We already knew from Apple’s iPad product page that the new tablet has a much higher battery capacity over the prior iPad. But is there a special or new 4G LTE chip to help? Based on iFixit’s teardown, it’s a battery-only solution; no advanced LTE chip. Read more »
If you can’t wait until 8 a.m. to get your hands on the new iPad, Walmart has some good news for you: the retailer says that its stores will open at 12:01 a.m. local time to sell the new iPad on Friday morning, March 16. Read more »
Some low-hanging fruit in newspapers’ shrivelling orchard – Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) says it is investing in a Groupon (NSDQ: GRPN) copycat… Read more at paidContent »
After leading the world in smartphone sales, the U.S. reign is over. China will take over the top spot this year and has no plans of looking back. India and Brazil are also moving up, bringing a “second coming of the smartphone” to the world. Read more »
Months after it began testing a program that provided select advertisers with information about the readers of tablet editions, Condé Nast… Read more at paidContent »
Quick question: How many times have you seen someone using a tablet to capture video or take pictures? The odds are likely that most will answer “never,” but with the introduction Apple’s new iPad I think that answer is about to change, for three reasons. Read more »
The audio file is no longer the product when it comes to digital music. Instead, the experiences built around it are, and services like Spotify, Facebook, Topspin and others are leading the way into this new era of dynamic, interactive and social music. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
The new iPad reviews are out . Depending on the reviewer, the reviews range from 787 words to 4,968 words. And here is my summary of those reviews. My favorite is Jim Dalrymple’s review. Walt Mossberg is still the gold standard. And I love John Gruber’s review. Read more »
If you are in business, it is always about the customer. Simple as that message is, it is something of a forgotten lesson in modern times. Companies keep confusing who they serve and why they are in business, as an outgoing Goldman Sachs banker reminds us. Read more »
With each passing March Madness tournament, we’re a more mobile society. So what apps can we best leverage to enjoy all 67 NCAA games? Here are my “final four,” with links for each supported platform so you’re ready for tip-off; most are free or relatively inexpensive. Read more »
It’s been rumored before, but on Wednesday a new report is saying that not only will Apple introduce a 15-inch MacBook Air next month, it will replace the 15-inch MacBook Pro, “effectively killing the Pro for the average consumer.” Read more »
Forget to preorder a new iPad early? If you must have one on the first day they’re available, you can always line up outside an Apple Store. Apple announced Wednesday its stores will open at 8 a.m. local time to sell the new iPad starting Friday. Read more »
The Federal Trade Commission has reportedly asked Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to supply information as part of its investigation into whether Google… Read more at paidContent »
A look at two new reports about shipments of media tablets and e-readers shows that nobody really has any idea yet whether tablets are canni… Read more at paidContent »
The folks at GE and PDC are integrating Apple’s iPad into a new medical product called the MR Suite as a way to bring a sense of control and calm to the experience of getting an MRI. Read more »
Apple’s iPad has the almost undivided attention of corporate IT departments right now. According to a ChangeWave Research survey of 1,604 business IT buyers, they are interested in little else. Of those planning to buy tablets, 84 percent will choose the iPad in the next quarter. Read more »
As regulators on both sides of the Atlantic investigate publishers and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for allegedly colluding to fix the price of e-book… Read more at paidContent »
The emergence of the big data phenomenon is fundamentally changing everything from the way companies operate to the way people interact to how the world deals with outbreaks of infectious diseases. Here we highlight 10 case studies illustrating how big data is changing the world. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
In the final quarter of 2011, Apple sold more iPads than any traditional computer maker sold PCs. Are we headed toward what Apple calls a “post-PC” era? A former Apple director of 10 years suggests an interesting reason for the company’s positioning of “post-PC” devices. Read more »
How can consumer electronics makers avoid merely matching new Apple features and try to think ahead of the company’s designers? Apple design guru Jonathan Ive did a rare Q&A about Apple’s design process, how inspirations become actual products and why copycat designs often fail. Read more »
Last week, I lambasted Virgin Media for taking two years to launch its iPad TV guide for its TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) set-top box.
I have since le… Read more at paidContent »
Apple may have already gone through its initial supply of new iPads available to ship by Friday, but you can still place an order and get one of the new tablets in two to three weeks, according to current Apple website estimates. Read more »
The fact that two Silicon Valley-backed Bay Area companies appear to be the tech vendors behind Apple’s new pioneering clean power push at its massive data center in North Carolina shows that the greentech venture ecosystem can work — it just takes a long time. Read more »
This week on the podcast, Matt and Kevin chat about the new iPad and share which versions they bought, along with their reasons. Microsoft Windows 8 on an old netbook runs nicely, but even better if you know the correct driver tweak, shared on the show. Read more »
A couple of years ago, with Amazon steadily pushing down the prices of e-books, the fortunes of the big book publishers were sinking fast. T… Read more at paidContent »
Chris Hughes, the 28-year-old Facebook co-founder and the founder of social action site Jumo, is moving from social networking to media with… Read more at paidContent »
DisplaySearch explains what exactly Apple did to pack four times the amount of pixels onto the new iPad screen compared to its predecessor’s none-too-shabby display. According to DisplaySearch, Apple did it using a pixel-design technique called Super High Aperture, or SHA. Read more »
Sony’s music labels have agreed to pay almost $8 million to bands like Allman Brothers and Cheap Trick which claim the company shortchanged… Read more at paidContent »
A court filing provides new insight into Apple’s version of events concerning an incident in which Steve Jobs told a reporter that “unhappy”… Read more at paidContent »
The latest iOS photo-sharing software has a unique twist. SpinCam not only takes 360-degree panoramic photos, but it can also take a 360-degree image of a single object. The software reminds me of the “bullet time” photo approach made famous in The Matrix movie. Read more »
Talk about “agile development”! Virgin Media has finally put a September 2012 launch date on the long-promised iPad controller for its TiVo… Read more at paidContent »
The Justice Department is about to sue Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and five publishers for conspiring to raise the price of e-books. The warning is a… Read more at paidContent »
The ultimate outcome of the Department of Justice’s case against Apple and five major book publishers over alleged price fixing and collusion in e-books is unknown, but it seems obvious that prices are likely to go down — and that could be a good thing for publishers. Read more »
A full list of the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPad coverage from our parent site GigaOm.
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Apple plans to buy solar panels from SunPower for the huge solar farm it’s planning to build at its data center in Maiden, North Carolina, according to a report. Read more »
Amid the various upgrades announced for Apple’s new iPad was a hot new wireless technology. You might think I’m referring to the tablet’s 4G LTE mobile broadband support, but I’m not. I’m talking about the far less sexy, but no less important, inclusion of Bluetooth 4.0. Read more »
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), which is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to compete with premium cable channels like HBO and Showtime in the… Read more at paidContent »
Along with the new iPad, Apple also announced updates to several iOS apps from the iWork and iLife suites. iPhoto for iOS features sophisticated photo-editing features for iPads and iPhones with front-facing cameras, and there were some unexpected changes to Apple’s iCloud integration and mapping. Read more »
On Wednesday when it introduced the new iPad, Apple took great care to show you how you can do even more with this new category of mobile device, especially things you might have done previously on a PC. Read more »
Apple’s new iPad includes support for LTE mobile broadband, with 3G fallback. That’s good to know, but one bit of information Apple neglected to share was the pricing plans for the LTE service from AT&T and Verizon. Here’s the plan data, directly from the Apple Store. Read more »
