UPDATE - 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...
Read article[$$] New Sony Gadgets Take Aim at Apple
2010-03-05 01:30:46
Quote: Article ExcerptNew Sony Gadgets Take Aim at AppleBY DAISUKE WAKABAYASHIAND YUKARI IWATANI KANE Threatened by Apple Inc.'s growing stable of portable devices, Sony Corp. is developing a new lineup of handheld products, including a smart phone capable of downloading and playing videogames, according to people familiar with the matter. The Japanese electronics giant also is developing a portable device that shares characteristics of netbooks, electronic-book readers and handheld-game machines. The...
Read articleFacebook Founder Won't Rush IPO: Report
2010-03-04 05:52:40
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, TheStreet Staff ,Internet
Quote: But, he added, "We are definitely in no rush."Unlike some of his predecessors such as AppleAAPL Quote) CEO Steve Jobs and Google'sGOOG Quote)Journal notes."If you don't need that capital, then all the pressures are different, and the motivations to go public are not there in the same way," Zuckerberg said.Journal reports. These include a $1 billion offer from Yahoo!YHOO Quote) in 2006 and an overture from MicrosoftMSFT Quote) that was worth a possible $8 billion or more, people familiar with the...
Read articleDigital Stocks' YTD Performance: Meh (Stay Private, Mark!)
2010-03-04 05:52:39
Keywords: apple, facebook, google, internet, kara swisher, microsoft, yahoo, digital, financial, social networking, investor, ipo, mark zuckerberg, performance, private, public, russian, wall street, ytd
Quote: BoomTown Posts by CategorySelect categoryadvertising (455)All Things Digital (61)Apple (278)BoomTown (2103)D4 (7)D5 (35)D6 (86)D7 (48)D: All Things Digital (245)digital (2109)Digital Daily (60)econalypse (77)entertainment (194)Facebook (477)financial (166)Google (723)hardware (96)innovation (281)Inter...
Read articleOrange to bring multimedia widgets to basic phones
2010-03-04 05:52:39
Keywords: Data processing services,
Quote: Applications, or apps, such as those found on Apple's
(AAPL.O) iPhone have proved hugely popular in recent years and
Orange, owned by France Telecom (FTE.PA), hopes to bring that
multimedia experience to their more basic handsets. Mobile operators are increasingly looking to grow data
revenues from searching the Internet and sharing pictures after
experiencing falling sales in mature markets due to mobile
saturation and voice price competition. Popular widgets which encourage consumers to use t...
Read articleFixing the Wi-Fi on iPod Touch
2010-03-04 05:52:39
Keywords: Computers and the Internet,Apple Inc,Flickr,Twitter,iPod,Wireless Communications,Photography
Quote: If you still can’t get it to work properly, Apple has other suggestions at support.apple.com/kb/TS1398.How Many Photos Fit on Flickr?Q. Does Flickr limit the file size of the photos and videos you can upload?A. Flickr does have some restrictions, but the site has different rules for the different types of accounts it offers. For free basic accounts, you can upload photo files up to 10 megabytes in size and you can upload 100 megabytes of photos each month. Free account pages display...
Read articleApple Sues Nexus One Maker HTC
2010-03-03 06:53:14
Keywords: Computers and the Internet,Suits and Litigation,Inventions and Patents,Copyrights and Copyright Violations,iPhone,Apple Inc,HTC Corp
Quote: SAN FRANCISCO Apple has relied on slick applications, and even slicker advertisements, to promote the iPhone and maintain its advantage over rivals like Google in the battle to rule the next generation of smartphones. But the fight may come down to something more provincial: who has the best lawyers.On Tuesday, Apple sued HTC, the Taiwanese company that is the largest maker of smartphones running Google’s Android operating system, including the Nexus One, designed and sold by Google...
Read articleApple's Smartphone Battle Plan
2010-03-03 06:53:14
Keywords: International Trade Commission, Apple, Nokia, HTC, smartphones, Android, Google, patents, patent infringement, Research In Motion,
Quote: Apple's Smartphone Battle PlanThe iPhone maker's complaint against HTC underscores the widening role of the International Trade Commission in cross-border disputes over smartphone tech
By
Arik Hesseldahl
Apple's attempt to block the import of smartphones made by HTC Corp. underscores the growing prominence of the International Trade Commission in settling patent disputes over smartphones, one of the fastest-growing areas in technology. AAPL2498:TTNOK). IT) to rise 46% this year. "The ITC is...
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