Posts Tagged ‘apple’
The Wall Street Journal: Digits
Last Updated on Monday, 10 May 2010 02:19 Written by mcorbett Monday, 10 May 2010 10:30
In a May4th episode of WSJ’s “Digits,” host Simon Constable discusses Google’s summer plans to begin selling digital books, the antitrust scrutiny directed towards Apple, and the drafting of a new web-ad privacy bill.
Apple vs. Adobe
Last Updated on Monday, 3 May 2010 02:45 Written by mcorbett Monday, 3 May 2010 03:00
The CEO of Adobe, Shantanu Narayen, comments on Steve Jobs’ claims that Adobe’s Flash player is unfit for Apple mobile devices.
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iPad Applications Neglect the African American Community?
Last Updated on Sunday, 4 April 2010 09:50 Written by mcorbett Monday, 5 April 2010 10:00
The Apple iPad, which sold over 240,000 units prior to its April 3rd launch date, comes pre-installed with several media applications, including such magazines as Time, GQ, Wired, Sports Illustrated, and Glamour. But as Lawrence Watkins, CEO of The Great Black Speakers Bureau points out, “one category of magazine remains absent so far: those that appeal to an African American audience.” Watkins rattles off titles such as Ebony, Essence, and Black Enterprise as “notably missing from the list of media apps being offered for the Apple iPad.” By ignoring this demographic, Apple is missing out on the estimated $1 trillion spent annually by black consumers.
Apple Doesn’t Want Third Party Advertisers To Know Who You Are
Last Updated on Thursday, 11 February 2010 08:52 Written by mcorbett Thursday, 11 February 2010 10:00
In a recent announcement to iPhone developers, Apple announced that using the API that allows them to pinpoint a user’s location primarily for advertising purposes is now prohibited. Though this appears to be an example of Apple protecting their user’s privacy, suspicions of Apple devising their own location-based advertising service are beginning to surface, especially with Apple’s recent acquisition of the mobile advertising firm Quattro Wireless.
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iPAD Having an Impact on Wireless Carriers
Last Updated on Saturday, 6 February 2010 05:50 Written by mcorbett Saturday, 6 February 2010 06:30
Apple’s iPAD release and AT&T’s announcement that they will be investing over $2 billion to expand and improve their broadband data network arrived so closely to one another that it has left some to wonder whether the two are related. Samepoint LLC owner, Kwasi Fraser, questions whether Apple’s announcement is directly and solely endorsing AT&T Wireless at the link below.
http://www.glgroup.com/News/Apple-iPAD-Impact-on-ATT-and-Other-Wireless-Services-46262.html
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RZA: App-preneur
Last Updated on Thursday, 14 January 2010 05:05 Written by mcorbett Friday, 15 January 2010 03:00
Rapper and producer RZA, in his partnership with iZotope, is releasing a new, branded version of the iDrum application, an app that allows users to create drum beats.
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