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  • Apple patents magnetically detachable wireless earbuds for iPhone

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    My daughter has a set of earbuds with a magnetic coupling in the cable, so I doubt Apple can be trying to patent this aspect of the design.
    It already happened...read the first sentence:" As awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple's U.S. Patent No. 9,277,309 for a "Detachable wireless listening device" You doubt it already happened?

  • Microsoft Surface sales boom amid tepid iPad demand

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    stantheman said:
    "According to Microsoft's official numbers, Surface revenue came in at $926 million."

    My back-of-the-envelope calculations assume a retail selling price of $926 per unit. That way, Microsoft's revenue figure translates into one-million Surface units sold: not anywhere near iPad sales, nor iPad Pro sales, either. If average Surface selling price is 25% higher than my assumed $926 figure, then Surface sales fell short of one million units.

    In other news, Apple has sold large numbers of MacBooks and iPads to IBM in recent months, and a large share of those sales were likely attracted away from Microsoft's portable Surface. With Macs compared to PC's, IBM reports spending far less on internal support staff and achieving higher user satisfaction. That's why unit sales of Surface are lagging. A million units sold to diehard fans is easier than selling a second million units to customers without a Windows commitment.
    That is revenueas in money they made, they sold way more than 1 milliion pieces to make that kind of revenue!