Thursday’s Tech Trends: Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s Subscriber Base, Google Inc (GOOG)’s Privacy War & Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)’s Damages

Microsoft says most Xbox One pre-order supply sold out (IBNLive)
Retail stores in many markets have run out of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Xbox One consoles available for pre-orders, a senior company executive said, ahead of a major clash with Sony Corp’s new lower-priced Playstation 4 this November. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s first new gaming console in eight years will go on sale November 22 in 13 countries, Yusuf Mehdi, vice president of marketing, strategy and business for the Xbox, said in an interview.

iPhone to cover over one-third of Australia’s mobile market: survey (Xinhuanet)
The world’s top consumer electronics company Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s products will dominate Australia’ s mobile phone market by providing iPhones to approximately 1.6 million Australians in the next 12 months, a media release from Melbourne-based Roy Morgan Research reported on Thursday. According to the survey conducted by Roy Morgan researchers, of more than 1,900 respondents who intend to upgrade their phones, around 39 percent of them intend to buy a new iPhone. And approximately two-thirds of the respondents who already have one iPhone say they will buy a new one.

Google turns 15! Major metrics, then and now (BizJournals)
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), the giant tech behemoth that towers over Mountain View, just turned 15. The company incorporated on Sept. 4, 1998. Here’s a look at the company – founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, two kids from Stanford – then and now…