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Bing and Blackberry: Friends Forever!

May 4, 2011

How does it go? The enemy of my enemy is my friend? Two drunks trying to hold each other up? I don’t know. But Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer announced at the BlackberryWorld conference that Bing would become the default search engine on Research In Motion’s (RIMM) Blackberry devices. This isn’t terribly exciting news for either [...]

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iPhone, Android Still Rule While BlackBerry Falters

April 29, 2011

Just a heads up! I have a new article up at Minyanville discussing yesterday’s vital smartphone-industry news. Here’s an excerpt: On February 7th, IDC reported that smartphone shipments surpassed PC shipments for the fourth quarter of 2011, marking an important first for the mobile-computing industry. Then in late March, IDC said it expected the smartphone market to [...]

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Android Market Share Skyrocketing, NPD Says

November 1, 2010

NPD just released its Q3 2010 smartphone market-share numbers, and one thing’s for certain: Google’s (GOOG) Android OS really is taking over. During Q3, 44% of all smartphones purchased in the US were powered by Android. That’s up from 33% in Q2. No, that’s not a typo. Android actually did gain 11 points of share [...]

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Prediction: New Apple Macbook Air Will Run iOS

October 20, 2010

Okay, okay, Apple’s (AAPL) Mac event where it is widely expected to unveil a new Macbook Air is just a few hours away, but I wanted to get my prediction in. I think the new Macbook Air is going to run iOS, the operating system powering the iPad and iPhone 4. Think about this. The [...]

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Did iPad Sales Disappoint?

October 18, 2010

Apple (AAPL) just reported monster fourth-quarter results that smashed Wall Street’s expectations, highlighted by a stunning performance by the iPhone. Apple sold a whopping 14.1 million iPhones during the September quarter, about 3 million more than expected, equal to a 91% year-over-year gain. That’s enough to make me ask, does Apple actually need to sell [...]

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Catch My Interview on Frank Curzio’s Podcast

October 15, 2010

Hey folks, I just wanted to let you know that I recently appeared on the S&A Investor Radio podcast, which is hosted by my good buddy and former colleague Frank Curzio of Stansberry & Associates. Frank and I worked together for years at TheStreet.com and he runs the best investing podcast in the business. I [...]

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Verizon to Sell iPad! Yes!

October 14, 2010

As if I didn’t have enough reason to be bullish on Apple (AAPL): Verizon (VZ) said today that it would begin selling Apple iPads by the end of October. Verizon will sell the WiFi-only versions of the iPad with the option of pairing it with Verizon’s MiFi 3G data stick. This is huge for Apple, [...]

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Microsoft to Buy Adobe? Photoshop Users Running Scared!

October 7, 2010

Could there one day be a Microsoft logo on these boxes? ————————— Shares of Adobe (ADBE) shot up 11.5% today on rumors Microsoft (MSFT) could make a bid for the guys behind Photoshop. The New York Times reported that Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer met in ‘secret’ with Shantanu Narayen: The meeting, which lasted over an hour, [...]

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Apple iPhone 4 Shipping Times Down

October 7, 2010

Are you looking for an Apple (AAPL) iPhone 4 online? Good news – Apple.com is now shipping them in 5-7 days, rather than the three-week wait we’ve seen since the phone’s release on June 23. It’s a lot easier to get an iPhone 4 at an Apple or AT&T (T) store, but this is a [...]

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Yes, ANOTHER Verizon iPhone Rumor

October 6, 2010

My oh my, the Wall Street Journal is reporting for the 9,837,271st time that Verizon (VZ) will begin selling the Apple (AAPL) iPhone. I can’t tell you how many times this rumor has been spun around – but the chart above sure can! As a victim of the HTC Droid Incredible’s lousy battery life (great phone [...]

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