Archive | August 17th, 2011
Apple graphic designer Louie Mantia leaving for Square
Apple designer Louie Mantia announced this week via Twitter that in two weeks he’ll be leaving Apple to join the creative team at Square. In case you’re unfamiliar, Square is an innovative mobile payment startup that was founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. Here’s how it works: Square provides users a little dongle that attaches […]
Continue reading...Andy Miller, Apple’s VP of mobile advertising, leaving for VC firm
17. August 2011
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AllThings D is reporting that Apple is losing Andy Miller, the company’s VP of mobile advertising. Miller first joined Apple when Apple purchased Quattro Wireless, a mobile advertising firm that Apple snatched up for $275 million in 2010 following their failure to purchase AdMob – which was subsequently purchased by Google. Miller will reportedly be […]
Continue reading...Delta deploying iPads to pilots as electronic flight bag replacements
17. August 2011
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Delta Airlines has begun testing Apple’s iPad as electronic flight bags (EFB). EFBs help reduce paper by digitizing on-board flight information that has typically been printed out. This includes reference material such as operating manuals and navigational charts. Moreover, EFBs also enable pilots to automate calculations that would typically be done by hand and access […]
Continue reading...Does this photo show Wintek workers cleaning iPhone 5 touchscreens?
17. August 2011
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Following reports that iPhone 5 pre-orders are set to go live on September 30th followed by an October 7th launch, we stumbled across the following photo purporting to show Wintek workers cleaning what may very well be the touchscreen component of the iPhone 5. MIC Gadget found the photo via one of China’s microblogging services […]
Continue reading...HP TouchPad sales grind to a halt; Best Buy sitting on massive amount of inventory
17. August 2011
As Apple continues to sell each and every iPad 2 it produces, competitors like HP are having a tough time getting people interested in rival tablets like the HP TouchPad. With lukewarm reviews, at best, the HP TouchPad has gotten off to a terribly slow start. So slow, in fact, that HP recently instituted a […]
Continue reading...Forget coffee, Starbucks now serving free iPhone apps
17. August 2011
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First free wi-fi and now free apps. I’m not a coffee drinker but hell if Starbucks isn’t giving me a reason to stop in. The nationwide coffeehouse chain announced yesterday a new promotion whereby users can download iPHone applications for free. “Just like for music”, Josh Lowensohn writes for CNET, users can find free cards […]
Continue reading...European injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is lifted everywhere but Germany
17. August 2011
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A German court ruled last week issued an injunction preventing Samsung from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 throughout all of Europe – except for the Netherlands. The rationale behind the decision wasn’t centered on a patent dispute, but rather on Apple’s claim that Samsung’s tablet design was too close to Apple’s iPad design. On Tuesday, […]
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17. August 2011
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