| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | Why Xbox One, PS4 Price Cuts Aren't Coming Until 2015
| | | Those holding out for a cheaper next-gen console come next year may need to reconsider their timeline for making the plunge. (CNET)
Why This Is Important: Price cuts are usually made in response to lagging sales figures to mitigate company losses, but with the major releases of these consoles, a discount isn't looming in the future.
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| | #2 | Canalys: Half Of All PCs Shipped In 2014 Will Be Tablets; Android 65%, Apple 30%
| | | The growth of tablet sales has been outstripping that of more traditional desktop and laptop personal computers for a while, and
now it looks like we are finally approaching the tablet/PC tipping point, where the cheaper, more portable tablet is becoming the de facto PC: 2014 will be the year that tablets account for 50% of all "PCs" shipped globally, according to researchers at Canalys. (TechCrunch)
Why This Is Important:This year may mark the death of the PC as more consumers turn to their more convenient counterparts.
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| | #3 | Black Friday Looks Bright For Hybrid PCs
| | | The American holiday season must feel like it's turned on its head for those engaged in the consumer market. This Thursday, retail folks will sit down with the rest of us, giving thanks at the traditional harvest feast. And then the next day, they'll go to work for the first sign of how bountiful their harvest will turn out to be. So for them, at least, it might be more appropriate to call Thanksgiving the Hope-having holiday. (InformationWeek)
Why This Is Important: A tablet that acts like a PC and has many of the same structures, such as USB ports, might be the answer to consumer and retailer woes.
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"Amazon is the largest online retailer and is in direct competition with Marketplace merchants ... Making pricing demands to your own
competitors cannot be justified in any circumstances, not even with the undeniable advantages of an online market place," said Andreas Mundt, president of the German cartel office, after Amazon agreed to stop forcing third-party merchants to offer their cheapest price when selling products on its platform.
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