Worldwide tablet shipments hit 37.5 million units in Q2 2020, a remarkable 26% year-on-year increase. Apple sold an estimated 14.249 million iPads in…
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Apple’s iPad continues to dominate worldwide tablet shipments
Apple maintained its lead in worldwide tablet shipments in the holiday quarter, growing 22.7% YOY which helped the company gain share to 36.5% vs. 29.6%…
Apple’s iPad claims another victim: Google exits tablet business
Tech giant Google has officially announced its exit from the tablet business…
iPhone owners happier, richer, have more friends than those who settle for Android knockoffs
Apple iPhone users tend to have more money, more friends, and are generally happier…
Google gives up on tablets: Android P marks an end to its efforts to take on Apple’s iPad
Google appears ready to give up on tablets entirely…
Why Apple’s ‘What’s a computer’ just demolished Microsoft’s ‘real computer’ worldview
Yesterday was strange. I opened Twitter and saw a remarkable juxtaposition of story links…
Desperate Microsoft’s phony Surface Pro vs. Apple iPad Pro comparisons
Microsoft recently announced an updated version of its Surface Pro line of tablet/notebook computer hybrids…
Why Warren Buffett believes Apple can charge whatever it wants
People who buy iPhones generally aren’t swayed by lower prices…
Microsoft’s hardware business takes a hit as Surface sales sag and Windows Phones fade
Microsoft suffered lower-than-expected sales of Surface Pro products…
Fire erupts at Samsung store in Singapore
A fire broke out in the stockroom of a Samsung store in Singapore…
Global elites’ love of iPhone made Apple’s iOS a prime CIA target
Although Google’s Android dominates the worldwide smartphone market, the CIA concentrated on Apple’s iOS…
Analyst: ‘Apple has Samsung on the ropes like never before’
Apple’s biggest competitor is reeling…
Apple iPhone users spend more than ever on apps
When it comes to buying apps, iPhone users aren’t afraid to bust out their wallets…
If Apple owns nearly all of the profits, how do the other phone makers stay in business?
In China, the largest smartphone market on planet earth, the top sellers sell plenty but struggle to make money…
Fire at Samsung plant in China caused by faulty batteries
A minor fire that broke out at a Samsung SDI Co Ltd factory in China on Wednesday was caused…
IDC: Apple iPad’s hold on the tablet market remains unchallenged
Consumer spending during the holiday quarter of 2016 was clearly not aimed at consuming tablets as the market continued its decline…
Apple users have higher credit scores than Android and Windows users
Users of Apple Mac computers have the highest credit scores both in the personal loan and mortgage loan categories…
After exploding phones, beleaguered Samsung’s so-called battery fix still incomplete
After four months of testing on over 200,000 phones, what did Samsung Electronics Co. determine caused its flagship Note 7 to catch fire?
Apple v. Samsung lawsuit over iPhone patents officially reopened
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday reopened a longstanding patent lawsuit…
T-Mobile rolls out update that bricks beleaguered Samsung’s exploding Galaxy phones; AT&T and Sprint are up next
T-Mobile is the first major carrier to start ‘killing’ off the remaining Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones…
Apple App Store rejects Samsung Pay app for iPhone
Apple has rejected registration of ‘Samsung Pay Mini,’ which is a mobile payment system…
To avoid explosions and fires, Samsung wants to brick every Galaxy Note 7 in North America; Verizon refuses to release the software
Verizon will not be releasing a just-announced Galaxy Note 7 software update designed to kill the dangerous…
Samsung’s dangerous Galaxy Note 7 broke basic engineering rules, says damning new report
A teardown of the Galaxy Note 7 may have provided insight into why the infamous phone…
Android malware used to hack and steal a Tesla Model S
By infecting a Tesla owner’s phone with Android malware, a car thief can hack and then steal a Tesla car…
Beleaguered Samsung claims Galaxy S7 phones are safe; do you believe them?
After a horrendous autumn dealing with the fallout of combusting batteries in the Galaxy Note 7, Samsung…
Apple iPad to maintain tablet market share lead through 2017, says TrendForce
Apple is expected to launch affordable iPad devices to maintain its market share…
Beleaguered Samsung Electronics headquarters raided in Seoul as company embroiled in political scandal
The headquarters of Samsung Electronics – the Samsung Group’s cash cow – was raided by prosecutors…
Beleaguered Samsung preps Siri knockoff
Samsung Electronics said Sunday it will offer an artificial intelligence assistant…
New report of different Samsung phone model exploding in France
A Samsung phone user in France says her Galaxy J5 smartphone caught fire and exploded on Sunday…
Beleaguered Samsung recalls 2.8 million washing machines due to risk of explosion
Samsung and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission are recalling 2.8 million of Samsung’s top-loading washing machines after explosions…
IDC survey: 50% of beleaguered Samsung’s exploding phone users upgrading to Apple iPhone
International Data Corporation (IDC) has published results from a recent survey…
Now beleaguered Samsung’s Galaxy S7 Edge is reportedly catching fire
Samsung’s troubles have apparently just spread from the Note 7 to another flagship phone…
Beleaguered Samsung’s nightmare continues as Apple’s iPhone 7 was a huge hit in South Korea in its opening weekend
On Friday Patently Apple reported that Apple fans in South Korea enthusiastically Lined up to get their hands…
Samsung refusing to pay for property damage caused by its exploding phones
Adding insult to injury, Samsung is trying to get out of paying for the property damage its devices caused…
Samsung moves to ban YouTube videos parodying their exploding, fire-causing phones
YouTube users reported that their videos have been blocked on YouTube following a copyright complaint from Samsung…
New England Patriots coach Belichick on Microsoft Surface tablets: ‘They’re just too undependable for me’
Belichick said he ‘can’t take it anymore’ with Microsoft’s wannabe iPads…
Another difference between Apple and the imitators: Good design – inside and out
Echoes of the iPhone are everywhere. Xiaomi’s phones and Google’s new Pixel are designed to fool you into thinking that they just might be an iPhone…
Beleaguered Samsung’s exploding phone troubles come at an already crucial moment
Fire-prone phones aren’t the only challenge facing beleaguered Samsung…
Horror stories from the flight ban of Samsung’s exploding phones
On Saturday the federal flight ban on Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones went into effect in the United States…
Analyst estimates 5-7 million ex-Samsung phone users to switch to Apple iPhone
Apple appears to the be the primary beneficiary of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall blunders…
U.S. air passengers who try to take Samsung’s exploding phones onto planes face fines, confiscation, criminal prosecution
Airline passengers who try to carry Samsung’s exploding smartphones on flights will have them confiscated and…
Samsung has no clue why their phones explode, yet they shipped replacements anyway, assuring their customers they were safe
Samsung Electronics said Friday that the discontinuation of the Galaxy Note 7 would cost the company about $3 billion…
