Amazon targets Apple with ‘Three Kindles for the Price of an iPad’ commercial

Feb 11, 12 Amazon targets Apple with ‘Three Kindles for the Price of an iPad’ commercial

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With its prominent position in the smartphone and tablet markets, it’s no surprise that Apple is a popular target in its competitors advertising as they seek to differentiate themselves from Apple even as they ride on the popularity of the company’s brand and products. In 2010, Amazon took on the iPad with a Kindle ad...

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Apple may drop Samsung as supplier of iPad 3 screens in favor of Sharp

One gets the feeling the relationship between Apple and Samsung is growing increasingly strained despite the former’s use of Samsung components for its products.  As many of you are aware, Samsung has been accused by Apple of copying its products with legal battles raging around the globe.  The tension, according to one analyst...

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Facebook IPO: A Video Tribute

Yesterday Facebook put to rest months of speculation by filing registration documents for an $5 billion initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Expected to be valued anywhere between $75 billion and $100 billion, we can all set our clocks for a May IPO. To commemorate the Facebook IPO MBA...

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Facebook IPO reveals advantages to business model and challenges that lie ahead

Facebook has filed papers for what’s expected to be the largest initial public offering ever to come out of Silicon Valley and one of the largest in U.S. history. Ending months of speculation, the 8-year-old social networking company has submitted registration documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that...

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iPad Accounts for 58% of Tablet Shipments in 4Q 2011

New research from Strategy Analytics indicates Apple continues to hold a majority of the tablet market as Android improves its standing on the strength of Amazon’s Kindle Fire.  Peter King, Director at Strategy Analytics, indicates: “Apple shipped a robust 15.4 million iPads worldwide and maintained its strong market...

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Cash. Apple’s Got It and What They Could Do With It

On Tuesday Apple announced its highest quarterly revenue and earnings in the history of the company. For the quarter, Apple posted revenue of $46.33 billion and net quarterly profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share, compared to revenue of $26.7 billion and net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share,...

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