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iPhone Accounts for 18.2 Percent of Smartphone Sales but 92 Percent of Industry Profits: Study

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Smartphone sales may be slowing for some tech companies, but not for Apple. Analysts expect another powerhouse performance from the California tech giant when it reports quarterly financial results Tuesday. Apple’s signature iPhones remain popular, even as other smartphone makers are seeing demand slow down. Wall Street analysts estimate Apple will report a hefty $10.3 billion (roughly Rs. 65,565 crores)

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Computex 2015: Startups Key as Taiwan Seeks New Tech Identity

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As the Computex trade show opens its doors Tuesday in Taiwan it is putting a new focus on startups to boost the island’s tech credentials in the face of intense competition from rival China. Taiwan has hosted Asia’s biggest tech trade show for 35 years and made its name as a hub of innovation and engineering in the age of

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Motorola Mobility’s Antitrust Lawsuit Could Have Broader Implications

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The evidence is compelling. The cartel of Asian electronics makers worked for more than five years to set the prices of liquid-crystal display screens used in computers and cellphones. They gathered for monthly meetings in private conference rooms at luxury hotels. They kept notes at these price-rigging meetings. A typical heading: “Extremely confidential. Must not distribute.” A telling summary: “Must

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Microsoft (Yes, Microsoft) Has a Far-Out Vision

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Last June, in the basement of the Microsoft visitor center in Redmond, Washington, Todd Holmdahl, a Microsoft hardware guru, and others nervously walked Satya Nadella, the new chief executive, through a demonstration of a secret project. More than a hundred people had toiled for several years on the ambitious effort, which would eventually be called HoloLens. At the time, the

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Apple $1 Trillion Stock Market Value Could Be Years Away

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Activist Investor Carl Icahn thinks Apple is already worth over $1 trillion but others on Wall St. think it will take a few more years for the iPhone maker’s stock value to get there. With Apple’s stock market value ballooning this week beyond $700 billion (roughly Rs. 43,61,469 crores), larger than Switzerland’s gross domestic product, activist investor Icahn said the

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