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Apple’s competition is going to have a tough year in 2016

“In 2015 Apple grabbed a 94 percent share of the world’s global smartphone profits, sold the only profitable tablets and smartwatch, increased its Mac unit sales, launched a successful NFC payment platform, took a huge slice of the music streaming market and introduced a new platform for the living room,” Daniel Eran Dilger writes for AppleInsider. “How can it possibly beat that performance in…

The dying technologies of 2016

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die. — Ecclesiastes 3:1

“For many technologies, the time to die will be 201,” Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes for Computerworld. “That doesn’t mean there won’t be people still using the deceased technologies. After all, at least one company is still using an Apple IIe for…

Analyst: Microsoft holiday sales a ‘non-event’ while Apple stood out

“In a recent report, Global Equities Research’s Trip Chowdhry took a look into Microsoft Corporation’s sales,” Javier Hasse reports for Benzinga. “Based on the stores the firm monitored, below are some observations.”

“According to the report, only ‘a handful of people’ bought Xboxes and laptops. Moreover, the analysts did not see people purchasing the Microsoft Band,” Hasse reports.…

Beleaguered Microsoft, capitulation and the end of ‘Windows Everywhere’

“Microsoft today, I think, is a case study in knowing when you should indeed give up, and what you should do after that,” Benedict Evans blogs. “As (hopefully) we all now understand, mobile is replacing the PC as the dominant computing platform. Smartphones sell in much larger numbers, have a much larger user base and are already close to taking a larger share of internet use than the PC in…

Struggling Samsung returns focus to components as Apple iPhone eclipses Galaxy phone sales

[cfsp key=”adsense_336x280″]”Samsung Electronics Co. is relying on a 40-year-old memory-chip unit for earnings growth as sales of its Galaxy smartphones are eclipsed by Apple Inc. and Xiaomi Corp.,” Jungah Lee reports for Bloomberg.

“The world’s biggest mobile-phone business, under pressure at the high end from iPhones and in the mid-range from Xiaomi’s Redmi 2, contributed less than a third of…

Hit hard by Apple’s iPhone 6/Plus, Samsung expects first annual profit decline since 2011

[cfsp key=”adsense_336x280″]”Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Thursday confirmed expectations for its first annual profit decline since 2011,” Se Young Lee reports for Reuters. “The South Korean tech giant lost market share for three consecutive quarters up to July-September, and analysts say the trend likely continued in the October-December period thanks to competition from Apple Inc’s new iPhones…

Huawei exec: ‘Nobody made any money in Windows Phone’

[cfsp key=”adsense_336x280″]”Many Americans may not be familiar with Huawei Technologies, but the Shenzhen, China-based company has become one of the largest telecommunications and networking suppliers in the world, competing against the likes of Cisco and Ericsson, as well as Samsung and Apple in smartphone sales,” Janet I. Tu reports for The Seattle Times. “And it has aspirations to further…

How McDonald’s will accept Apple Pay at the drive through

[cfsp key="adsense_336x280"]“At launch Apple Pay will be supported by a number of retailers, restaurants and more – including McDonald’s which plans to even accept Apple Pay from your iPhone 6 at the drive through.],” Zac Hall reports for 9to5Mac.

“The process of paying with your $650+ smartphone at a fast food drive through could potentially be risky if you have to hand over your iPhone to the…