Tag Archives : Apple

Sony Music On Board Apple’s Streaming ‘iRadio’

Sony Music On Board Apple’s Streaming ‘iRadio’

 Apple has reportedly closed a deal with Sony Music to launch its long anticipated and rumored iRadio service. Apple had already signed deals with both Warner and Universal, the news was  first reported on Friday by Peter Kafka of AllThingsD, who cited an unnamed person familiar with negotiations between the two companies. Apple is expected to announce “iRadio” at its WWDC keynote [...]
Samsung’s Share Looses US $ 12 Billion, Erode By 6 % On Margin Concerns

Samsung’s Share Looses US $ 12 Billion, Erode By 6 % On Margin Concerns

Samsung’s market value eroded on Friday  by US $12 Billion which is 6 percent of its value due to  brokerage downgrades that have highlighted concerns about slowing sales of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone according to a report by Reuters. “The share slide of more than 6 percent comes after it recently introduced two stripped-down versions of the S4, fanning worries that profit margins [...]
Apple Store Starts Selling 16GB iPod Touch For  £199

Apple Store Starts Selling 16GB iPod Touch For £199

Apple iPod was until recently sold in 32GB and 64GB  variants,on Thursday without fanfare Apple has released a new version of the iPod Touch, the iPod Touch 16GB, it’s priced at £199, it’s a bit less expensive than the fifth-generation 32GB iPod Touch at £249 and 64GB iPod Touch at £329. Apple has stopped selling the 3.5-inch fourth generation 16GB iPod Touch. The new 16GB iPod touch [...]
Global Tablet Shipments Will Exceed The Laptop Shipments In 2013, And All PCs In 2015

Global Tablet Shipments Will Exceed The Laptop Shipments In 2013, And All PCs In 2015

More tablet will be shipped than Notebooks or portable PCs this year according to the quarterly Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker  report by IDC, the already declining PC market will see negative growth for the second consecutive year denoting a broad shift in usage patterns. 229.3 million units of Tablets are expected to be shipped this year,  up from 144.5 million units last year, at the same [...]
Apple Fires Another Salvo In The Patent Battle, Adds Google Now And  Galaxy S4 To The Patent Suit

Apple Fires Another Salvo In The Patent Battle, Adds Google Now And Galaxy S4 To The Patent Suit

Apple had requested California courts dealing with the patent cases permission to add Samsung Galaxy S4 as an infringing device in its ongoing patent battle with Samsung. Apple has officially filed a motion detailing five patents infringed by Samsung in it’s latest flagship Galaxy S4 and another two Siri related patents infringed by the device’s Google Now voice controlled search feature according [...]
Apple App Store Crosses 50 Billion Downloads

Apple App Store Crosses 50 Billion Downloads

Couple of weeks ago  Apple said that it was close to reaching 50 billion downloads mark in it App Store, today they have crossed the threshold of 50 billion downloads. Apple’s App Store was launched  five years ago in July 2008. The App Store reached the 10 billionth download in January of 2011, followed by 25 billion in March 2012.In just over a year since its 25 billion milestone, Apple’s [...]
Apple Planning To Release Retina Display iPad Mini Models Early 2014

Apple Planning To Release Retina Display iPad Mini Models Early 2014

Apple may be launching a second generation iPad mini with Retina Display during the second half of 2013 and a few months after that the third generation device will arrive according to NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim. “We see two refreshes coming. One in the second half of this year, then one in Q1 [first quarter] of 2014. The Q1 [2014] device will have a Retina display plus an updated [...]
E.U. Commission Charges Google’s Motorola With Abusing Position By Enforcing Injunction Against Apple

E.U. Commission Charges Google’s Motorola With Abusing Position By Enforcing Injunction Against Apple

The European Commission had made a preliminary antitrust finding against Google’s Motorola Mobility,it has sent Motorola,  a list of complaints on how it had abused its market position by seeking and enforcing a patent-related injunction against Apple. The EU Commission takes step to ensure that companies with huge patent chest do not prevent competitors from using technologies that are crucial [...]
Google Now Debuts on iOS

Google Now Debuts on iOS

Google was reportedly working on launching its Android based information aggregation tool Google Now to iOS. Google has now officially made Google Now available on iOS  with an update to the Google Search application. The look and feel is identical to it’s Android version and is available for both the iPhone and iPad, “Google Now is about giving you just the right information at just the [...]
Android, iOS Continue To Dominate UK Smartphone Sales

Android, iOS Continue To Dominate UK Smartphone Sales

Latest number from market researcher Kantar confirm’s  Android’s overwhelming dominance of the UK and the Global smartphone market Among the nine countries (Australia, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, UK and the U.S.) surveyed by Kantar   Android on average accounted for 64.2% of all handset sales in Q1 2013.   Windows Phone accounted for 6.5% of sales with an increase of  [...]
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