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With iPad 2s flying off the shelves, Motorola Xoom is in long supply
A number of Apple retail stores saw iPad 2 lines begin to form as early as Wednesday of last week – all for a product set to go on sale at 5PM two days later. With the iPad 2 now officially out of its cage, Apple is finding itself in the enviable position of having demand […]
Continue reading...Google removes over 51 popular malware-infested Android apps
Thursday, March 3, 2011
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Yeah yeah, Google’s Android platform is open and amazing and makes Apple’s iOS ecosystem look like a Russian gulag in comparison – or so some folks would have you believe. Seriously, while Android’s openness does have some positives, it also carries the potential for mischief.
Continue reading...Steve Jobs makes a crack at Honeycomb’s paltry app selection
Thursday, March 3, 2011
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One of the great things about a Steve Jobs presentation is that he doesn’t mince words or pull any punches. he loves Apple and won’t hesitate to call out competitors for shoddy products. Put simply, when it comes to tech diplomacy, Jobs is the last one to worry about stepping on anyone’s toes. That said, […]
Continue reading...Apple shareholder Q&A: Apple’s growing pile of cash, Android, and the Mac/PC wars
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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Apple on Wednesday held its annual shareholders meeting where, among other things, an initiative that would force Apple to release its CEO succession plan was voted down. With Steve Jobs out on medical leave, Apple COO Tim Cook presided over the meeting and led up a Q&A discussion afterwards. AppleInsider was in attendance and relayed […]
Continue reading...Breaking down app store market share and revenue
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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Whether or not you believe Apple app store success is rooted in dumb luck or foresight, there’s no denying that Apple’s been on the vanguard of a mobile app industry that has quickly become a multi-billion dollar business. Following in Apple’s footsteps, competitors like Google, Nokia, RIM, and Microsoft have all released competing app stores […]
Continue reading...Eric Schmidt: Google would have loved Nokia to adopt Android
Thursday, February 17, 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...iOS users more valuable than Android users – Report
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
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Electronista reports: Mobile advertising company Mobclix has released a study comparing the revenue generated from ad-supported free apps on both the iOS and Android platforms, and found that advertising on iOS was significantly more effective — sometimes yielding more than double the revenue — than on Android devices, making iDevice users more “valuable” to developers […]
Continue reading...New Verizon iPhone may eat into 1 million Android sales
Thursday, February 10, 2011
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AppleInsider reports: Analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray said on Thursday that Verizon typically would have sold between 4 million and 5 million Android handsets this quarter if Apple’s iPhone were not available. But he sees the arrival of the iPhone taking a chunk out of Android sales on Verizon, disrupting them by about a […]
Continue reading...Android overtakes Nokia as the most popular smartphone platform in Q4 2010
Monday, January 31, 2011
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The research firm Canalys is reporting that Google’s Android platform is now more popular than Nokia’s Symbian platform, earning it the spot as the top smartphone platform on the market during the fourth quarter of 2010. During Q4 of 2010, Android handset sales came in at 33.3 million units while Nokia handset sales checked in […]
Continue reading...Eric Schmidt wasn’t always “in the know” as Google CEO
Thursday, January 27, 2011
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Though Eric Schmidt will no longer be responsible for handling day-to-day CEO duties at Google, an old 2009 interview with the former CEO reveals that even as the head honcho, he wasn’t always aware of what good ole’ Larry and Sergey were up to. Reporter: Please talk about M&A plans and goal of one acquisition […]
Continue reading...Smule co-founder and CCO Dr. Ge Wang opines on iOS development
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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With apps like Ocarina and I am T-Pain to their credit, Smule has been behind some of the biggest and most popular iPhone apps to date. Smule’s most recent effort is an app called Magic Fiddle. Not too long ago, TUAW caught up with Smule co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Dr. Ge Wang to glean […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook calls Android tablets “bizzare”
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
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During yesterday’s earnings conference call, Apple COO Tim Cook was asked how Apple is planning to deal with an increasingly competitive tablet marketplace. Cook responded, Well, and if you’re look at what’s shipping today, there’s not much out there as you know. And generally speaking, there’s two kinds of groups today, that are at least […]
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Monday, March 14, 2011
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