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While Research In Motion brought the smartphone market to life, both CLSA and Gleacher & Co. believe that the market is now dominated by iPhone and Android. RIM is in a battle for third place with cellphone heavyweight Nokia and has-been model Windows Mobilephonewhatever. The Associated Press reported that Gleacher & Co. analyst Mark McKechnie…

In an editorial titled “Double standards in Apple’s Disneyland,” Heine Jørgensen wrote for the newspaper (from a Google translation, and mind the mild profanity), “Steve Jobs, who privately is Disney’s largest shareholder, is the closest you get to a god in the engineering world. And just like God, he tries to restrict anything that resembles…

This would mark a shift in the rumored negotiations between the two companies, as Verizon previously hadn’t wanted to pay the same stratospheric subsidies AT&T pays for each iPhone signed up on its network. The telecom has also been unhappy with the notion of leaving Apple in charge of the customer experience, as it is…

El Economista (English translation) reports that Apple is considering linking its current Cupertino campus with the new facility via underground tunnels so staff can move between the buildings without crossing streets or having to go outside. The new campus will apparently be designed to be environmentally friendly as well.Foster’s “Gherkin” with a little Apple touchApple…

“The issues have to do with uses of Flash for tracking, Flash cookies for example,” FTC chief technologist Ed Felten said. “As of today, when you use the privacy controls in your browser, they don’t directly affect the treatment of Flash local shared objects.”Local shared objects is the term Adobe uses to identify Flash cookies,…

That tweet: Howard Stern on the verge of signing $600 million 3 year agreement with Apple to host an Internet/TV/iTunes broadcast. $SIRI The key is that the Mr. Stern’s five year contract with the satellite radio provider is set to expire in January of 2011. That deal was priced at half a billion dollars, as…

Depending on how Apple implements its patent, the company could ship computers with a charger plug that also includes video, network, USB and other ports that all connect via optic fibers in the charger cable. The patent also describes using the system for rapid recharging, and also covers using the MagSafe connector with mobile devices…

Much has been written about whether this project, The Daily, by Mr. Murdoch will be successful or not. He’s sinking a lot of money into it, but he has the money to try. Some point out that we already have all the news sources and apps that we need and that Mr. Murdoch and his…

Clearly borrowing closely from real life politics, the video was also clearly produced by people intimately familiar with the Angry Birds franchise. From appearances, to actions, to the sound effects, it’s what a peace agreement brokered between those two intractable sides (and we’re still talking about Angry Birds and Pigs, mind you) might look like,…

Steve Jobs, ready for action!The Steve figure sports his traditional black mock turtleneck shirt, blue jeans, and even includes his trademark glasses. Little Steve is hand painted for a realistic look and comes on an Apple logo base.The downside is that the figure costs US$79.99, and quickly went from available to out of stock, and…

Version 2.0 also added multitasking support, the ability to stream audio in the background, and swipe gesture support for changing pages, along with improved performance, an updated user interface, bug fixes, and more.Perfect Web Browser 2.0 is priced at US$2.99 and is available at Apple’s iTunes-based App Store.

The 10.1” Windows device (shown below) will run a processor from AMD, according to PC Magazine, and feature two cameras (one front, one rear), WiFi and 3G connectivity, and be 15mm thick (Apple’s current iPad is 13.4mm thick). The company said this device would ship in February, but didn’t a name or pricing for the…

The five former RIM employees served the company in various sales capacities, including Geoff Perfect, who was Head of Strategic Sales and worked at RIM for five years before leaving the company to join Apple as Head of Enterprise Sales. Following in his footsteps, was Paul Alvarez, who served for a similar time span as…

The company’s patent application describes a method of using, “a layered fiber-in-matrix type material, such as CFRP” to make both a spine and and a CFRP spine. “The CFRP spine may be a unitary frame that imparts strength and rigidity to the overall housing and also form at least some of the corners of the…

The effort was spearheaded by EMI CEO Roger Faxon, who came to his new position in June of this year. He reportedly hammered out a deal (detailed below) with The Beatles and its management company, Apple Corps, and then set out to win the best deal from one of the major players in digital downloads.…

Android-based phones, according to Woz, sport more features that the iPhone and there are more choices for consumers, too. Eventually Android phone quality and user satisfaction will be on par with iOS, he predicts. 

“We believe that you can bring the mobile to the Web but you don’t need to go through some kind of control point of an SDK, and that’s the core part of our message,” Mr. Balsillie said, according to eWeek. “You don’t need an app for the Web [or to use a special defined set…

On the Internet, the immediate reaction to this momentous announcement was: *yawn* — followed by an avalanche of snarky and derisive comments. The gist of most of the comments was that Apple’s announcement was too little, too late.  Typical remarks (with the snarkiness removed) ranged from “This is fine…but too much hype, hardly worthy of taking…

Most iPhone users have been exposed to shopping apps by now. Using barcodes, they help you find the best prices for items. TheFind takes that experience up a notch and then adds another layer on top of that. And it is free. TheFind app iconThe app, which is listed in the Lifestyle section of the…

Apple had planned on letting Ping users sift through their Facebook friends to find new followers and highlighted the feature when it first showed off Ping earlier this year. When Ping officially rolled out, however, Facebook integration was conspicuously missing.Facebook’s Mark ZuckerbergAccording to TechCrunch, Mr. Zuckerberg said the reason Ping and Facebook aren’t linked together…

Dr. Sugar served as Northrop Grumman’s CEO and Chairman from 2003 until he retired in 2010. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a fellow at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics along with the Royal Aeronautical Society.He also serves as a senior adviser to the Ares Management investment firm,…

The Beatles are performing less well on in sales of single songs, with seven of the Top 100 singles, from #39 to #85. Both charts have been swiftly changing throughout the day, and the list we compiled below had to be renumbered three times just whilst we were putting it together due to all 17…

Mr. Devine will be required to give the court access to his various safe deposit boxes, and the prosecution is currently reviewing the content on computers they seized from him, too.Prosecutors want Paul Shin Devine’s cashMr. Devine was charged with several counts of fraud for selling information to parts suppliers so they could negotiate better…

The Drobo S also includes USB 2.0 support, along with two FireWire 800 ports and an eSATA port. So far, Apple isn’t supporting USB 3.0 on the Mac, but there are ExpressCard and PCI Express-based third-party adapters available.Users looking to add the Drobo S to their backup routine will pay US$799 for the unit without…