iPad 3's Most Significant Upgrade Will Be…
Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 9:00am | 1008The third iPad is getting one upgrade consumers won't be able to refuse. A battery that packs more than twice the capacity of the iPad 2. That's according to this DigiTimes report (via Business Insider), which claims that the battery capacity for the “high-end” version of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL)...
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Apple Inspires People to Shop on Christmas
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 3:24pm | 1377If you thought that Christmas Eve was the end of the holiday shopping period, think again. It turns out that Christmas Day can be quite a popular day as well, albeit without the long lines and overcrowded retailers. Instead of flocking to Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) for a last-minute electronic purchase...
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Five Reasons Android Could Abolish Apple in 2012
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 12:01pm | 1467Every month, Android inches closer to smartphone dominance. But how? And why? Now that Sprint (NYSE: S) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) have the iPhone, you would think that consumers would be ready to make the switch to Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) beloved platform. But Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) remains a strong...
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Google Wants to Destroy the iPad 3
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 12:56pm | 990The Android maker is getting ready for a full-scale assault on the tablet industry's leading manufacturer. And by May 2012, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will have its own tablet on store shelves. That's the word from company exec Eric Schmidt, who said that the new device will be of the highest quality....
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iPad 3's Biggest Competitor Will Be…
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 10:45am | 406A company that rhymes with “oogle.” According to Gizmodo, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will release its own iPad 3 competitor within six months. The news comes from Google's own Eric Schmidt, who told this Italian publication that the company is getting ready to produce a tablet of the “highest quality...
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Is the Kindle Fire a Dud?
Monday, November 14, 2011 - 1:01pm | 895The reviews are starting to pour in, and they aren't screaming “iPad killer.” Not that anyone expected a $200 tablet to entirely defeat Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) much-loved tablet. But this is an Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) product, one with insurmountable hype, an insane amount of buzz, and a ridiculously...
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Are GameStop's Tablets a Joke, a Success, or So Bad They Aren't Worth Mentioning?
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 9:08am | 925More importantly, should Apple be worried about GameStop's entry into the tablet market? The simple answer: NO! Despite the promise of a store-branded device, GameStop (NYSE: GME) has chosen to launch a series of generic tablets without any modifications. These devices include the Samsung Galaxy...
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Will Thieves and Dealers Ruin the iPad 3 Launch?
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 1:25pm | 747With demand expected to reach an all-time high, the iPad 3 is bound to be one of the hottest items in 2012. This is great for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which can never have enough home runs. But is it good for the consumer? Apple loyalists surely want their favorite company to be successful. But at...
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Here's Why The iPad's Dominance Is Not Going Anywhere
Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 12:12pm | 836Yesterday I wrote about the iPad 2's dominance coming to an end thanks in part to the forthcoming Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) tablet, which many are expecting to be a monster hit, similar to its popular e-reader, the Kindle. Not so fast, my friend. BoyGeniusReport is out with an article today that...
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WSJ: iPad 3 With Retina Display Launching Early 2012
Friday, August 19, 2011 - 8:29am | 434Apple does indeed plan to launch its third-generation iPad with a Retina display in early 2012, says a credible The Wall Street Journal. The Cupertino, Calif., company has ordered key components such as display panels and chips for a new iPad it is aiming to launch in early 2012, said the people,...
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Not-so-Stunning News: iPad 3 Not Coming in 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 8:19am | 215Were we supposed to be surprised? If you're sick of the back and forth nonsense of the iPad 3 and its release date reports, get in line: we're all getting sick of this. Did the rumor-starters forget that the iPad 2 was released this past winter? Did they forget that, if Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) cares...
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Sony's "Oh, Crap!" Moment: Nobody Wants a PS Vita
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 6:15pm | 500And all this time I thought that a delay was the worst thing that could happen to Sony's (NYSE: SNE) next-gen handheld. It turns out that there was something far worse brewing: the simple fact that people don't care about PS Vita. At all! That's according to Lyle Hall and Matthew Seymour at Heavy...