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* Microsoft (MSFT) did a big unveiling for Windows 8. The operating system update features a radically different, streamlined user interface heavily influenced by the company's tile-based Windows Phone 7 operating system and optimized performance. (CNNMoney)
* Facebook made its Friends Lists feature smarter with new features like Smart Lists, which automatically creates and MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Sep 14, 2011 3:30 AM ET
But that's down from 18% three years ago, according to ChangeWave Research
Click to enlarge. Source: ChangeWave Research
The series of medical leaves that Steve Jobs took before he finally resigned last month seem to have had an inoculating effect on both investors and consumers, allaying their concerns about Apple's (AAPL) future without its co-founder and CEO.
The effect on investors was apparent three weeks ago, when Apple's shares rose in the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 13, 2011 3:11 PM ET
Intellectual property law sounds like fodder for think tanks and PhD candidates — so why is Silicon Valley suddenly tearing itself apart over a seemingly sleepy subject?
By Daniel Roberts, reporter
FORTUNE -- If you feel like you've been seeing more news about patents than ever before, you have. In July, a consortium that included Apple, RIM and Microsoft made a move on Nortel's patent portfolio, outflanking Google. In August, Google hit MORE
Sep 13, 2011 2:57 PM ET
The $76 billion Apple reported last quarter could grow to $136 billion by the end of 2012
Click to enlarge. Source: Morgan Stanley
Apple's (AAPL) fourth fiscal quarter doesn't end until next week, but Morgan Stanley Katy Huberty already has her eye on the company's massive holdings in cash and marketable securities -- $76 billion at the end of Q3, which she estimates will swell to $94 billion by December and MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 13, 2011 12:12 PM ET
Singapore's government gets what it wants — from social policy to tourism. But its bid to enhance the nation's creative atmosphere may be a challenge more difficult any other.
By Katherine Ryder, contributor
FORTUNE -- Singapore's government has a way of getting what it wants. Fertility rates too low? The Social Development Unit organizes boat-trips to spin romance among the singles crowd. Not enough tourism? The Tourism Board spearheads the development of MORE
Sep 13, 2011 12:03 PM ET
Investors may be swayed by the hype around hot tech IPOs in advance and immediately after their public debuts. But data shows that hype-driven momentum fades soon enough.
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
FORTUNE -- Tech startups hoping to find an exit strategy in the public stock market might reconsider. First, market turbulence and the prospect of a double-dip recession led the likes of Zynga and Groupon to consider delaying their debuts. Now MORE
Sep 13, 2011 8:42 AM ET
Demand for the iPad is also rising, according to data from a ChangeWave survey
Click to enlarge. Source: RBC
RBC Capital's Mike Abramsky has raised his fourth quarter iPhone and iPad estimates based on the results of a survey of 2,200 potential buyers. The survey, conducted in August by ChangeWave research, showed what Abramsky called "unprecedented iPhone 5 demand and strong back-to-school iPad buying intentions."
In a note to clients issued Tuesday MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 13, 2011 8:23 AM ET
Much ado about an entry in Simon & Schuster's fall catalog
Source: Simon & Schuster
A lot of nonsense has been written about the discrepancy -- first spotted Monday by SetteB.it's Fabio M. Zambelli -- between the page count listed on Amazon.com for Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs (448 pages) and the one on Simon & Schuster's website (656 pages).
But the item John Hudson posted on The Atlantic Wire struck me as particularly dumb. Under MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 13, 2011 7:13 AM ET
It's simple: He's the guy that makes Apple run. Even simpler: He's CEO Tim Cook's Tim Cook.
FORTUNE -- Looks aren't everything. Yes, Apple's devices are examples of uncompromising industrial design, but all the style in the world won't matter if that snazzy new iPhone, iPad, or iMac isn't manufactured, shipped, and delivered on time. And that's where Jeff Williams, Apple's senior vice president of operations, comes in.
One of new CEO MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Sep 13, 2011 5:00 AM ET
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* Gamestop (GME) president Tony Bartel revealed that the videogame retail chain is testing the sale and distribution of a branded Android tablet that will likely stream console games to it. (GamesIndustry)
* It's (still) official: TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington confirmed at the tech blog's Disrupt conference yesterday morning that he's no longer an AOL MORE
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| Bank of America Corp... | 7.24 | -0.06 | -0.89% |
| Ford Motor Co | 12.28 | -0.46 | -3.61% |
| Frontier Communicati... | 4.20 | -0.27 | -6.04% |
| Juniper Networks Inc... | 21.65 | -0.72 | -3.22% |
| Cisco Systems Inc | 19.58 | -0.25 | -1.26% |
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| Dow | 12,666.14 | -68.49 | -0.54% |
| Nasdaq | 2,813.49 | 8.21 | 0.29% |
| S&P 500 | 1,315.99 | -2.44 | -0.19% |
| Treasuries | 1.91 | -0.02 | -1.19% |
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