Survey: U.S. Tablet News Junkies Prefer Web To Apps, Few Have Paid
Tablet owners read a lot of news, in part because the early-adopter crowd that has embraced tablets are the type of people who like to be in… Read more »
Here’s How Social Reading Might Actually Work
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Many community-based reading apps rely on the readers to get the conversation started. That’s great if your Facebook friends are sparkling l… Read more »
Metro Hails Newsstand For Strong Downloads, High Engagement
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UK free commuter newspaper Metro’s new iPad Newsstand edition has proved almost as popular within two weeks of launch as its predecessor had… Read more »
Does Apple CEO Tim Cook Also Want To Destroy Android?
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We now know when new Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook is going to have his first “What would Steve do?” moment. Early accounts of a greatly a… Read more »
New Feature From Zite Wonders How Many People Share Tablets
There’s little doubt that tablets are changing the concept of personal computing, but we’re still learning quite a bit about exactly how tha… Read more »
Guardian Counts 145,880 Free iPad Downloads, But Will Readers Pay For It?
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The Guardian’s debut iPad edition has been downloaded 145,880 times in the week since launch, making it more popular than the publisher’s iP… Read more »
ARM Chip Offers Cheaper Smartphones With Longer Battery Life
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The Cambridge chip design company ARM has unveiled a chip design that it say uses could mean cheaper smartphones with battery lives five tim… Read more »
AT&T: 100 Million Wireless Users But Q3 Growth Slowed Without New iPhone
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AT&T (NYSE: T) continues to benefit from smartphone adoption, crossing the 100-million subscriber mark during the third quarter. Although li… Read more »
NYTCo’s Robinson: Paywall Hasn’t Dented Pageviews — Much
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The weak economy and the About Group’s declines have eaten away at revenue gains that the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) won with last year’… Read more »
More On Android 4.0: Faster Updates, Zap Unwanted Apps, Tablet-Ready
Google’s latest version of Android should make its way to existing handsets faster than the rollout of other milestone releases, according t… Read more »
Kobo Announces Kindle Fire Competitor, The $199.99 WiFi Vox Tablet
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In an effort to compete with Amazon’s Kindle Fire, e-reading company Kobo is launching a tablet of its own: The $199.99 Kobo Vox, a 7-inch A… Read more »
The Economist Bows To Apple Terms As iOS 5 Breaks Its App
The Economist is finally moving to an iPad strategy compliant with Apple’s new developer terms, after what it calls “iOS bugs” under the new… Read more »
Apple’s Newsstand Is Already Booming For Some Magazine Publishers
Early indications are that Apple’s new iOS features for publishers have had an immediate beneficial impact. Read more »
Updated: Apple Earnings: A Rare Miss, 17 Million iPhones, 11 Million iPads
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Apple’s long track record of underpromising and overdelivering when it comes to expectations of the financial community seems to have finall… Read more »
RIM Demos Future Software, But Mum On Next-Gen Handset Details
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Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) showed off some impressive capabilities of its next-generation BBX development platform Tuesday at BlackBerr… Read more »
Motorola Xoom Discounted Again In The Tablet Race To The Bottom
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There were such high hopes for the Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Xoom when it was first unveiled at the beginning of this year: meticulously crafted,… Read more »
What Needs To Happen For Tablets To Replace Laptops?
I’ve owned an iPad since you could own an iPad. I upgraded from iPad 1 to iPad 2 because the thinner form factor, faster response and Smart… Read more »
Instapaper 4.0 Adds Wikipedia, Tablet-Friendly Design To News Reader App
Marco Arment, the developer behind Instapaper and mobile tech blogger, has released an updated mobile version of his content-discovery and a… Read more »
Virgin’s iPad Mag Project Reboots On Newsstand Under New Ownership
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The co-creators of the Virgin-branded iPad magazine Project are merging it with an iPad newsstand service, Other Edition, creating a new com… Read more »
Updated: Samsung Seeks Injunctions On iPhone 4S, Adds Japan, Australia
More artillery build-up in the battle between Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Samsung. Just days after Apple released its newest handset, the iPhone… Read more »
Why Tuesday’s Speech To The Mobile World Is The Most Vital In RIM’s History
Dear Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) co-CEO Mike Lazaridis:
Yeah, I know, it’s another gimmicky open letter to a CEO. There seemed no bette… Read more »
Updated: Kindle Fire Privacy Concerns–Is ‘Big Browser’ Watching You?
Fearing that Kindle Fire users who buy an e-book version of 1984 may not realize that they, too, are being watched, congressman Edward J. Ma… Read more »
Report: Apple’s iPad 3 Is Now Going Into Production
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On the same day that Apple’s newest smartphone, the iPhone 4S, goes on sale, comes news of the latest development in its best-selling tablet… Read more »
@ CTIA: In Mobile, The Enterprise Still Takes A Back Seat To Consumers
In a weird way, the lack of enthusiasm around this week’s CTIA Enterprise and Applications show demonstrates just how consumer-driven the mo… Read more »
Samsung Avoids Galaxy Tab Injunction In U.S., But Said To Infringe On iPad
Thursday was probably not the best day that Samsung’s legal team has ever encountered. Fresh off a decision in Australia to ban sales of the… Read more »
Microsoft Signs Kindle Fire Manufacturer To Patent-Licensing Deal
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The company behind Amazon’s Kindle Fire became the latest licensee of Microsoft’s mobile patents Thursday, when Quanta signed a deal that co… Read more »
Interview: Future Publishing’s Tablet Chief Embracing iPad’s Newsstand
Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) will decide which of its magazine titles to convert in to full iPad editions after unleashing 65 new replica e… Read more »
Publishers Mull iOS 5′s Promise And Problems
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Magazine and newspaper publishers are looking forward to benefitting from new iOS features designed to help them – just as soon as they over… Read more »
Apple Gains Patent Ground On Samsung As Sides Square Up On U.S. Soil
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Samsung’s legal setback in Australia — where the courts have now issued a formal, if temporary, injunction on its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet af… Read more »
Crikey! Australian Court Deals Samsung’s Tablet Yet Another Setback
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Samsung continues to encounter legal setbacks around the world, with the latest coming Down Under in its battle against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL).… Read more »
Error-Plagued Update Process Mars Apple’s iOS 5 Launch
It’s happening again: three years after myriad problems derailed a massive relaunch of an Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Web service, Apple’s servers we… Read more »
Facebook Updates Mobile Plan In Big Way With iPad App, HTML5 Features
Facebook’s mobile strategy, which seemed dormant just a month ago, is finally rounding into place with the release of two new developments:… Read more »
Confidence In Anti-Fraud Tech Has Square Ready For No-Limit Mobile Payments
As companies like Square and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) pitch themselves as the future of payment processing, they’ll need to remove as many obstac… Read more »
Is Consolidation In Mobile Ads Overrated? Madvertise Raises $10 Million
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We have seen some evidence of consolidation in mobile advertising, but if anything, there seem to be even more signs of investors looking to… Read more »
Guardian’s iPad Newspaper Edition Will Cost £9.99 Per Month
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Eighteen months after iPad launched and following a long gestation, The Guardian is finally on the verge of getting its iPad edition out the… Read more »
The Show Must Go On: What To Expect At CTIA Enterprise This Week
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The wireless industry’s fall gathering–CTIA Enterprise and Apps–will open Monday with an industry in mourning over the death of a man who… Read more »
Sony Gives A Big “No Comment” On Sony Ericsson Buyout Reports
Sony (NYSE: SNE) has declined to comment on reports that it is considering a bid to buy out Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) from its Sony Ericsson han… Read more »
Update: Nuance’s Swype Buy Could See The Text Input System Go Large
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The other day, when a plane I was on landed in Newark, I noticed the elderly woman sitting next to me pull out a Droid Bionic and start answ… Read more »
BBC Cuts: Digital To Get £40 Million Annual ‘Innovation Fund’
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Today’s big round of cuts announced by the BBC — it will lose some 2,000 jobs, order relocations for others, and make big changes to the pr… Read more »
Why The Tech Industry Knows We’ll Never See Another Steve Jobs
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The tech industry is a young person’s game: reinvented every five years by those fortunate enough to make a name with a brilliant idea and t… Read more »
