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As we’re stepping into New Year 2015 tomorrow, holiday shoppers are still pampering themselves with new smartphones. As you could probably guess, Apple iPhone, was the most popular gift choice over Christmas week. Based on new device activations, Flurry Analytics concluded that Apple dominated the top-5 manufacturers, devouring a mind-boggling 51.3%, follows by Samsung (17.7%), […]
... written on Dec 31 2014Pablo Picasso once said “good artists copy, great artists steal”. The Spanish artist’s famous quote was re-used by Steve Jobs in 1996, when the Apple Inc. supremo was frustrated with his company’s intellectual property being stolen repetitively. In fact, Apple has sued a lot of companies for allegedly copying or stealing its IP over the […]
... written on Dec 30 2014Forget about iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9 or Note 10. These gadgets are so yesterday and stoned-age compare to what a piece of bracelet can do. Costing about £300 (US$470; RM1,650) a piece, this concept bracelet is such an innovative product that it makes perfect sense to speculate aliens from planet Mars who actually created […]
... written on Dec 14 2014Do you still own that piece of dinosaur-aged music player called iPod Classic? If you do and the Apple’s gadget is still in working condition, congratulations. You own a piece of antic which could fetch millions of dollars in another 100-years, if it still works by then. Do not underestimate this clumsy, bulky and primitive […]
... written on Dec 08 2014This year alone, there were a whopping 15 new Asian smartphone makers emerging from nowhere with a single mission of crushing Samsung, and hopefully Apple. So far, they have successfully make Samsung run for its money. These makers are from China, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia. The most successful of them all is […]
... written on Nov 29 2014Apple has officially announced the iPhone 6 – the eighth generation of iPhone – at a special event in Cupertino. Boss Tim Cook also reveals the iPhone 6 Plus, a bigger brother of iPhone 6, and the Apple Watch too. At last, Apple has woken up to the reality that people do want a bigger […]
... written on Sep 10 2014Apple stock saw its worst day in 7-months – tumbled US$4.36 (or 4.2%) to US$98.94 a share after Wednesday closing bell. In case this does not raise your eyebrow, that’s the biggest dollar decline by Apple since it lost $6.19 (or 8%) to $71.17 on a split-adjusted basis on 28 January, 2014. This latest drop also […]
... written on Sep 04 2014Microsoft is rolling out its super cheap phone for consumers in Asia and Africa in its bid to conquer a different market from Apple and Samsung. Try they have but Microsoft’s acquired Nokia simply couldn’t fight in the premium smartphone segment dominated by Apple and Samsung. Enter Nokia 130, a US$25 (£15, RM80) old school […]
... written on Aug 14 2014Since 2009, Samsung Electronics Co has been the most successful smartphone manufacturer in the world. But not anymore. Samsung’s latest financial results for the second quarter 2014 shows the first drop in net profit in three years for the Korean electronics giant. It made a net profit of 6.25 trillion won (US$6.1 billion), down from 7.77 […]
... written on Jul 31 2014This is not a global puzzle that requires a resurrection of Albert Einstein to solve it. Can someone explain why every time after a major iOS upgrade, my iPhone slows down tremendously, so much so that the smartphone seemed to be unresponsive? Apple fanatic fans would laugh at such question and conveniently point to Microsoft […]
... written on Jul 30 2014
