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Publishers bet big on iPad
June 8, 2010 by Mike · Leave a Comment
US companies are paying newspapers and magazines up to five times as much to place ads in their iPad applications
NEW YORK: Good news for the news business: US companies are paying newspapers and magazines up to five times as much to place ads in their iPad applications as what similar advertising costs on regular websites.
This doesn’t mean Apple’s tablet computer will live up to its hype as a potential lifeline for the media industry. Online ads still generate a small fraction of news companies’ advertising revenue, and it’s an open question whether print ads will return to what they totaled before the recession. Read more
Android Gets Layar 3.5 Update First
June 4, 2010 by Mike · Leave a Comment
In your FACE, iPhone users! Layar’s latest update, 3.5, has been released first for Android phones. It includes the new ‘stream’ feature, which offers up augmented reality information based on your location, without a search entry needed. Read more
Microsoft opens Windows 7 restaurant
June 1, 2010 by Mike · Leave a Comment
Skype app finally delivers on 3G voice calling
May 31, 2010 by Mike · Leave a Comment
There’s good news and a little bit (just a little bit) of bad news. Good news first: the iPhone Skype app has been updated to allow for calls using AT&T’s 3G data network. Read more
Partner with Microsoft in Building Cloud Apps
May 27, 2010 by Mike · Leave a Comment
In-person Windows Azure Boot Camps
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Intel announces new ultrathin laptop chips
May 25, 2010 by Mike · Leave a Comment
Intel on Monday introduced new low-voltage Core processors for the ultrathin laptop segment.
Intel-based ultrathin laptop.
(Credit: Intel)
The laptop designs in this segment have been symbolized to date by the less-than-one-inch-thick Apple MacBook Air and Dell Adamo–which use Intel processors that draw relatively little power compared with standard mobile processors. But those are pricey, luxury notebooks beyond the price range that Intel is targeting with the newest processors.
“It will fit the consumer system price point. Very affordable systems,” Mooly Eden, vice president and general manager of the PC Client Group at Intel, said during a video conference Monday morning. Though Eden Read more
On future Macs, iPad, MacBook Air and iPhone
May 22, 2010 by Mike · Leave a Comment
Apple’s got more planned than even Google can imitate.
Despite the mass hysteria greeting Google’s swathe of product introductions this week, Apple’s seeming silence isn’t a giant groaning, but the sign of a competitor drawing its breath to make the next move.
Remember that alongside creating the iPhone, iPod and iPad, Apple also develops computers. Read more
Mac OS X 10.5.8 update is out
August 7, 2009 by Rojit · Leave a Comment
Apple released an update to its operating system Wednesday, version 10.5.8. Read more
Windows 7 XP Mode enters RC
August 7, 2009 by Rojit · Leave a Comment
Microsoft has announced that XP Mode, the Windows 7 add-on that will allow users with the proper hardware to run a virtual version of Windows XP within Windows 7, has entered Release Candidate status. Read more
MSN launches free streaming video
August 5, 2009 by Rojit · Leave a Comment
Microsoft has announced a UK service that will stream full-length videos of television shows for free. Read more