Microsoft's claim that its voice command system is Siri's equal is put to the test
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You might think that Microsoft's (MSFT) Chief Research and Strategy Officer would have spent some time playing around with Apple's new intelligent personal assistant before making the claim -- as Craig Mundie did earlier this week -- that there's nothing to Siri but clever marketing and the usual mindless fascination MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 26, 2011 9:48 PM ET
Biggest savings on Macs. Best deals on accessories. But beware the malware.
Apple Inc.
Apple (AAPL) posted its Black Friday sale prices at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time Friday and they were exactly as rumored.
The savings on Apple-branded products range from a high of 15.94% on $69 accessories like the Magic Trackpad to 7.02% -- less than the sales tax in 25 states -- on the $299 Time Capsule 2TB.
A guide to the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 25, 2011 6:30 AM ET
To lure customers and boost sales, stores are deploying cool smartphone apps. Will consumers buy into the latest shopping fad?
By Caitlin Keating, reporter
FORTUNE -- Scott Thompson, president and CEO of eBay's PayPal unit (EBAY), says that he is one of those people who drives to Starbucks, sees the long line, and keeps on driving. "I'm on the go. I wish I could have stopped, but I don't have time," Thompson MORE
Nov 25, 2011 5:00 AM ET
There's a lot more to the relationship than the rumors of an Apple-branded TV suggest
Source: Jefferies
Credit AllThingsD's John Paczkowski for finding the most headline-worthy nugget in the report issued Tuesday by Jefferies analyst Peter Misek on his recent trip to Japan.
The thrust of Paczkowski's story -- Apple Television Could Be Ready for Commercial Production by Feb. 2012 -- was echoed Wednesday by more than a dozen writers who had only his brief item to MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 24, 2011 8:53 AM ET
New devices from Amazon and Barnes & Noble are drawing de-facto comparisons with Apple's iPad. Turns out, the search for the uber-tablet is totally misguided.
FORTUNE -- November may well be remembered as the month the "tablet wars" got more interesting, when Amazon and Barnes & Noble catapulted competitive devices into a waiting and eager market. For the Kindle Fire in particular, media and consumers fixated on the idea that a MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Nov 23, 2011 11:15 AM ET
The sign says "arriving soon," but don't hold your breath
Photo by Dean Kaufman.
Apple (AAPL) hasn't set a date for the grand opening of its fifth Manhattan store, but according to a construction worker who spoke to Mashable's Samantha Murphy, it won't be before December.
For more on the store, see Apple's Grand Central store would be its cheapest in NYC.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 23, 2011 10:29 AM ET
Three new TV spots in advance of the holiday selling season
Following a pair of exceptionally well-produced spots from Samsung -- one tasteful, one clever -- pushing their newest Google (GOOG) Android phones, we have three fresh TV ads from Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Verizon (VZ). The latter doesn't seem to have gotten the memo that this season's fashion on Madison Avenue is the soft sell.
Amazon's Kindle Fire:
Apple's iPad 2
Motorola's MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 23, 2011 10:14 AM ET
The holidays are upon us, so it's important to know that hotel room you booked online may not be yours after all.
By David A. Kaplan, contributor
FORTUNE -- So, what nightmare did you celebrate on Halloween Weekend? My family's was neither imagined nor fun: There had been a freakish winter snowstorm in the Northeast and many homeowners lost electricity in their homes due to downed power lines. At our house in MORE
Nov 23, 2011 10:03 AM ET
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* Not so fast AT&T and T-Mobile. Julius Genachowski, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has come out against the merger of the two cellphone firms. His proposal? Sending AT&T Inc.'s proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile to an administrative law judge for review. In FCC-land, that's MORE
Fortune Editors - Nov 23, 2011 9:18 AM ET
The ad wars heat up as Samsung attacks Apple with the most effective weapon: humor
Samsung has certainly stepped up its marketing game in advance of the 2011 holiday selling season.
Last week it was a TV ad for the new Galaxy Nexus -- due to arrive in the U.S. in December -- that had the look and feel of an iPhone spot. (See: What Google learned from Apple.)
This week it's an ad MORE
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