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Microsoft, Apple tablets have most profit margins
Microsoft and Apple are garnering the highest profit margins for their tablets, followed by Google and then Amazon, according to research firm IHS.
Apple suit vs. Google over patent rates dismissed
A federal judge in Madison, Wis., on Monday threw out a suit by Apple Inc. claiming that Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility is seeking unreasonably ...
IDC: Apple 3Q share of tablets drops to 50 pct
Apple's share of the market for tablet computers fell to 50 percent in the third quarter as the iPad faced more competition from Android devices such ...
Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone sales pass 30 mln
Samsung said Monday it has sold more than 30 million flagship Galaxy S III smartphones in about five months, making it one of the fastest selling ...
Apple paid only 1.9 pct tax on earnings outside US
Apple Inc. paid an income tax rate of only 1.9 percent on its earnings outside the U.S. in its latest fiscal year, a regulatory filing by the company ...
IDC: Android on 75 pct of smartphones in 3Q
Google's Android software for mobile devices was running on 75 percent of smartphones shipped in the third quarter, as the search company extended its ...
Samsung's Galaxy Note II hits 3 million sales
Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has sold more than 3 million Galaxy Note II smartphones in a little over a month after its launch, as the ...
UK: Apple must apologize again over copycat claims
British judges say Apple needs to apologize once more for falsely claiming that South Korea's Samsung copied its iPad, the latest embarrassing episode ...
Netflix stock soars on news of Carl Icahn's stake
Netflix's slumping stock price and weakening financial performance has finally attracted an opportunistic and sometimes nettlesome investor in Carl ...
Sony reduces loss on sales recovery, restructuring
Sony Corp. reported Thursday a smaller flow of red ink for the fiscal second quarter on a sales recovery and restructuring efforts and stuck to its ...
Report: Apple exec refused to apologize for Maps
The head of Apple's iPhone software development was asked to resign after he refused to sign a letter apologizing for the flaws of Apple's mapping ...
2 top executives leaving Apple
Apple Inc. shook up its executive ranks Monday, saying the head of its store operations is leaving after just six months on the job and the ...
Microsoft: Windows Phone to catch up in apps
Microsoft launched a new version of its Windows Phone software with broad support from smartphone makers, cellphone carriers and app developers as the ...
Google unveils another phone, larger Nexus tablet
Google is cramming a few more gadgets on to already crowded holiday shopping lists. The devices announced Monday include the latest in Google's line ...
How new Google Nexus 10 compares with rivals
Google Inc. has announced a larger version of its Nexus tablet computer, one that comes closer to competing with Apple's full-sized iPad and other ...
How new Google Nexus 7 compares with rivals
Google Inc. has refreshed its line of Nexus 7 tablet computers, doubling the storage capacity and offering a cellular version. It comes less than a ...
Poll: Scant demand for Microsoft's Windows 8
Microsoft bills Windows 8 as a "re-imagining" of the personal computer market's dominant operating system, but the company still has a lot of work to ...
Apple stock falls under $600 after holiday warning
Apple's stock fell below $600 Friday for the first time in three months, after the consumer electronics behemoth warned that costs of making new ...
Samsung logs record high profit in 3Q
Strong sales of Galaxy phones propelled Samsung's quarterly profit to a record high, but its shares dropped Friday on the prospect its growth will ...
HTC seeks to reverse sliding smartphone sales
Taiwan's HTC Corp. enjoyed three golden years as the first company to make smartphones based on Google's Android software. Now, it is struggling to ...
Apple warns of holiday earnings drop
Apple has a new iPhone, two new iPads and three new PCs as it heads into the holiday quarter, the biggest selling season of the year.
Windows 8 to bridge gap between PC, mobile devices
Microsoft launched a radical redesign of its world-dominating Windows operating system Thursday, introducing a touch-enabled interface that attempts ...
Amazon posts 3Q results below expectations
Amazon reported third-quarter results below Wall Street's expectations on Thursday — including a large loss, weighed by its stake in online deals ...
Microsoft enters hardware business with Surface
Microsoft will be releasing its own tablet computer for the first time when the new version of Windows comes out Friday, as the software company tries ...
Windows 8 event a subdued affair, theatrics absent
For a company that has launched products with Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and Jay Leno — and has even paid to light up the Empire State Building in ...