Archive | March 13th, 2011
Phil Schiller confirms white iPhone this Spring, calls it a “beauty”
The white iPhone 4 was supposed to launch this past Summer only to be endlessly delayed for reasons that remain unclear. Some reports suggested that Apple was having trouble with color-matching and ensuring a uniform shade across the device while other reports indicated that the white iPhone 4 model allowed too much light to pass […]
Continue reading...82% of prospective tablet consumers plan on getting an iPad
13. March 2011
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The tablet market may be heating up, but with the iPad 2 generating enormous lines around the country, Apple doesn’t seem to have anything to worry about. In a ChangeWave survey of 3,091 consumers conducted in February, 27% of respondents indicated plans to purchase a tablet in the future. Of that pool, 82% of them […]
Continue reading...Josh Topolsky and Nilay Patel leave Engadget
13. March 2011
The shakup at AOL extends far beyond the company’s $315 million acquisition of Huffington Post and the subsequent layoff of 20% of its workforce (900 employees to be exact). Engadget is one of AOL’s most valuable web properties, and over the past few weeks a number of the gadget blog’s top editors have left to […]
Continue reading...House of Lords okays use of iPads, iPhones and more for a 1-year trial basis
13. March 2011
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The House of Lords, which serves as the upper house of the Parliament of the UK, will now allow smartphones and tablet devices to be present during debates on the condition that they remain silent. The about face was formally expressed in a new report from the Lords Administration and the Works Committee who said […]
Continue reading...Twitter lays the hammer down on third party clients
13. March 2011
TechCrunch reports: Specifically, Platform lead Ryan Sarver has a fairly lengthy outline of Twitter’s line of thinking with regard to third-party clients and services. And while there’s a little bit of dancing around the topic at first, it quickly gets very clear: third-parties shouldn’t be creating straight-up Twitter clients any further.
Continue reading...Cleveland Browns send Law Firm the best letter ever
13. March 2011
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In 1974, the litigious folks from the law firm of Roetzel & Andress sent a letter to the Cleveland Browns complaining that fans at Cleveland Stadium were prone to throwing paper airplanes, causing an unnecessary risk for serious eye and ear injuries. The response from the Browns organization is a refreshing reminder of a time […]
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13. March 2011
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