If you’re expecting a new iPhone or iPad you may be sorely disappointed. Based on sources close to Apple, next week’s media event is primarily going to serve as a launch pad for Apple Watch. Apple’s eagerly awaited wearable is due to ship next month but preorders could possibly begin as early as next week. …
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In recent weeks, speculation has been hot and heavy that Apple would hold a late February media event to both roll out new products and give the world one final demo of Apple Watch before the eagerly anticipated wearable ships in April. But with less than a week to go before the rumored February 24th …
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While Android captured a majority (63 percent) of mobile ad traffic in Q4 of 2014, Apple held onto its lead in revenue generation. That’s the bottom line, according to a new “State of Mobile Advertising” report from Opera Mediaworks. “Apple’s favorable position in Western markets, such as the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, …
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Doomed from the get-go. That’s the rudimentary finding from a new Federal report (by the U.S. Education Department) exploring exactly what went wrong (and everything went wrong for that matter) with the infamously botched “1.3-billion iPads-for-all program” in Los Angeles schools. The L.A. Times is out with a new report highlighting what Federal investigators have …
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This week, Pennsylvania’s Steel Valley school board moved to accept a $291,791 donation from Apple to proceed with a new district-wide technology plan. The plan in question calls for equipping every student in the district with an iPad. Superintendent Ed Wehrer said the donation, and a separate $69,921 gift from philanthropist William Campbell through his …
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Chitika is out with a new update on tablet traffic across North America. According to the data in question, only one conclusion can be reached: the more things change, the more they stay the same. Once again, despite a flood of new competition in the tablet market, Apple still dominates tablet traffic across the continent.
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Following a protracted period of turmoil on Wall Street for Apple that has loomed large over CEO Tim Cook’s tenure at the helm and in the shadow of Steve Jobs, Apple has finally retraced its losses to touch new all-time highs on Wall Street this week. After a record close on Tuesday, shares of AAPL …
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R&D spending at Apple has been accelerating faster than Apple’s share of the global smartphone market. In the weeks that preceded Apple’s introduction of new iPhones, iPads, and the forthcoming Apple Watch, quarterly spending on research and development hit a new all-time high for Apple. Revealed this week in the company’s 10-K filing with the …
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As widely expected, Apple on Thursday showed the world what’s next in its lineup of tablets. The company introduced iPad Air 2, hyping it as the thinnest and most powerful iPad ever. And Apple isn’t joking. 6.1 mm thin and weighing less than a pound, iPad Air 2 features an improved Retina display, better cameras, …
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At first, the thought of 2 to 5 year-olds utilizing tablets more than teens may come a shock, but if you think about it… it kind of makes sense. If you are a parent or anyone who is around toddlers, then you are familiar with the multitude of e-books, electronic games, and learning apps available …
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