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Apple Leads Tablet Computer Market But Loses Share

Global shipments of tablet computers continued a slow pace of growth in the third quarter, rising just 6% from the year-earlier quarter to 55.2 million units. Tablet shipments also rose 6% year-over-year in Q2. That’s down from 17% growth in Q1 and 33% growth in 2013, according to Strategy Analytics. Apple (AAPL) continued to lead the tablet field with a 22.3% market share in Q3, but that fell from 27% in Q3 2013. No. 2 Samsung saw its share fall

Sony aims to shake up pay TV with Internet alternative

Sony (SNE) on Thursday introduced the first multichannel Internet television service designed as an alternative to traditional pay-TV offerings from cable and satellite companies. Called PlayStation Vue, Sony’s Web TV service will be available initially to owners of PlayStation 3 and 4 video game consoles. It will offer live and on-demand programming with technology to personalize what content is presented. In a press release, Sony called PlayStation Vue a “pioneering new cloud-based TV service that reinvents the television experience.” PlayStation Vue will launch commercially in the first quarter. Invitation-only beta testing will begin this month in New York, followed by Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Sony will expand the service from PS3 and PS4 consoles to Apple (AAPL) iPads soon and later to more Sony and non-Sony devices. During beta testing, PlayStation Vue will offer about 75 channels from CBS (CBS), Discovery Communications (DISCA), Fox (FOX), NBCUniversal…

Apple stock cracks new high despite sour iPad report

Apple (AAPL) investors on Thursday shook off a negative report about the company’s iPad business and bid up shares to their second record high in as many days. Apple stock jumped nearly 2% to 113.45, a new high, in morning trading on the stock market today. In late-morning trading Thursday, Apple stock was trading just below that intraday high. Apple analysts generally are bullish about the company’s prospects for the holiday shopping season, given the company’s refreshed lineup of iPhones and iPads. This is also the first Christmas with premium headphone maker Beats Electronics under Apple ownership. But things are not all rosy for the Cupertino, Calif.-based company. Respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities reported that Apple is likely to see iPad shipments plummet in the first quarter and is delaying production of its rumored iPad Pro tablet. Kuo predicts that Apple will ship…