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Queen Elizabeth II gets an iPad 2
It certainly was an Apple filled Mother’s Day for Queen Elizabeth II. The royal matriarch had her staff get her an iPad 2 after she got a glimpse of Apple’s tablet from Princes William and Harry when they paid her a visit at Buckingham Palace this past weekend. Her grandsons apparently have iPads themselves and […]
Continue reading...Samsung was Apple’s chief supplier of 9.7-inch LCD screens for the iPad last quarter
Monday, May 9, 2011
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You know you’re working in a funny industry when one of your biggest clients is also the same company trying to sue the pants of you. Such is the case with Samsung and Apple. A few weeks ago, Apple sued Samsung claiming that its lineup of Galaxy smartphones and tablets slavishly copy the look and […]
Continue reading...Conde Nast jumps into the in-app subscription game
Monday, May 9, 2011
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Apple in mid-February generated a firestorm of controversy when it rolled out in-app subscriptions as an option to publishers. Using the same billing system Apple already uses for in-app purchases, the new scheme enables publishers to set up recurring subscriptions with customers that results in new issues of a publication being delivered automatically to a […]
Continue reading...iPad 3 to support 3D display – Rumor
Friday, May 6, 2011
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There are rumors and then there are crazy rumors. This one falls into the latter. Ever since Avatar hit the big screen, there’s been a big push towards 3D movies. This, of course, has been accompanied by an influx of 3D HDTVs. Depending on who you talk to, 3D is the wave of the future. […]
Continue reading...The Daily was a $10 million losing proposition last quarter
Thursday, May 5, 2011
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In early February, Apple and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp released The Daily, the world’s first iPad-only newspaper. The aim of The Daily is to provide a modern take on news events and to distribute that news in an engaging experience wrapped up in a multimedia experience. What this means is an interactive newspaper that combines […]
Continue reading...Hearst publishing strikes deal to issue Magazine iPad subscriptions via iTunes
Thursday, May 5, 2011
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The Hearst Corporation, which publishes newspapers and popular magazines like Cosmopolitan and O, The Oprah Magazine, recently struck a deal with Apple whereby it will provide its content to iPad users via in app subscriptions. Right of the gate, only three of Hearst’s magazine properties will be available on the iPad, but they’re all big […]
Continue reading...If iPad sales were counted as Mac/PC sales [Chart]
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
With the emphatic arrival of the iPad, there’s been growing talk of the iPad being a post PC device ushering in a new post PC era. Indeed, PC sales are beginning to slow down, with new data from Gartner relaying that PC shipments have been declining for three straight quarters here in the US. So […]
Continue reading...Apple releases new iPad commercial – “If you asked”
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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Apple today released a new iPad 2 commercial titled “If you asked.” If you ask a parent, they might call it intuitive. If you ask a musician, they might call it inspiring. To a doctor, it’s groundbreaking. To a CEO, it’s powerful. To a teacher, it’s the future. If you ask a child, she might […]
Continue reading...Time Inc. strikes deal with Apple over free iPad issues for print subscribers
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
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Though the iPad was heralded as the device that was going to save the newspaper industry while simultaneously revitalizing other print publications such as magazines, it’d be a long stretch to say that’s what actually happened. In truth, publishing on the iPad has been the source for quite a bit of controversy as publishers struggle […]
Continue reading...Foxconn arrests 3 for leaking iPad 2 case designs
Thursday, April 28, 2011
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While some companies like to trot out beta hardware/software to give consumers a taste of what’s to come – or in RIM’s case, a final product – Apple likes to keep its plans bottled up until Steve Jobs struts out on stage and introduces the latest and greatest from Cupertino. Of course, things don’t always […]
Continue reading...Obama is an iPad 2 and Smart Cover kind of President
Monday, April 25, 2011
Written by Sarah Petit: There’s no mistaking that President Obama is a Mac. While on the campaign trail in 2008, the Obama campaign relied on Macs heavily, and upon being elected, Obama’s staffers lamented the fact that the White House was littered with old and outdated PCs. Recently, Obama was asked if he owned an […]
Continue reading...Apple taps Chimei Innolux Corp. to supply iPad touchscreen sensors and displays
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
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In what is likely the result of strong demand and constrained supply, Apple has reportedly tapped Chimei Innolux Corp. as the third supplier of touchscreen sensors used on the hot-selling iPad 2. Chimei Innolux now joins TPK Holding Corp. and Wintek as the main suppliers of the sensors used on Apple’s popular tablet.
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Monday, May 9, 2011
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