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SLIDESHOW: Twitter's IPO, Apple Unveils Two iPhones And More From The Second Week Of September
Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 12:14pm | 214It is amazing how one story can take over the Internet. Twitter, the world's second-largest social network, is going public. It won't happen overnight, but the mere mention of its IPO -- and confirmation that it has filed an S-1 with the SEC -- has excited the masses. While this wasn't the only...
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Apple's iPhone 5C Could Boost European Sales (AAPL)
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 12:46pm | 553With so much talk about China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) and its absence during Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) press conference this week, investors may be overlooking the new markets the iPhone is about to reach. Most notably, Apple secured a deal with NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM), the largest carrier in Japan. The...
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Wal-Mart Drops iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S Prices Ahead Of Launch (AAPL, WMT)
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 11:13am | 473Hoping to gain an edge over the competition, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has reduced the price of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) upcoming iPhones. Available for pre-order this Friday, the iPhone 5C officially retails for $99 with a two-year contract. Wal-Mart will sell the 16GB model for $79. The retail giant...
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Preorder Your New iPhone 5C This Friday (AAPL)
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 10:59am | 692If you can’t wait to get your hands on a new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone of the 5C variety, you are in luck. Apple Insider reported that iPhone 5C preorders would go live Friday at midnight Pacific, 3 a.m. Eastern time through both Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Sprint (NYSE: S). The iPhone 5S, as...
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Carl Icahn Just Bought More Shares Of Apple (AAPL)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 5:18pm | 554During an interview with CNBC, Carl Icahn (NASDAQ: IEP) told the network that he purchased more shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Wednesday when it was trading in the $465 to $466 range. The stock closed down five percent at $467.71 and is currently up less than one percent in after hours trading....
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Apple's Unannounced China Mobile Deal Has Disappointed Wall Street (AAPL, CHL)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 2:26pm | 538Investors were all but certain that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) had finally secured a deal with China Mobile (NYSE: CHL). When the company's iPhone event came and went without a peep about China Mobile, Wall Street began to wonder: were the rumors false? On its surface, this did not make much sense. All...
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iPhone 5 Trade-Ins To Soar On September 20 (AAPL)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 1:07pm | 530Several customers are about to dump their one-year-old iPhone. Mark Bowles, the founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Outerwall's (NASDAQ: OUTR) ecoATM, said that his kiosks typically enjoy an increase in old iPhone trade-ins whenever a new one is released. This includes everything from the...
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Prepare for Long Lines - No Pre-order for Apple iPhone 5S (AAPL)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 9:36am | 528If you plan to get a new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5S, plan on standing in line to get it. At least if you plan to get the phone on its release date, September 20. While the new low-cost iPhone 5C will go on preorder Sept. 13, the same is not true for the iPhone 5S. Apple Insider suggested...
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iPhone 5S Has An M7 Processor, But What Is It? (AAPL)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 9:33am | 546As part of its feature list, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is including an M7 processor in its new iPhone 5S. If you’re not the techno-geek type, what is sitting on the circuit board may be of little interest to you but there are some reasons you might find it interesting. The human brain is the most...
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The Top Four Apple Disappointments From Tuesday's Event (AAPL)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 9:04am | 738Did Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) pack enough positive punch to reinvigorate investors and consumers? The answer to that question is as straight-forward as the Apple vs. PC or Apple vs. Android debate but viewing the real time reactions to the unveiling, tech bloggers as well as consumers as a whole,...
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Apple's Newly Announced $99 iPhone 5C, $199 iPhone 5S Coming September 20 (AAPL)
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 3:13pm | 921Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) unveiled two highly-anticipated smartphones today -- the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S. Both are due on September 20 and are pretty much identical to what the rumors suggested. The former is a low-cost iPhone that starts at $99 (with a two-year contract) for the 16GB model, and...
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Apple iPhone Event Preview: What We Know, What We Don't And What We Hope Will Come True (AAPL)
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 11:45am | 1098Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is only hours away from unveiling…something. No one knows for sure what will be introduced today. The whole world seems to be convinced that the Cupertino, California-based tech giant will unveil the next-generation iPhone. If history repeats itself (doesn't it always?),...
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Microsoft To Unveil New Surface Tablet September 23 (MSFT)
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 2:30pm | 483In just 14 days, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will host an event to unveil the second-generation Surface tablet. The event was confirmed by a Surface-shaped paper invite that's circling the net. While the event's exact location has been blurred by media outlets (likely at Microsoft's request), the...
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SLIDESHOW: Microsoft Buys Nokia Handsets, Apple's Two iPhone Events And More From The First Week Of September
Sunday, September 8, 2013 - 7:22pm | 204It was a week filled with anticipation, surprises -- and most of all a massive acquisition. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) purchased Nokia's (NYSE: NOK), while rumors insisted that BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) wished it had been acquired as well. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) confirmed the existence of not one but...
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Did China Mobile Just Secure Apple's iPhone 5C?
Saturday, September 7, 2013 - 3:27pm | 455Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) might be headed to China Mobile. In addition to China Telecom (NYSE: CHA) and China Unicom (NYSE: CHU), Apple is largely expected to sign a deal with China Mobile (NYSE: CHL). That latter deal was thought to be held up by the iPhone's high subsidies. More often than not,...