Category Archives: Business

Link: The Amazon Tablet →

MG Siegler has the first look at an Amazon tablet, albiet he cannot provide pictures. Details within the article include: A form factor similar to the BlackBerry Playbook 7” with a capacitive touch screen in full color That means no … Continue reading

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Link: It’s Even Priced the Same →

Competition isn’t a bad thing, but this is just too close (via Daring Fireball)

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Link: Count In AOL? →

AOL owns a significant share of media sites on the web, but that’s about all the company has visibly going for them. A few incubated initiatives are mentioned in the article, but I don’t see how these provide a sustainable … Continue reading

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Link: Justice Department Trying to Block AT&T Merger →

The US Government is attempting to block the merger between AT&T and T-Mobile.  The merger has been highly controversial with numerous companies weighing in on the matter.  AT&T recently went before Congress to explain the merger and what exactly it … Continue reading

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Link: La-La Land →

The Board is said to not meet until December to decide the fate of the HP PC, which means they completely will miss innovation during the critical computer buying time — Christmas. HP cannot recover from being completely off the … Continue reading

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Link: Apple Awards Tim Cook 1 Million Shares →

Matt Rosoff, from SAI: But here’s a fun thought experiment. In the last ten years, Apple’s stock has gone up to more than 40 times its starting value. If Cook were somehow to duplicate the success of his predecessor, that … Continue reading

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Weekly Download #11: Tablets and the iPad, Future of HP & Motorola, Facebook’s Privacy, More iPhone Carriers, Lift, Torrenting, Cookies

It’s another Weekly Download with your favorite hosts, Tarun Gangwani and Chris Robbins. This follows #10 which covered Steve Jobs’ resignation. Chris and Tarun discuss Apple’s tablet incumbency and what makes a good mobile computer; the futures of Motorola and … Continue reading

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Weekly Download #10: Steve Jobs Steps Down

On this special edition (patch) of Weekly Download, Tarun and Chris talk about the resignation of Steve Jobs and his new position as Chairman of the Board. Is Apple doomed in the next few years? Who is Tim Cook? Tarun … Continue reading

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Link: HP’s Brand Value Suffers →

HP seems to have created quite the mess for itself.  No one really has any idea what is going to happen to WebOS or the PC business at this point.  I’m really not sure if the CEO even gets it … Continue reading

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A New Era

Tarun thinks Apple isn’t doomed and Steve Jobs’ legacy will continue to live on for the next few years. Continue reading

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Link: Lift →

When you arrive at the floor you are supposed to be on, if you hit the button for that floor at the same time, you get a peice of cheese. Right?

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Link: Motorola Future Uncertain →

Last week’s announcement by Google stating they would be acquiring Motorola Mobility has led to some uncertainty for Motorola.  Google has come out and openly stated that this purchase was mostly for patents, this leaves Motorola in a bit of … Continue reading

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From The Apple Cookbook: A Recipe for Tablet Makers

What makes the iPad the hottest selling tablet (and PC in general)? Tarun discusses the recipe of the iPad and how this is just one product in Apple’s giant cookbook of products that have yet to come. Continue reading

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Weekly Download #9: HP and WebOS, Google and Motorola, iPad, 3G MacBooks, Privacy, Milgram

They are making a sequel to WHAT? Chris and Tarun talk about HPs flailing around in big boy territory; Google’s questionable pickup of Motorola; delays in iPad shipments, MacBooks with cellular power; a 13 year old’s privacy issues; a reinventing … Continue reading

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Link: HP Kills WebOS Hardware (TouchPad, Pre) →

The plot thickens: Earlier today, HP said they want to split their software and hardware business, and now they want nothing to do with WebOS hardware. This is on the heels of another quote from HP, stating that they want … Continue reading

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Link: Best Buy wants HP to Buy Tablets Back →

Prepare for a massive fire sale, if this keeps up: According to one source who’s seen internal HP reports, Best Buy has taken delivery of 270,000 TouchPads and has so far managed to sell only 25,000, or less than 10 … Continue reading

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Link: Motorola Mobility Gobbled up by Google →

Google and Motorola announced a deal this morning that will lead to Google’s acquisition of Motorola.  Google says it will continue to leave Android as an open platform for other manufacturers to develop for.  The acquisition will cost Google 12.5 … Continue reading

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Weekly Download #8: Patent Bonanza, TouchPad, Nintendo, Ultrabooks, Wal-Mart, E-Books

Chris and Tarun discuss the recent wave of opinions about patents; The TouchPad’s continued slashing of prices (and desirability); Nintendo’s inane refusal to develop for the App Store; Apple’s slam on Intel to produce low-powered chips for Ultrabooks; Wal-Mart closing … Continue reading

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Link: E-Book Pricing Fixed by Publishers and Apple →

Matthew Lasar: This action sees Apple and Amazon as adversaries, the former forcing the latter’s hand. The accusation is that the publishers and Apple fixed prices via two means. First, the publishers embraced an “agency model” arrangement with Apple in … Continue reading

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Link: Technology Companies Fall on Wall Street →

Today was pretty gruesome for the folks on Wall Street.  In the past few months it seemed that tech companies were a ray of hope for Wall Street, but today proved to be a little different. “The sound you just … Continue reading

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Link: The Trends and Challenges of the Touch Panel Industry →

Interesting look at different panel types used in popular tablet PC devices. Most important to note is the chokehold that Apple has on this industry. Via Digitimes: Many large cellphone brands such as Apple an HTC have been requesting for … Continue reading

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Link: Let’s Turn This Around →

Lukas Mathis: So let’s turn this around. Nobody has ever told me exactly why the patent system is doing any good. In fact, there is more and more evidence that it costs a lot of money, but is not doing … Continue reading

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Link: The Most Promising Tech CEO Since “Steve Jobs” →

Steve Milunovich, an analyst for Merrill Lynch: The auto industry might change more in the next 10 years than the last 100. Electric vehicles represent a new category that Tesla could lead given that new entrants tend to win when … Continue reading

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Link: Comcast Bringing $10 Internet →

“When we look around the country, we see the disparities that exist,” he says. “Quite frankly, people in lower-income communities, mostly people of color, have such limited access to broadband than people in wealthier communities.”

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Weekly Download #7: Facebook and Design, Robots, Technology and Intelligence, Bing, Zune, Apple TV

This week’s show is a day early because of a certain concert that a certain co-host is attending. We talk Facebook and their recent efforts to beef up their design team; robots taking over the world; technology and its correlation … Continue reading

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