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st0815 commented on an article. 11:46 AM

Do Berkshire Bears Have a Good Argument?

Health-wise a lot can happen to an 82 year-old in 5 years. To assume he'll still be alive at 92 is a risky bet, to assume he'll still be able to run the business at that stage ... I don't think that's reasonably described as

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st0815 commented on an article. 2:25 AM

Why Google's Acquisition of Waze Is a Win-Win

That's really a very good point. I didn't think of this before, but Apple not picking up Waze was a major mistake by Tim Cook. In general it's unclear whether Apple's problems can really in fairness be attributed to him, but in this

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st0815 commented on an article. 7:58 AM

You May Not Want to Hear It, but the Microsoft-Nokia Deal IS Working

Ok, first of all: the naysayers clearly were proven right. Once Nokia switched to Windows their market share collapsed, their profits turned into losses. The switch resulted in a complete disaster, regardless whether

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st0815 commented on an article. 2:55 AM

Say What!? Symbian Still Beats iOS in China

Chinese customers are not transitioning from Symbian to WP because the latter lacks the language-related features which Symbian had.

Essentially Nokia has been throwing out decades of international knowledge

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st0815 commented on an article. 6:36 AM

Could a Lawsuit Make Apple Stock Go Even Lower?

That's journalistic code - if the title is a question, the answer is understood to be "No" in the writer's opinion.

And there is nothing wrong about the write-up. The author is correct, the lawsuit

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st0815 commented on an article. 4:54 AM

Apple Thinks Google Now Is Guilty

I don't think Apple does any harm to it's case by letting Google offer their product through their app store. Quite to the contrary, as the number of downloads increase their potential claim to license fees would increase, too.

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st0815 commented on an article. 6:39 AM

It's Official: Samsung Owns Android

Samsung has been trying to compete in terms of software and services for a while - e.g. via their game/music/etc hubs, which is fair enough really. They are not really getting anywhere though.

As for Google -

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st0815 commented on an article. 5:06 AM

The iPhone's Greatest Weapon: Retention

So you take the one national market in which a global company does best, and base your predictions on that.

* What about e.g. Germany where Android holds 61% and Apple at 21%?

* What about

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st0815 commented on an article. 6:57 PM

The End of Tablets? BlackBerry Thinks So

Nobody knows what will dominate the market in 5 years, but unfortunately for Heins, that includes him.

Worse - his current product lineup is anything but innovative. Blackberry is playing catch-up. They now

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st0815 commented on an article. 4:46 AM

Can Samsung Create the Web Browser of the Future?

Samsung wants more control over the phones they manufacture, Mozilla wants to give the user more control over the phones they purchase. Those are divergent ... goals.

Samsung stays involved just in case Mozilla

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st0815 commented on an article. 8:23 AM

1 Way Samsung Will Never Beat Apple

So Apple in their strongest quarter was still behind Samsung in 2012. They had their newest products competing against the older Samsung products, but still Samsung increased it's market share from 14.6% in Q4 2011 to 21.2% in Q4

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st0815 commented on an article. 8:22 AM

1 More Way Samsung Is Beating Apple -- for Now

So Apple in their strongest quarter was still behind Samsung in 2012. They had their newest products competing against the older Samsung products, but still Samsung increased it's market share from 14.6% in Q4 2011 to 21.2% in Q4

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