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ThinkstockWhen customers get slow, intermittent or no service at all from their wireless service provider, the initial reaction is that the company has lousy service and there is just nothing to be...
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsThe next iteration of the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to use an especially hard type of glass cover that has been promoted (not by Apple) as...
The new Apple iPhone will have a stronger processor and a scratchproof screen, and it will be available with a larger 5.5 inch screen size. But, like any cheap watch, it had better be waterproof.
courtesy of AppleThe Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is now looking for 2014 to be an all-time record high for global consumer electronics. Its semi-annual sales forecasts signaling that...
ThinkstockAfter years of anxiety that PC sales would continue to be destroyed by the emergence of the smartphone, something unexpected has happened. PC shipments have started to recover and...
Shares of GT Advanced Technologies posted an all-time high of $20.54 just last Wednesday, but the stock was pummeled Monday morning following a analyst's downgrade.
Last Thursday, smartphone maker BlackBerry announced that it has agreed to sell an R&D facility in Germany to Volkswagen for an undisclosed sum.
For the three months ending in May, Samsung Electronics gained 0.8% of the U.S. smartphone market, and Apple added 0.6% and continues to hold the market share lead.
Microsoft has completed its acquisition of the handset unit from Nokia. But Sterne Agee's Robert Breza rates Microsoft only as Neutral, and he has decided to ratchet down Microsoft's earnings...
Walmart unexpectedly slashed what it charges for Apple iPhone 5 models. Is this because the iPhone 6 is on its way, or has iPhone 5 demand dropped sharply and only discounts can revive sales?
Google's new Android One initiative was unveiled on Wednesday, and the goal is significant: getting cheap smartphones in the hands of consumers in emerging and developing market economies.
RBC analysts have gone straight to the consumer base to see exactly what the Apple nation and other potential buyers are willing to do to acquire the iPhone 6. Results look very positive.
BlackBerry reported a smaller-than-expected first-quarter net loss before markets opened Thursday morning, but revenue fell short of consensus estimates.
Amazon.com Inc.At a press event Wednesday in Seattle, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos introduced the company’s “Fire” phone, a 4.7-inch smartphone that is entering a sector...
Smartphones are universally available in the United States for prices that are as low as free, so people who without smartphones almost certainly do not want one or cannot afford one.