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The App Store will overtake iTunes in terms of revenue by 2015
Over the past few years, one of Apple’s sources of revenue was from selling music via their iTunes store. However it seems that either our consumption patterns have changed, or...
Samsung accused of misleading investors about Galaxy Tab sales
New evidence from the second Apple vs Samsung U.S. patent lawsuit reveals that Samsung grossly misrepresented its Galaxy Tab sales when it first started selling Galaxy-branded Android tablets, Fortune reports. In early January 2011, a report from...
iPad's replacement cycle is more like the Mac than the iPhone
Consumers update their iPhones at a fairly aggressive pace: when a contract expires, usually within two years, most consumers immediately upgrade to another one. But that’s not the way people...
Big data analytics company Platfora raises $38 million in funding
Platfora, the startup that sells an analytics and visualization application designed to run on Hadoop, has raised a $38 million series C round of venture capital. Tenaya Capital led the...
Tim Cook defends Apple's sustainability programs against shareholders
At a shareholders meeting on Friday, CEO Tim Cook angrily defended Apple's environmentally-friendly practices against a request from the conservative National Center for Public Policy Research to drop those practices if they...
If iTunes was an independent company it would be on the Fortune 500
We all know Apple is one of the biggest companies around, but how big is just iTunes? Bigger than many famous, multinational corporations, as it turns out… and that’s without counting in...
GroupMe co-founder raises $3.4 million to help small businesses get loans
Businesses require spending money to make money, but finding that cash is often a challenge. Fundera launched its platform today that connects small businesses with lending alternatives to banks. The startup also...
Lenovo is on a mission to surpass both Apple and Google
Google unveiled a major surprise this week when it announced its decision to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo, a Chinese company that has conquered the laptop market and is already making strides...
Twitter co-founder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey joins Disney board of directors
Twitter co-founder and current Square chief Jack Dorsey has joined the Disney board of directors as an independent director effective immediately. Dorsey said he was honored and humbled to join the Disney...
Steve Ballmer explains his philosophy as CEO
Whatever else you might think about Steve Ballmer’s reign at Microsoft, there’s no doubt that he’s helped the company maintain its position as an absolute cash cow with a thriving enterprise software and...