Apple to pursue NFC technology as mobile commerce gains momentum amongst consumers

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Last week, Apple reported its fiscal first-quarter results of 2012, which showed that the quarterly revenue of the company had reached an all-time high of $46 billion. During the report, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that this momentum would carry over to innovative projects the company had planned for the future. One of these projects is likely to involve mobile commerce as Apple looks to finally adopt NFC technology. The technology will likely be a feature with the next iPhone, which is expected to come out in late 2012. Apple…

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Apple versus Samsung suit is riddled with hidden battles

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The top tech industry legal battle is currently underway in a Silicon Valley federal court, as Apple attempts to halt Samsung from being able to sell its Galaxy tablet computers and smartphones within the United States. The suit was filed by Apple back in April 2011, and claims that Samsung “slavishly” took Apple’s iPhone and iPad designs and used them. Though the entire world is interested in the outcome of this case, the proceedings have primarily gone on behind closed doors, with the majority of the court papers being sealed…

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Apple may have plans to adopt NFC technology for iPhone 5

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Apple opted not to include NFC technology with their latest release of iPhone, but the technology company may have plans to do so with the iPhone 5 that is expected to launch next year. NFC technology has been gaining in popularity amongst the businesses of the world, namely for its ability to turn any smart phone into a payment device. Several technology and telecommunications companies, such as Google and Nokia, have invested heavily into NFC-powered mobile commerce, hoping that consumers will adopt a new way to pay for goods and…

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Apple may become the top vendor of PCs in the world with iPad

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Canalys research has suggested that with iPad 3, Apple will probably take Hewlett-Packard’s spot as the top manufacturer of PCs before the end of the second quarter in 2012. Apple currently holds the second spot as a PC vendor worldwide and has experienced a leap in its market share from 9 percent to 15 percent in only a year’s time. This jump is credited greatly to a significant demand for its iPad tablet product, which is considered to be a computer by Canalys. Equally, though, iPad shipments in the United…

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The reason Apple didn’t launch the iPhone 5

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Apple’s long awaited device launch event last week was met with a powerful wave of disappointment as it turned out that the new release was the iPhone 4S, and not the expected iPhone 5. Though many people believe that Apple had made an important mistake in this decision, there was actually a reason that the iPhone 4S hit the markets first. Indeed, it is likely that if the iPhone 5 was released at the event, more devices would have been sold than with the iPhone 4S, as current iPhone 4…

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