Take Google for example, before you have finished writing your search Google already has it for you. ... A few Google searches, some quick clicks on hyperlinks, and I've got the telltale fact or pitchy quote I was after.... If we need an answer to a question all we have to do is Google it, answer it, and forget it"(uwsp.edu). Google has made the process of learning how to do things extremely easy. ... Google makes it simple for us to look up the answers for that pesky math question, for a medical illness we may think we have. ...

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By the end of the time period, Starbucks, Apple and Google were all gains for my profit. ... I was surprised with Google for being able to even go up in their prices because of how high their cost already is, but they manage to survive. Google has some competition with other search engines and companies but they are a good company for short-term use. ... You would think they would be just as expensive as Google stocks or maybe even more. ... In the real world, with real money, I am not sure I would have invested my money in something as high as Google. ...

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On the other hand, Cook has been forced to compete for market share with Google and, in turn, has released products that were still in progress. ... Cook also suggested that Apple users look to rival services such as MapQuest and Google Maps while they fix their Maps feature (Wingfield). ... Apple could have relied on Google Maps for one more year (Wingfield). ... The other major player in the market, Google, has continuously trumped Apple in the Internet aspect (Wingfield). ... Apple tapped into their friendly relations with Google in order to use their map data. ...

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However, on February 2015, Google Inc acquired the intellectual property of Soft Card and henceforth undertook to integrate it into its Google Wallet Service. ... Later in 2013, the Google Wallet service integrated with Google Mail (G-mail). ... A conglomeration of factors is bound to determine whether either Apple Pay or Soft Card (now Google Wallet) or both succeed in each of the countries.  ... Statistics from the Namibian Ministry of ICT show that 60% of Namibians that use email as a means of communication have subscribed to Google Mail. ...

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The top two mobile OS is Android, which was developed by Google in November 2007. ... Android is the biggest competitor of iOS, especially between Appstore and Google Play (the stores that provide to user applications). ... "Microsoft's aim with its Cortana digital assistant is to incorporate the best features of Apple's Siri and Google Now "(Muchmore). ...

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NFC also allows the use of e-wallets like Google wallet used in Google play store application for payment and tracking of the transactions. ... Speech recognition implemented by Google and Microsoft requires an environment free from noise to work efficiently. ... Alternatively, Google has developed Google glasses with OHMD - optical head-mounted display – used for information display in smartphones as well as communication through voice commands with the Internet (Maria. ...

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Apple relied on their patents to stifle the growth of Google's operating system, Android, which is used by Samsung and other device makers. ... "I think it may come down to Google having to indemnify these guys, if it wants them to continue using Android" (USA Today). ... Google also faces a loss as they rely heavily on Android to drive mobile traffic to their search engine and other services to sell advertising. When Google first entered the market, Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs was infuriated that they blatantly ripped off iPhone characteristics and followed with a slew of lega...

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For entertainment purposes they have games, Google maps, NFC, and more. ... The A-GPS navigation tool is based on the Google Map (Samsung). Google map let you find closest restaurant, gas station, business places, and attractive places, nearby and then it will direct you to the place you want to go turn by turn. ... With its super AMOLED touch screen, 1.9GHz quad-core processor, 13- megapixel camera, 720 pixels video resolution, NFC, Google map, and more added features makes Samsung galaxy s4 is the smartphone with a complete package....

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In an effort to compete with Google's Android and Apple's iPhone, Microsoft revealed its new Windows Phone 8 software, although phones with their software will not hit stores for a few weeks in the US. ... The Samsung Galaxy S III does not offer these features, but Google did create an operating system that could be accommodated to fit 100 different models (Acohido). ...

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Amazon's Kindle, Samsung's Galaxy Note, Microsoft's Surface Pro, Google's Nexus 10 and Sony's Xperia Tablet Z are only a few that come to mind when I think of the huge shift to tablets that was made after the iPad was released. ... Companies like Microsoft and Google had to come up with their own version of an iPad, one that would attract customers looking for a tablet, but maybe not one from Apple. ...

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When the S3 and Note 2 came out, it was able to use NFC for S-Beam and Android Beam to interact with another device, use NFC tags, Google wallet, and many more. ... It is similar to Google wallet because it is a virtual wallet/payment. ... The App Store/Google Play are a great way to download apps, which can give you extra features. ...

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The iPhone 4S fell way short of expectations, a sign that many believe marks the fall of Apple Inc. following Steve Jobs' death while others blame the early reveal for the disappointment. Chief Executive Tim Cook's first posted quarterly earnings caused shares to fall seven percent and Apple's valu...

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The highly anticipated US patent trial between Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. and Apple Inc. began on Tuesday, July 31st. In their opening statements, Apple accused Samsung of intentionally stealing iPhone features and, thereby, infringing on their current patents. Samsung's rebuttal explained t...

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Introduction Every firm that hopes to be and remain competitive on any level in the market must appreciate the significance of innovation. Each firm must build a capacity to not only innovate once but also to keep developing past the initial innovation, a phenomenon known innovation persistence [ CI...

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Strategic Analysis of Apple Inc. Table of Contents Introduction 1 History 1 Business Strategy of Apple's iPhone 4 Value Adding Activities 5 International Strategy of Apple 5 Apple´s Key Competitors 6 Key Performance and Financial Highlights 7 Key Strategic Challenge: Increasing rivalry 8 Recommen...

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In Apple Inc.'s biggest personnel change since Tim Cook took over for the company's founder, Steve Jobs, two senior executives, Scott Forstall and John Browett, are leaving the company. According to sources within the company, both are being asked to leave after several missteps that risked Apple's...

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Executive Summary Apple Inc commonly known as Apple has effectively managed to be a successful company in a very competitive consumer electronics industry by been innovative and differentiating the company's products with similar products in the markets by offering high quality products and good customer service while the actual manufacturing of the products is outsourced to trusted third party suppliers. On a wider perspective, the company has set high standards that even the company itself has to be on its level best to maintain the standards that it has set. Over the last few years, t...

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On June 29, 2007, the Apple Company released their first iPhone. Later that same year, Android Incorporated had the unveiling of Android distribution. Both companies have been in major competition ever since. The fist iPhone ever released was on June 28, 2007. So far, Apple Company has released 5 i...

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Following one of the largest patent trials in electronic history where Apple Inc. scored an overwhelming win over Samsung Electronics Company, Apple is seeking a US sales ban on eight different models of the Samsung's smartphones, mostly from their Galaxy line, and including a future ban on a Samsun...

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This was followed closely by Google Android, tablet computers such as the iPad and other developments in the mobile communications industry which paved the way for smart phones to become a substantial share of worldwide mobile handset sales. ...

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The best invention in the past ten years is the iPhone. The iPhone is one of the most popular phones around. There have been over 700 million iPhones sold over the past 8 years (Smith). The iPhone was created in the summer of 2007. Apple already had an ipod out at the time and people were tired of c...

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My major is computer science. I had a workshop in my Chinese university with my classmates and my professor. We developed applications for smartphones. I have an iPhone now, but some of my friends are using Android phones and a few of them are using Windows phones. I like the IOS system for Apple pr...

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