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How Much Will Apple's Retina MacBook Air Cost?
Friday, May 16, 2014 - 4:06pm | 622Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) recently upgraded its MacBook Air line of computers, but instead of adding a Retina Display, the company knocked $100 off the price. This might have been good news to cost-conscious consumers who wanted a new Mac, but it likely disappointed those who were hoping for a more...
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Will Apple's Stock Split Increase Its Marketability?
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 10:58am | 468Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rose more than eight percent after the company announced a surprise 7-for-1 stock split. As of this writing, Apple is hovering near $600 -- an achievement not seen since November 2012. Before earnings and the stock split were revealed, Creative Global predicted that...
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Did Apple Cut The MacBook Air's Price To Prevent A Sales Decline?
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 1:24pm | 443Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reduced the price of the MacBook Air by $100 for the third year in a row. Consumers will now pay $999 for a brand-new 13-inch MacBook Air, or $899 for the 11-inch model. In addition to the price cut, Apple tweaked the MacBook Air with improved battery life (12 hours on...
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Hewlett-Packard's Chromebook 11 Disappears From Best Buy, Amazon
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 4:34pm | 795Last month, Benzinga reported Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE: HPQ) Chromebook 11 contained an innovative feature not found in Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) MacBook. But now it seems that Apple is having the last laugh. While a wide array of MacBook Pro and MacBook Air units can be found at Best Buy (NYSE:...
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Are Apple's New MacBooks More Problematic than Windows 8?
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 4:20pm | 500First the 2012 and 2013 MacBook Air units had problems -- now Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) latest MacBook Pro is causing headaches for unsuspecting buyers. After surveying hundreds of complaints on Apple's user-to-user support forums, AppleInsider has learned that one key issue is plaguing new...
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Apple Announces New Macs, New iPads And Offers One Million Apps
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 3:50pm | 792Thinner and lighter product designs reigned supreme at Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) long-awaited iPad event. The lengthy event began with statistics and freebies. Apple announced that it now offers one million apps in the App Store. The company also said that more than one billion songs have been played...
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MacBook Pro 2013 Rumor Roundup
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 6:31am | 562Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to unveil the latest MacBook Pro upgrades during its media event on Tuesday, October 22. The upgrades are not believed to carry any significant changes in terms of the design, weight or form factor. But many enhancements are anticipated, including new Haswell...
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Apple Recalls MacBook Air Just Before Unveiling New MacBook Pro
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 12:24pm | 561Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has recalled the 64GB and 128GB iterations of last year's MacBook Air. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant made the announcement on Apple.com (via GigaOM). Apple issued the recall for MacBook Air units that were purchased between June 2012 and June 2013, warning that...
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Yahoo Chose Apple's iPhone, MacBook Pro To Promote Mail Upgrade
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 4:03pm | 632Android phones may be more successful, but Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) hugely popular smartphone has won the hearts of millions of customers. And, as luck would have it, one multinational Internet corporation. Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), one of the largest media companies in the world, has chosen to use a...
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MacBook Sales Could Decline At Least 13% In 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 12:36pm | 525Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) MacBook line of computers may endure a significant sales decline in 2013. In June, overall Mac sales declined 12 percent in the United States. Global Mac sales declined five percent during the entire April-June sales period. These declines were not offset by the 13-inch...
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Apple's iPad And Mac Dominated PC Sales In Q2 2013 (AAPL)
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 3:51pm | 480Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rarely comes close to attaining the most sales in the PC market. That's because the Mac, which achieved record sales in 2011 and 2012, rarely sells more than five million units per quarter. In 2013, Mac sales began to decline, creating some concern among market watchers. To...
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SLIDESHOW: Six Must-Have Features in the New MacBook Pro
Monday, July 29, 2013 - 3:51pm | 206After months of waiting, the MacBook Pro's release has finally been narrowed down to August. The newly upgraded notebooks have yet to be publicly revealed, but they are expected to come with a similar batch of upgrades that accompanied the 2013 MacBook Air. It is not yet known if Apple (NASDAQ:...
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Apple Sets New iPhone Sales Record and Blows Past Estimates (AAPL)
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 7:04pm | 365Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) gained a lot of attention this morning as investors anxiously waited for the company's fiscal 2013 third quarter results. Though there were some disappointments -- global Mac sales declined five percent, matching NPD Group's report of domestic Mac sales -- Apple also reported...
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U.S. Mac Sales Plummeted 12% in June
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 2:57pm | 556Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is only a couple hours away from announcing the results of its fiscal 2013 third quarter, and some figures are already rolling in. According to NPD Group (via AllThingsD), domestic Mac sales plunged 12 percent year-over-year during the month of June. This decline occurred...
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SLIDESHOW: Apple's Unconfirmed 2013 Product Release Schedule
Sunday, July 21, 2013 - 10:23am | 162It has been more than nine months since Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) released its last entirely new product. The company did recently upgrade the MacBook Air to include Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) new Haswell processors, which have greatly improved the notebook's battery life. Thus far, Apple TV, iPad 5,...