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Pandora Will Drop Monthly Listener Stats, Stock Dips

Pandora Media (P) stock fell Thursday after the Internet radio provider reported listener numbers for February but said it would phase out the monthly statistic. Pandora is facing increased competition after Apple (AAPL) launched iTunes Radio in September. Competition also is coming from iHeartRadio, an Internet radio platform owned by CC Media Holdings, the parent company of Clear Channel Communications, one of the largest radio station groups in

Android vendors pass Apple to bring tablets to the masses

Apple pioneered the modern tablet computer, but manufacturers using Google’s (GOOG) Android operating system are the ones bringing the device to the masses. Market research firm Gartner on Wednesday said Android surpassed Apple’s iOS as the top tablet operating system in 2013. Vendors sold 121 million Android tablets last year, accounting for 61.9% of the global market. Apple (AAPL) sold 70.4 million iPad tablets, making up 36% of the market. A year earlier, Apple had 52.8% tablet market share to Android’s 45.8%, Gartner said. In 2013, worldwide sales of tablets to end users totaled 195.4 million units, up 68% over 2012. Android tablet sales rose 127%, while Apple tablet sales rose 15%. Microsoft ‘s (MSFT) Surface tablets were a distant No. 3, with sales of 4 million units last year, or 2.1% market share. In 2012, it sold 1.2 million tablets, for 1% of the market. Tablet sales growth in…

Apple Announces CarPlay For In-Dashboard iPhone Use

Apple (AAPL) on Monday turned the ignition on CarPlay, a new in-dash version of its mobile platform that will link up to drivers’ and passengers’ iPhones. The new service is set to be available in some 2014-model cars and will allow iPhone users to manage music, GPS, phone calls and texts via in-dashboard touchscreens, steering-wheel buttons and voice controls. It’ll be a “safer and more fun way to use iPhone in the car,” Apple said in a Monday