Archive | August 19th, 2009
The case for Tim Cook as an Apple board member
It remains to be seen whether or not Apple will give Eric Schmidt’s newly vacant seat on Apple’s board of directors to someone else, but in the meantime, speculation about who Apple should choose has run off in a number of interesting directions. Most recently, some have said that Apple shouldn’t give the spot to […]
Continue reading...Apple mistakenly releases “Mad Men” episode two weeks early on iTunes
19. August 2009
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Last night, Apple mistakenly released the third episode of “Mad Men” two weeks ahead of schedule. The episode, which has since been removed, appears to have been available exclusively to iTunes season pass subscribers. Commenting on the matter, AMC released the following statement: The third episode of ‘Mad Men’s new season was made available prematurely […]
Continue reading...Kid records series of music videos from within Apple Stores [Video]
19. August 2009
A little kid, who goes by the name of nicholifavs on YouTube, has been generating a significant amount of traffic for videos that depict him lip-syncing and dancing to popular music. And oh yeah, all of the videos are filmed from inside Apple Stores using the Mac’s built in iSight camera. Impressively, with random people […]
Continue reading...Why Microsoft’s dual platform strategy to compete with the iPhone and Android is destined to fail
19. August 2009
Microsoft is planning to leverage Windows Mobile 6.5 to compete against Android while pinning its hopes on Windows Mobile 7 to compete against the iPhone, according to a recent report in Digitimes. Unfortunately for Microsoft, Windows Mobile 6.5 isn’t scheduled to hit stores until October 2009 while Windows Mobile 7 won’t be available until February […]
Continue reading...Sony PSP to introduce downloadable games a’la the iPhone
19. August 2009
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In an effort to better position itself against the growing threat of the iPod Touch, Sony announced this week that the next version of the PSP will allow users to download content directly to their device without having to mess around with any cartridges or discs. Scheduled to open for business on October 1, PSP […]
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19. August 2009
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