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Amazon set to dump Fire OS for Android in Fire tablets

Wednesday, August 20, 2025 8:56 amNo Comments

Amazon is set to release its first Android-powered tablet, marking a significant shift from its Fire OS platform to address user complaints…

Apple TV app now available to those who settle for Android

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 6:36 pmNo Comments

The Apple TV app is now available to download from Google Play offering those who settle for Android devices access to hit, award-winning…

Verizon offers free Apple Arcade for unlimited subscribers

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 10:23 amTuesday, May 25, 2021No Comments

For its smarter customers, Verizon will include an up to 12-month subscription to Apple Arcade ($4.99/mo.). Those with lesser brainpower can…

Apple sold an estimated 14.249 million iPads in Q2 2020

Monday, August 3, 2020 6:33 pm6 Comments

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…

Apple’s iPad continues to dominate worldwide tablet shipments

Monday, February 3, 2020 4:12 pm2 Comments

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%…

8 things Apple’s iOS does better than Android

Sunday, January 12, 2020 2:58 pmSunday, January 12, 202010 Comments

There are many things that Apple’s iOS does better than Google’s Android…

Apple, Gucci, Burberry, and Nike among counterfeit goods seized before Christmas

Sunday, December 22, 2019 8:17 pmMonday, December 23, 20191 Comment

Thousands of imitation products originating from China were seized by Border Force officials in recent weeks from ports…

Why Microsoft Surface sales aren’t growing after seven years of trying

Thursday, October 24, 2019 11:00 am15 Comments

Microsoft’s Surface stagnancy reflects a conspicuous lack of progress…

iPhone owners happier, richer, have more friends than those who settle for Android knockoffs

Monday, November 5, 2018 10:41 am8 Comments

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

Friday, March 9, 2018 11:27 am13 Comments

Google appears ready to give up on tablets entirely…

Why Warren Buffett believes Apple can charge whatever it wants

Monday, May 8, 2017 4:11 pmMonday, May 8, 20177 Comments

People who buy iPhones generally aren’t swayed by lower prices…

Fire erupts at Samsung store in Singapore

Wednesday, March 29, 2017 5:32 pmWednesday, March 29, 201722 Comments

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

Tuesday, March 7, 2017 3:38 pmTuesday, March 7, 201757 Comments

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’

Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:01 pmThursday, February 23, 201714 Comments

Apple’s biggest competitor is reeling…

Apple iPhone users spend more than ever on apps

Tuesday, February 21, 2017 5:01 pmTuesday, February 21, 20172 Comments

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?

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 4:26 pmWednesday, February 8, 201724 Comments

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

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 2:48 pm20 Comments

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

Thursday, February 2, 2017 12:02 pm20 Comments

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

Tuesday, January 24, 2017 3:10 pmTuesday, January 24, 201720 Comments

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

Monday, January 23, 2017 9:28 amMonday, January 23, 20179 Comments

After four months of testing on over 200,000 phones, what did Samsung Electronics Co. determine caused its flagship Note 7 to catch fire?

T-Mobile rolls out update that bricks beleaguered Samsung’s exploding Galaxy phones; AT&T and Sprint are up next

Wednesday, December 28, 2016 7:00 pm36 Comments

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

Monday, December 12, 2016 3:00 pmMonday, December 12, 201623 Comments

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

Friday, December 9, 2016 3:25 pmFriday, December 9, 201634 Comments

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

Monday, December 5, 2016 12:06 pm22 Comments

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

Thursday, December 1, 2016 4:49 pmThursday, December 1, 201614 Comments

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?

Monday, November 21, 2016 1:30 pmMonday, November 21, 201614 Comments

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

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 3:03 pmWednesday, November 16, 20165 Comments

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

Thursday, November 10, 2016 5:32 pmThursday, November 10, 201612 Comments

The headquarters of Samsung Electronics – the Samsung Group’s cash cow – was raided by prosecutors…

Beleaguered Samsung preps Siri knockoff

Monday, November 7, 2016 4:25 pmMonday, November 7, 201612 Comments

Samsung Electronics said Sunday it will offer an artificial intelligence assistant…

New report of different Samsung phone model exploding in France

Monday, November 7, 2016 2:55 pmMonday, November 7, 201610 Comments

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

Friday, November 4, 2016 3:02 pmFriday, November 4, 201628 Comments

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

Friday, October 28, 2016 4:58 pmFriday, October 28, 201618 Comments

International Data Corporation (IDC) has published results from a recent survey…

Now beleaguered Samsung’s Galaxy S7 Edge is reportedly catching fire

Tuesday, October 25, 2016 11:33 amTuesday, October 25, 201646 Comments

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

Monday, October 24, 2016 3:00 pm16 Comments

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

Saturday, October 22, 2016 10:18 amSaturday, October 22, 201650 Comments

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

Friday, October 21, 2016 2:02 pmFriday, October 21, 201616 Comments

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’

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 12:32 pmWednesday, October 19, 201617 Comments

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

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 12:58 pmTuesday, October 18, 201621 Comments

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

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 10:56 amTuesday, October 18, 201624 Comments

Fire-prone phones aren’t the only challenge facing beleaguered Samsung…

Horror stories from the flight ban of Samsung’s exploding phones

Monday, October 17, 2016 2:00 pmTuesday, October 18, 201640 Comments

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

Monday, October 17, 2016 9:03 amMonday, October 17, 201611 Comments

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

Saturday, October 15, 2016 12:55 pmSaturday, October 15, 201659 Comments

Airline passengers who try to carry Samsung’s exploding smartphones on flights will have them confiscated and…

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