Researchers are creating software that links fans’ smartphones into a network…
Month: July 2009
Oracle: How does an 80,000-person organization use Apple iPhones?
With six popular business applications in the App Store, Oracle…
Taiwan’s Foxconn agrees on suicide compensation
The Taiwanese employer of a young Chinese man who killed himself after being interrogated…
Rogers profit beats analysts’ estimates as Apple iPhone helped carrier win subscribers
Rogers Communications Inc., Canada’s largest wireless carrier…
More developers turning the page to Apple Mac and iPhone programming
There are multiple different ways to assess the iPhone’s impact on the software community…
Report: Hon Hai to manufacture Apple 10-inch multi-touch devices; to debut as soon as September
A September launch of Apple’s rumored “MacBook touch” or “iTablet” has been reiterated…
Apple’s iTunes Store set to sell 4 billion songs in 2009 alone
Apple’s iTunes Store has sold eight billion songs since launch in mid-2003…
Microsoft opens me-too mobile app store to developers; dangles ‘Big Ass Table’
Microsoft is dangling prizes to entice developers for slap together some applications for the company’s cheap, uncool customers…
China Unicom: Exclusive China iPhone deal with Apple is preliminary; no formal agreement
China Unicom, one of China’s top three mobile carriers, has reached a preliminary agreement…
Report: China Unicom wins three-year Apple iPhone exclusive; iPhone 3G to launch in September
According to a report in Chinese media, China Unicom and Apple have inked an exclusive…
SEC makes ‘naked’ short-selling rule permanent
Federal regulators on Monday made permanent an emergency rule aimed at reducing abusive short-selling…
New Mac OS X Snow Leopard build adds Exposé features, new QT icon
Apple has released build 10A421 of its upcoming Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system…
Google’s latest Android build (Donut) features multi-touch, universal search, and more
Google has released the code for Android’s Donut build to developers…
PC World writer: Rumored Apple tablet is a train wreck
Given the rumor mill chatter, it sounds like the mythical Apple tablet…
WD ships industry’s first 1 TB 2.5-inch mobile hard drive
WD today announced two new mobile hard drives that reach new capacity extremes…
China iPhone manufacturer Foxconn under fire after missing 4G Apple iPhone prototype prompts suicide
When a closely guarded prototype of a new Apple iPhone went missing at a huge factory…
Verizon profit drops 21%; carrier to axe 8,000 jobs
Verizon Communications Inc., posted a 21 percent profit drop and plans to trim more than 8,000 positions in the second half…
Apple’s iPod: 218 million units and counting, but what comes next?
The iPod as many of us have known it is on the wane and giving way to a more feature-rich…
FT: Apple to debut ‘full-featured, tablet-sized computer’ in time for Christmas shopping season
Apple is working with the four largest record labels to stimulate digital sales of albums…
Dvorak: Microsoft might now be in actual decline
Everyone knew the day would come when the fortunes of Microsoft Corp. would reverse…
Apple planning iTunes music subscriptions, Spotify-like streaming?
With over two million European users, music streaming service Spotify hopes to launch…
Microsoft to mimic Apple (what else is new?) with ‘Guru Bars’ in retail stores
A leaked presentation has exposed Microsoft’s tentative plans for its retail stores…
Report: Verizon scurrying to launch 4G by early 2010; Prepping for Apple device?
So, it’s looking more and more likely that a large form iPod touch…
CNBC’s Goldman: Does Palm really believe it’s okay to co-opt Apple’s tech in order to sell its own?
When former Apple iPod wunderkind Jon Rubinstein joined Palm as executive chairman…
Expert: Apple likely to sue beleaguered Palm over Pre’s unauthorized iTunes mooching
Palm Inc.’s decision to re-enable syncing to iTunes in its new Web OS update…
Sources say Apple ‘tablet device’ coming early 2010
After four years of meticulous of developmental riddled with setbacks…
Apple’s rumored ‘iTablet’ really Apple TV Take 3?
Apple faces special challenges with the Apple TV…
Apple’s success – even in troubled economic times – was inevitable
While the popular belief is that Apple’s iPhone comes with a halo effect that encourages…
Beleaguered Microsoft
Microsoft is dying. It seems to offer no innovation…
Why ‘MacBook touch’ (iTablet) will become Apple’s flagship product and change society as we know it
Digital content has been available for years but the right vehicle to consume the content…
Jim Cramer: Apple shares could once again hit $200; Dump Palm
Cramer said companies like Apple (AAPL), a stock which he now thinks could once again see $200 a share…
Microsoft changes ‘Laptop Hunters’ ad to remove incorrect MacBook price
Following a complaint from Apple, Microsoft has quietly tweaked at least one of the ads…
Move to Windows 7 will be tough for millions, so now’s the time to get a Mac
How will Windows users transition their current computers to the new Windows 7?
Rob Enderle couldn’t analyze his way out of a wet paper bag
Enderle said Microsoft has been executing well in the last several months…
Beleaguered Palm updates Pre software to resume iTunes mooching
Just a week after Apple killed the Pre’s ability to sync with desktop music management client…
Microsoft shares plunge after quarterly profit disappoints; net income drops 29%
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday reported disappointing fiscal fourth-quarter results…
Adobe issues critical security advisory for Adobe Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player
Adobe has issued a “Security advisory for Adobe Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player” which…
Analyst sees Apple unveiling various iPods with camcorder functionality
In a research note issued this week, Canaccord analyst Peter Misek speculates that Apple…
AT&T shares advance after Apple’s new iPhone 3GS helps profit beat estimates
AT&T Inc., the largest U.S. phone company, rose the most in three months after profit topped analysts’ estimates…
Analyst: Expect Apple to continue to dominate PC and smartphone innovation
Despite selling the most expensive PCs in an economic recession…
Where on earth are Apple’s 18.6 million iPod touches?
So where are those 18.6 million iPod touches?
Why does Apple hate Apple TV?
I love my Apple TV. But apparently, Apple doesn’t…