Archive | February 17th, 2011
Sony has no plans to withdraw its music from iTunes
A few days ago, flimsy headlines surfaced indicating that Sony might pull their music from iTunes in the event that their fledgling music subscription service, dubbed Music Unlimited, became a success. The root of the story came in the form of a quote from Sony CEO Michael Ephraim. “If we do [get mass take up]” […]
Continue reading...New report says Apple is NOT working on a smaller iPhone form factor
17. February 2011
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It’s a classic battle of he said – she said. Over the last few days, reports from both Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal conveyed that Apple was working on a smaller iPhone to better compete against the smattering of smartphone options offered by a growing number of Android handsets. Upon hearing these iPhone Nano […]
Continue reading...Eric Schmidt: Google would have loved Nokia to adopt Android
17. February 2011
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Microsoft and Nokia’s recent partnership created huge waves across the smartphone industry last week. With both Nokia and Microsoft struggling to hang onto whatever vestiges of relevancy they once boasted in the smartphone marketplace, the marriage between Redmond and Finland was one of necessity and we’ll see soon enough how the relationship pans out. But […]
Continue reading...Adobe strikes back! Adobe Flash Player 10.2 doesn’t support PowerPc based Macs
17. February 2011
Apple’s intransigence when it comes to Flash support on its line of iOS devices has already been discussed ad nauseum. Indeed, the tension between the two companies has, at times, gotten publicly heated – one minute Steve Jobs is writing an anti-Flash screed, the next minute Adobe execs are calling the iPhone a closed platform. […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs said to meet with President Obama today
17. February 2011
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Despite reports indicating that Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ health has taken a turn for the worse, ABC News is reporting that Jobs, along with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Eric Schmidt will meet with President Barack Obama today in San Francisco. Jobs, Schmidt and Zuckerberg will be among many business leaders in technology and […]
Continue reading...iPad 2 will use Samsung PLS display technology – Rumor
17. February 2011
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9to5Mac reports, via the Korea Herald, that Apple may utilize Samsung’s Super PLS technology for the upcoming iPad 2. Apple currently employs IPS (in-plane switching) panels along with FFS (fringe-field switching) technology in the iPad and iPhone 4 display, technologies which provide extremely wide viewing angles. “Samsung’s PLS technology is superior to IPS in many regards,” […]
Continue reading...Google’s Matt Cutts discusses 5 examples of SEO misinformation
17. February 2011
Below, Google software engineer and webspam guru Matt Cutts discusses 5 examples of SEO misinformation. Topping the list is the misconception that if a company does negative things towards their customers so that they complain on customer complaint sites, that those links are nonetheless factored into Google’s mysterious search algorithm.
Continue reading...Borders on the verge of filing for Bankruptcy
17. February 2011
First it was the record stores, and now it’s come to this. It looks like the the Internet is about to claim its next victim – Borders. The Wall Street Journal reports: Borders Group Inc. is in the final stages of preparing a bankruptcy filing, clinching a long fall for a company with humble beginnings […]
Continue reading...HP TouchPad rumored to launch in June for $699
17. February 2011
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BGR reports that HP is planning to release its iPad-esque TouchPad tablet before the end of June and that pricing will be about $699. And that’s for a wi-fi only model, mind you. But don’t get me wrong. The TouchPad looks legit, but the iPad 2 will have already been out on the market for […]
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17. February 2011
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