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Confidential Apple and Samsung sales numbers revealed in court filing

By Bryan Bishop on August 9, 2012 11:34 pm + 542 comments

The Apple v. Samsung trial has already provided a bonanza of inside information on both companies, Continue reading…
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Warner Music Group's earnings suggest streaming and digital downloads can coexist

By Evan Rodgers on August 9, 2012 12:33 pm + 26 comments

While you might think that the advent of subscription music services like Spotify and Rdio would Continue reading…
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Apple granted patent for location-aware mobile shopping lists: is this Passbook's future?

By Evan Rodgers on August 7, 2012 03:35 pm + 32 comments

The US Patent Office has granted Apple a patent for NFC-enabled "on-the-go shopping lists," as Continue reading…
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Retail games market squeezed by digital, physical sales hit all-time low in UK

By Louis Goddard on August 3, 2012 08:40 am + 23 comments

Sales of physical computer games in the UK have hit an all-time low, according to new figures Continue reading…
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'Fifty Shades of Grey' trilogy outsells Harry Potter series on Amazon UK

By Vlad Savov on August 1, 2012 05:03 am + 74 comments

Incredible as it may sound, J.K. Rowling's compendium of seven Harry Potter books is no longer the Continue reading…
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LG Q2 profits climb thanks to cost cutting, but mobile business flounders

By Louis Goddard on July 25, 2012 05:15 am + 12 comments

Korean manufacturer LG Electronics has reported Q2 net profits of 159 billion won ($138 million), up Continue reading…
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Apple TV still 'a hobby' despite 4 million units sold so far this fiscal year

By Tom Warren on July 24, 2012 06:23 pm + 133 comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook continues to describe the company's Apple TV product as a hobby, despite selling Continue reading…
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Samsung Galaxy S III sales reportedly reach 10 million

By T.C. Sottek on July 22, 2012 03:28 pm + 300 comments

Samsung said last month that it expected to achieve 10 million Galaxy S III sales by the end of July, Continue reading…
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Nokia: Lumia activations 'flat, to up' in the weeks following Windows Phone 8 announcement

By Tom Warren on July 19, 2012 08:15 am + 186 comments

Microsoft introduced its Windows Phone 8 operating system in late June and Nokia appears to be Continue reading…
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Nokia's North American phone shipments fall flat in Q2, just 600,000 phones sold

By Tom Warren on July 19, 2012 06:56 am + 189 comments

Nokia's Rolling Thunder strategy for reconquering the US smartphone market continues to struggle Continue reading…