How to Choose the Right Apple iPad for You
2010-03-12 02:34:59
Keywords: Technology, Start-Ups, Internet, Enterprise, Gadgets
Quote: If you are not interested in Apple’s coming iPad and have no intention of buying one, then you may want to skip this post. But if you’re already readying your tent and fold-up chairs to wait outside an Apple store for the company’s latest offering, then please read on.
announced last weekiPad will be available for prepurchase just hours from now, with the Wi-Fi-only versions arriving in stores on April 3 and the 3G models showing up later that month.
prices were announced in Ja...
Read articleApple iPhone Will Multitask: Rumor
2010-03-12 02:34:59
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, Scott Moritz ,Technology
Quote: (TheStreet) --Apple(AAPL) fans have discovered a reason for cheer, and apologists may soon get to lighten up a bit. The new iPhone will finally allow multitasking, according to a report by blog AppleInsider.If true -- unlike rumors that preceded the last two versions of the iPhone -- the move would answer one of the biggest criticisms of Apple's mobile software system.Multitasking, or operating multiple applications like messaging, music and Web browser simultaneously, has been a basic function ...
Read article[$$] Hearst Jumps Into the Apps Business
2010-03-12 02:34:57
Quote: Hearst, best known as a publisher of magazines and newspapers, is jumping into the business of developing software applications, or "apps," for use on Apple Inc.'s iPhone. Hearst is focusing its apps on what it knows best: information, mainly in the realms of sports teams, players and celebrities, but also hobbies and topics, like coffee, Barbie and cupcakes. Hearst eventually expects to offer thousands of apps that pull together news and photos about narrow slices of information. .........
Read articleUPDATE - National Semi profit, outlook beat forecasts
2010-03-12 02:34:57
Keywords: Hot stocks,Equities,Semiconductors,Semiconductor equipment and products,United States of America,Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment,Technology,Technology equipment,Corporate Results,Corporate Results Forecasts,Business activities,Computer hardware
Quote: National Semiconductor is especially sensitive to an
economic recovery as the chip maker's analog chips are used in
everything from cars to cell phones such as Apple Inc's
(AAPL.O) iPhone and Palm Inc's (PALM.O) Pre. The company said net income rose to $53.2 million, or 22
cents a share, in its fiscal third quarter ended Feb. 28, up
from $21.1 million, or 9 cents a share, in the year-ago
period. That came in ahead of analysts' average estimate of 18
cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters I/...
Read articleBillionaire-Owned Stocks To Avoid
2010-03-11 05:27:49
Keywords: Billionaire Stock Picks, Steve Jobs, Sands Casino, Sheldon Adelson, Marriott Hotels
Quote: Some cases in point: Over the last 12 months, Steve Jobs' Apple(AAPL -news-people) yielded a 102% return; Ralph Lauren(RL -news-people)'s Polo Ralph Lauren(RL -news-people) surged 111%; Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.(NWS -news-people) rallied 101%; and Anil Ambani's Reliance Industries delivered an 87% return. An investment in Chinese newcomer Li Shufu's Geely Automotive would have more than quadrupled your money.Tempted to jump in? Do so only selectively. The bargains that existed on paper a year ...
Read articleMossberg's Mailbox
2010-03-11 05:27:48
Quote: It's called "Secure Empty Trash" and is found in the Finder, the Mac's equivalent of Windows Explorer.
Q: In your recent article about transferring Internet video to your TV, you ignored Apple TV. Why?
A: Because the article was about methods for wirelessly streaming video from multiple Web sites via a PC to a TV, and that's not what Apple TV primarily does. It mainly takes audio, video and photos that are already on your computers and plays or displays them on your TV. It only directly streams...
Read articleFormer RealNetwork's CEO Rob Glaser Says For Now Apple Has Won
2010-03-11 05:27:48
Quote: "As of today, Apple is the clear winner. It's incredible what they've been able to do in a vertical paradigm," he said. "But if that's the way the industry pans out, we'll have a much slower pace of innovation, and there will be a tremendous loss in value creation. It's incumbent for those who don't want that—carriers, handset-makers, etc.—to work together. Otherwise verticals will stand."GOOGNews) experiment is a proof point of that….It's a lot harder to make horizontal easi...
Read articleUPDATE - Cisco leapfrogs rivals with faster router
2010-03-10 04:09:03
Keywords: Communications equipment,Data processing services,United States of America,Integrated telecommunication services,Telecommunication services (sector),
Quote: While operators do not put this much routing power into
their networks today, Cisco is betting that surging Web traffic
-- driven by smartphones like Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iPhone and
services like Google Inc's (GOOG.O) YouTube -- will make these
products necessary in the future. Cisco said it has sold 5,000 of its current most powerful
router, the CRS-1, to 300 operators, which would be an average
of 17 per carrier. The CRS-3 router took Cisco three years to develop and
supports data speeds three...
Read articleHow today's killer apps died first time round
2010-03-10 04:09:03
Keywords: technology, tech, it company news, software, hardware, internet, computers, robots, apple, micrisoft, dell, it industry news, it news headlines, it headlines, company news, companies news, industry news, business headlines, financial times, ft.com
Quote: The “app stores†of the Apple iPhone and its imitators offer more than 150,000 applications, games and services and downloads exceed 3bn.◠Internet TV In 1997, Microsoft bought WebTV, a Silicon Valley hardware and software company. It made a box that users could connect to their TVs and get internet access. Neither the graphics nor the speeds available were compelling. By 2001, Microsoft had dissolved its WebTV division. Today, internet TV is ready for primetime. Microsoft sell...
Read articleFormer Sun CEO says Apple's Jobs threatened to sue
2010-03-10 04:09:02
Keywords: Industries|Tech, MSFT, Microsoft Corporation, ORCL, Oracle Corporation, AAPL, Apple Inc, HTCK.F, Htc Corp, GOOG, Google Inc, MSFT, Microsoft Corporation
Quote: Cisco's Router HypeNetworking giant borrows a page from Apple's marketing manual to promote a fast new router, and the market yawns. Rex Crum reports.Apple/quotes/comstock/15*!aapl/quotes/nls/aapl(AAPL223.02,+3.94,+1.80%) recently sued Taiwanese mobile-phone maker HTC Corp./quotes/comstock/11i!htck.f(HTCK.F42.41,-0.09,-0.22%), alleging the infringement of 20 patents related to the popular iPhone. HTC is a prominent partner of Google Inc./quotes/comstock/15*!goog/quotes/nls/goog(GOOG560.19,-2.29,...
Read articleCORRECTED - CORRECTED-LG Elec launches Android-based smartphone in Korea
2010-03-10 04:09:01
Keywords: Korean Republic (south),Asia,Emerging countries,Telecommunication services (sector),Semiconductor equipment and products,Consumer electronics,Household durables,Integrated telecommunication services,Communications equipment,United States of America,Wirele
Quote: LG, which is fighting an uphill battle against leaders
Nokia (NOK1V.HE), Blackberry maker RIM (RIMM.O) and Apple,
plans to boost smartphone offerings with some 20 models this
year, half the offerings based on the most popular Android. The South Korean firm wants to claim a double-digit share
of the global smartphone market by 2012. Currently the top
three players control three quarters of the booming and
lucrative smartphone market. The model LG-KH5200, which will be sold by the country's
second...
Read articleHome Buyers Check Out Apps
2010-03-10 04:09:00
Quote: Now they also feel compelled to have an "app" for Apple Inc.'s iPhone and other smart phones. Rather than being moneymakers—brokers tend to offer their apps for free—the apps are seen as a tool to make the home-buying process easier.
"I don't think it's driving revenue for us, but it's making customers happier," says Glenn Kelman, chief executive of Redfin Corp., a Seattle-based broker that operates in nine states.
Many of the apps' functions—such as listing which nearby homes ...
Read articleLittle Point in Palm: Under the Radar
2010-03-09 07:20:47
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, David MacDougall ,Personal Technology
Quote: If the company misses its projections or fails to forecast the adoption of its products correctly, the servicing of liabilities can prove to be a major hindrance.AppleAAPL), Research in MotionRIMM), NokiaNOK), MotorolaMOT) and now GoogleGOOG) are fighting for market share. It takes more than just a slick device to succeed. Without a strong financial backbone to subsist during lean times, device companies won't be able to compete for long.Palm has a negative equity position, meaning the company h...
Read articleHow callers rate the carriers
2010-03-09 07:20:46
Quote: T-Mobile and Sprint bring up the rear
There's bad news for Apple (AAPL) and even worse news for Palm (PALM) in a BrandIndex consumer survey published Tuesday by YouGov. Both firms have tied their cellphones to exclusive wireless carriers, neither of which scored particularly well in terms of quality, value and customer satisfaction.
Every weekday for the past 12 months, YouGov interviewed 5,000 Americans from an online panel of 1.5 million. For this survey, respondents were asked to rate th...
Read articleApple: Sell Before the Fall
2010-03-09 07:20:46
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, Scott Moritz ,Personal Technology
Quote: (TheStreet) --Apple(AAPL) -- purveyor of hip, the gadget maker with the golden touch -- has seen its stock price hit two new highs in the past week. In fact, Apple has been on a winning streak for the past decade, ever since its audacious co-founder Steve Jobs reclaimed the top post. Apple's long ride atop the pinnacle of cool has a can't-miss quality to it; a gravity-defying feel of permanence.But beware of the backlash.It's inevitable. The life cycle of tech giants is brilliant and brutally sh...
Read article'Mad Money' Recap: Apple Riding High With the iPad (Update 1)
2010-03-05 01:30:51
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, Scott Rutt ,Mad Money Recap
Quote: TheStreet) -- "The train is leaving the station and you can't wait any longer," Jim Cramer told the viewers of his "Mad Money" TV show Thursday.He said that the time to buy Apple AAPL)Action Alerts PLUS, is now.Cramer said if this quarter's retail earnings have told us anything, it's that the consumers are spending and should be eager to buy the new device. He said that retailers from Target TGT) to Coach COH) have all seen strong earnings, and Apple should be no exception.Furthermore, Cramer sa...
Read article'The Oxford Companion to the Book'
2010-03-05 01:30:51
Quote: Between 1978 and 1980, students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology produced the first significant hypermedia application, the Aspen Moviemap, which used a stop-frame camera to create an interactive map of Aspen, Colorado, based on actual photos.
Apple Computer by Bill Atkinson in 1987. Apple released this software as freeware on its new Macintosh computer. Content creators immediately embraced the program's promise. Although many early works were no doubt lost, one has long endured. In...
Read articleAlaska Communications 4Q loss narrows
2010-03-05 01:30:51
Quote: on Thursday reported a smaller loss for the fourth quarter even as revenue fell, because the 2008 quarter's loss was inflated by a hefty charge to write down the value of assets.Apple Inc.iPhone lured away its cell phone customers. Wireless subscribers fell by 2,361 in the quarter to 137,365 and the company also had to offer higher discounts to sell its phones.Traditional phone customers continued to disconnect, with total access lines down 2.3 percent to 185,500. DSL also lost ground, down 300 ...
Read articleOrange élargit son offre d'applications
2010-03-05 01:30:50
Keywords: Data processing services,
Quote: Orange fournira
également un kit d'outils afin que les développeurs puissent
concevoir de nouvelles applications à partir de cette
plate-forme."Notre stratégie consiste à faire des applications mobiles
une réalité pour chacun - et pas seulement pour les passionnées
de combinés multimédia possédant des smartphones sophistiqués",
a déclaré Paul-Francois Fournier, directeur exécutif chargé...
Read articleSony to launch new portable devices this year: WSJ
2010-03-05 01:30:49
Keywords: , SNE, Sony Corp, 6758, Sony Corp, AAPL, Apple Inc
Quote: LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese electronics and media giant Sony Corp./quotes/comstock/13*!sne/quotes/nls/sne(SNE35.04,-0.46,-1.30%)/quotes/comstock/!6758(JP:67583,100,-35.00,-1.12%) plans to launch several new portable electronic devices this year to compete with Apple Inc./quotes/comstock/15*!aapl/quotes/nls/aapl(AAPL210.71,+1.38,+0.66%), according to a Wall Street Journal report Thursday, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. Among the new products is a smartphone that can dow...
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