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Apple leads in holiday device activations, down 5 percent year over year

The Christmas gifts have been exchanged, the Chanukah ones are being given this week and it looks like Apple is leading the pack in terms of smartphone activations for the 2016 holidays. This year, 44% of new phone and tablet activations were Apple devices with Samsung seeing 21%. While Samsung is slowly growing in popularity […]

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Rumor: AirPods to ship in January

If you’re hankering for the new AirPods, you might have to wait until January. Following Apple’s unexplained delay of the new headphones, foreign supply chain sources are now pointing towards a launch date in January 2017, and not the late 2016 estimation that many believed would help the new devices sell during the holidays. The […]

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Apple launches late-2016 MacBook Pro, incorporates long-rumored Touch Bar, other new features

The rumors were true and the next-gen MacBook Pro has been revealed. As has been mentioned before, the new notebook, which is available in both 13-inch and 15-inch sizes, features an OLED Touch Bar which replaces the traditional function keys found on the MacBook Pro. The Touch Bar also incorporates a Touch ID sensor, allowing […]

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Apple delays AirPods launch, no specific reason given

You’ll see new stuff at Apple’s media event today, but you won’t see the anticipated AirPods headphones. Apple, which first showed off the accessory in September, announced on Wednesday that the product is not quite ready for prime time. “The early response to AirPods has been incredible,” a spokeswoman for Apple said in a statement […]

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Apple posts $9 billion profit on $46.9 billion in revenue from Q4 of 2016, down from Q4 of 2015 numbers

Apple’s annual revenue has fallen for the first time since 2001. The company went from $233.7 billion in 2015 to $217 billion in the 2016 fiscal year. This marks a 9 percent decline since 2001, largely due to the continued decline in iPhone sales, down 5 percent year over year. The company sold 45.5 million […]