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Apple Watch satisfaction badly lags first iPhone

A little over half of Apple Watch owners say they’re “very satisfied” with the device, well below the satisfaction levels for Apple’s (AAPL) original iPhone. In its first survey of Apple Watch owners, 451 Research found that 54% are “very satisfied” with Apple’s first smartwatch, while 33% are “somewhat satisfied,” 6% “somewhat unsatisfied” and 6% “very unsatisfied.” In 2007, ChangeWave Research, now owed by 451, surveyed users of the first iPhone

From Apple To Yelp, Tech Disruption To Crunch Profits

Technology giants and startups will play a big role in crushing corporate profits globally across a wide span of industries, says a Harvard Business Review article. “At nearly $750 billion in early 2015, Apple’s (AAPL) market capitalization was almost as large as the whole of Russia’s stock market,” says the HBR article, noting Apple’s disruption of the publishing, music and cellphone industries, with the TV market possibly next. Technology

Apple declines to reveal iPhone 6S pre-order number

Apple (AAPL) on Monday balked at giving pre-order numbers for the first 24 hours of iPhone 6S availability, something it’s done historically for other models. Instead, Apple gave statements to the press saying that its iPhone 6S smartphones are “on pace” to beat the first-weekend sales record (10 million units) set last year by the iPhone 6 smartphones. The iPhone 6S was made available for pre-order starting Saturday in 12 countries vs. 10 for the