The announcement on Tuesday of BBM on Android and iOS, and the new BBM Channels turns BBM into a full-out social media platform like Twitter and Facebook. This should significantly increase the value of BBM and add to BlackBerry’s market … Continue reading
Yesterday, the mid-range BlackBerry Q5 was announced. Targeted at emerging markets including Latin America, Middle East and Asia, the smartphone is scheduled in launch in July. This would put the smartphone about two months ahead of Apple’s low-cost iPhone, which … Continue reading
Last week, Apple made history by issuing $17 billion of debt. The bond issuance was the largest ever for a non-financial company, and was used to fund its $55 billion share-buyback plan. The mainstream media appeared awestruck by the size … Continue reading
A major difference between Apple and its competitors is its high gross margins. In the first quarter of 2012, Apple posted an impressive 47.4% gross margin. This is largely a result of Apple controlling both hardware and software. This provides … Continue reading
Samsung’s KNOX software, coming with the Galaxy S4 smartphone, has been approved by the Department of Defense (DoD) for use in secure government departments. BlackBerry 10 phones and PlayBook Tablet have also been approved by DoD, so Samsung Galaxy S4 … Continue reading
This morning, an image of the red version of the upcoming BlackBerry R10 has leaked, with the white version appearing in the background. This follows an earlier leak from late December. The R10 is a mid-range BlackBerry 10 smartphone meant … Continue reading
Yesterday, less than three hours before the BlackBerry Q10 launched in Canada following a successful debut in the UK, a detailed article appeared in Bloomberg, revealing that Apple is overhauling the email and calendar apps for iOS 7. Bloomberg quotes “people with knowledge … Continue reading
Last week, Laptop Mag published an article titled “How Apple Is Taking Over Your Car”, which indicates that Apple is making a big push in the automotive industry, using Siri Eyes Free. In addition, Apple’s careers page hints at additional … Continue reading
On yesterday’s Apple conference call, CEO Tim Cook criticized existing large-screen smartphones (phablets) as a result of trade-offs. He also said that Apple “would not ship a larger display iPhone while these trade-offs exist.” We concluded that Apple would not … Continue reading
(Updated at 11:30 pm to include the final Apple stock price in after-hours trading) Apple shares were on a roller coaster ride in after-hours trading. After rising by 5.88% on the positive Q2 results, the impressive gains were wiped out. … Continue reading
Apple investors are quiet this morning, filled with fear and anxiety over AAPL’s quarterly earnings announcement happening this afternoon after the market closes. Last time AAPL announced earnings, the stock did a massive 54 point gap down. Will that happen … Continue reading
Apple’s share price has fallen a steep 43.46% from $705.07 (on September 21, 2012) to today’s market close at $398.67 Apple shareholders I have talked to acknowledge that Tim Cook may be a supply chain “genius”, but he is clearly … Continue reading
Predictions about Apple products usually hold very little water as Apple focuses a lot on security of the information. Ming-Chi Kuo, Analyst at KGI Securities, is an exception to this as he predicted Apple’s entire product pipeline including the features … Continue reading
Back in 2012, MIng-Chi Kuo (Analyst, KGI Securities) correctly predicted the iPad 3, iPad 4, and iPhone 5 product features and release dates. Apple’s fifth generation iPad, a.k.a. iPad 5, was detailed in a report released this wednesday by Kuo. … Continue reading
AAPL is seeing a little courtesy bounce today after yesterday’s move down and its daily and weekly trading range is compressing which means smaller moves on the swings. It has also tested this $420 level several times now…the more we … Continue reading
Apple experienced its second service outage this week.This has affected Apple’s iMessage and FaceTime services. Apple has since fixed the issue, but it bears the question: How will these outages affect Apple while they struggle to stay relevant in the current mobile market? … Continue reading
QuickOffice had been available for iPad business users for editing documents ever since Google acquired QuickOffice. Now, the Android and iOS smartphone users can also edit their documents using the QuickOffice – Google Apps for business. From Word to Excel … Continue reading