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What I am seeing is a second great wave of consolidation in the industry. And by that I mean that every large company is getting into the traditional space of every other large company. Let's go down a sample list of some of the changes…

Many of the largest technology companies are making so much money that they are rapidly accumulating cash on their balance sheets. While on could argue that this cash should be stripped off the balance sheet for valuation purposes, I would…

Bloomberg News recently conducted a wide-ranging interview with Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and the headline comments that are lighting up the technology world point to Schmidt's belief that Google is "winning" the mobile platform "war"…

Apple's latest tablet, the much-anticipated iPad mini, is out and reactions are all over the web. The big news from the Apple presser is threefold: the iPad mini will retail starting at $329, the MacBook Pro line gets a retina display…

When I started to write about the mobile space on Credit Writedowns three years ago, it was clear to me that Apple's strategy as a sole hardware manufacturer earning high margins and maintaining dominant market share was limited. The…

Here's my lead story: Android has caught up to, and in some cases, surpassed iOS. I'll give this a personal twist. I own three Android phones and have another loaned out to my nephew. I also own two Android tablets, one Xoom and one Kindle…

The Kindle Fire was a master stroke by Amazon to entrench it's content and shopping platform in consumer households, especially because Apple's premium pricing left the door open for Amazon to fill a void at a lower price point as the…

There has been a lot of chatter about Apple recently because of the monster move it has sustained in the first four months of the year. Bloomberg reports that Apple gained more than $250 billion in market share in just four months to April…

More News Links for 13 December 2011 including a report of Verizon chasing Netflix, Google building a siri competitor and a potential mobile driving ban.

Influential tech blogger Robert Scoble talked to Bloomberg earlier in the week about the social media scene. The main message I took away is that he believes Google+ is a successful product for Google which could spell trouble for Facebook…