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Reading Between The Lines Of Apple's Decision To Go Silent On iPhone Unit Sales
Monday, November 5, 2018 - 4:26pm | 802While weak iPhone unit shipments and sour December quarter guidance were partly responsible for negative sentiment toward Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s shares following its fourth-quarter results, much of the blame could be traced to Cupertino's decision to drop its practice of reporting...
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How Facebook Is Laying Siege To Snapchat
Saturday, March 18, 2017 - 5:38pm | 373When Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP), the parent company of Snapchat, recently warned potential investors about its business facing “significant competition,” it shouldn’t have taken too many guesses for the market to determine who those competitors were. Most prominently, the biggest...
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Video Streaming Surpasses DVD/Blu-Ray Sales For The First Time
Thursday, January 19, 2017 - 8:26am | 306As further evidence that home entertainment consumers are shifting to various digital formats, a new report from Digital Entertainment Group shows video streaming subscription revenues surpassed DVD/Blu-ray sales in the United States for the first time in 2016. U.S. consumers spent $6.23 billion on...
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How Apple's Near-Decade Of iPhone Growth Is Likely Over... In 1 Chart
Monday, April 25, 2016 - 2:25pm | 335Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is scheduled to announce its second quarter results after the market closes on Tuesday, and anxiety is growing among investors as speculation about an imminent decline in iPhone sales mounts. In the first quarter earnings call, CEO Tim Cook warned shareholders the second...
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Look How Much Apple And Google Have Destroyed Smartphone Competition
Monday, February 29, 2016 - 3:32pm | 386Last week, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) messaging app WhatsApp announced that, starting in 2017, it would only support Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG)’s Android and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s iOS. This means that WhatsApp will no longer be available on BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY)...
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Fitbit Is The Top Wearables Vendor And Is Outpacing Competitors
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 3:12pm | 469Earlier this week, market research firm IDC published a report on the worldwide wearable device market, which saw fourth-quarter shipments rise to 27.4 million units, up 126.9 percent year-over-year, and full year shipment surge to 78.1 million units, up 171.6 percent in relation to 2014. While it...
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One Chart That Shows How Netflix Is Winning The Video Streaming Battle
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 4:31pm | 289How people watch movies and TV shows has changes substantially over the years, especially with the rise of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Video, Hulu and other streaming services. Binge-watching has become one of the most popular ways of consuming media nowadays....
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Here's How Google Closed In On Apple And Eventually Overtook Its Market Cap
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 12:58pm | 297It's official. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has now been dethroned as the world's most valuable company by Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), more commonly known as Google. The headlines have been consistent: Apple Just Passed Apple As The Market's Most Valuable Company...
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The Secret To Amazon's Growth: Never Succumbing To Complacency
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 2:59pm | 414Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is famous not only for having created a groundbreaking company, but also for the way that he’s run it. Over the years, Bezos has been relentlessly committed to long-term growth, ignoring shareholders’ concerns and...
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GoPro's Path To Stagnancy In A Single Chart
Friday, January 15, 2016 - 2:24pm | 400Last Wednesday, GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) issued disappointing fourth-quarter guidance and announced a 7 percent reduction in its workforce. In a recent article, Statista Data Journalist Felix Richter explained why this could be read as a sign that “GoPro has trouble sustaining its growth...
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Netflix's Global Dominance In 1 Chart
Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 2:50pm | 226Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) shares are off their Wednesday close slightly heading into the conclusion of Thursday's session, but the stock is still up 143 percent over the past twelve months. The "surprise" news on investors minds' currently is the company's launch into...
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Tech's Decade Of Innovation At An End? New Data Is 'Sobering'
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 2:38pm | 649Over the past ten years, the Technology SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLK) has outperformed the Dow by 40 percentage points, returning 92.7 percent. The tech sector's highest fliers -- Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Netflix, Inc.(NASDAQ: NFLX), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG),...
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Americans Watch Almost Double As Much TV As Chinese
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 - 3:58pm | 376In a recent article, Statista data journalist Felix Richter shared a look into the average time spent watching TV per day in different countries around the globe. The US leads this list with 282 minutes - more than 4 1/2 hours per day. The relationship between the US and audiovisual...
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Evidence Apple iPhone Sales Have Peaked In One Chart
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 2:51pm | 322A recent report from Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty stated sales of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhones are expected to decrease by 5.7 percent during Apple's fiscal year beginning in October. In fiscal year 2015, the company sold 231.1 million iPhones, however in FY2016, Apple may only...
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Who Has The Biggest Virtual Reality Market Share?
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 8:25am | 490In a recent article, Statista Data Journalist Felix Richter shared some data on virtual reality market share. The analyst tried to answer the question, “Which VR Headset Holds the Pole Position?” Interestingly, more than 30 percent of the people questioned declared never...