Archive | October 6th, 2010
Browser share of Internet Explorer drops below 50%
NetworkWorld reports: Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, which has dominated the Web browser market since blowing by Netscape in the late 1990s, last month fell below the 50% market share level for the first time in years. IE’s share of the worldwide market fell to 49.87% in September, down from 51.3% in August and 58.4% a year […]
Continue reading...WSJ: Verizon iPhone coming early next year
6. October 2010
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Rumors of the iPhone coming to Verizon have been picking up steam as of late, but the latest report, sourced from the WSJ, adds a little bit more credence to earlier speculative stories. Citing people briefed by Apple, the WSJ writes that Apple is planning to begin mass production of a CDMA iPhone by the […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs helps Arnold Schwarzenegger sign new organ transplant legislation into law
6. October 2010
Imagine the year is 1996. You bet someone that in 14 years time, Steve Jobs will be the CEO of Apple and Arnold Schwarzenegger will be the Governor of California. Not only that, but you also predict that the two will join forces to help sign into legislation the United States’ first nationwide kidney donor […]
Continue reading...Apple TVs selling at a clip of 1 million units per quarter – Report
6. October 2010
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The Apple TV is selling out in Apple Stores across the nation? Surely you jest. But that’s the word from JMP Research analyst Alex Gauna who writes that the Apple TV, after a few false starts, is on pace to sell at a rate of 1 million units this quarter. Apparently the device’s new $99 […]
Continue reading...Analyst claims Apple working on smaller and larger iPhone form factors, and why we call BS
6. October 2010
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Take this one with a big grain of salt, but Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu writes, after checking with sources in Apple’s supply chain, that Apple is busy developing iPhones with varying screen sizes. According to Wu, Apple is working on 2 new iPhone models, with one sporting a bigger screen than the iPhone 4’s […]
Continue reading...Apple accepts, then removes BitTorrent app from iTunes
6. October 2010
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So yeah, Apple recently loosened up their developer guidelines in a big way. Not only does Apple now allow developers to code for the iPhone using cross platform development tools, but a number of previously rejected iPhone apps are now finding their way back into the iTunes App Store. But that’s all old news. What […]
Continue reading...Goldman Sachs takes Microsoft off of their “buy list”, lowers stock target down to $28
6. October 2010
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With Windows Phone 7 devices set to hit the market in just a short while, it’s do or die time for Microsoft and their efforts to re-establish a foothold in a smartphone market where they now find themselves on the outside looking in. But even so, Microsoft’s revenues and profits continue to grow. Apparently, though, […]
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6. October 2010
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