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Apple now the biggest company in the world

Apple now the biggest company in the world

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Back in May last year, Pocket-lint told you how Apple had overtaken Microsoft as the biggest tech business in the world. But Apple's endeavour for world domination didn't end there - as reports now suggest that Apple has taken over oil giant ExxonMobil …
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  • PS Vita sales crash in post holiday slump

    PS Vita sales crash in post holiday slump

    Trails the handheld pack 19 January 2012 8:44 GMT

    Sony's PS Vita hasn't been out in Japan very long, launching in December 2011, however after a promising start its sales have plummeted, dropping to 18,361 in week five.

    Although you'd expect a steady decline in sales after any big launch the...

  • Charlie Bit Me viral earns parents cool £100 grand from YouTube

    Charlie Bit Me viral earns parents cool £100 grand from YouTube

    Viewed over 386 million times 14 November 2011 12:26 GMT

    An innocent and cute video of 3-year-old Harry and his 1-year-old brother Charlie, that was posted on YouTube 4 years ago, has netted their parents a staggering £100,000 through the video site's payment scheme, AdSense.

    The 1-minute clip, which...

  • HTC sees the cash roll as popularity grows. HTC, Phones, Statistics, Biz, Results 0

    HTC sees the cash roll as popularity grows

    Bumper sales 31 October 2011 13:32 GMT

    HTC has released its third quarter sales, and by all accounts it's been a bumper year for the Taiwanese phone manufacturer - with record handset shipped as well as huge increases in profit.

    The bottom line is that HTC, in shifting 13.2 million...

  • Study finds mobile phones don't cause cancer. Phones, Statistics, Cancer, Surveys 0

    Study finds mobile phones don't cause cancer

    Largest research ever 21 October 2011 8:58 GMT

    Latest research involving a large section of the Danish population suggests that there is no link between the long-term use of mobile phones and brain cancer.

    The study, that was originally published in the bmj.com, involved the analysis data...

  • Nokia smartphone sales down 39 per cent

    Nokia smartphone sales down 39 per cent

    Hurry up WP7 20 October 2011 13:39 GMT

    Nokia has just posted its Q3 sales results and things aren't looking too great for the company. The bottom line is that Nokia has managed a $94 million net loss in its third quarter with a worrying 39 per cent drop in smartphone sales.

    CEO...

  • New bird coming to Angry Birds this Halloween. Gaming, Apps, Angry Birds, Statistics 0

    New bird coming to Angry Birds this Halloween

    Movie also confirmed 20 October 2011 8:57 GMT

    Angry Birds fans rejoice as it has been confirmed, by Rovio’s North American general manager, Andrew Stalbow, that Angry Birds will be receiving a new bird this Halloween.

    Stalbow made the announcement on stage at the Web 2.0 conference,...

  • RIM beats Apple for brand loyalty, but where does your phone maker come?

    RIM beats Apple for brand loyalty, but where does your phone maker come?

    Keep it in the family 4 October 2011 16:54 GMT

    New figures released by Comscore suggest that BlackBerry owners are the most loyal phone users in the UK, pipping Apple to the top spot.

    In the survey, which looks at manufacturer churn rates in the UK in May, June, and July; BlackBerry maker...

  • UK download speed above global average

    UK download speed above global average

    But far behind the leaders 23 September 2011 14:37 GMT

    Before you start cursing your ISP when a sudden lag costs you a goal during a game of Fifa online, or means you take a bullet in the head on COD, then take comfort that we're above the global average when it comes to download speeds... just.

    A...

  • Apple now the biggest company in the world

    Apple now the biggest company in the world

    Tech 1 Oil 0 11 August 2011 10:13 GMT

    Back in May last year, Pocket-lint told you how Apple had overtaken Microsoft as the biggest tech business in the world. But Apple's endeavour for world domination didn't end there - as reports now suggest that Apple has taken over oil giant ExxonMobil...

  • Apple declared world's largest smartphone manufacturer

    Apple declared world's largest smartphone manufacturer

    Pipping Samsung to top spot 5 August 2011 12:26 GMT

    Back in July, when Nokia posted details of its operating loss of £424 million and smartphone shipment figures of 16.7 million, we told you how it meant that Apple had leapfrogged the Finnish company in terms of smartphone manufacturing.

    Well,...

  • Ofcom says we're a country obsessed by smartphones

    Ofcom says we're a country obsessed by smartphones

    Teenagers especially feeling the smartphone love 4 August 2011 11:23 GMT

    Ofcom has revealed the results of the latest Communications Market Report which has highlighted the full extent of the smartphone revolution. The communications watchdog has stated that we're a nation obsessed with smartphones.

    The smartphone...

  • Google+ has more than 25 million users hanging out

    Google+ has more than 25 million users hanging out

    Social network's popularity booming 3 August 2011 8:54 GMT

    The Google+ boom looks like it's continuing (for the time being at least) with ComScore putting the number of users for the new social network as more than 25 million - with 1 million UK users.

    In fact, ComScore reported that this was the total...

  • Android acquires half the smartphone market, but for how long?. Phones, mobile phones, Statistics, Android, iOS, Symbian, Operating Systems 0

    Android acquires half the smartphone market, but for how long?

    Mobile stats flood in 2 August 2011 16:19 GMT

    Big mobile news has just come in from research firm Canalys, as figures show how the top smartphone operating systems are fairing on the world market. Of particular interest is that Google's Android Operating System has captured 48 per cent of the...

  • Mobile infographic shows smartphone gaming's ultra success levels. Phones, Gaming, Mobile phone apps, Angry Birds, Rovio, Zynga, Statistics,  0

    Mobile infographic shows smartphone gaming's ultra success levels

    Stats o-rama 27 July 2011 17:43 GMT

    Just about everyone who owns a decent smartphone will at some point in their lives have had a play on Angry Birds. The application has been downloaded nearly 140 million times and is the biggest selling app of all time.

    Mobile gaming is set...

  • Women's World Cup Final smashes Twitter record

    Women's World Cup Final smashes Twitter record

    7,196 tweets per second 18 July 2011 9:42 GMT

    Who said women's football would never be popular eh? Try telling that to the twittersphere as the micro-blogging giant has revealed that during the women's World Cup final between Japan and USA, Twitter saw its record books re-written with an enormous...

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