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Apple Finally Tells the iPad to Go Out and Get a Damn Job | WIRED

APPLE’S IPAD WAS always a solution in search of a problem—forever in the “want” category, never quite the “need.” Sure, it sold like gangbusters. But everyone who wanted one has one by now, and doesn’t want or need another. Despite a year’s worth of upbeat projections and assurances from CEO Tim Cook, the iPad is … well, in need of new ideas. Craig Federighi’s WWDC presentation played up the gee-whiz appeal of the iPad’s forthcoming multitasking features and made one thing clear: It is high time Apple put its tablet to work.How? By turning it into the “truck” of mobile computing. It turns out that Steve Jobs’ prediction in 2010 that PCs “are going to be like trucks”—that is, semi-specialized professional machines for getting work done—was more prescient than he intended. Phablets like the iPhone 6 Plus handle casual communication and entertainment needs; meanwhile, PCs like the Macbook Pro and 5K Retina iMac are so good they’re no longer trucks, they’re heavy construction equipment.

Source: Apple Finally Tells the iPad to Go Out and Get a Damn Job | WIRED

1 Number That Shows How Apple Inc.’s iPhone Crushed Google Android (AAPL, GOOG, GOOGL)

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Google (NASDAQ: GOOG  ) (NASDAQ: GOOGL  ) Android remains the most popular mobile OS worldwide, claiming 81.5% of the smartphone market in 2014, according to IDC. Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) iOS came in a distant second with a 14.8% share.

But when it comes to profitability, Apple claimed a whopping 89% of all smartphone profits worldwide in the fourth quarter, up from 70.5% a year ago, according to Strategy Analytics. Android’s percentage of profits plunged from 29.5% to 11%.

via 1 Number That Shows How Apple Inc.’s iPhone Crushed Google Android (AAPL, GOOG, GOOGL).