Contracts such as Apple's prevent publishers from selling books to other buyers at a cheaper rate.
Since the last PlayStation was launched in 2006, mobile devices such as Apple Inc.
The consumer-electronics market is also dominated by giant companies such as Apple Inc.
Amazon competes in the e-content space with companies such as Apple and Netflix.
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Other mobile-makers, such as Apple, RIM, and Samsung, currently have a stronghold on the market.
Mr Dotcom has also won support from prominent technologists such as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Huggers hired a dream team from companies such as Apple, Microsoft and Rovi.
Arguments such as Apple is fundamentally cheap close to its cash value will not hold water.
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Mr Dotcom has also won support from prominent computer pioneers such as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
When a leading stock such as Apple drastically underperforms, it is a sell signal.
Ferguson, a graduate of MIT and former independent technology consultant for companies such as Apple Inc.
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These trends, along with the overall consumerization of the PC market, favor certain brands, such as Apple.
Steve Ballmer's controversial time as Microsoft's boss has seen the company eclipsed by competitors such as Apple.
That was invented here and was crucial to the success of companies such as Apple and Microsoft.
And I doubt they were accumulating shares of stocks such as Apple ( AAPL) and Amazon.com ( AMZN).
Portable computer tablets, such as Apple's upcoming iPad, are also part of the equipment of a paperless office.
It also works closely with original equipment manufacturers such as Apple Inc.
The moves have caused new rivalries between competitors such as Apple and Motorola, or Oracle Corp. versus Google Inc.
But the console hasn't had a refresh in eight years and arrives as mobile devices such as Apple Inc.
So far, people have been most interested in buying films for gadgets such as Apple's iPod or Microsoft's Xbox 360.
Besides Microsoft, Sony has been struggling to keep up with powerful rivals such as Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.
Internet-based applications such as Apple's Messages are starting to take over from what was once a cash cow for phone companies.
Many tech firms renowned for innovation, such as Apple, Amazon, Tencent, and even Tesla are also known for normative control.
Sales of mobile processors that power popular devices such as Apple's iPhones and Samsung's own Galaxy smartphones boosted the bottom line.
The company last year entered the market itself with the tablet known as Surface, just as products such as Apple Inc.
Offering that option could allow device makers such as Apple Inc.
The real question, she said, is whether we'll start to see top manufacturers such as Apple adding the feature to their products.
Services from companies such as Apple and Microsoft "work really well on their own platform, but others are an afterthought, " Mr. Houston said.
The technology leaders of the 1990s, Microsoft, Intel and Cisco, have performed dismally as new leaders such as Apple and Google have emerged.
With many tech stocks having already hit all-time highs, such as Apple, market leadership may have to come from a customary source, financials.
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