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In what might be considered part of a continuing response to critics who accuse Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) of farming out most of its production overseas, the company announced Monday it was building a new plant in Mesa, Arizona, according to Reuters. The new plant will employ 700, with another 1,300...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to unveil the latest MacBook Pro upgrades during its media event on Tuesday, October 22. The upgrades are not believed to carry any significant changes in terms of the design, weight or form factor. But many enhancements are anticipated, including new Haswell...

This was an interesting week for the tech industry. There weren't too many big announcements, but there were enough tidbits (key Apple rumors, another Gmail outage) to keep things interesting. Chromebooks took center stage as Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and Acer unveiled new models. The iPhone...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) MacBook line of computers may endure a significant sales decline in 2013. In June, overall Mac sales declined 12 percent in the United States. Global Mac sales declined five percent during the entire April-June sales period. These declines were not offset by the 13-inch...

Investors were all but certain that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) had finally secured a deal with China Mobile (NYSE: CHL). When the company's iPhone event came and went without a peep about China Mobile, Wall Street began to wonder: were the rumors false? On its surface, this did not make much sense. All...

Unlike Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not overly forthcoming about its R&D initiative. Instead of promoting the technology of tomorrow, Apple tends to wait until a product is ready for release before revealing its plans. In fact, if it weren'...

Based on the deluge of blogger headlines, some consumers may be under the impression that Windows 8 has taken a few steps back in terms of OS innovation. On the contrary, Windows 8 simply does things differently. Underneath those differences (such as the relocation of the popular Start button...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rarely comes close to attaining the most sales in the PC market. That's because the Mac, which achieved record sales in 2011 and 2012, rarely sells more than five million units per quarter. In 2013, Mac sales began to decline, creating some concern among market watchers. To...

The smart watch market is often associated with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and the belief that it will revolutionize mobile computing. It wouldn't be the first time Apple pulled this off. Between the iPod, iPhone and iPod Touch, many consumers still think of Apple as the most innovative company in the...

Just after Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) earnings wowed investors, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) announced disappointing results late Thursday night. Although year-over-year revenue rose 21 percent, they missed the analyst consensus by 0.5 percent and missed earnings by 2.4 percent, Barron's reported. The...

Earlier this week, research by NPD Group showed that domestic Mac sales had declined 12 percent in June. NPD researchers also found that U.S. Mac sales had declined five percent over the entire June quarter. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) confirmed this latter point when it released its fiscal 2013 third...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is only a couple hours away from announcing the results of its fiscal 2013 third quarter, and some figures are already rolling in. According to NPD Group (via AllThingsD), domestic Mac sales plunged 12 percent year-over-year during the month of June. This decline occurred...

Five percent of consumers surveyed are "very likely" to buy an iWatch. An additional 14 percent are "somewhat likely." These results come from a new study conducted by ChangeWave Research. The study, which was published on Wednesday but not publicly announced until Friday, showed an interesting...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), once thought of as the sturdiest and most reliable manufacturer in the PC industry, has been attacked by Chinese hackers. According to a Reuters exclusive, the hackers also targeted Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) but were unsuccessful in their attempts to steal data from Apple. They...

There's good news and bad news for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) this week. First it was revealed that, if you combine shipments of both tablets and computers, iPads account for one out of every six PCs shipped during the fourth quarter. Better still, if Apple were to combine sales of the iPad (which came...