Tablets and Smartphones Slow Laptop Sales Growth

Gartner has lowered its laptop-sales forecast for this year and the next, predicting that the popularity of tablets and smartphones will slow laptop sales. Gartner expects worldwide laptop sales to increase 11% this year and an…

Steve Jobs Unveils Apple’s iPad 2

Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave, made a surprise appearance at Apple’s launch event to unveil the iPad 2, its next-generation tablet. It will go on sale in the U.S. on March 11. The company’s stock edged up on the new…

Steve Jobs Unveils Apple’s iPad 2

Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave, made a surprise appearance today at Apple’s launch event to unveil the iPad 2, its next-generation tablet. It will go on sale in the U.S. on March 11. The company’s stock edged up on t…

Don’t Expect Apple Stock to Pop After iPad 2 Unveiling

That’s because Wednesday’s launch is expected to be more of a refresh rather than a totally new product. However, if Steve Jobs were to show up at the launch event, that would get investors excited and likely pump up Apple shar…