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iPhone accounting for almost 90% of smartphone industry profits in fourth quarter report

If nothing else, the iPhone industry is profitable for Apple. The latest numbers from Strategy Analytics reveal that Apple continued to dominate in global smartphone profit during the fourth quarter of 2014, capturing a record-high 88.7 percent share of profit during the three-month period ending December. Apple earned quarterly operating profit of US$18.8 billion on […]

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Swatch looking to release smartwatch to compete in wearables market

It’s been a while since Swatch was considered hip and/or cutting edge, but the company might be seeing something in the wearables market. Swatch Group AG announced plans to start selling a smartwatch within the next three months, potentially pitting the Swiss maker of colorful plastic timepieces against the debut of the Apple Watch. The […]

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Updated version of Google Drive gains new status menu, bandwidth controls

Google Drive will be getting some additional muscle this week, a new version becoming available for OS X and Windows. Per 9to5Mac and the Google blog, the new version includes an improved status menu to show much more information than before. Now, you can see the files that are being synced up to the cloud […]

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Google releases Chrome Remote Desktop app for iOS, Android

This could come in handy. On Wednesday, Google released its Chrome Remote Desktop app for iOS and Android. The app, which connects mobile devices to Mac, Windows & Linux-based computers for desktop access, requires the Chrome web browser and application to install and run as well as a user-configured 6-digit PIN.

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Apple accounts for 51% of devices as Christmas gifts

These are the days of giving devices as gifts. Specifically, Apple devices. Per Flurry, 2014 turned into a banner year for Apple, its devices accounting for 51 percent of the new device activations worldwide Flurry recognized in the week leading up to and including Christmas Day (December 19th – 25th). Samsung held the #2 position […]