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* Sony (E), Sharp, and Panasonic's combined losses for the fiscal year will total a whopping $17 billion. The Wall Street Journal explores why this Japanese tech trifecta is losing consumers. (The Wall Street Journal)
* Why Facebook's recent claim of 845 million monthly active users and 483 million daily active users may not be entirely accurate. (The New York Times/DealBook)
* Amazon (AMZN) lowered the prices for its Amazon S3 services. (Amazon Web Services)
* Predictions for the iPad 3 are picking up. Chief among them: a display with double the resolution as the iPad 2, powered by a significantly faster processor. (PCWorld)
* Just as it does in many Best Buy and Target stores, Apple (AAPL) is reportedly considering having mini-Apple Store-like setups in Sam's Club locations. (9 to 5 Mac)
* An in-depth look at the popular mobile app Instagram. (Gizmodo)
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A stock-market anomaly, a new iPhone, a second iPad, two new wireless carriers, a swarm of lawsuits and a malware false alarm
What the hell happened to AAPL on Feb. 10? Image: Andy Zaky
Out of the 793 items about Apple (AAPL) filed in this space over the past 12 months, these were the 10 that -- for good or ill -- interested the most readers:
Snapshot of an Apple flash crash: What triggered MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 31, 2011 7:00 AM ET
No, but the steady flow of rumors about a new iPad just around the corner aren't helping
Source: Digitimes
Remember what happened to iPhone 4 sales last summer? They hit a wall in mid-July, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, when "speculation" that Apple was about to release a new iPhone, "hit extreme highs."
Now we're in the middle of what's shaping up as Apple's (AAPL) biggest holiday season ever, and the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 12, 2011 8:10 AM ET
An estimate based on the one-star reviews posted by disappointed customers
Source: Amazon.com
All happy Kindle Fire customers, to paraphrase Tolstoy, are the same. Unhappy customers, however, are unhappy in their own way.
To get a feel for what makes them unhappy -- and how unhappy they are -- we spent some time Saturday morning reading the Kindle Fire feedback on Amazon.com.
There were 3,678 write-ups in all, nearly half of them (47%) MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 3, 2011 8:31 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
Apple seems to be controlling inventory, not reacting to a slow-down in sales
Apple's (AAPL) stock price fell sharply last week after some confused reports out of China and Taiwan regarding the company's communications with its supply chain. The first report was that Apple had cut back orders 10% to 15% on parts for the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S because, according to Taipei-based DigiTimes, "sales of the iPhone 4S MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 17, 2011 10:30 AM ET
The crowd of 350-400 was smaller than the ones that showed up for the iPad and iPad 2
We counted 352 heads before shooting this video. By the time Apple (AAPL) staffers opened the doors at 8:00 a.m., it had probably grown to 400.
We counted 330 at this store for the launch of the iPhone 3GS, 500-600 for the launch of the original iPad and nearly 1,200 for the iPad 2.
Judging from the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 14, 2011 10:01 AM ET
An analyst looks at Apple as an investment opportunity today and likes what he sees
"We would rather own Apple than any other tech company in the current environment."
So writes Ticonderoga's Brian White in a note to clients issued Monday, the day before Apple's (AAPL) Oct. 4 iPhone event.
White has taken a look at the performance of Apple shares over the past two weeks and come to the same conclusion Bullish Cross' MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 3, 2011 9:08 AM ET
A week after shipping times were cut to 3-5 business days, they shrank again to 1-3
Source: Apple.com
Apple's (AAPL) has been having trouble keeping up with demand for the iPad 2 from the day the product launched in early March.
Shipping times were stuck at 1-2 weeks from mid-April to July 8, when they were cut to 3-5 days.
Reader Howard Kaplan noticed Saturday morning that they have since fallen to 1-3 MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jul 16, 2011 11:45 AM ET
Three conspirators are fined and imprisoned for stealing Apple's secrets
MacTop
In early December, when the original iPad was a hot-selling Christmas gift and the iPad 2 was still a rumor, there appeared on the Internet colorful images of silicone iPad cases that didn't fit the current model. For one thing, they each had a hole in the back that could accommodate a rear-facing camera.
Was it a hoax, a guess or MORE
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| Company | Price | Change | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of America Corp... | 7.95 | -0.16 | -1.97% |
| Intel Corp | 26.73 | -0.43 | -1.58% |
| Microsoft Corp | 31.27 | -0.17 | -0.54% |
| Ford Motor Co | 12.28 | -0.25 | -2.00% |
| General Electric Co | 19.39 | 0.17 | 0.88% |
| Index | Last | Change | % Change |
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| Dow | 12,938.67 | -27.02 | -0.21% |
| Nasdaq | 2,933.17 | -15.40 | -0.52% |
| S&P 500 | 1,357.66 | -4.55 | -0.33% |
| Treasuries | 2.00 | -0.04 | -1.96% |
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