iPhones

As iPhone Growth Slows, Apple’s iPad Sales Surge

Mike Isaac in Mobile on April 23 at 2:14 pm PT

IPads are still exploding in popularity, but iPhone sales are a bit more complicated.

CES Lost and Found: A Hot Spot for Hotspots and Lost Teeth

Lauren Goode in News on January 10 at 9:54 am PT

Hold on to your teeth: It’s another spin through the CES Lost and Found.

Guitar Hero Creator Charles Huang Riffing on Android for Next Play

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 6, 2012 at 5:30 am PT

Green Throttle Games wants to enable gamers to play mobile games on the biggest screen in the house using their mobile phone or tablet.

Walmart’s Disc-to-Digital Hard Sell Will Be a Hard Sell

Peter Kafka in Media on March 13, 2012 at 8:19 pm PT

Walmart will move your movies to the cloud, if you bring your discs to their stores and pay up. But it won’t work with Disney films, Android machines or iOS downloads. Interested?

Turns Out the Killer Paid App for Mobile Is Games

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 6, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Games continue to dominate the charts as the most likely category of applications to be downloaded. Surprisingly, a majority of players are willing to pay for them.

Steve Jobs Blinks! Apple Backs Down on App Subscription Rules.

Peter Kafka in Media on June 9, 2011 at 4:01 am PT

Good news for lots of content companies like Netflix and Rhapsody. But Amazon, among others, is still going to have a big problem.

Apple and Samsung Hammering Out $7.8 Billion Display Deal

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 14, 2011 at 7:32 am PT

With demand for its iOS devices growing, Apple is once again moving to secure vast storehouses of parts with which to build them. Cupertino is said to be finalizing a massive component contract with Samsung, one that would make it the company’s single largest customer.

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AT&T to Offer New Gaming Platform on Android Phones

Shayndi Raice, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 14, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

AT&T will offer a new social gaming platform on its Android phones, as the company invests more heavily in the Google operating system in the wake of losing its exclusive hold on Apple Inc.’s iPhone.

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Skullcandy IPO? Check Your Head.

Dennis K. Berman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 1, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

If anyone needs proof the tech sector has entered extra-frothy, double-latte territory, it’s best to look past the immense valuations discussed for Groupon or Facebook.