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First off, this is my blog at TMO, a place where I write about anything I think would be interesting to our readers. What follows is not a review of the Kindle Fire HD. I won't be showing comparison charts. Instead, my observations are based on my technical background and experience with iPads, but naturally…

[Update: This article originally focused on Apple's quarterly foot traffic of 120 million people through its retail stores. It has been updated to focus on the 370 million people who visited an Apple Store in 2012. – Bryan] Apple CEO Tim Cook reminded us on Tuesday that 370 million people visited an Apple Store during…

Products made by Apple are one of the most preferred brands for the rich in China. A Chinese research firm recently conducted a survey of some 551 millionaires in the world's most populous nation and found that Apple was the #2 preferred brand for gifting among rich men and the #5 brand among rich women.…

CES is over, and thank goodness. It's a lot of work, but it's an increasingly important show for Apple's ecosystem even though Apple isn't even there. Having had the weekend to think about this year's event, I thought I'd offer my view from 10,000 feet. Firstly, this was a good show for us at TMO.…

As Internet technologies rapidly morph and develop, the human interaction with the Internet has to change as well. At first, that means the adoption of certain technologies. In the early days, it was browsers and email, then personal habits and work strategies, then apps and tablets, and then, perhaps, intelligent agents to help us leverage…

LAS VEGAS – The Pebble team is living the startup dream. They unveiled their iPhone and Android-connected smartwatch on Kickstarter and quickly sold 85,000 units, have commitments from customers for thousands more, and just hosted their fist ever press event at CES. Despite delays that forced the company to push the watch's launch out be…

LAS VEGAS – Samsung's booth in Central Hall at CES is huge. It's pretty cool, too. Lots of stuff, some massive screens, lots of TVs, a bunch of clean white tables holding Samsung gadgets that people can check out. Oh, and lots and lots and lots of people. It was jam packed full of folks…

Yes, folks, while CES happens this week we're also deep into planning for everything we'll be doing at Macworld/iWorld 2013, and that includes … Cirque du Mac X (that's the 10th incarnation of Cirque du Mac and we're happily using the roman numeral to illustrate that… we trust you understand why!). Cirque du Mac will…

Apple’s long-rumored television, said to be “just around the corner” for years, will not launch in 2013, according to BTIG media analyst Richard Greenfield in a media predictions report published Thursday. Mr. Greenfield believes the product is in the works, but legal concerns and content deals will keep it out of the market for at least…

Apple is apparently deep in negotiations to buy the online map service Waze. Sources say the Mac, iPhone and iPad maker is willing to pay upwards of US$500 million for the company, although Waze is said to be holding out for $750 million. Apple may be working on Waze purchase News of the potential deal…

 A Pauper's Grave That wheezing sound you hear is the last gasp of the once-beloved netbook. Asustek and Acer, the last two major OEMs still making netbooks, will both stop making devices in this category at the end of this year. Netbooks were once the golden future, or at least the 10 karat white gold…

Drobo, founded in 2005 as Data Robotics, had one primary goal: make redundant external storage simple for average consumers. The company took its first steps to meet this goal in 2007 when it launched the first-generation Drobo, a four-drive device that could protect the data stored within from a single drive failure. There were admittedly…

Adobe may unveil an update to its flagship Photoshop CS6 software on Tuesday, December 11, bringing Retina support to the application for the first time. Hints of a Retina-enable Photoshop come from an Adobe YouTube video released Tuesday. The video was released to advertise the company’s Create Now Live event, scheduled for December 11, which…

We're in a comfort zone right now. Tablets have emerged and are maturing, but there are still plenty of PCs with Windows all over the planet. They coexist. But what about a few years from now when a combination of new tablet technologies and wholesale discarding of PCs takes place? Then we'll see some serious…

Apple is now paying more for the A6 and A6X processors in the iPhone and iPad thanks to a 20 percent price increase from Samsung. Apple designs the chips, but has been relying on Samsung for manufacturing. Samsung hits Apple with 20 percent price increase for processors “Samsung Electronics recently asked Apple for a significant…

Shares of Apple Inc. have officially slipped into bear territory after the stock slid another 3.63 percent on Thursday. $AAPL ended the day at US$537.75 per share, $20.252 (-3.63 percent). Worries about Foxconn's ability to make enough iPhone 5s continued to concern investors, while one analyst called AAPL's recent sell-off overdone. AAPL has fallen $164.35…