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- From iOS to Windows Phone: Act 1 (The Motive) by Tarun
- A Month With Metro for Xbox 360 by Chris
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- Weekly Download #38: Google I/O, Podcasts.app, Mansfield
- Weekly Download #37: WWDC, Microsoft Surface, Windows Phone 8
- Weekly Download #36: Nokia's Abysmal Quarter, More on Instagram, Sony, Nest, Apple & Gaming, Patents
- Weekly Download #35: RIM, IE, iPad, Lumia and Windows Phone 7.5
- Weekly Download #34: Windows Phone, Google, RIM
- Weekly Download #33: the New iPad, Apple TV, Draw Something, Mike Daisey
- Weekly Download #32: Apple "New iPad" Press Conference Event
- Weekly Download #31: iPad 3, Google Goggles, T-Mobile, Facebook, iFactory, Chomp, Microsoft, Nokia, Siri
- Weekly Download #30: Mountain Lion, iPads, Browser Cookies, Nook, Playbooks, Blackberry
- Weekly Download #29: iPad 3, Apple TV, Patent Uselessness, Facebook, Bing & Social, Google's Living Room
Category Archives: Business
Link: State of the Internet →
I am absolutely in love with infographics like these. It is especially awesome that this page uses no Flash. Here’s one statistic I was shocked to learn: While the Internet has an amazing reach, it still has room to grow. … Continue reading
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Link: Facebook buys E-Book Company →
You have to wonder what Facebook might be up to with their latest move. On August 2nd, the company announced it was purchasing Push Pop Press. The e-book company specializes in books for iOS. It said that Facebook does not … Continue reading
Link: Samsung vs Apple (Round ?) →
There is an ongoing patent dispute between Apple and Samsung that has certainly taken an interesting turn. Samsung is stopping the sale of its new Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia until it figures out what is going to happen with … Continue reading
Link: Apple Has More Cash than the USA →
A little over a decade ago, Apple was crawling on its knees. Now: According to the latest statement from the U.S. Treasury, the government had an operating cash balance Wednesday of $73.8 billion. That’s still a lot of money, but … Continue reading
Weekly Download #6: MacBook Airs, Replacing Steve Jobs, 3D Tech, Google+, Sprint, Politics
If you want to get to the meaty stuff, you’ll want to skip the first 5 minutes–Tarun did not know that a certain food-service company went public, so his mind was blown. We discuss the new MacBook Airs; who could … Continue reading
Link: Sprint in a New Direction →
Sprint is the only major carrier without the iPhone (if you exclude T-Mobile, who may be bought by AT&T). This means that their low sales can be attributed to not having the iPhone… right? Wrong. Sprint lost their luster long … Continue reading
Link: Sprint Q2 Results →
Sprint posted another quarter of losses. This round they lost 847 million dollars. The carrier seems to struggle quarter after quarter to post any type of profit. They are boosting their prepaid subscriber base, but lost over 100,000 postpaid subscribers. … Continue reading
Link: eBooks on iPad →
Apple’s recently updated App Store in-app purchases policy change seems to be causing some strife in the eBooks app world. It appears the Google Books app is no longer available and the Kobo reader app was informed it could no … Continue reading
Link: RIM to Cut 2,000 Jobs →
One of the C’s is gone, too. RIM has not lost its foothold in the enterprise business, but the consumer business has decayed due to pressure from Apple and Google.
Link: Lynda.com →
Shout out to a great service used at Indiana University. The software training they provide is unmatched. The app is a great solution for mobile training, too.
Weekly Download #5: Borders and E-Books, Apple Earnings, Smartphones, Intel
Borders bites the dust (maybe inevitably), Apple posts a phenomenal quarter because of great smart phone sales, and Intel is sadly struggling because they haven’t gotten into that smartphone space as effectively. This show could be sponsored by you – … Continue reading
Link: Apple Changing Up Corporate America →
“Apple sold 33 million iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches, just a 6% less than under the estimated second-quarter shipments of personal computers from Hewlett Packard, Dell, and Lenovo- combined.” It appears the “Post-PC” era Apple continues to talk about is … Continue reading
Link: One-Click Twitter Shopping →
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, via SAI: A commercial offer on Twitter wouldn’t be a pitch followed by a link, it would be a pitch followed by a “click to buy” button. Click once. BOOM. You’ve bought it. Twitter’s chairman and product leader, … Continue reading
Link: Schmidt Makes Dig at Apple →
Yesterday in a post about HTC’s falling share prices I said things would start to get interesting. Well, today Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has come out and said: “We have seen an explosion of Android devices entering the market and, … Continue reading
Link: Google Earnings for Q2 2011 →
In our podcast last week we talked a little bit about cash and how companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple are using it. Some people are a little frustrated over the amount of cash each of these companies has on … Continue reading
Building an Ecosystem
Microsoft is crafting Windows 8 to be the first OS that unifies their mobile and PC platforms. For Apple, this concept is old hat. So, what does it take to create an ecosystem and is Microsoft ready to handle the challenge? Continue reading