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  • Verizon Halts iPhone Sales After Record Day

    NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Verizon Wireless ended online sales of Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone on Thursday evening, after beating its previous launch-day phone sales record in just two hours. But Verizon shares fell almost 1 percent as analysts cautioned that the new phone would hurt profits at the No. 1 U.S. mobile operator,…

  • iPad’s Market Lead Poses Challenge to Google’s Honeycomb

    (Reuters) – Google Inc has fixed some shortcomings in its tablet computer strategy, as the Internet search giant steps up efforts to break into a nascent market dominated by Apple. Google showcased on Wednesday the first version of its Android software designed to run on tablets with larger screens and greater computing horsepower, allowing for…

  • Verizon iPhone Order System Overwhelmed

    The No. 1 U.S. mobile service started taking online orders for its Apple Inc iPhone at 3 a.m. EST on Thursday, a week before it is due to hit its store shelves. Verizon Wireless had said it was preparing for heavy demand. Spokeswoman Brenda Raney said the company was pleased with how the online system…

  • iPad 2 Prototype Spotted at Digital Media Event

    NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 2 (Reuters Life!) – Spotted at Rupert Murdoch’s splashy digital newspaper launch on Wednesday: a prototype of Apple’s newest iPad. A Reuters eyewitness saw what appeared to be a working model of the next iPad with a front-facing camera at the top edge of the glass screen at a press conference…

  • Notebooks to Outstrip Desktop SMB Sales in 2011: Report

    Preliminary data from IT research firm Techaisle shows 120.1 million PCs were shipped in 2010 to small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) (businesses with less than 1,000 employees)—a year-on-year growth rate of 10.4 percent. The bulk of growth rate came from emerging market countries, which reported a 16.5 percent increase. Mature markets, like Germany and the…

  • How to Focus Your Way to Success

    As a business coach for MSPs, I have the opportunity to meet and work with hundreds of IT providers. One of the most fascinating things to observe is the great disparity in results achieved by MSPs. A small segment has learned to grow predictably and produce profit margins that are three to four times the…

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