Tablets: Apple’s Lead Narrows Among Widening Field Of Android Makers
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With the tablet market now overtaking PC sales, all eyes are on which platform will dominate this next generation of computing devices. A re… Read more »
HP Releases First Piece Of WebOS Under Open-Source License
HP (NYSE: HPQ) has formally set WebOS on its open-source path, releasing a key piece of the operating system technology under an open-source… Read more »
Why Apple Just Pulled Off The Company’s First True Post-PC Quarter
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We should no longer be confused about the notion of the “post-PC era:” Apple’s shocking iOS device sales numbers for its first fiscal quarte… Read more »
Updated: Still Apple’s World: 37 Million iPhones, 15 Million iPads
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One quarter after Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) mildly surprised everyone with a rare earnings miss, it’s clear Tuesday that the company’s amazing run… Read more »
Does Square Have A Doppelganger In The UK? Meet mPowa
Square, the high-profile mobile payments company started by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, has yet to launch outside the U.S. But in the meantime, a… Read more »
Meredith To Acquire Allrecipes.com From Reader’s Digest For $175 Million
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Meredith (NYSE: MDP) Corporation, the publisher of women’s magazines like Better Homes & Gardens and Ladies’ Home Journal, is the new owner… Read more »
David Kenny Replacing Mike Kelly As CEO Of The Weather Channel Companies
In a surprise move, The Weather Channel Companies is swapping out CEOs. David Kenny is replacing Mike Kelly as CEO effective immediately; th… Read more »
Jon Miller, News Corp.: It’s All About Video For Us Right Now
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Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company’s digital strategy today as very “focused on v… Read more »
Sesame Street’s Digital Transition: Apps For The Juicebox Set
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While most children, like their parents, still encounter Sesame Street primarily on their TV, the 43-year-old nonprofit brand now attracts 1… Read more »
Denial Is Not A Turnaround Strategy: Why RIM’s New CEO Needs To Get Real
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If you took the statements of new Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) CEO Thorsten Heins this morning at face value, you might walk away thinkin… Read more »
Updated: Rutberg: Mobile Accounted For Over 40% Of All Tech VC In 2011
Some revealing numbers out from the analysts at Rutberg & Co. that point to how big mobile is in terms of tech investments today, and how co… Read more »
Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million For Magazine Apps, Cross-Platform Services
Polar Mobile — the Canadian startup that develops apps for big-name publishers like CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), Conde Nast, Sports Illustr… Read more »
How The Magazine Industry Can Save Itself (Hint: Not iPad Apps)
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The top priority for most magazine executives today seems to be building iPad apps. Yet the user experience of a print magazine is unmatchab… Read more »
How A Stolen Wallet Made Me A Mobile-Payments Enthusiast
Losing your phone is never fun. But losing your wallet is much worse, and that’s one argument where those trying to roll the mobile-payments… Read more »
Social Media Gets Stickier: Twitter/Summify; Facebook/Apps, Video Too?
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This week saw a number of developments at Twitter and Facebook, two of the world’s biggest social networking sites, that are signs of them l… Read more »
Microsoft On Target In Fourth Quarter But Windows Sales Still Sliding
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Microsoft’s fourth-quarter earnings came in about where Wall Street had expected, but the decline of its Windows business continued during a… Read more »
Updated: Google Miss Sends Stock Down 9 Percent On Cost-Per-Click Questions
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) missed analyst expectations for earnings per share during the fourth quarter, sending its stock plunging in after-hours… Read more »
Apple Move Will Spark Flurry Of New Companies, Content In Education Market
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At Apple’s event today in New York, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) unveiled iBooks2, a new version of its iBooks software that is tailored to interactiv… Read more »
Updated: Zynga Confirms Recent Purchases Of Four Mobile Gaming Companies
Now that it’s a public company, Zynga can start throwing more cash around. The online gaming company has recently acquired four small mobile… Read more »
Motorola Starts Android 4.0 Rollout To Xoom, But 3G Owners Must Wait
Android tablet makers have been coy about their plans for Android 4.0, the first version of the software to unify the smartphone and tablet… Read more »
Penguin's DK: Goodbye Books, Hello 'Flat' Content. Make Once, Use Anywhere
Dorling Kindersley, the division of Penguin that publishes children, travel and reference titles, made a strong case for how it is moving to… Read more »
Updated: RIM Said To Court Samsung's Bid After Pushing Others Away
It’s hard to see Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) making it through 2012 without some sort of massive change, but could that really involve a… Read more »
Sprint, HTC Hatch Plan To Remove Carrier IQ Software From Handsets
Sprint (NYSE: S) will no longer require the companies who make phones for its network to install Carrier IQ’s software, which prompted an up… Read more »
Updated: In-App Purchases To Overtake Sales From Paid Apps By 2013
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The consumer draw of free apps over paid apps has been well-documented, and so has the rise of in-app payments as a route to making money fr… Read more »
Kindle Startup Focuses On Interactive Fiction For Adults
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Coliloquy, a Palo Alto-based publisher focusing on interactive fiction for adults, launches its first four serial titles today on Kindle. Th… Read more »
Report: Apple's Education News Could Be A Textbook Example Of Its Growth
As Thursday approaches, more details (or rumors) are leaking out about what Apple’s education announcement will entail: opinion appears to b… Read more »
The Year Of The Dumb And Dumber, Sub-$100 Smartphone – 500 Million Of Them
We’ve heard about how the boom in smartphone popularity, the dropping cost of components and the rapid rise of Android, a “free” smartphone… Read more »
Sweet Success For Cut The Rope: An Interview With ZeptoLab's CEO
Games rank as the most popular form of mobile content today — 68 percent of tablet and smartphone app users who downloaded an app in the pa… Read more »
Samsung Is Doing Well; Now Raising $1B, Looking To Tizen To Do Better?
Samsung is reportedly getting ready to issue some $1 billion in bonds to expand production facilities. Meanwhile, it is starting to get a bi… Read more »
CES: Our Coverage In Pictures
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This past week we’ve been covering the Consumer Electronics Show, reporting on everything from Apple’s quiet tablet competitors to the unpro… Read more »
@ CES: No Signature Magic This Year But The Winds Are A-Changing
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Four days spent in Vegas five years after the introduction of the iPhone gives me the sense that the tech industry is at a weird crossroads,… Read more »
For Google's Ice Cream Sandwich, Style Maketh The Platform
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) today took one more step towards getting its device partners and developers in line when it comes to using its Android o… Read more »
The CES Lowdown: 1-12-12
Here’s a look at what’s been going on at the giant electronics show that is CES:
» Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Could Sell 37 Million Windo… Read more »
@ CES: Unprofitable Motorola Says It Has to Be Different To Make Money
Why do Android phone makers keep pumping out slightly different versions of smartphones with custom user interfaces that frustrate developer… Read more »
@ CES: A Year Later, iPad Competitors Much Quieter
The definitive gadget of CES 2011 was the Android tablet, heralded by more than one company as the answer to the iPad. A train-wreck of a ye… Read more »
Apple Event In New York This Month Will Focus On Education
As expected, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has started to send out invitations to an event in New York, and now we know what it will be about: educatio… Read more »
Exclusive: Hearst's Kang Joins Wenner Media As Chief Digital Officer
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Wenner Media is filling the chief digital officer position that Michael Bloom left in November, after just six months on the job: David Kang… Read more »
@ CES: Dell Sets The Stage For Yet Another Stab At Making A Tablet
Dell is not among the companies announcing a new tablet this week at the CES show in Las Vegas, but it made sure to keep its name in the air… Read more »
The CES Lowdown: 1-11-12
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Here’s a look at what’s been going on at the giant electronics show that is CES: Read more »
@ CES: Intel Gets The Mobile Partners–Motorola and Lenovo–It Badly Needed
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Intel (NSDQ: INTC) has convinced a couple of big-name consumer electronics companies to jump on board with its mobile strategy. Lenovo and M… Read more »
