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What Apple Will And Won't Share Today

Apple is about to reveal its first financial report since the death of Steve Jobs, in a quarter that preceded the successful launch of the iPhone 4S. Here's what to expect, and what we'd like to hear but which may be unlikely.READ»

Aussie Data Suggests Nokia May Be Just About Done

The iPhone isn't just a U.S. affair, remember, and new data from Australia shows it's rocketed to the top of sales. This is at Nokia's expense, and its shipments have actually halved across the entire phone space. Nokia may be done.READ»

iPhone's Market Share Gains Cut Into Android's Smartphone Dominance

Don't write off a win for Apple in the smartphone game just yet--Android's market share is sliding in the U.S., and there are new signs that Apple is gaining traction. READ»

Microsoft Slings Mud At Google's Apps "Tax," Apple's Prices

A Microsoft executive says Google products aren't as free as they seem, while the company's ad team revives the old saw about Windows netbooks' relative affordability to Macs.READ»

MICROSOFT   |  Comment

Apple Takes A Bite Out Of Microsoft's PC Market Share, Browser Use

New data suggests something surprising: Microsoft's dominance of the computer game is still intact--but it's slipping. READ»

MICROSOFT   |  Comment

Google Steals Ideas From Bing, Bing Steals Market Share From Google

Last month, Google added a new feature to its homepage that enabled users to select a background image. Google included a gallery of professional photos to choose from, including those by famous artists and National Geographic. ...READ»

NOKIA   |  Comment

Nokia Profit Warning: It's Been Outmaneuvered by Apple

Nokia may be the biggest cell phone maker in the world, but this doesn't insulate its business from market failures. The firm is now officially warning the markets that its grip is slipping, and its market share may be sliding. In an ...READ»

ANDROID   |  Comment

Android Finally Beats iPhone in U.S. Sales: Variety Wins

Google's Android OS has just passed the iPhone in the race for U.S. market share. Of course, it's still in second place, way behind BlackBerry. But still, it's a major victory for Android.READ»

Internet Explorer's Market Share Slips: The Beginning of the End?

Microsoft may be being all cocky about video codecs in Internet Explorer 9, but the reality is that the browser's share of the market is on the slide. Slowly, since it's just fallen below 60%, but it's still downwards. Net ...READ»

Why Apple Should Dump AT&T and Double the iPhone's Market Share

Apple should ditch AT&T as its exclusive iPhone operator and follow a multi-network approach everywhere, according to new analyst thinking. Why? Apple will more than double its market share.Kathryn Huberty at Morgan Stanley did ...READ»

Online Ads Turn a Corner: More Spent on Internet Ads Than TV in U.K.

A new report by the Internet Advertising Bureau and Pricewaterhouse Coopers has revealed something amazing: The U.K. has become the first major economy to see advertisers spending more on internet adverts than traditional TV ones.The ...READ»

To Combat iPhone, Microsoft Unleashes Slowness, Confusion

Microsoft will use one version of its Windows Mobile operating system to combat Android sales, and another version against the iPhone, According to Digitimes. The hare-brained two-tier strategy won't roll out until October, when ...READ»

Apple Could Overtake Nokia's Smartphone Share in Four Years

The popularity of the iPhone and the App store is driving Apple's growth so rapidly that it will overtake Nokia in smartphone market share in just four years. A report from Generator Research predicts Apple will sell 77 million ...READ»

BING   |  Comment

Bing Finds More Market Share in Second Week of Searching

Bing's second-week scores are in, and the bigwigs in Redmond must be smiling. Numbers released from ComScore today show that Bing gained nearly another full percentage point of market share in its second full week on the Web, ...READ»

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LG to Release 3 Android Phones, Vying for Market Share

The economic crisis put the brakes on just about everything, but LG Electronics said today it sees blue skies in the mobile device market despite the global slump and will launch three Android-powered phones this year. LG, the ...READ»

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Windows 7 Europe to Lack Internet Explorer--Is IE on the Way Out?

In the wake of various antitrust cases brought against it in Europe, Microsoft won't be shipping the Internet Explorer browser in the European release of Windows 7. Minor change that this is, does it indicate that IE is really on ...READ»

Five Reasons to Make Hardware Instead of Software

We were told it was passé. The stuff they used to do in Detroit in the 1970s was not fit for the new Millennium. They'd say: You will never be the next billionaire, and George Soros will not invest because it's absolutely… the ...READ»

LONG WOW   |  Comment

Design and Innovation: What's the Problem?

Innovation requires an environment that is open to new ideas. That's all well and good, but innovation is more than blue sky. In order to encourage new and novel solutions, you have to ask the right questions. Many ...READ»