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Apple, Amazon and Barnes & Noble see tablet and e-reader sales double Monday, 23rd January 2012
From December 2011 and January 2012, the proportion of Americans who own either tablet computer such as the iPad or an e-reader like the Kindle or the Nook nearly doubled, rising from 10 per cent to 19 per cent, according to the latest figures from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. “In the time we have been doing surveys about the adoption and use of digital technology, we have never seen growth quite like this,” says the project’s director, Lee Rainie.
Posted in Electricals, Technology Tagged apple, amazon, barnes & noble, e-reader, kindle, tablet, pew internet & american life project
Harrods set to open Apple concession Friday, 20th January 2012
According to sources within the Harrods Company, the world famous department store is set to expand with the opening of its very own Apple concession. It is expected to stock all of the company's most popular products.
Posted in Department Stores, Electricals, Luxury Goods, Retail Industry, Technology Tagged Apple, Harrods, Concession, Department Store
Twitter has acquired social-network aggregator Summify Friday, 20th January 2012
It has been revealed that social media giant Twitter has acquired the start-up Summify. The news aggregation tool that summarizes the content of user's Google, Facebook and Twitter social media feeds and delivers a daily digest via email, will no longer be working independently.
Posted in Deals and Takeovers, E-Commerce, Electricals, Franchise & Expansion, Technology Tagged Twitter, Summify, Summly, Apple, take-over
Apple leaps into digital textbook market Friday, 20th January 2012
Apple launched its iBooks 2 software yesterday in an effort to revitalize the US education market and quicken the adoption of its iPad in that sector.
Posted in Electricals, Franchise & Expansion, Technology Tagged Apple, iBooks 2, Pearson PLC, McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Books & Magazines, Expansion & Franchise, Electricals, my, retail, media, news
Google tops UK brand ranking report, but what about the rest? Wednesday, 18th January 2012
UK consumers have rated Google as their number one brand for the second year running, although rivals Apple, Facebook and Twitter remained conspicuously absent from the top 20. The YouGov BrandIndex measures consumers’ perception of brands on a daily basis across quality, value, customer satisfaction, corporate reputation, general impression and likelihood of consumers to recommend the brand.
Tagged google, twitter, facebook, amazon, colgate, cathedral city, bbc, heinz, sony, dove, unilever, cadbury, nokia, waterstones, bosch, apple
Apple may open mini stores in Target locations Monday, 9th January 2012
Apple is reportedly planning to open a series of mini stores in select Target locations this year.
Posted in Deals and Takeovers, Electricals, Franchise & Expansion Tagged Apple, Target
Smartphones Q4 profit up 73% Friday, 6th January 2012
The world’s top maker of memory chips and smartphones on Friday reported a record quarterly profit. After surging past Apple as the world’s top smartphone maker in the third quarter, Samsung is now building on its supremacy with new designs and a strong product line-up. The South Korean firm posted KRW 5.2 trillion (GBP 2.91 billion) in quarterly operating profit, beating a consensus forecast of KRW 4.7 trillion by Reuters analysts.
Posted in Electricals Tagged samsung, south, korean, apple, trillion, electric, electronics
Apple eyes TV deal for the Premier League Wednesday, 4th January 2012
Apple is showing interest in joining the multi-billion pound battle for the next set of live Premier League TV rights when the opportunity becomes available at the end of the season.
Posted in Deals and Takeovers, E-Commerce, Franchise & Expansion, Sporting Goods Tagged Apple
What is Apple planning to launch in New York this month? Tuesday, 3rd January 2012
An “important but not large-scale” event by Apple is still enough to get every fan of the electronics giant guessing as to what it could be planning to launch in New York at the end of January. It won’t be iPads or an Apple TV, but the announcement will include Apple’s head of internet software and services Eddy Cue, which suggests it will relate to publishing or media content.
Posted in Electricals Tagged apple, ipad, tv, iad, eddy, cue, mobile, advertising, launch, manhattan, madison, avenue
Apple chief to receive knighthood Saturday, 31st December 2011
Apple design chief Jonathan Ive has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours list. Ive has been made a Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) and can now style himself as Sir Jonathan. Raised in Chingford, Ive began working for Apple in 1992 and has since been the brains behind many of its iconic products.
Posted in Electricals, People Tagged apple, jonathan ive, steve jobs, ipad, iphone, knight, knighthood
