Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) (BIT:NOK1V) (HEL:NOK1V) is rapidly refreshing its product portfolio at the high-end as well as entry level. But competition is at its peak, and is increasing with every passing day. Vendors are launching new smartphones at various price levels. Xperia Z, HTC One, Galaxy S4, upcoming iPhone 5S, Z10, Q10, Q5, new smartphones are just being poured into the market at the fastest pace. That’s the reason Barclays remains underweight on the...
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) has confirmed that currently Hangouts only supports inbound calls on the web and via the Chrome extension, and support for outbound calls is coming ‘soon.’ Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), at it’s I/O developer conference on Wednesday introduced the new Hangouts, Google’s unified messaging application, and since then, the application is also available on Android and iOS. Users can also enable the new Hangouts on Gmail, for those who are eager to try out...
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) ruled the tech world for almost a decade. But now the company seems to be stagnating while other tech giants are moving ahead in the race. According to IDC’s latest ranking of smartphone operating systems, the market share of Android smartphones increased to 75 percent in 1Q2013 from 59.1 percent in the same period of 2012. In contrast, iOS market share shrank from 23 percent to 17.3 percent in the same period....
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If you have an Android device, then sometimes you may have noticed how certain apps and games won’t install on your device and you receive the message, “This app is not compatible with your device.” Newer devices like the Nexus 4 or Galaxy S3 and S4 are mostly able to run every app, but this is not the case with older devices. So how would you install incompatible apps from Play Store on your...
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There is a lot of pressure riding on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) as they design their next generation mobile operating system iOS. There are also a lot of opinions and ideas on what iOS 7 should have. There were two recent videos shared that offer some insight as to what Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) should do to improve their phone. Although none of the ideas are too exciting, the suggestions would make for a simpler experience. One...
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is holding its I/O conference at the moment and one theme seems to be clear. The company is after Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) in every single way it can think of. With the phenomenal growth in the price of Google shares so far in 2013, can the firm take Apple’s mantle as the new big cap, big growth tech firm? The product launches at the conferences seemed directly aimed at Cupertino. The...
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s I/O developers conference is this week, and day one focused mainly on services and new products and developer tools for Chrome and Android. Analysts at JPMorgan released a report today on their takeaways from the first week of Google’s I/O developer’s conference. Rapid Adoption Of Android And Chrome Is Encouraging One of the main things JPMorgan analysts said they found encouraging from all of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s updates from the first...
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Global smartphone profits in the first quarter of the year were $12.5 billion, and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) took 57 percent, according to the latest figures from the research firm Strategy Analytics. That amounts to more than $7 billion in smartphone profits for Apple just in the first quarter. Android Dominates In Sales, But Apple Wins In Profits Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s big win in profits actually came with lower sales numbers when compared to Android...
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) just announced there have now been 900 million device activations. The company also mentioned that they went over the 48 billion app download mark and that they are also paying developers more this year than they did last year. Right now, there are over 2.5 billion applications installed per month. Sundar Pichai, Google’s SVP of Chrome and Android, said, “People are adopting these devices at an amazing pace. When you look at all...
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BlackBerry will soon expand their messenger to Android and iOS. At the BlackBerry Live 2013 event on Tuesday, the company announced plans to expand the popular messenger app to iOS and Android platforms. The new applications should be available by summertime and will be completely free to download. Thursten Heins, chief executive officer for BlackBerry, explained, “It’s a statement of confidence. We are confident the time is right for BBM to be independent.” Unfortunately,...
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Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) (BIT:NOK1V) (HEL:NOK1V) has announced that it will release its new smartphone, the Nokia Lumia 928 exclusively with Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) in the United States. The move shows a changing strategy on the part of Nokia as well as determined demand for the model from carriers. An exclusive deal with a single carrier is likely the way in which Nokia hopes to keep the price of its new smart phone low. According to...
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