Google is making another big push with Google TV, introducing two new set-top boxes…
Month: June 2012
Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2 Billion in cash
Microsoft Corp. and Yammer Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement…
Microsoft faces ‘major dilemma’ pricing Surface tablets against iPad
Chris Whitmore with Deutsche Bank doesn’t have high hopes for the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup…
Informationweek hack claims ‘customer revolt brews’ over ‘Apple’s planned obsolescence’
This just in from Apple: ‘MobileMe ends June 30…
Why iPhone 5’s Micro Dock Connector could really be Micro USB
It is all but certain that when the iPhone 5 ships Apple will have…
U.S. stocks fall amid concern Europe’s crisis will worsen
U.S. stocks fell, after last week’s drop in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index…
Microsoft and Google won’t have a price advantage with iPad, so they’ll have to actually make a better product
Last week Microsoft kinda-sorta announced its new Microsoft Surface tablet computer…
Does Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion fulfill the promise of OS X Lion?
Although over 40% of Mac users have already migrated to Lion…
Beleaguered RIM calls report of company splitting in two a ‘silly fantasy’
Research In Motion Ltd. wants to separate the hardware side of the business from the services side…
The unedited Q&A: Apple retail employees respond to NYT’s profile, share life from inside Apple Retail Stores
Over the weekend, The New York Times profiled Apple’s retail operations…
How Apple pushed Microsoft to create its ‘Surface’ tablets
Appel basically forced Microsoft to concoct their Blurry Ass Tablet™ efforts…
Why did Apple lock in Liquidmetal for two more years?
Imagine iPhone 5 looking as though it is made of a liquid metal…
Sony and Panasonic team up to develop advanced, next-gen TV displays
Long-time Japanese rivals Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. are working together…
Amendments to U.N. treaty could censor the Internet
A year after the Internet helped fuel the Arab Spring uprisings…
Airline exec expects Apple to incorporate NFC into next-gen iPhone, Passbook app
Jim Peters, CTO at SITA, told delegates at this year’s Air Transport IT Summit…
Apple to feature Yelp check-ins within iOS 6 Maps
Apple Inc.’s coming map application will include Yelp Inc.’s ‘check-in’ feature…
Beleaguered RIM reportedly considers splitting business in two
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is considering splitting its business in two…
Miami Dolphins latest to replace huge paper playbooks with Apple iPads
The Dolphins have finally decided to join the iPad Generation…
Apple’s U.S. e-books antitrust case set for 2013 trial
Apple Inc. and book publishers that haven’t settled e-book price-fixing claims…
Apple opens first retail store in London, Ontario; hundreds queue for grand opening
For months, 16-year-old Matt Chappelle heard the rumours, watched the store…
AnandTech reviews Apple MacBook Pro with Retina display: Editor’s Choice; first Mac to ever receive one
I’m doing something I’ve never done before in an Apple review…
Google shutters dedicated Mac and iOS blog due to Apple’s growing popularity
Google has maintained a blog for the last 5 years dedicated to its software for Apple’s Mac and iOS…
Judge dismisses entire Apple-Moto patent suit with prejudice
In another surprise move, Judge Richard A. Posner has again dismissed the entirety…
Fury at Apple’s ‘rip-off’ plan to make all iOS device accessories obsolete with new micro Dock Connector
Loyal Apple customers face being left with hundreds of pounds worth of obsolete accessories…
Why Apple’s sealed, non-user-serviceable MacBook Pro with Retina display is a very good thing
To meet the demands of today’s consumer, modern manufacturing basically requires…
iDisorder: iPhone obsession brings no relief for imagined vibrations
Apple has sold more than 217 million iPhones worldwide and sparked…
Study: Average SSD prices almost halved over last 12 months
Solid state drive prices have fallen by as much as 65 percent in the last 12 months…
Apple sues HTC in Virginia court for abuse of 4G/LTE standard-essential patents
On Thursday (June 21), Apple filed FRAND contract and antitrust claims…
PC assemblers hope (pray) that Apple’s iPad is delaying, not replacing notebook purchases
Notebook manufacturers are hopeful that the recent debut of Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors…
Analyst: China Mobile 3G user growth slow, carrier is ‘in need of an iPhone’
China Mobile’s 3G subscriber level remains relatively small and growth is slow as the carrier does not currently offer Apple’s iPhone…
Jason Schwarz: Top 10 reasons why Microsoft’s Surface is DOA
The only explanation for Ballmer still being the CEO of Microsoft is that he must have photos on Bill Gates…
Microsoft and Madison Avenue in epic battle over future of Internet advertising
Microsoft and Madison Avenue are in a battle unlike anything we’ve seen for years…
Apple patent applications detail security, display luminance, flash memory inventions
On June 21, 2012, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a series of patent…
Ars Technica reviews Apple’s MacBook Pro with Retina display: Sharp, crisp, pixelpalooza
Apple is betting on the future needs of professionals…
Why I love Microsoft’s vaporware Surface tablet
I don’t wish to suggest that Microsoft Surface is truly vaporware, but…
Apple’s next-gen iPhone, iPad, iPods to replace Dock Connector with ‘chipped’ Micro MagSafe?
After seeing the new, smaller opening on the bottom of some leaked iPhone 5 components…
Is Apple about to shame Samsung?
Innovative Apple Inc. and slavish Apple copier Samsung…
Apple opens iOS App Store in 32 countries
Apple today announced the addition of 32 new territories…
Report: Samsung Galaxy S III phone explodes in user’s car in Ireland
Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S III smartphones exploded in a user’s car in Ireland…
Microsoft’s Surface tablet said to be Wi-Fi only at launch; no 4G, no 3G, no 2G, not even 1G
Microsoft Corp.’s Surface tablet computer, unveiled this week…
Apple’s bid to block Samsung smartphone, tablet sales in U.S. set for June 29th
Apple Inc.’s request for a court order blocking U.S. sales of Samsung…
U.S. government complains, claims Apple trying to rush e-books antitrust case
The U.S. government says Apple Inc. wants to rush its New York antitrust lawsuit…
