See which tech companies are profitable with ‘How Do They Make Money?’

How Do They Make Money shows you which popular tech companies are profitable and how they earn it. Because of huge acquisitions like Facebook’s billion dollar purchase of Instagram, it’s easy to assume all tech companies are making a ton of cash. And so it may bewilder you to find out many popular web-based services are not turning a profit. There are also...

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Tech21 makes a cringeworthy move to prove its smartphone cases’ durability

We stop for a chat with Tech21 and saw first hand why the company's line of "Impactology" smartphone cases are so darn sturdy. With the arrival of the iPhone 5, smartphone accessory companies are all undoubtedly racing to get their products heard to be the selected choice of accompaniment to this season’s hot new gadgets. Of the many phone cases we saw at...

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Certain black iPhone 5 reportedly come with dents out of the box

It seems to have become a routine now. Every year Apple releases a new iPhone and while most of the customers are delighted a small subset of buyers pull the short end of the stick. With the iPhone 4, it was the antennagate issue, with the iPhone 4S it was the battery life problem and now some iPhone 5 buyers are noticing dents on their prized possession. ...

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Has 4G become meaningless?

A cesspool of acronyms, overoptimistic marketing claims and incompatible technologies has made 4G incomprehensible to the average consumer. Now carriers will suffer for the mess they’ve created. Recently, the investment firm Piper Jaffray conducted a study that found a full 47 percent of U.S. consumers don’t feel the need for 4G. This isn’t good news for the...

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iOS 6 adoption 122 per cent faster than iOS 5

iDevice users flocking to download iOS 6 iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners are upgrading to iOS 6 at an exponentially faster rate, according to new data. TechCrunch quotes figures from the Apsalar analytics company, claiming that after the second day of iOS 6 availability, adoption rate is a whopping 122 per cent faster than the last major update, iOS 5....

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Apple rolls out first iPhone 5 ads, but parody ad trumps them all

Apple rolled out its first TV ads for the recently-launched iPhone 5 late Friday. The four slick 30-second skits all feature a voiceover by actor Jeff Daniels. Meanwhile, an amusing video making fun of the new design is clocking up masses of hits on YouTube. After a series of TV ads in July which were considered by many to be a bit on the lousy side, Apple...

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Users complain of scratch-prone iPhone 5 handsets

Some iPhone 5 handsets showing out-of-the-box damage The new anodised aluminium body of the iPhone 5 is more susceptible to scuffs and scratches, according to a host of complaints from early adopters. CNET reports on multiple instances where the black device has superficial damage right out of the box, while nicks are also reported to come easily once the...

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