Apple Sold 27 Million iPhones in 4th Quarter; Earnings Lower Than Expected
Feng Li/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), the world’s most valuable company, reported lower-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings Thursday because it’s having trouble keeping up with demand for its market-leading products.Inventory i…
That’s Weak! The Top 25 Passwords People Use but Shouldn’t
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — People never learn. If they did, they wouldn’t use the same weak passwords over and over and over again.That’s the finding of SplashData, which has just released its annual “25 Worst Passwords of th…
Facebook Celebrates Positive Third-Quarter Earnings
Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images(MENLO PARK, Calif.) — Facebook stock has disappointed lots of investors, but now its earnings have some smiling. With a revenue of $1.3 billion, Facebook reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings Tuesd…
Facebook Celebrates Positive Third-Quarter Earnings
Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images(MENLO PARK, Calif.) — Facebook stock has disappointed lots of investors, but now its earnings have some smiling. With a revenue of $1.3 billion, Facebook reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings Tuesd…
Facebook Celebrates Positive Third-Quarter Earnings
Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images(MENLO PARK, Calif.) — Facebook stock has disappointed lots of investors, but now its earnings have some smiling. With a revenue of $1.3 billion, Facebook reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings Tuesd…
Apple to Announce iPad Mini at Event?
AppleUPDATE: Apple unveiled a smaller iPad on Tuesday, what it calls the iPad mini, meant to compete with other small tablets currently on the market. It’s as thin as a pencil, fits right in your hand and has its smallest price point ever, says Apple m…
Apple to Announce iPad Mini at Event?
AppleUPDATE: Apple unveiled a smaller iPad on Tuesday, what it calls the iPad mini, meant to compete with other small tablets currently on the market. It’s as thin as a pencil, fits right in your hand and has its smallest price point ever, says Apple m…
FTC Enlists Consumers to Help Stop ‘Robocalls’
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Federal Trade Commission is looking for tech-savvy individuals to come up with a product to thwart so-called “robocalls” from harassing helpless citizens.In fact, the FTC, which oversees the F…
YouTube Goes Down; Not Google’s Best Day
YouTube/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Those who visited YouTube Thursday got a “500 Internal Server Error” starting at around 4:15 p.m. ET. The very popular video service went down for about 15 minutes Thursday afternoon. Service was restored for most by 4:30 …
You’ve Got Alto: AOL Introduces New Spin on Email
Aol(NEW YORK) — For most people on the Internet, it has been ages since they’ve heard the chime “You’ve got mail!” or associated AOL with modern-day email. While it was reported last year that a large percentage of AOL’s profits still come from …
Survey: Most iPhones Are Damaged Indoors, Namely in Kitchen
DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Americans have spent $5.9 billion on damaged iPhones since 2007, according to SquareTrade. And now, the warranty provider has learned in a new survey of 2,000 owners that just over half — 51 percent — ar…
Microsoft Launches Surface Tablet for $499 with Ad Blitz
Microsoft’s own Surface tablet and its magnetic Touch Cover. (Microsoft)(REDMOND, Wash.) — While companies from HP to Acer to Lenovo have announced information about their forthcoming Windows 8 tablets and computers, Microsoft itself has stayed relat…
New App Will Expand Your Presidential Trivia Knowledge
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) – Want to bone up on your presidential trivia ahead of November’s election? There’s an app for that!The Disney American Presidents: Unofficial Oval Office Scrapbook app, released…
Apple’s iPad Mini Could Now Be Announced Oct. 23
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — While Fortune had predicted that Apple would hold an event on Oct. 17 to announce its new iPad Mini, with invites going out to reporters Oct. 10, there’s now a new rumored date: Oct 23. AllThingsD, a t…
Japanese Wireless Provider to Take Over Sprint?
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Sprint may soon be controlled by one of Japan’s largest cellphone providers.In a statement Thursday, the number three U.S. wireless provider said that it is currently in talks with Softbank “reg…
Fab Launches New iPhone and iPad Apps
Apple(NEW YORK) — The shopping website Fab, launched 16 months ago. By July 2012 it had five million members and now has 7.5 million users.The e-commerce site has everything from clothes, home furnishings, gadgets, stuff for kids, food and even pets. …
Fab Launches New iPhone and iPad Apps
Apple(NEW YORK) — The shopping website Fab, launched 16 months ago. By July 2012 it had five million members and now has 7.5 million users.The e-commerce site has everything from clothes, home furnishings, gadgets, stuff for kids, food and even pets. …
Google Adds 250,000 Miles of Street View as Apple Tries to Improve
Google(NEW YORK) — While Apple is apologizing for its new Maps app and trying to mend the glitches, Google is trying to stomp it into the ground.For those who haven’t been following the mobile maps war between the two tech giants: Apple’s new maps app…
Sales of Personal Computers Drop as More Buy Tablets, Phones
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Consumers have been spending a lot more on tablets and smart phones, but less on personal computers, according to a new report. The research firm Gartner says PC shipments during the summer quarter fell more than 8 p…
Original Apple Computer Doesn’t Find Buyer at Auction
SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images(LONDON) — Apple surely doesn’t have a problem selling products these days, but apparently $80,000 was a bit too much for one of the company’s first computers.Christie’s in London auctioned off…