Photo: J.D. Power
Here's one we're sure to hear about at the next Apple (AAPL) press event.
For the fourth time in a row, the iPhone has come in first in J.D. Power and Associates' semi-annual smartphone customer satisfaction survey with a score of 800 out of 1,000 -- well ahead of its competitors.
If it weren't for the iPhone's battery life -- much improved on the iPhone 4 but still all-too-brief MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 23, 2010 12:49 PM ET
The online reservation service doesn't deserve its $1.5 billion valuation, at least not yet. But neither does it deserve to be written off as an over-hyped fad.
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
Tuesday marked another ho-hum milestone for OpenTable: The stock closed at yet another record high.
In the 20 months since its IPO, OpenTable (OPEN) has more than tripled its $20 offering price to Tuesday's close of $66.33. The 12-year-old company has amassed MORE
Sep 23, 2010 12:05 PM ET
Tells investors he hopes Apple will build one for a 4G network Verizon hasn't yet deployed
If Apple (AAPL) is indeed building a CDMA iPhone, as a series of analysts' notes maintain, it may not be for Verizon (VZ).
On Wednesday, for example, Susquehanna's Jeff Fidacaro issued what may be the most detailed report yet on Apple's plans to build an iPhone that runs on CDMA networks, rather than the GSM protocol MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 23, 2010 9:55 AM ET
The clock is ticking for HP to name a new CEO, as the tech giant once known for its no-drama approach struggles to move on from the Hurd resignation saga.
On Friday, it will have been seven weeks since Hewlett-Packard shocked the technology and corporate world by announcing the embarrassing resignation of its superstar chief executive, Mark Hurd. HP's board members privately began telling people it wanted to beat the time MORE
Adam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - Sep 23, 2010 8:29 AM ET
Cites the growing popularity of the iPad, calling it the "iMac for the masses"
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In a note to clients issued Thursday, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster raised both his Apple (AAPL) price target (to $390 from $371) and his estimate for 2011 iPad sales (to 21 million from 14.5 million). His key points:
Increased Supply and Expanded Distribution Channels. After five months in which demand outstripped supply, Apple is MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 23, 2010 7:59 AM ET
A round-up of the companies, deals, and trends that made headlines.
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg set the record straight about that potential "Facebook phone" during a MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Sep 23, 2010 7:30 AM ET
It's now worth what Microsoft was six months ago, while Microsoft falls further behind
Source: Wolfram Alpha
Apple (AAPL) has set four new record highs in past five trading days. It closed Wednesday at $287.75, pushing its market cap to $262.88 billion, widening the gap with Microsoft (MSFT, market cap: $212.96 billion) and closing in on America's most valuable company, Exxon Mobil (XOM, market cap: $312.89).
See also:
Apple overtakes Microsoft, MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 23, 2010 6:33 AM ET
A team of New York Times reporters traces an underground trade route -- in the nick of time
Inside Beijing's gray market. Photo: Dan Butterfield
Nick Bilton got this one in just under the wire.
Bilton, the lead tech writer for the Times' Bits Blog, has a fascinating piece on the front page of Thursday's paper that couldn't hold much longer.
With the help of three other reporters, he tells the story of MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 23, 2010 5:39 AM ET
What happens when online matchmaking hooks up with predictive software? More online connections.
For years the "E" in eHarmony was a bit of a misnomer. Despite the company's success online -- the matchmaker says it is responsible for an average of 271 marriages a day -- it only recently started to seriously embrace the Internet. For much of eHarmony's 10-year history, the web was merely a platform for distributing its compatibility MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Sep 23, 2010 3:00 AM ET
Some interesting and entertaining information was shared on the Colbert Report last night.
Video Courtesy of Comedy Central
Search Engine Land did a transcript.
Luckily Google will erase it all in a few years.
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| Company | Price | Change | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of America Corp... | 7.24 | -0.06 | -0.86% |
| Ford Motor Co | 12.26 | -0.48 | -3.75% |
| Frontier Communicati... | 4.22 | -0.25 | -5.59% |
| Juniper Networks Inc... | 21.62 | -0.75 | -3.33% |
| Cisco Systems Inc | 19.59 | -0.24 | -1.21% |
| Index | Last | Change | % Change |
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| Dow | 12,663.49 | -71.14 | -0.56% |
| Nasdaq | 2,812.82 | 7.54 | 0.27% |
| S&P 500 | 1,315.83 | -2.60 | -0.20% |
| Treasuries | 1.91 | -0.02 | -1.09% |
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