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Video: Apple Losing Cool Factor Among Young People

Apple (AAPL) may be losing its “cool” factor with a demographic that it can least afford to lose — U.S. college and high school students. Even worse, Cupertino, Calif.’s erstwhile king of must-have mobile gadgets seems to be surrendering its crown to tech giant rivals such as Google and Amazon, according to a just-out poll. Coming off a ballyhooed Tuesday rollout of Apple’s (AAPL) latest iPhone 6 models and a new smartwatch, a survey by online textbook rentals and sales provider Chegg (CHGG) found that only one in 10 college and high school students plans to purchase the Apple Watch. In another millennial snub, just one-third said that they plan to buy Apple’s latest iPhones. Chegg’s Student Buzz survey uncovered further psychic dents in Apple’s image among the younger set. While 71% of college and high school students rate Google (GOOGL) as “cool,” and 72% say the same for Amazon (AMZN)…

Smartphones In Use To Grow 3-Fold Over Next 6 Years

Smartphones will dominate the global mobile communications landscape in just six years, a report out Thursday predicts. The trend is benefiting smartphone leaders Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOGL). By 2020, smartphones will account for two of every three mobile connections worldwide, according to the report by mobile industry group GSMA. Basic phones, feature phones and data terminals such as tablets, dongles and routers will account for the

AT&T Verizon called ‘U.S. investment heroes’

With all the talk recently about companies sheltering profits overseas, it’s nice to see U.S. companies investing at home. Telecom giant AT&T (T) leads a list of U.S. companies based on domestic capital spending. The list, released Wednesday by the Progressive Policy Institute, refers to AT&T and others as “U.S. investment heroes” for their capital expenditures. AT&T is the top company for the third year in a row, the Washington, D.C.-based think tank reported. It invested $20.9 billion in U.S. facilities and equipment in 2013, PPI said. AT&T archrival Verizon Communications (VZ) came in second, with $15.4 million in capex spending…. Excluding energy and financial companies, the next companies on the list are Wal-Mart (WMT) ($8.65 billion), Intel (INTC) ($8.44 billion), Comcast (CMCSA) ($6.6 billion), Google (GOOGL) ($4.7 billion), General Motors (GM) ($4.59 billion) and Apple (AAPL) ($3.81 billion), PPI said. AT&T spent heavily last year