Archive | April, 2011
MLB.com CEO Bob Bowman says iOS users are more likely to purchase content than Android owners
Android may have surpassed both Apple and RIM in smartphone marketshare, but app monetization on the Android platform is still not as easy as it is for Apple’s lineup of iOS devices. Part of the problem, of course, is Android fragmentation. With a slew of Android handsets out in the marketplace, developers have to account […]
Continue reading...IDC predicts Windows Phone 7 marketshare will surpass iOS marketshare by 2015
4. April 2011
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Microsoft was late to the smartphone party, and their Windows Phone 7 offering has seen some less than stellar success, even in the context of its late entrance into an already mature market. Last week, the research firm IDC issued a report covering worldwide smartphone marketshare data for 2011. The report found that in 2011, Android’s […]
Continue reading...Onion iPad app now available as free download
4. April 2011
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The Onion touts itself as “America’s finest news source” and we’d have to agree, tongue in cheek of course. We’ve been Onion fans for years and everybody’s favorite jokesters recently released a dedicated Onion app for the iPad, on April Fools Day no less.
Continue reading...Purported photo of iPod Nano 7th gen shows addition of a camera
3. April 2011
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The design Apple used for the 6th generation iPod Nano marked a significant departure from previous models. In many ways, the squarish iPod Nano became more like a Shuffle than an iPod Touch, both in terms of design and functionality. The screen was miniaturized, the clickwheel removed, and in its place, a multitouch screen and […]
Continue reading...Nokia gets a new font, “Nokia Pure”
3. April 2011
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Stop the presses! Nokia took some time out of their busy litigation schedule to design a new font.
Continue reading...iDigital planning “symbolic” Apple Store in Jerusalem
3. April 2011
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Free shawarma with every new MacBook Pro purchase may soon become a reality for Apple fans in Israel. Okay, so Apple isn’t going to give away free food anytime soon, or ever for that matter, there are rumblings that the company may open a large Apple Store in Jerusalem sometime in the next three years. Apple […]
Continue reading...Angry Birds Rio nets 10 million downloads in 10 days
3. April 2011
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The Angry Birds freight train just isn’t letting up. Released just 10 days ago, the latest incarnation of Angry Birds, titled Angry Birds Rio, has already netted over 10 million downloads in 10 days. The announcement was made via RovioMobile’s Twitter account (for the iPad mind you) and simply stated, 10 in 10:-) Angry Birds […]
Continue reading...Google hits homerun with Gmail Motion April Fools Day goof
3. April 2011
We gotta hand it to em’. The folks at Google have a great sense of humor. In their annual April Fools Day goof, the engineers at Google unveiled Google Motion, a new email feature that lets users interact with their email without using “outdated technologies like the keyboard and mouse.” The video is well produced […]
Continue reading...Apple releases iPad 2 commercial – “We Believe”
2. April 2011
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Apple today released a new iPad 2 commercial titled “We Believe”. The thrust of the commercial is that the iPad is not just about technology for technology’s sake; it’s about what one can do with the technology that actually matters. The commercial is particularly apropos given the endless stream of iPad competitors on the horizon […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 will reportedly sport 8 megapixel camera from Sony
2. April 2011
During a recent interview with the WSJ’s Walt Mossberg, Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer may have inadvertently let it slip that Sony plans to supply Apple with 8 megapixel cameras for the next-gen iPhone. While discussing the Japanese earthquake, Stringer noted that Sony’s camera sensor plant in Sendai had been affected and that shipments of […]
Continue reading...If you wanna study at the Berklee College of Music, you have to own a Mac
1. April 2011
If you wanna study at Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music, you best be getting a Mac. The Berklee Laptop Purchase Program states: Berklee College of Music requires all entering students to own an Apple Macintosh laptop computer that meets certain standards established by the academic and technology leadership of the college. To facilitate this […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs to guest star on upcoming 5th season of Mad Men
1. April 2011
While AMC and Mad Men creator Matthew Wiener continue to bicker over creative control and actor cuts, season 5 of Mad Men remains on schedule for a 2012 launch. And while it remains to be seen if AMC will get its way and incorporate more commercials and greater product placement, one thing that’s for certain, […]
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4. April 2011
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