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Google's Eric Schmidt Says Android Security Beats iOS (GOOG)
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 12:45pm | 529Read More...At the Gartner (NYSE: IT) ITxpo Symposium Monday, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt said Android was a more secure OS than that of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. The resulting laughter was palpable. Schmidt apparently was serious. This despite the fact that 79 percent of...
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Almost One In Three Employees Facebook At Work Every Day
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 2:07pm | 586Read More...A recent survey by statista found that nearly one in three Americans (29 percent) log on to Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) at least once during working hours every day. Second on the list was Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Mail which was visited by a little more than 24 percent of the U.S. workforce on a daily...
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Gartner Predicts App Downloads of 102 Billion in 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 10:55am | 546Read More...There’s money to be made in the world of mobile apps. Lots of money, according to information technology research and advisory company, Gartner, Inc.(NYSE: IT). In a press release, Thursday, the company said annual downloads from mobile apps stores will reach 102 billion this year. Although 91...
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Apple May Be Working On a Hybrid iPhad (AAPL)
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 9:56am | 581Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is known for innovation. When it comes to smartphone screen size, however, not so much. While competitors like Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) offer smartphones in a variety of sizes, Apple has kept the iPhone screen size in narrow focus with the largest, the iPhone 5, a mere 4-...
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Don't Write Off The PC Just Yet
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 1:26pm | 622Read More...“Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” American humorist Mark Twain supposedly said this (or something close to it) after reading newspaper articles about his pending demise. There are those who feel the same way about personal computers. Forbes recently reported that, despite...
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Latest Smartphone Numbers Show How Much Consumers Heart Android
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 10:17am | 488Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) still has solid footing in the smartphone market, but Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system is the star of the latest numbers released by Gartner. In the second quarter, Gartner said that worldwide smartphone sales rose 46.5 percent year over year representing...
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Samsung Extends its Lead Over Apple
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 12:29pm | 698Read More...Samsung sold more than 97 million mobile phones in the third quarter, besting Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone by more than 74 million units. According to Gartner (NYSE: IT), nearly 428 million mobile phones were sold during the quarter. Approximately 23.5 million of those phones were manufactured by...
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PC Sales Expected to Decline for First Time Since 2001
Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 9:08am | 603Read More...After 11 years of growth, sales of PCs -- including notebooks, netbooks and desktops -- are expected to decline. This revelation comes from three different researchers. In a report by IHS (NYSE: IHS) iSuppli, the researcher showed that worldwide PC shipments will contract this year by 1.2 percent...
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Mobile Phone Sales Decline 2.3% in Q2; Are Apple and Samsung Doomed?
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 9:11am | 444Read More...Gartner (NYSE: IT) has released a new report (via CNET) announcing that worldwide mobile phone sales declined 2.3 percent in the second quarter of the year, presenting a new challenge to device manufacturers as they prepare for the fall shopping season. Despite the decline, the tech industry still...
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Apple to Sell 30 Million iPads in 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 2:48pm | 576Read More...By the year's end, worldwide media tablet sales will approach 120 million. That's according to new research from Gartner (NYSE: IT), which reports that tablets will experience a 98% increase from 2011 sales to 60 million. Not surprisingly, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is credited as the producer of the...
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Yelp Going Public, Seeks 5 Stars and $100M
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 8:56am | 609Read More...Yelp, the service you can't visit a restaurant without, goes public later in the week. 7.15 million shares go on sale for $12-$14 each under the (NYSE: YELP) ticker, putting the expected raised capital between $86 and $100 million. Yelp is expected to be the last online business to go public before...
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Gartner Research Sees Google's Android Fueling Smartphone Surge (GOOG)
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 4:55am | 164Read More...Smartphones using Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system are fueling the dramatic increase in their popularity, research firm Gartner is reporting Thursday. Gartner sees the smartphone market growing 58% this year and 35% next year. Much of Google's growth will come at the expense of...
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Piper Jaffray Maintains Overweight on Gartner (IT)
Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 11:56am | 112Read More...Piper Jaffray is out with its report today on Gartner (NYSE: IT), maintaining Overweight. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "As anticipated, Gartner's investor day was an upbeat affair, reinforcing our confidence in the company's ability to drive 20%+ earnings growth in 2011 and beyond....
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J.P. Morgan Raises PT on Gartner to $43 (IT)
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 9:38am | 151Read More...J.P. Morgan is out with its report on Gartner (NYSE: IT), raising its PT from $35 to $43. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "We are reiterating our Overweight rating on Gartner shares following Q4,10 results. EPS of $0.39 (+41%) beat J.P. Morgan's $0.37 and consensus $0.38. (That excludes $...
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JP Morgan Maintains Overweight Rating On Gartner (IT)
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 9:48am | 121Read More...JP Morgan released a report to reiterate its Overweight rating on Gartner. Following Q4 results, JP Morgan found, “EPS of $0.39 (+39%) beat J.P. Morgan's $0.37 and consensus' $0.38. (That excludes $0.02 of integration costs related to the Burton and AMR acquisitions.) Revenues and EBITDA were in-...
