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Helium’s Goal: Improve iPhoneography, Create a Global Consumer Brand in Durham

Posted by Laura Baverman | May 26, 2016

There’s a pretty significant difference in quality between an iPhone photo and one taken with a $3,000 digital SLR. But not so much if you add a wide-angle lens to that iPhone, attach it to a mount and use some extra lighting for the shot. Brandon Hoe would know. He’s a photographer, videographer and marketer by trade. He’s also as frustrated as anyone by the weight of professional photography equipment on long trips to Europe or Asia, and yet the lack of quality of the alternative, which happens to fit in his pocket. It was enough to...

Vivek Wadhwa: Trump’s iPhone manufacturing in US idea isn’t crazy

Posted by Vivek Wadhwa | May 26, 2016

Editor’s note: Former Triangle tech entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa, now an author, academic and frequent blogger, says Apple bringing iPhone manufacturing to the U.S. from China is not a far-fetched idea. SAN FRANCISCO – Donald Trump has promised that “we’re gonna get Apple to start building their damn computers and things in this country, instead of in other countries.” He said this at a speech at Virginia’s Liberty University and several other events. It is very likely that he is not serious; Trump tends to say things he couldn’t possibly mean. But he did raise an intriguing question about whether Apple...

AOL goes VR; Google-Fiat Chrysler minivan; Apple loses iPhone name suit; Google’s $250K Flint offer

Posted by WRAL TechWire | May 4, 2016

In today’s Bulldog wrapup of technology news: AOL promises more live content, including VR, plus a public studio Fiat Chrysler and Google are teaming up to develop an autonomous minivan Apple loses a suit in China over the iPhone name Google offers $250,000 to Flint, Mich. The details: AOL announces public-facing NYC studio for AOL Build AOL is looking to connect more with the public, so it’s building a ground level, public-facing studio in downtown Manhattan for its live programming. It promises to use top technology to engage more with its audience, including shooting in 360-degrees for virtual reality....

Inside Apple: First revenue decline since 2003 reflects a problem – people love, keeping iPhones

Posted by Jack Narcota | Apr 27, 2016

Editor’s note: Apple’s latest earnings report shows a big obstacle for the tech giant. Year-over-year revenue declined for the first time since 2003 and a reason is: People love their iPhones. So what’s Apple to do? Technology Business Research analyst Jack Narcotta offers his in-depth analysis. HAMPTON, N.H. – Despite year-to-year revenue decline for the first time since 2003, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) remains the king of its market in 1Q16. TBR believes the obstacles the company will face into 2017 will have less to do with margins or profits, and more to do with overcoming challenges presented the hundreds...

Want fast smartphone? iPhone 5 may not be best choice

Posted by Bloomberg | Dec 3, 2012

When Tommie Johansson was looking for a new smartphone in Stockholm last month, he quickly ruled out the iPhone 5. The reason: It’s too slow. The Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) handset can’t connect to the newest networks of most European carriers. That creates a potential opening for Nokia Oyj as it seeks to claw back lost market share with new phones that can take full advantage of the fastest networks. Nokia is vying with Apple and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. for European shoppers’ holiday budgets and an early foothold in the market for LTE smartphones, which are faster and...

iPad is taking a ‘buzz saw’ to PC market

Posted by WRAL TechWire | May 18, 2011

The iPad is wreaking havoc on the personal-computer market. Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ)’s consumer PC sales plunged 23 percent last quarter, and the company lopped $1 billion off its annual sales forecast. And while rival Dell Inc. (DELL) beat analysts’ estimates because of corporate demand, its sales to consumers slumped 7.5 percent. More than 70 million tablets like the Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPad will be sold in 2011, a total that will balloon to 246 million in three years, Jefferies & Co. said yesterday. “You’re walking into a buzz saw,” Jane Snorek, a senior research analyst at Nuveen Asset Management...