iPad & MacBooks combine to give Apple 27% share of all mobile PC shipments

The combined total of iPad and MacBook shipments in the fourth quarter of 2011 gave Apple a whopping 26.6 percent share of the mobile PC market, nearly tripling the share held by second-place HP.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 110

Apple signs on to mobile app privacy policy

The California Attorney General announced on Wednesday that it had reached an agreement with six companies, including Apple, Amazon and Google, to mandate individual privacy policies for apps that collect personal information that will allow users to read policies before downloading an app.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 5

Mac sales surge as PC sales drop 20% in UK, 12% in France

PC sales in Europe plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2011, but Apple bucked that trend over the holidays, particularly in France and the U.K., with continued strong growth.

Slash Lane 14 years ago 29

Apple now the largest buyer of semiconductors in the world

Apple spent some $17 billion on semiconductors in 2011, making it the largest chip customer in the world, research firm Gartner revealed on Tuesday.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 22

iPhone 4S launch propels surging Apple 20% to close the gap with Android

The launch of the iPhone 4S last October had an "enormous impact" on the U.S. smartphone landscape, boosting Apple's share among new buyers by almost 20 percent and putting it neck-and-neck with Android in December.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 68

Apple jumps 9 spots to become 8th most valuable brand in the world

Apple was ranked the eighth most valuable brand of the world in 2011, with an estimated total value of $33.49 billion, making it bigger than Disney, Mercedes-Benz and Budweiser.

Katie Marsal 14 years ago 128

Apple awarded 676 patents in 2011, ranks 39th among all companies

Apple was awarded a total of 676 patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2011, ranking it No. 39 among companies awarded inventions in the U.S.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 34

Apple's iMac accounts for 33% of all-in-one PC sales

While portable computers get the most attention and sales, all-in-one PCs have quietly become a booming market, and Apple's iMac accounts for nearly a third of all sales.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 91

HP says it will build new webOS powered tablets by 2013

While stating her company would "bet heavily with Windows [8 tablets]" in the short term, HP chief executive Meg Whitman stated that the company will return to building a webOS tablet by 2013, if not next year.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 81

HP to keep webOS, make available as an undefined open source project

HP has finally outlined its plans for webOS today, stating that it will "contribute the webOS software to the open source community," apparently because it couldn't find a suitable buyer for the platform.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 40

HP CEO rumored to pronounce fate of webOS on Friday

After months of deliberation, Hewlett Packard's new CEO Meg Whitman is rumored to announce the PC maker's plans for webOS on Friday.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 26

HP CEO: Apple likely to take away PC leadership position next year

HP's new chief executive Meg Whitman told journalists Apple was doing "a great job" and that her company's once much smaller rival could likely pass HP to become the world's leading PC maker next year.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 58

Ultrabooks headed for 5-10% price drop in early 2012

Prices for laptops in Intel's "Ultrabook" category are expected to fall below $1,000 by the end of this year and may drop as much as 10 percent in the first quarter of 2012 with the help of a $100 marketing subsidy from Intel, according to a new report.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 33

HP's Chairman using MacBook Air, may detail webOS plans next week

HP is expected to finally announce a future path for its webOS platform next week, on the heels of an embarrassing PR photo portraying chairman Ray Lane using a MacBook Air at home.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 67

HP leads all 1.2M non-Apple tablets sold in US in 2011

The NPD Group on Tuesday offered a picture of how tablets that are not Apple's iPad are faring in the market in the U.S., revealing that Hewlett-Packard's $99 fire sale of the failed TouchPad gave it the largest unit share so far in 2011.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 141

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