I talk to a lot of people about phones, I’ve always got a stable of the things around and there is a marked interest in them. They are all smartphones, that’s the kind of user I am. I use my phones for so many different purposes… Read More »
Archive for July 2009
At first glance, it looks like eBay and Amazon are swapping fortunes. eBay’s stock rose 11 percent the day after it posted second-quarter earnings this week, while Amazon’s stock dropped 8 percent in the wake of its own report. Amazon reported better numbers —… Read More »
A turbulent week of Apple news comes to a close, but with a selection of new app’s available for iPhone, it’s not quite over yet — it’s time to take a look at this week’s recommendations. Hold up one moment though as, before we run through this… Read More »
The extent to which Google’s Android will be found in future handsets became clearer this week, with one of the world’s largest smartphone makers said to be expecting such devices to account for more than half of its shipments starting next year. Meanwhile Pandora, one of… Read More »
It’s a strange thing, but in times like these, when prospective clients have fewer dollars to spend and when there’s more competition in the marketplace due to higher unemployment rates, instinctive responses have a tendency to take over our business decisions. It’s easy to get trapped in… Read More »
Keep your hands where we can see them! Warner Bros. Pictures is resorting to drastic measures to prevent unauthorized video recordings of its newest Harry Potter epic. Security guards in Germany have been using night vision goggles in theaters running Harry Potter and the Half-Blood… Read More »
Ericsson says it has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire the parts of the Carrier Networks division of Nortel relating to CDMA and LTE technology in North America for an estimated price of about $1.13 billion. Ericsson beat out other bidders Nokia… Read More »
We’d like to say thanks to this month’s jkOnTheRun sponsors. Best in Cell Phones: The Best Cell Phone Deals are Here! Read More »
Marvel Entertainment debuted the first episode of Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D. at Comic-Con today. This marks a new milestone for the comic book company, which has created the series as a motion comic from the get-go, rather than re-purposing an older printed work. Marvel is… Read More »
It’s been sad, watching the proverbial vultures that have been circling overhead during the past few months, waiting to swoop in and feast off the carcass of a once-exalted company called Nortel. But after being run by a parade of incompetents who set it on… Read More »
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More Must Reads
Does Apple Have a “91 Percent” Share of the High-End?
A lot of stories like this one are circulating about how NPD is saying Apple has a 91 percent market share of all PCs sold over $1,000. They give that impression by claiming something like “a 91 percent share”, or “91 percent of the market”. Truth… Read More »