NEW YORK — Apple missed Wall Street earnings expectations for the second straight quarter, as iPad sales fell short of analyst forecasts. The slowdown in the growth of iPad sales was not unexpected, as the rumor mill correctly predicted that ...

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple Inc. is refusing to compete on price with its rivals in the tablet market — it’s pricing its new, smaller iPad well above the competition. On Tuesday, the company revealed the iPad Mini, with a ...

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NEW YORK — Those who follow Apple believe they have figured out most of the particulars of a smaller iPad expected to be revealed on Tuesday. One big question remains, though: What will it cost? Apple hasn’t said anything about ...

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NEW YORK — Apple Inc. has sent out invites for an event next Tuesday, where it’s expected to announce the release of a smaller iPad. The invite, sent to reporters Tuesday, doesn’t hint at what will be revealed, beyond saying ...

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — A federal appeals court has sided with Samsung Electronics Corp. in one aspect of its ongoing patent dispute with Apple Inc. The Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday overturned a ...

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WASHINGTON — Americans’ news habits are on the move. Half of all adult Americans now own either a tablet computer or a smartphone, and one-third use their mobile devices to view news stories and video clips at least once a ...

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NEW YORK — Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized Friday for the company’s error-ridden new mobile mapping service, pledging to improve the application installed on tens of millions of smartphones and, in an unusual mea culpa, inviting frustrated consumers to turn ...

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BEIJING — A factory in China owned by the manufacturer of Apple’s iPhones resumed production Tuesday after a brawl by workers highlighted tensions that labor groups say were worsened by the pressure of a new iPhone launch. Foxconn Technology Group ...

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Apple Inc. said Monday that it sold more than 5 million iPhone 5s in the three days since its launch, fewer than analysts had expected. Apple shares fell $9.30, or 1.3 percent, to close at $690.79 on Monday. The shares ...

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BEIJING — The company that makes Apple’s iPhones suspended production at a factory in China on Monday after a brawl by as many as 2,000 employees at a dormitory injured 40 people. The fight, the cause of which is under ...

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