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Apple's Lead in Customer Satisfaction Ratings Narrows By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 21, 2013 Microsoft and ISPs also got bad news from the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Tags: Apple, Microsoft, Motorola, Samsung, Customer satisfaction, Nokia, ISP, iPhone Senate Questions Apple's Tax Tactics By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 21, 2013 Lawmakers had harsh words for the company's tax avoidance techniques. Tags: Senate, taxes, tim cook, Apple Report: Foxconn Workers Are Still Working Too Much By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 17, 2013 The Apple supplier has addressed 98 percent of the issues related to poor working conditions. Tags: Apple, Foxconn, iPhone, suppliers, China, iPad IDC: Windows Phone Shipments Surpass BlackBerry By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 16, 2013 Android continues to dominate the smartphone market. Tags: IDC, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Microsoft, IOS, smartphone, Android, Apple, Google Foxconn's Hon Hai Misses Profit Expectations By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 15, 2013 Apple has been signing contracts with a new supplier, which is bad news for Foxconn. Tags: profits, Apple, Foxconn, iPad, Taiwan, suppliers, earnings, iPhone How to Understand the Rise of Google By Mike Elgan | Article Published May 15, 2013 Google I/O starts today. Here’s why Google’s developer conference is technology’s Main Event. Tags: Google Now, products and services, Apple, Android, Google, iPhone, app store, Gmail, Siri, iPad, google+, Google Play Tech Firms in the Fortune 500 By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 07, 2013 Apple broke into the top 10 for the first time ever. Tags: Facebook, Apple, Fortune 500, HP Apple, Samsung Account for 100% of Smartphone Profits By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 07, 2013 No one else even comes close to the two biggest players in the industry. Tags: Samsung, Apple, report, smartphone, profits EU Sides with Apple in Motorola Patent Fight By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 06, 2013 The European Commission accuses Google-owned Motorola of abusing its market position by seeking an injunction against Apple. Tags: antitrust, patent, Google, European Commission, Motorola, EU, Apple App Store Approaching 50 Billion Downloads By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 03, 2013 One lucky Apple customer will get a $10,000 iTunes gift card. Tags: download, app store, iTunes, iPhone, Apple, iPad EFF Privacy Ratings: Twitter Ranks High, Verizon Low By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 02, 2013 Apple, AT&T, MySpace and Yahoo also scored poorly. Tags: Comcast, MySpace, Verizon, Yahoo, privacy, Twitter, EFF, Apple Jony Ive's Redesign May Delay iOS 7 By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 01, 2013 The new interface is said to be 'flatter,' more like Windows Phone. Tags: iPhone, design, iPad, iOS 7, Apple iPad Takes Top Ranking in J.D. Power Survey By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 29, 2013 The Apple tablet wins its category for the second year in a row. Tags: survey, Apple, iPad, Customer satisfaction, tablet Windows Tablets Gain Market Share at iPad's Expense By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 25, 2013 Tablet sales more than doubled year over year. Tags: tablets, iPad, report, Windows, Android, Apple, Strategy Analytics Despite Strong Sales, Apple Profit Declines By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 24, 2013 Tim Cook hinted that the company would not release any new products until the fall. Tags: quarterly financials, Apple, earnings, iPad, iPhone, tim cook, Mac Google One Step Closer to 'Creating a Mind' By Mike Elgan | Article Published April 24, 2013 Google buys another company that will inch them closer to building an artificial human (a.k.a. Google Now) Tags: Google, Apple, artificial intelligence ITC Sides with Apple in Motorola Patent Case By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 23, 2013 The commission says Motorola's patent on inadvertent touches on a cell phone is invalid. Tags: Google, Motorola, ITC, patent infringement, Apple Android Tablets Gaining on iPad: ABI Research By Pedro Hernandez | Article Published April 15, 2013 Computing slates that run Google's Android mobile operating system are set to topple Apple's market-leading iPad. Tags: Android, tablet, iPad, iPad Mini, Apple Report: Foxconn Hiring More Workers to Begin Production on Next iPhone By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 15, 2013 Sources say the Apple supplier has been hiring 10,000 new workers a week. Tags: Apple, Foxconn, iPhone Microsoft Said to Be Working on a Smartwatch By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 15, 2013 Samsung and Apple aren't the only companies who want to move your smartphone to your wrist. Tags: smartwatch, LG, Microsoft, Google, Apple, smartphone, Samsung Apple Settles iPhone Warranty Case for $53 Million By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 12, 2013 The settlement will end a lawsuit brought by device owners with water damage. Tags: iPhone, Apple, ipod touch, warranty, lawsuit, settlement, class action Judge Accuses Apple, Motorola of Abusing the Courts By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 11, 2013 A Florida judge tells the companies not to use patent lawsuits as a "business strategy." Tags: Google, patent lawsuit, Motorola, Apple Report: Apple and Yahoo in Secret Partnership Talks By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 10, 2013 If they reach a deal, it could place more strain on Apple's relationship with Google. Tags: iPad, Apple, Siri, content, iPhone, Yahoo ITC Says Samsung Infringed Apple Patent By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 08, 2013 The mobile patent wars continue. Tags: ITC, Samsung, patent infringement, Apple DEA Can't Intercept iMessages By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 04, 2013 In an internal memo, federal agents express frustration with Apple's impossible-to-break encryption. Tags: Apple, text messaging, encryption Report: New iPhone Production to Start This Quarter By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 03, 2013 The iPhone 5S could begin shipping this summer. Tags: Apple, iPhone, cell phone, smartphone Apple Exec: Steve Jobs Oversaw Design of Next iPhone By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 02, 2013 Apple's Michael Foulkes said the company had designed the next two iterations of the iPhone before Jobs' death. Tags: steve jobs, iPhone, Apple No 'iPad Mini' Trademark for Apple By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 01, 2013 The USPTO says the word "Mini" is "merely descriptive." Tags: trademark, tablet, Apple, iPad Mini Microsoft Rule Change Will Allow 7" Windows Tablets By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 29, 2013 Manufacturers are free to design Windows 8 tablets to compete with the iPad Mini. Tags: Apple, tablet, iPad Mini, Windows 8, Microsoft Foxconn's Hon Hai Posts Record Profits By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 26, 2013 The Apple supplier saw income jump 16 percent for the fiscal year. Tags: quarterly financials, suppliers, Apple, Foxconn, iPad, iPhone Apple Buys Indoor Mapping Company WifiSLAM By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 25, 2013 Apple and Google are expected to compete in the indoor mapping market. Tags: Apple, mapping, merger and acquistion activity, Google Apple Adds 2-Step Authentication to Apple ID, iCloud By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 22, 2013 The new security feature should help protect users' data and accounts. Tags: Apple, two-factor authentication, Cloud, iCloud Google, LG Might Also Be Working on Smartwatches By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 22, 2013 It looks like Apple and Samsung will have some company if they decide to release smartwatches. Tags: Apple, Google, Samsung, smartwatch, LG EU Investigating Apple Over iPhone Contracts By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 22, 2013 Regulators are looking into complaints from network operators who allege anticompetitive behavior. Tags: iPhone, European Commission, EU, antitrust, anticompetitive, Apple iPhone Tops Customer Satisfaction Rankings Again By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 21, 2013 For the ninth year in a row, Apple's iPhone got the best score in the J.D. Power and Associates rankings. Tags: J.D. Power and Associates, Apple, Customer satisfaction, smartphone, iPhone Samsung Is Building a Smartwatch By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 20, 2013 The company's archrival, Apple, is also rumored to be working on a watch. Tags: smartwatch, Apple, Samsung Apple Hires Adobe's CTO By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 20, 2013 The hiring is an unusual choice given Apple's disdain for Adobe's Flash technology. Tags: CTO, software, Adobe, Apple, Flash EU: Apple Warranty 'Simply Not Good Enough' By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 19, 2013 A commissioner says that Apple isn't doing enough to comply with Europe's warranty laws. Tags: regulations, warranty, Apple, Europe BlackBerry CEO Calls iOS Outdated By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 18, 2013 Thorsten Heins says the new BlackBerry phones are better than iPhones because they can multi-task. Tags: IOS, iPhone, smartphone, RIM, BlackBerry 10, Apple IDC: Tablet Market to Reach 190M Units in 2013 By Pedro Hernandez | Article Published March 12, 2013 Small tablets like Amazon's Kindle Fire and Apple's iPad Mini will drive the tablet market to record heights. Tags: tablet, Android, Apple Report: Intel May Soon Make Apple Chips By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 07, 2013 Unnamed sources are saying the two firms have discussed a deal. Tags: chips, Samsung, Intel, Apple iOS Gains U.S. Market Share By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 07, 2013 Apple is the top smartphone maker, but Android is still the leading mobile OS. Tags: Samsung, mobile operating systems, smartphone, Android, comScore, Google, IOS, Apple Demand Softening for iPad, iPhone, Says Analyst By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 06, 2013 Meanwhile, rumors suggest Apple may release a new iPad and an iPhone 5S soon. Tags: tablet, smartphone, iPhone, iPad, Apple What Happens When Google and Apple Stream Music? By Mike Elgan | Article Published March 06, 2013 Both Google and Apple are rumored to be preparing streaming music services. Is this the end of Spotify and Pandora? Tags: music downloads, Apple, streaming, Google + Judge Cuts Award, Orders New Trial in Apple v. Samsung Case By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 04, 2013 Judge Koh threw out part of the damages and ordered a new trial related to specific products. Tags: lawsuit, Samsung, Apple, patent Report: Apple Could Make $6 Billion on the iWatch By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 04, 2013 Unnamed sources say the iWatch could ship this year. Tags: Apple, iwatch Samsung Hires UK Judge Who Ruled Against Apple By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 28, 2013 The Rt. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob will serve as an expert witness. Tags: lawsuit, UK, Apple, patent, Samsung, Japan Apple, HP, Dell, Others Sued Over Security Patents By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 27, 2013 Maz Encryption Technologies has filed patent infringement lawsuits against seven technology firms. Tags: Fujitsu, Toshiba, RIM, patent lawsuit, Lenovo, Apple, HP, Dell Microsoft: We Were Hacked Too By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 25, 2013 The same attack that compromised systems at Apple and Facebook also infected Microsoft. Tags: Microsoft, cyberattack, Facebook, Apple, hack attacks, hackers Apple Attacked by Hackers By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 20, 2013 The same group that hacked faced Facebook appears to have hacked Apple employees' systems. Tags: Facebook, Oracle, Java, Mac, hack attacks, cyberattack, security vulnerabilities, Apple Microsoft's $2.5 Billion Mistake By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 15, 2013 An analyst says the firm could bring in billions if it released a version of Office for iOS. Tags: Apple, Microsoft, iPhone, IOS, Office, iPad Apple Loses iPhone Trademark Rights in Brazil By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 14, 2013 Apple is appealing the ruling. Tags: smartphone, Apple, trademark, Brazil, iPhone Gartner: Cell Phone Sales Are Declining By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 13, 2013 Smartphones will soon account for more than half of mobile phone sales. Tags: smartphone, mobile phone, cellphone, Apple, Gartner, Samsung Why the Apple iWatch Needs Curved Glass By Mike Elgan | Article Published February 13, 2013 Here's what I believe the coming Apple iWatch will look like -- and how it will work. Tags: iPod, iwatch, Apple, iPhone, mobile Is Apple Working on an iWatch? By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 11, 2013 Unnamed sourced say Apple is working with suppliers on wearable computing devices. Tags: Apple, IOS, Wearable Computers, iwatch, mobile Apple Is World's Largest PC Maker--If You Count iPads as PCs By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 07, 2013 Report says 1 out of 6 computing devices sold last year was an iPad. Tags: PC market-share battle, Canalys, Samsung, Apple, Microsoft, iPad, Lenovo, HP, Windows RT, tablet Apple Overtakes Samsung as Top U.S. Phone Maker By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 01, 2013 More than a third of phones shipped in the U.S. in the fourth quarter were iPhones. Tags: Apple, Samsung, market share, mobile phone, iPhone, Strategy Analytics Tablet Market Skyrocketed 75% in Q4: IDC By Pedro Hernandez | Article Published January 31, 2013 Apple iPad remained the market leader and Microsoft failed to crack the top five as strong holiday demand pushed the tablet market to new heights. Tags: tablets, iPad, microsoft surface, Apple, Samsung Judge Denies Motions for Higher Damages, New Trial in Apple v. Samsung Lawsuit By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 30, 2013 Samsung must pay Apple $1.05 billion for patent infringement—unless it wins on appeal. Tags: Samsung, lawsuit, Apple, patent Apple Bumps iPad Storage to 128 GB By Pedro Hernandez | Article Published January 29, 2013 By doubling the iPad's storage, Apple signals that its market-leading tablet is ready for any files businesses can throw at it. Tags: mobile, Apple, iPad Android, iOS Account for 92% of Smartphone Market By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 28, 2013 Google's mobile operating system has a 70 percent share of the global market. Tags: tablet, IOS, Amazon, kindle fire, Apple, Strategy Analytics, Google, Android, mobile operating systems IDC: Smartphone Shipments Jumped 10% in 2012 By Pedro Hernandez | Article Published January 25, 2013 Samsung and Apple lead the smartphone race in 2012, but some late challengers pose a competitive threat. Tags: mobile, smartphone, iPhone, Samsung, Apple Apple Reports Record iPad, iPhone Sales; Stock Drops By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 24, 2013 The company's quarterly earnings report failed to meet analyst expectations. Tags: earnings, iPad, stock, iPhone, quarterly financials, Apple Incriminating Emails Surface in Poaching Lawsuit By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 23, 2013 Steve Jobs threatened Palm with patent lawsuits if they recruited Apple employees. Tags: Apple, Google, email, Palm, patent, lawsuit, steve jobs, Eric Schmidt 5 Tech Trends That Will Bring Back the Wristwatch By Mike Elgan | Article Published January 23, 2013 The smartphone killed the wristwatch. And the smartphone will bring it back. It's about time. Tags: tech, Google, Apple, smartphone Apple's iPhone Beats Android in the U.S. By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 22, 2013 However, Android smartphones dominated in most markets, except the U.S. and Japan. Tags: Apple, Japan, iPhone, Windows Phone, smartphone, RIM, Android, U.S. Apple, Amazon Ordered to Hold Settlement Talks in Trademark Dispute By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 16, 2013 The lawsuit centers on the use of the name "app store." Tags: lawsuit, app store, trademark, appstore, Apple, settlement, Amazon Apple Stock Falls After Report of Weak iPhone Demand By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 14, 2013 Sources say the company has reduced orders for iPhone parts. Tags: Apple, stock, iPhone IBM Tops U.S Patent Office Record Year By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published January 10, 2013 More patents than ever before were granted in 2012, as Google and Apple make strong appearances. Tags: Google, Apple, IBM, patents, cloud computing Report: Apple to Offer a Cheaper iPhone By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 09, 2013 The smartphone could come with a less-expensive plastic case. Tags: iPhone, Apple, smartphone How Cell Phones Become Human By Mike Elgan | Article Published December 27, 2012 Google and Apple really are building human-like phones that think and even feel. Tags: Google, smartphone, speech, Apple, Voice Search Apple CEO Tim Cook Takes 99% Pay Cut for 2012 By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 27, 2012 In 2011, Tim Cook took home $378 million; this year he made $4.17 million. Tags: Apple, salary, tim cook, pay Report: Conditions Improving Slightly at Foxconn China Plants By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 27, 2012 A separate story says Apple will move Mac Mini production to the U.S. Tags: working-conditions, China, Mac Mini, Apple, Foxconn Half of All U.S. Smartphone Sales Are iPhones By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 26, 2012 A new report says Apple has achieved its highest ever smartphone market share in the U.S. Tags: RIM, iPhone, Apple, smartphone, Windows Phone, Samsung, Android Patent Office Rejects Apple's 'Pinch-to-Zoom' Patent By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 20, 2012 The patent was one of six that helped Apple win a $1.05 million judgment against Samsung last summer. Tags: Samsung, Apple, patent lawsuit |