Does your kid want to play with unicorns? You might want to check out the goods at next week’s Toy Fair in New York, where toy makers will show off the latest-and-greatest augmented reality technology that animates once-static games, books, and toys. Read More »
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Hot music startup Spotify may have won over millions of users in Europe, but it still hasn’t launched in America. That hasn’t stopped it trying to take on Apple, however, by making a surprise move to try and replace the increasingly-bloated iTunes. Read More »
Apple found a way to cram a large number of iPhone 4 features in the new iPod touch: retina display, two cameras with FaceTime support, and the A4 chip. So it’s just like a contract-free iPhone 4 without voice right? Wrong on at least three counts. Read More »
As expected, Apple today came through with a few major device updates it will be shipping this fall. It revised its entire iPod line, and gave the iPod Touch many features previously only available on the latest iPhone, such as FaceTime video chat. Read More »
We’re here at the Yerba Buena Center for the Apple press event, and for all of you without Apple hardware who can’t see the live stream, we’re going to live blog the thrills, chills and anticipated product releases. So check back for the news. Read More »
Apple, since its 1970s launch, has enjoyed special favor and even worship from the open source community, free thinkers and supporters of open standards. And yet, with each new step, Apple becomes more closed. That’s why, as the cash registers ring in Cupertino, peril lies ahead. Read More »
No one can deny Google’s achievements, but I think for multiple reasons Apple is the company of the decade. It has disrupted industries, reinvented others, and now is redefining the meaning of computing itself. Google’s stock performance inspires shock and awe, but pales in comparison to … Read More »
Change is the only constant. As we approach year’s end, editors and writers from around our network have been making predictions about the exciting developments likely to arrive in 2010. Here is what we see coming. Read More »
Apple said this afternoon that it sold 7.4 million iPhones in its most recent fiscal quarter, 7 percent more than the same three-month period a year earlier and a whopping 43 percent more on a sequential basis. The numbers illustrate two key points: Mobile is … Read More »
Microsoft, after months of anticipation, today launched its latest digital audio player, the Zune HD. It’s a complete revamp of the device’s previous versions — it utilizes a bright OLED touchscreen, adds a web browser and HD radio tuner, and runs on a new … Read More »
When you have sold over 100 million iPod Nanos, then as a company you need a new shtick to keep the momentum going. So Apple introduced a really skinny iPod Nano model that has a built-in video camera so that you can record videos and … Read More »
Truphone, a London-based mobile VoIP startup, tomorrow is expected to introduce a flat-rate plan (TruUnlimited for Landlines) that would allow its customers unlimited calls to landlines in 38 countries for just over $14 a month. In some countries — the U.S., Canada, China and Hong … Read More »
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