By Poornima Gupta

(Reuters) – The U.S. cable industry, hoping to revive innovation and beat back the emergence of online video, is turning for ideas to Silicon Valley.

Leading players from Time Warner Cable to Comcast Corp will next year set up a showpiece research center in the heart of a region that has spawned recent momentous trends, from social networking to the mobile revolution.

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc sold 3 million of its new iPads in the first three days the tablet computers were available, driving optimism for a strong holiday quarter despite intensifying competition.

Sales of the 7.9-inch iPad mini and fourth-generation 9.7-inch version, both Wi-Fi only models, were double the first-weekend sales of the Wi-Fi iPad sold in March, Apple said on Monday.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook’s new go-to management team of mostly familiar faces failed to drum up much excitement on Wall Street, driving its shares to a three-month low on Wednesday.

The world’s most valuable technology company, which had faced questions about a visionary-leadership vacuum following the death of Steve Jobs, on Monday stunned investors by announcing the ouster of chief mobile software architect Scott Forstall and retail chief John Browett — the latter after six months on the job.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook on Monday replaced the heads of its software and retail units in the company’s biggest executive shake-up in a decade following embarrassing problems with its new mapping program and unpopular store-related decisions.

Software chief Scott Forstall, who oversaw the launch of the flawed mapping software and much criticized Siri voice-enabled assistant, will leave Apple next year.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook on Monday replaced the heads of its software and retail units in the company’s most sweeping executive shake-up in a decade following embarrassing problems with its new mapping program and unpopular store-related decisions.

Software chief Scott Forstall, who oversaw the launch of the flawed mapping software and much criticized Siri voice-enabled assistant, will leave Apple next year and serve as an advisor to Cook in the meantime.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc delivered a second straight quarter of disappointing results and iPad sales fell well short of Wall Street’s targets, marring its record of consistently blowing past investors’ expectations.

Shares in the world’s most valuable technology company briefly dipped to levels not seen since the start of August, after it delivered a 27 percent rise in fourth-quarter revenue and a 24 percent increase in earnings.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 25 (Reuters) – The biggest names in
consumer technology, stung by a string of disappointing
quarterly results this month, are suiting up for what’s shaping
to be the fiercest holiday battle in years.

Investors and consumers have already largely written off
flaccid quarterly numbers from tech behemoths like Microsoft
, Apple, Google and Amazon.
What counts is the next 60 days, when the biggest names in
technology do battle at a near-unprecedented scale and pace.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc delivered another quarter of lackluster results and iPad sales fell well short of Wall Street targets, pushing its stock down more than 1 percent.

The world’s most valuable technology company, whose share price flirted after hours with sub-$600 levels for the first time since August, delivered results largely in line with expectations. It had missed revenue forecasts a quarter ago.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amid the fanfare accompanying the noisy launch of the iPad mini this week, Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) also took the wraps off new Mac computers.

The facelift may help revitalize an important lineup that — while seeing growth tail off in the early part of 2012 — yields 14 percent of revenue and still racks up sales growth numbers that are the envy of a flagging PC world.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amid the fanfare accompanying the noisy launch of the iPad mini this week, Apple Inc also took the wraps off new Mac computers.

The facelift may help revitalize an important lineup that — while seeing growth tail off in the early part of 2012 — yields 14 percent of revenue and still racks up sales growth numbers that are the envy of a flagging PC world.