Early buyers of the fourth-generation Apple TV are literally fanboys. More than 90% of buyers for Apple’s (AAPL) new streaming video device are men, according to a report Thursday by Slice Intelligence . Just 9.4% of the buyers were women, Slice said. The Apple TV 4 went on sale Oct. 30. While streaming media device buyers skew male (about 64%), the gender breakdown among early buyers of the Apple TV 4 is dramatic. Buyers of the three previous
Apple Watch has the smartwatch market largely to itself, selling millions of units each quarter while its nearest competitors are lucky to sell in the hundreds of thousands. On Wednesday, research firm Canalys estimated that Apple (AAPL) shipped nearly 7 million Apple Watch units in Q2 and Q3 combined, the first two quarters of availability. Meanwhile, Wall Street analysts estimate that Apple sold 6 million Apple Watches during that period.
No, CBS (CBS) chief executive Les Moonves and 21st Century Fox (FOXA) CEO James Murdoch did not say Apple (AAPL) by name, but management commentary on media company earnings calls hinted that an Apple Web TV service launch could be on the way, says an R.W. Baird analyst. William Power, an analyst at R.W. Baird, says Q3 media comments suggest that live, OTT (over-the-top) offers from Apple or perhaps Amazon.com (AMZN) may be coming, though timing,