MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - The once-cuddly relationship between Google Inc. and Apple Inc. is morphing into a prickly power struggle as the ambitions and ideas of the technology trendsetters increasingly collide. The growing use of high-powered phones for Web surfing has become a flash point in the brewing battle because both Google and Apple view [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: October 23,2009
Tags: exports, high tech, Josh James, Michael Larson, TechAmerica, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
The high-tech industry annually brings Colorado billions of dollars in revenue and represents one of its top export products. The sector — including computers, semiconductors, electro-medical equipment and industrial electronics — generated $2.9 billion for Colorado during 2008. That, however, was an 8 percent decrease from 2007 and far off the 2006 high of $4.3 billion. So, [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: October 23,2009
Tags: exports, high tech, semiconductor
High-tech industry exports totaled $223 billion nationally during 2008, an increase of 1 percent compared to 2007. While long-term analysis shows an increase of 38 percent since 2002, high-tech exports have decreased in four subsectors: computers and peripheral equipment, consumer electronics, semiconductors and industrial electronics. Those decreases, however, have been partially mitigated by increases in communications equipment, [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: October 20,2009
Tags: Cyberstates, high tech
Colorado’s high tech industry saw an 8 percent drop in exports to foreign countries last year - a big blow to the state’s economy. The $2.9 billion high tech industry accounts for 37 percent of the state’s total exports. About 37 percent of overall exports comes from the state’s semiconductor market - and they have dropped since [...] [...]
