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Apple has built a reputation as a monopoly. It is considered a monopoly because it controls so many aspects of its products. For example, the Google chrome on the iPhone has been created to be a bit slower than the safari on the iPhone. The Google chrome is not faulty it is just that apple isn't giving Google chrome an access to the java script. Apple over all monitors the aps placed in its iPhone. That is a monopolist move because monopolies want to prevent other firms from entering the market. Although apple isn't necessarily a monopoly it is considered a monopoly based on its actions as a firm.

 The article explains why apple is thriving even though it is violating the demand curve. The author believes that the reason for it is the fact that apple has good credit , and that apple is expensive. 

This article talked about how Apple broke the monopoly in computer industry controlled by Microsoft. 14 years ago Justice Department worried that without government intervention, consumer choice would be significantly limited by Microsoft. However, today Apple broke this monopoly and took a big share of market. By using non-price competition and creating innovative product, Apple survived and succeed in computer industry. So we can see there is no such thing as a monopoly in computer industry, the advancement of technology will always give the market to the firm.

This article is interesting because it talks about the support the cable oligopoly is getting from the government. Apple is trying to enter the oligopoly, but the government is not allowing them to because they want to maintain the oligopoly. They don't want Apple taking a lot of the demand from other companies. Also, innovations have been lacking in cable TV and they don't want Apple to change that and cause price and demand shifts. 

This article is particularly relevant due to the fact that it has a strong example of an oligopoly and it illustrates the barriers of entry of one

This article talked about the oligopolistic competition in smartphone market. Several firms such as Apple, Android, Microsoft and Nokia controls more than 80% of market share. It is a very typical oligopoly market structure. And we can see firms are colluding and competing. Microsoft and Nokia formed alliance to compete against Apple. Microsoft also kept releasing new product, such as the Windows Phone 7 last fall. Smartphone market is very centralized and competitive.

Apple has easily beaten Android through the release of iOS7. The new Apple update, iOS7, has been getting remarkable user ratings and positive criticism. Apple went deep in its research and development in order to bring something that was completely different from any previous versions.

Apple is still one of the strong players in the race with Samsung and Google, but lately their profit didn't meet the expected. Their revenue was $41 billion to $43 billion, but they were expected to reach $45 billion. Meanwhile, Android is still growing rapidly.

The article is about how chinese fans of iPhone 5 are looking everywhere to find an iPhone 5 , which has a big rate of sailing these days. People try to use different sources where they can buy an iPhone.

I really like this article because I think anything to do with demand for iPhone is interesting. Chances are, most people don't even know the new features of the iPhone 5 compared to the iPhone 4S but the popularity of Apple in of itself is enough to create hype

This article briefly goes over the possibility of Apple wanting to sell a lower priced iPhone (considerably lowered price) at the same time as it comes out with a new model. This is iterating as the mass consumer is no longer able to keep up with the $600 every 6months tat Apple cost them. Thus it has been rumored that they will do this in order to maintain the overall supply and demand of the cell phone.

The demand for the iPhone 5 is ridiculously high. With people camping outside the Apple store to get it before the stocks get over. The Apple store had changed the shipping estimate to two to three weeks. People who managed to submit their orders early were told they would receive their phones on Sept. 21, the day the iPhone 5 is officially available. That change in delivery times is a sign that Apple's online store burned through its initial inventory quickly, forcing customers who ordered later to wait.

Safari is still by far the largest browser in the industry, but there are other browsers that are still in the competition. Examples of these competing browsers are Opera Mini which accumlates around 12.72% and Android Browser which amounts to 22.82%. Safari still holds 55.41%. These three big firms have huge control over the browser industry.

This article first reminds the reader how theoretical perfect competition is so monopolies are inevitable. It goes on to talk about how there are benefits of having monopolies like Google. 

 Sony has managed to get rid of the competing technology,the HD DVD.   Instead of an increase gain in market share,Sony has had a decrease in  market share. The reason is that people are savvy to the pricing strategies that vendors use. They understand that with no competition, Sony will eventually have to lower its own price.  In taking out competition Sony has caused a decline in its own products.

This article is about the demand for mobile apps. Mobile apps are commonly inexpensive or free and very useful. Matt Greenwell is an app developer and when he started working there were he had 50 colleagues and nowadays there are 300. He says this change occurred in the last year and a half. Apps are cheap and the demand for them when they cost $0 is high, some of them can even be bought for $0. This is what made the market for Apps grow at an exponential rate.