In a study done in Millward Brown's annual BrandZ study you'll find four of the top 5 most valuable brands to be tech-related with Apple sitting high atop that list. This study is done showing the brand value of the top companies in the world based on their financial data, market intelligence, and consumer measures of brand equity - all of this coming from Millward Brown. Apple is the top brand on earth with a brand value of $182.9 billion, this up a whopping 19% compared to last year.
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SlashGear Weekly Wrap-Up: May 19, 2012
Happy Saturday, everyone. If you're curious about what made news in the tech world this week, you've come to the right place. One of the biggest things of course is Facebook’s IPO, and lucky for you we have a very concise Facebook IPO wrap-up. Moving on to the world of gaming, Diablo III real-money auction house second launch date set. Unfortunately, one of the most notable stories was not a very positive one for consumers – Verizon CFO kills unlimited data for LTE upgrades.
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: May 16, 2012
Happy Wednesday, everyone. As we march on into the latter half of the week, let's pause for a moment and check out what made news today. Unfortunately, one of the most notable stories was not a very positive one for consumers - Verizon CFO kills unlimited data for LTE upgrades. Here's something much cooler, though - Toyota using Nintendo DS as GPS remote control. And in the world of social media, Pinterest valuation hits $1 billion.
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Conversations with a Finnish Journalist
With Nokia’s Lumia 900 launch well underway, I have gotten a lot of questions from the press about Nokia, Microsoft, Nokia’s marketing strategy, Microsoft’s marketing strategy, and its chances of success. The most interesting was a conversation I had with a Finnish journalist. Nokia is extremely important to Finns, accounting for a measurable chunk of the entire country’s GDP, and the perception of Nokia in Finland differs significantly from the rest of the world. I found myself discussing some basic issues about the company and the market that tech journalists from the US and UK just don’t ask. The following is an edited version of our conversation.
SlashGear Weekly Wrap-Up: May 12, 2012
Happy Saturday, everyone. Well, this week was quite interesting because it played host to the CTIA conference in New Orleans, the largest mobile trade show in the US. So we'll kick off with some of the more noteworthy stories from that - Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD for AT&T cancelled, HTC Evo 4G LTE hands-on, and Samsung Galaxy S III vs Galaxy Note hands-on. Keep reading for much more CTIA goodness:
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SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: May 11, 2012
This morning has its fair dose of the final impact of CTIA 2012, complete with a wrap-up of all the non-accessory CTIA devices we saw this whole week. What you've got for the rest of this morning then is impact after impact coming from the folks that decided to release news bits (or accidentally leaked news) here in the aftermath as well. Then of course there's some non-mobile news as well including open-sourced textbooks from your humble narrator's own home-town university, the U of M (Saint Paul and Minneapolis bound!) Have a peek at dive in!
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Bluegrass Cellular to offer iPhone 4S from May 18th
If you’re jonesing for an iPhone 4S but don’t want to tie yourself to AT&T or Verizon, why not try a local carrier? Bluegrass Cellular has announced that it will begin offering the iPhone 4S on May 18th. The pricing seem to be competitive too, with the phone costing $149 on a new two-year contract. There are three price plans to choose from, all offering the same 3GB of data, but varying in minutes.
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OtterBox HTC One series and Incredible 4G LTE cases hands-on
Here at CTIA 2012 the theme seems to be all about protecting our smartphones and tablets with cases, or keeping you safe while driving and using a mobile device. Today we are showing the first of the two and have a slew of new cases to protect our beloved phones by OtterBox for the HTC One series, the brand new Incredible 4G LTE, Galaxy Note, and even a few for the iPhone 4 too.
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Verizon hard sells LTE Android over iPhone says report
A look into the trends of salespeople in Verizon Stores has discovered that the company may be training its employees to tout the benefits of 4G LTE on Android so that it makes the iPhone pale in comparison, with some sales personnel even being quoted as calling the iPhone "outdated." CNN found a notable number of users who had stories of going into a Verizon store wanting to buy an iPhone but being convinced to buy something like a Droid Razr instead.
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SlashGear Mother’s Day 2012 Guide to Gadget Gifts!
It’s almost Mother’s Day, and so we’ve taken a look through the products we’ve most loved over the past few months and have put together a guide for what’ll work best for you to give your mom this weekend! It’s just that simple, folks, and it’s time to get on board with electronics for moms. We’ll move through a few different categories and, by the end of the guide, you’ll know exactly what Mom will want most – or what’ll be best to get her, at least!
Is Apple beating Android in the US after all?
Perhaps the biggest rivalry in all the tech world is Apple and its iOS operating system versus Android. Recent reports having claimed that Android is leading the US market, that is being disputed by a report issued this week by the research firm NPD. According to the NPD report, Apple has 50% of the smartphone market for the first quarter of 2012 in the United States.
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: May 2, 2012
Happy Wednesday, everyone. I hope your hump day is going well - the first hump day of May. As we forge our way through another month, there is no shortage of technology news. Although most of the Blackberry World news has come to a close, there's still some residual stuff to talk about. For example, RIM is close to hiring a new marketing chief. Also, after all the excitement about Blackberry 10, existing customers will be disappointed to know that there are no Blackberry 10 upgrade plans for existing phones. Moving on to a different subject, the world of retail - Target drops eReaders left and right.
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