We have all been there. A new phone hits the market, and suddenly our current phone seems to become very slow. If we were to listen to the hype, all accusing fingers point to phone manufacturers, whom, justified by profit, throttle the performance of their older devices, either by remote, or by design, in an effort to push users to upgrade to a newer phone. To challenge that notion, Harvard professor Sendhil Mullainathan, ran an experiment, an empirical study of trends, devices and human behavior set to explain what actually happens to our phones.

According to RBC Capital market analyst Amit Daryanani, there are several important factors boosting confidence in Apple’s profitability, and encourage RBC Capital to raise its target from $100 to $110.

It his public memo, Stephen Elop has been quoted as saying that “with a set of changes already implemented earlier this year in these teams, this means there will be limited change for the Surface, Xbox hardware, PPI/meetings or next generation teams.”. Elop further elaborate on how Windows Phone is set to become a platform targeting users across the income spectrum.

IBM is reportedly committed to developing over 100 enterprise-class applications, exclusive to iOS, as well as providing Apple with analytics, device management and mobile integration. The apps will then be sold by IBM’s to its own business clients across the world.