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Apple Falls to Four-Year Low in Online Customer Satisfaction Survey — The post-Ron Johnson era did not begin well for Apple. Earlier this year, the company ousted Johnson's successor, John Browett, as head of its retail operations following a series of rare and embarrassing cockups.| New York Times: |
Signs of Changes Taking Hold in Electronics Factories in China — CHENGDU, China — One day last summer, Pu Xiaolan was halfway through a shift inspecting iPad cases when she received a beige wooden chair with white stripes and a high, sturdy back. — At first, Ms. Pu wondered if someone had made a mistake.
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BlueStacks' App Player For Mac Launches Beta: Now You Can Run Over 750,000 Android Apps On Mac — BlueStacks, the startup known for bringing Android applications to desktop PCs, is today releasing its App Player for Mac into beta, following its previous Mac alpha release in June.
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Christmas Day 2012 saw a record 17.4m Android and iOS device activations, 2.5x more than in 2011 — It's no surprise that more Android and iOS devices are activated on Christmas Day than on any other day of the year. Yet on Christmas Day 2012, more iPhones, iPads, Galaxies, Kindle Fires … | Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Apple CEO Tim Cook's compensation totaled less than $4.2m in 2012, down from $378m last year — Consumer electronics giant Apple today filed documents with the SEC in preparation for its annual shareholder meeting, which will be held at the company's HQ on Wednesday, February 27, 2013.| Rene Ritchie / iMore: |
Apple iWatch rumors surface again, this time with Intel attached — The Apple iWatch smartwatch is the subject of renewed rumor and speculation this morning, with Intel of all companies now being attached to the project. Low power Bluetooth 4.0 is along for the ride as well, of course … | Om Malik / GigaOM: |
Snapchat rises: Why Poke's decline shows Facebook's inability to invent — Remember last week? You know, the week when Facebook indulged in yet another act of wanton xeroxing and released Poke to compete with the red-hot insta-communication app, Snapchat. Well, a week later, the world has returned to normal.| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Samsung confirms multi-window feature and Jelly Bean update for original Galaxy Note — That previously-spotted Premium Suite upgrade for the Galaxy Note is on its way, with Samsung revealing all the details on its site. With a refreshed UI appears very similar to its successor … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Toshiba Building A Lytro-Style Camera Sensor For Smartphones And Tablets, Planned For 2013 Launch — Toshiba is intent on making a camera sensor for smartphones and tablets that borrows a trick from Lytro and allows users to select a focus area in their photos after having taken them.| Robb Mandelbaum / New York Times: |
‘Crowdfunding’ Rules Are Unlikely to Meet Deadline — When the Jobs Act became law in April, supporters proclaimed a new era for small businesses seeking to raise money. — The “game changer,” as President Obama put it in the Rose Garden as he signed the bill, was a provision to let small companies …
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Ouya developer kits begin shipping ahead of schedule, will start arriving tomorrow — The first developer kits for the highly-anticipated Ouya gaming console are shipping out earlier than expected. As pointed out by SlashGear, one customer has posted the text of their shipping notification …
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One In Four Americans Owns A Tablet, Overtaking E-Readers, As Printed Book Consumption Continues To Decline: Pew — We're still waiting to hear from specific companies like Amazon with their latest (non-)numbers on how well their Kindle line of devices has sold over this holiday period … Sponsor Posts
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