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Rupert Murdoch’s iPad Daily: Who needs paper?

February 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

A new digital paper tests a new model for news

EIGHT years ago Apple launched iTunes, a digital store selling music singles for 99 cents apiece. For record companies ravaged by piracy, it seemed like a good deal. Only later did many come to regret allowing another company to set retail prices and to get between them and their customers. On February 2nd Apple and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation launched the Daily, an iPad newspaper that will cost 99 cents a week. It will not dominate the digital news market the way iTunes came to rule the digital music market. But it sets a disruptive precedent or two.

The Daily is a mixture of the newfangled and the old-fashioned. It has whizzy graphics, including video and “360-degree” pictures. Sport fans can receive the twitterings of their favourite players. Unlike most websites, though, the Daily is available only in America. It features outmoded things such as editorials and paid reporters. Although it can be updated to take in breaking news, it is primarily a daily, not an hourly. …

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Google opens online store for Android users

February 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

google1In an effort to compete with the rival Apple in the wireless sector, search engine giant Google has launched a new online store of advanced software applications that run on mobile phones powered by Android software. Google’s new online store, Market.Android.com, will allow Android users find new applications more easily from their computers, see recommendations [...]

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Apple iPad 2 Screen Thinner, Lighter: Rumors

February 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

Apple’s next iPad will feature a thinner and lighter screen but likely no high-resolution Retina Display technology, according to images posted on 9to5Mac. – Apples iPad 2 may lack a high-definition Retina Display, at least based on alleged photos of the device posted on the blog 9to5Mac.
The blog claims that, along with “the iFix Youri iPhone 4 repair shop,” it managed to acquire an “iPad 2 LCD” from China.
“At this point, we cannot tell if the resol…


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Apple, News Corp Launch iPad-Only Daily Newspaper

February 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

Apple and News Corp launched The Daily, an iPad-only newspaper, Feb. 2. A lot of attention will be focused on whether its model can succeed in a dynamic marketplace. – Apple and News Corp launched The Daily, an iPad-only
newspaper, Feb. 2 in New York City. Priced at 99 cents per week (and $39.99 per
year), the publication enters a complicated and dynamic media environment that
seems to take special pleasure in crushing upstarts.
The question is whether the iPa…


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HP CEO Leo Apotheker Wants HP to Be ‘Cool’ Like Apple

February 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

With its Feb. 9 WebOS event, HP will reportedly begin presenting itself as a new company one that hopes to replace Apple as the epitome of cool. – The big WebOS event that Hewlett-Packard has planned for
Feb. 9 is expected to include the introduction of its long-awaited WebOS-based
answers to the Apple iPad. However, beyond
introducing a few devices, the event reportedly will
represent the unveiling of a new HP, and one that Leo Apotheker
…


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Monty Python cow tossing, Cooler Master solar case, Apple denies new in-app purchase rules

February 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

One of my favorite scenes in Monty Python and the Holy Grail is where they start attacking the French castle with a catapult loaded with cows. An iPhone app is coming soon that will let you fling cows all you want called Monty Python Cow Tossing and it should land in the next few weeks. [...]

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RIM PlayBook v Apple iPad 2 Posted By : contador wanarua

February 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

Apples iPad has created a history in European market by doing business of 3 million in first 80 days of its release. But RIM PlayBook may give a tough competition to iPad in coming days.

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Apple Pushing In-App E-Book Purchase Policy, Alienating Sony

February 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

Apple is stepping up enforcement of its in-app purchasing policy for e-books, bringing it into conflict with Sony and, potentially, Amazon and Barnes & Noble. – Apple is ratcheting up its policy enforcement for e-book apps, stating
flatly that app-makers such as Sony and Amazon must offer in-app purchasing
through Apples online storefront if they want to make e-books purchased on
other devices available on Apples mobile devices.
That has the potential …


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Google Chrome Hits 10.7%, Apple Safari Tops 6%

February 1st, 2011 | No Comments

Google’s Chrome Web browser topped 10.7 percent market share through January, up from 10 percent through December 2010. Safari grew as well, while IE 9 is performing better. – Google’s
Chrome Web browser continued to grow through the first month of 2011, reaching
10.7 percent market share through January, up from 10 percent through December
2010.
Researcher Net
Applications also noted that Apple’s Safari rose to 6.3 percent
from 5.9 percent over the same period. Thi…


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ATandT Sued for Allegedly Overbilling Apple iPhone, iPad Users

February 1st, 2011 | No Comments

AT&T is reportedly facing a federal class-action suit for “systematically” overstating the data use of iPhone and iPad owners. – AT amp;T reportedly is facing a federal
class-action suit alleging that it
“systematically overstates the amount of data used on each data transaction
involving an iPhone or iPad,” according to
the Courthouse News Service, a
site for lawyers and the media.
According to the Jan. 31 report,
th…


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GSLO Volt cases closer to launch, Apple blocks Sony reader app, iOS 4.2.6 lands

February 1st, 2011 | No Comments

GSLO has announced that it has received the first shipment of Volt solar chargers for testing. The company says it will test them for manufacturing quality before they ship to users in the US. Apple has blocked the Sony Reader app from the App Store. The reason the app was blocked is that in-app purchases [...]

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Apple’s White iPhone 4 Could Ship Soon: Wozniak

February 1st, 2011 | No Comments

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak told an audience during an interview that the much-delayed white iPhone 4 could ship soon. – Apple
co-founder Steve Wozniak suggested in a live interview that the white iPhone 4
had encountered manufacturing problems, dovetailing with persistent rumors
behind the smartphone variants persistent delays.
In his Jan. 30 studio talk with Engadget, Wozniak
said he thought the white iPhone…


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Samsung’s Growing Galaxy Lineup Make It a True Apple Competitor

January 31st, 2011 | No Comments

The mobile device market has no lack of attractive Android-running smartphones, and still Samsung has managed to score big with its Galaxy line. During the seven months following the phones launch, Samsung sold more than 10 million of them, which, during the fourth quarter of 2010, helped it to pass the 80-million-phones mark for the first time in the companys history. Looking to keep the momentum going, Samsung at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show announced that it has created a 4G smartphone and tablet for Verizon Wireless. It also plans to introduce a Galaxy S successor phone with a dual-core processor and Super AMOLED Plus display during the first half of 2011. In addition, on Jan. 26, Samsung introduced four new Galaxy smartphones for first-time smartphone owners. (Not to mention its Galaxy Tab media tablet, which it sold more than 2 million of in just three months.) Samsungs success appears to be due, in part, to an aesthetic that takes cues from Apple and the very un-Apple-like decision to make deals with each of the big U.S. carriers, instead of going for an exclusive contract. While Samsung& which ranks second in worldwide phone sales& hasnt yet threatened Apples sales, EndPoint Technologies analyst Roger Kay told eWEEK, "It has demonstrated that its a worthy competitor." – …


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Samsung Galaxy Chips Away at Apple Tablet Market Share: Strategy Analytics

January 31st, 2011 | No Comments

Apples iPad owned 95 percent of the tablet market in Q3, but one quarter later its slipped to 75 percent, due to Samsungs Galaxy Tab and other Android tablets. – Apples iPad
is still the world-dominating tablet by far, but during the fourth quarter,
competitors running Googles Android OS led by the Samsung Galaxy Tab took a
sizeable bite out of Apples lead.
While Apple
fully owned the market during the third quarter of 2010, with 95 percent of the
worl…


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RIM’s BlackBerry Curve Will Go All Touch-Screen: Report

January 31st, 2011 | No Comments

RIMs next BlackBerry Curve will be all touch-screen, according to online rumors. RIMs roadmap is a source of speculation as it gears to compete with Apple and Google. – Research In
Motions next Curve will be touch-screen only, according to specs leaked on a
BlackBerry rumor blog.
The Canadian
company, currently fighting to maintain its share of the smartphone market in
the face of fierce competition from the Apple iPhone and Google Android, is staying
firmly …


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Apple iPhone 5 Design: 10 Hot Features We Expect to See

January 31st, 2011 | No Comments

Apple and Verizon Wireless offered another sweet piece of the Apple mobile pie when they announced the iPhone 4 would be coming to the Verizon network Feb. 10. But iPhone fans are already counting down the days to the usual June unveiling of the next-generation iPhone. No official details are available yet, though media reports are beginning to zero in on some of the features the new device and platform are expected to have. One item we believe you can count on as sure as the night is dark is that the next iPhone will include Near-Field Communication capabilities. NFC is the short-range wireless communications technology that enables wireless phones to communicate with sensors in posters, signs and even point-of-sale contact terminals. In other words, such technology will make the iPhone an electronic wallet. Expect the iPhone 5 to include a chip and for iOS5 to include an NFC controller software stack homegrown and patented by Apple. But there will be more, lots more. In this slide show, eWEEK speculates on a bunch of other new features for the iPhone 5 this summer. – …


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Apple iPad Faces Risks from Android 3.0 Honeycomb

January 31st, 2011 | No Comments

Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously denounced Android as unable to compete with the iPad, but Android 3.0 Honeycomb could raise tablet competition to a new level. – Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously (or infamously, depending on
your point of view) lashed out against Google Android tablets during his companys
October earnings call, denouncing them as incapable of competing with the iPad.
The “painful lesson,” Jobs told analysts and media listening
to that call, …


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BlackBerry knocked out of Top-5 sellers by China’ ZTE

January 29th, 2011 | No Comments

BlackBerry25China’s ZTE Corp. has replaced BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) among the world’s top five mobile phone sellers. According to a report released Friday by tech research company IDC, the low-priced cellphone maker ZTE also pushed Apple to the last spot on the Top-5 list on the back its surging sales. The report “Worldwide [...]

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Apple iPad available for Rs.27,900 in India

January 29th, 2011 | No Comments

Apple iPadAfter almost an year of its launch in the US, Apple Inc Friday introduced its iPad in the Indian market at a starting price of Rs.27,900. While the 16 GB model wi-fi will be available at this price, the 32GB and 64GB models will be available for Rs.32,900 and Rs.37,900, respectively, the company said on [...]

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Macworld Shows Off a Slew of Creative, Colorful New Products

January 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Some 270 Apple products vendors& the highest number in the 27-year history of the Macworld Expo& and upwards of 20,000 attendees were on hand Jan. 27 for the three-day event at Moscone West in San Francisco. That is, all except Apple itself, which is MIA for the second year. Macworld President Paul Kent told eWEEK that about one-third of the vendors and half the attendees are new to the event this year, a clear indicator that Apple is reaching new stature in the world market with the iPhone 4 and iPad products it released in 2010. On the show floor, a flurry of color and activity could be found on Day 1, with new music-, photo- and storage-related products; an iPad-connected smart-card reader; a Macintosh-run PBX phone system; a clever write-on-paper, show-on-screen classroom system for teachers; and a video-sharing application for iPhones and iPads. Entertainment this year includes comedian Sinbad and Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudness, who will demo his Morphwhiz music application, which is an iPad synthesizer he uses in live performances. Here are highlights of this year’s show. (Photos by Chris Preimesberger, eWEEK.) – …


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