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05.7.09 / Kindle Curdles Newspaper, Magazine Publishers’ Blood

Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader is curdling the blood of some newspaper and magazine publishers who feel the device offers a poor substitute for the look and feel of turning pages, lacks the ability to handle on-page advertising, and has a … Read more »

04.30.09 / Is Verizon Double-Dating Apple and Microsoft?

On one hand, you have the Boston Globe reporting that Apple’s iPhone “may be poised to shake up the cell phone industry a second time” by introducing a model that could work on Verizon Wireless’ network.  On the other, you … Read more »

04.24.09 / Software, Online’s First Quarter Winners and Losers

First quarter earnings reports from some of the software and online industry’s biggest players are in, and they’re painting an interesting story—a mixed story at that.  Microsoft, EBay, and Yahoo seem to be getting killed, while Apple and Amazon seem … Read more »

04.10.09 / iPod Pwnes Rivals in Latest Teen Survey

The numbers couldn’t be more clear.  When it comes to personal music players, Apple’s iPod dominates the market in a way that makes the Harlem Globetrotters’ relationship with the Washington Generals seem like a closely-matched rivalry in comparison. According to … Read more »

04.3.09 / RIM Launches App Store for Blackberry

With the success Apple has had with the app store for the iPhone, Research In Motion decided to give it a shot.  April 1, RIM launched their Blackberry app store. Understandably so, RIM wants in on the app store hype … Read more »

04.2.09 / iPhone Could be Launching Soon in China, But No YouTube for You

Rumors abound that Apple will launch its iPhone 3G in China in May 2009, but Chinese users who were expecting to use their iPhones to access YouTube beware:  the Chinese government began blocking YouTube on March 23, according to CNet … Read more »

04.1.09 / Skype Makes Big Play on Mobile Carriers with iPhone App

By announcing an iPhone application—to be released today—Skype has made their intentions clear to wireless carriers:  we’re coming after you where you live. Mobile devices are “where the majority of the world’s conversations are happening these days,” said Scott Durchslag, … Read more »

03.31.09 / Rethinking Free in a Down Economy

Not so long ago, you could have collected enough of those “Try AOL for Free” installation disks to shoot skeet—for free—for the rest of your life.  The move may have backfired for AOL, but in the Great Recession of 2008-2009, … Read more »

03.24.09 / Will an Apple App Help Save Sirius XM?

A few weeks ago, Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin blamed the company’s fourth quarter 2008 subscriber numbers in part on the “gloom and doom” surrounding Sirius XM’s financial position.  While Liberty Media’s acquisition of a 40% stake in the company … Read more »

03.17.09 / Apple iPhone OS 3.0 Release Includes Cavalcade of Features, Functionality

Apple’s new iPhone OS 3.0 release, unveiled today, will offer iPhone users something they’ve demanded since the iPhone’s inception:  the ability to cut, copy, and paste text from one application to another.  But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. … Read more »