Updated: Borders’ Downfall And What’s Next
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Why did Borders fail and what does its shuttering mean for Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), book publishers and others? Here is our FAQ. Read more »
Apple’s Runaway Train: 9.25 Million iPads, 20 Million iPhones Sold In Q3
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One of these days Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) may see a slowdown in its business, but it most emphatically did not happen over the last three months.… Read more »
Harry Potter iPad App Hits It Big Despite Hefty Price
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Would you pay $12.99 for a Harry Potter book app? Probably, if you’re one of the people who helped shatter records for the midnight screenin… Read more »
Netflix, NBCUniversal Extend Programming Deal But No More Next-Day ‘SNL’
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Programming from NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) and some NBCUniversal cable networks will stay on Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) under the terms of a new multi-yea… Read more »
Guardian Extends Its Digital Effort To E-Readers With Kindle App
This looks like an example of “Digital First” in action: today, the Guardian announced that it has launched a Kindle app, its first for the… Read more »
News Of The World’s Closure Brings Abrupt End To One Murdoch Paywall
When the News of the World disappears from print this Sunday, its digital assets will be going right out the door with it. Or will they? NOT… Read more »
Apple Says App Downloads Have Passed The 15 BILLION Mark
HP (NYSE: HPQ) may be pushing the theory that “size doesn’t matter”. But if it so happens that it does, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is killing the co… Read more »
A New Batch Of Digital Picture Books Comes To Tablets
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Tablets and color e-readers offer a brighter palette for kids’ e-books–and an opportunity for publishers. HarperCollins is the latest to lo… Read more »
Pottermore.com’s Biggest Losers (Plus One Surprise Winner)
Pottermore.com is great news for Harry Potter fans, who have not been able to read the series in digital form until now; for J. K. Rowling,… Read more »
Can Best Buy’s Music Cloud Beat Apple To The iPunch?
Not to be outdone by Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and the rest of the cloud bandwagon, Best Buy is also expa… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown: 6-22-11: iCloud; Samsung/Apple Suit; Flickr; AT&T; Best Buy
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
– iCloud: The good news for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is that 76 percent of iPhone owners say… Read more »
AOL Goes To Cannes — And Brings An ‘Agency-Only’ App With It
A day after AOL (NYSE: AOL) held a gala presentation for analysts in New York’s Soho, execs are now descending on France for the week-long C… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 6-17-11: RIM/O2; iTunes Match; The Problem With Tablets
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Read more »
Take That, Apple: Tapjoy Lures Developers To Android With $5 Million
Tapjoy, one of the mobile advertising companies that has made the pay-per-install incentive scheme a cornerstone of its business model, got… Read more »
Zynga’s Next Mobile Step: Crossing The Border With ‘CityVille Hometown’
It was only two weeks ago that Zynga gave us a peek at its new push into social mobile gaming, with its new release of the hangman-inspired,… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 6-14-11: Lodsys; Ericsson/Telcordia; Skype/Comcast; iTunes
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) settle their patent dispute; two more companies… Read more »
How Apple iCloud And iTunes Match Will Work: The Unofficial FAQ
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Now that iCloud and iTunes Match have been unveiled, a few questions may remain. How does the iCloud-Match combo differ from Google (NSDQ: G… Read more »
Global Outlook For iTunes Locker Looks iCloudy Until 2012
The world’s largest technology companies have a nasty habit of testing their new products solely in the world’s biggest market.
Google (NSD… Read more »
Updated Mobile Lowdown 6-10-11: Apple v Lodsys; IDC Microsoft; LightSquared
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A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) fights back on the Lodsys patent claims on developers, while getting e… Read more »
Apple iBookstore News From The Week
Though iCloud got the most attention at WWMD, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) also announced some new iBookstore details. They include: Read more »
Last Call For DUI-Avoiding Apps In Apple’s App Store
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has changed the terms of service that govern its iOS developer program to ban most applications that let iPhone and iPad… Read more »
How iCloud And Its Competitors Could Lead To Copyright-Trolling Lawsuits
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Now that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has launched its iCloud music service, it’s going to be scanning a whole lot of users’ music files. So what is t… Read more »
Apple vs. Google vs. Amazon: Comparing The Cloud Music Services
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) finally revealed the details of its hotly anticipated, Steve Jobs keynote-worthy iCloud, including a major iTunes upgrade… Read more »
Updated: iCloud: Just A Lot Of Hot Air When It Comes To Streaming?
In the stream of announcements made today at the WWDC, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) may have dismantled more than one business model in its wake. “Sh*… Read more »
Apple iTunes And The Cloud: The Fine Print
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For a certain segment of geeks, checking the changes to the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iTunes Store Terms and Conditions after new features are adde… Read more »
@ WWDC 2011: iTunes Match Scans For Ripped Songs, Links With iCloud
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs unveiled one of his patented “one more things” Monday at WWDC 2011: iTunes Match. With 18 million songs in… Read more »
@ WWDC 2011: Apple’s Free iCloud; Cloud Docs, iTunes In The Cloud
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After ceding much of Apple’s WWDC 2011 keynote presentation to his vice presidents, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs came back on stage to… Read more »
What To Expect At Apple’s WWDC This Year
Apple’s signature event of the year kicks off on Monday, when thousands of software developers descend on San Francisco to hear the latest f… Read more »
HP Opens For Tablet App Business, With In-App Purchasing From The Word Go
It’s going to be a big hill to climb, but HP’s put on its walking boots and is getting on with it. Today, the company formally started to ac… Read more »
Is Microsoft Cracking The Whip On Windows Tablet Partners?
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Could Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) have learned a lesson from Google’s mobile experiences when making its own tablet plans? Acer’s CEO seems to th… Read more »
Next Microsoft Tablet OS Set For Demo Next Week?
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Next week Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) will become the last of the four companies currently gunning for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in the tablet market to… Read more »
Explosion In Tablet Traffic Prompts Google’s AdMob To Launch New Ad Units
Google’s tablet software has yet to really make a dent in the market, but Apple’s iPad is attracting more and more users every day. In some… Read more »
Cloudy With A Chance Of Apple: How An iTunes Cloud Service Might Look
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has yet to make any public announcements on cloud-based music services, but some more details have emerged that seem to i… Read more »
Updated: paidContent Mobile Slideshow: The Nielsen Device Deck
Tablets are a killer device when it comes to media consumption today, but is that down to the form factor, or because they are only being us… Read more »
Nielsen: Tablets Are Money Spinners, But Less Than 5% Use Them Today
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Of all the wireless devices that have hit the market in the past several years, tablets present the biggest commercial opportunity for media… Read more »
Amazon Reportedly Has Not One Tablet But Two On The Way
More details are emerging around Amazon’s still-unconfirmed “bid” to enter the tablet fray: it plans to launch not one, but two, devices, an… Read more »
Apple iPad Still The Tablet Leader; Tablet Use Eats Into Other Device Usage
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A few stats and numbers released today underscore the dominance that the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPad has among those that have purchased media t… Read more »
Nokia CEO Elop: Tablets Are A Hard Pill To Swallow
Just exactly how — and when — will Nokia (NYSE: NOK) enter the tablet market? A few choice words from Stephen Elop, the company’s CEO, ind… Read more »
Can Sony Cut It As A Tablet Brand With Its Two New Android Devices?
Consumer electronics giant Sony (NYSE: SNE) has finally, formally confirmed what people have long been expecting the company to do for month… Read more »
RIM Needs More From Playbook To Reclaim Mobile Mojo
The race to establish a strong third player in the mobile platform world kicked off in earnest this week with the launch of Research in Moti… Read more »
