Posts Tagged ‘ apple ’

Video has become part of everyday life for many people in the world.  We can take video on our phones, iPods, iPads, hand held high-definition camcorders, and even a few still cameras have the ability to shoot video these days.  Never before has it been so easy to shoot a movie clip.  Whether it...
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Feel free to crunch the numbers in your spreadsheet or data analysis program of choice. You will, however, come to the same bottom line the experts at ComScore drew as they analyzed the smartphone market’s summer statistics: Android is hot. The rest are not. Between the first of June and August 31, Android surged...
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DigiTimes, an IT publication based in Taiwan, reported last week that a new smaller version of the iPad was scheduled to be released in 2011 based upon reports of component manufacturing companies ramping up for the smaller parts. DigiTimes reported that the new iPad would be between 5 and 7 inches and be priced...
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Remember when you were a kid and the neighbor down the street got something really cool, and you didn’t have one? You felt as though life was incomplete until you had one, too. That’s the position Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, finds himself in now. Apple’s iPad has sold over 3.3 million units, and...
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The rumors are circulating that Research In Motion, the company behind BlackBerry, is gearing up to release a tablet in November. Despite the long-standing rumors, RIM could not be reached for comment. The tablet will reportedly have a 9.7 inch screen, which is roughly the same size as the iPad. The device will feature...
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Oh, Apple…it seems as though the company is on top of the world one day, and the laughing stock of it the next. Mere days after Steve Jobs got on a soap box about Apple’s commitment to the privacy of its consumers, and iPad security breach compromised the personal information of over 100,000 iPad...
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Apple overtakes Seattle giant as most valuable The most powerful possible affirmation for the Cupertino clan’s business model, all of the world’s major news services reported Wednesday that Apple Computer has become the world’s most valuable technology corporation, overtaking Microsoft, which has owned the top spot for decades.  Apple shares closed Wednesday valued at...
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A daunting collection of images and a reasonably high-quality video appeared on Vietnamese web site taoviet.vn Wednesday, showing what appears to be an authentic Apple iPhone 4G prototype.  The southeast Asian site documents a complete tear-down of the device, and pictures of the internal components very strongly suggest that it is the real deal. ...
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Jobs turns thumbs-down on Adobe Flash; Apple buys chipmaker. Leaving no doubt about where he stands, Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs posted a long, detailed letter on the company’s website Thursday, explaining why Apple will not allow Adobe Flash and other Adobe software on its mobile devices, most notably iPad and iPhone.  Apple...
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Citing reliable sources, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Apple and Verizon had reached agreement on the launch of an iPhone compatible with Verizon’s CDMA wireless grid.  The agreement neither ends Apple’s special relationship with AT&T nor does it mark an Apple initiative toward open access for all wireless carriers.  Instead, analysts insist...
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