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HP Attacks iPad With Own Tablet PC
“H.P. this week put out some marketing materials about its upcoming slate computer, saying the product can run ‘the complete Internet’ better than Apple’s upcoming iPad because the H.P. machine supports Adobe’s Flash software, which is used for the visual effects on many Web sites.” [Link]
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Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer Praises iPhone
“The Seattle Times is reporting that Steve Ballmer, who notoriously laughed at the iPhone, had some good things to say about it last week in a speech he gave at the computer-science building at the University of Washington. “Apple’s done a very nice job that allows people to monetize and commercialize their intellectual property,” he said.” Link
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VIDEO: iPad Ad As Seen On The Oscars
The first ad for the Apple iPad was shown during the Oscars. Here it is:
VIDEO: First Apple iPad Commercial
Wall Street Journal Working On iPad App
“A specific Wall Street Journal effort for the iPad is in development, confirms Rupert Murdoch, the CEO of the newspaper’s parent company, News Corp.. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is said to have been visiting the Journal and other publications in recent weeks, demonstrating the iPad in an attempt to sell them on the platform.” [Link]
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Tubes: Sexy App Avoided Apple Purge, Made Thousands
“Tubes, an app that features more than 120 pictures of lingerie-clad women, was making about $30 a day before the porn purge started on February 15, according to TechCrunch. As sexy apps were gradually removed from the App Store, Tubes found its profits growing until the app was pulling in about $1600 a day. The app cost 99 cents per download.” [Link]
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Apple Sues HTC Over User Interface & More
“Apple just sued HTC for infringing on 20 patents ‘related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware.’ The guns are out. Steve Jobs’ biting take on the lawsuit: ‘We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We’ve decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.’” [Link]
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Apple: We Used Child Labor To Build iPhone, iPod, Macs
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“Apple Inc. said three of its suppliers hired 11 underage workers to help build the iPhone, iPod and Macintosh computer last year, a violation it uncovered as part of its onsite audit of 102 factories. ‘Apple discovered three facilities that had previously hired 15-year-old workers in countries where the minimum age for employment is 16,’ the company said in a 24-page report on ‘Supplier Responsibility’ posted on its Web site. The workers were ‘no longer in active employment at the time of our audit.’” [Link]
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Survey: iPad Interest Higher Than iPhone
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“A new survey has found that 13 percent of respondents are likely to buy Apple’s forthcoming iPad, a number greater than the 9 percent who planned to purchase an iPhone before its launch in 2007. Details of the survey from RBC/ChangeWave were released Tuesday by RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky.” [Link]
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Apple Bans “Sexual” Apps From App Store
“iPhone developer ChilliFresh posted (via TechCrunch) that they received an email from Apple tonight indicating that their iPhone app Wobble iBoobs had been pulled from the App Store. The email revealed that Apple was now removing overtly sexual content due to customer complaints” [Link]
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Core i7 Macbook Pro Rumors Heat Up
“Readers of MacRumors.com spotted Geekbench benchmark results for what appears to be a MacBook Pro featuring a 2.66GHz Core i7 M620, a high-end dual core processor featuring Intel’s Hyperthreading and Turbo Boost technologies.” Link
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Apple Could Drop iPad Price Based On Demand
“If the market does not respond well to the iPad and its price range of $499 to $829, Apple executives have reportedly said they could be ‘nimble’ on its cost. Analysts with Credit Suisse met Sunday night with Apple executives, and according to The Wall Street Journal, company officials indicated they could become even more aggressive in pricing the hardware. ” [Link]
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Report: Verizon Working On iPad Release
“Apple is working with Verizon on a version of its iPad tablet, despite Apple only announcing an AT&T partnership, according to Fox News Channel’s Clayton Morris, who just spoke with a Verizon source.” Link
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Apple iPad Revealed: Photos
Apple has revealed the Apple iPad, a new portable multimedia computer.
Twitter Straining Under Apple Tablet News
“Twitter is on fire just hours ahead of the expected debut of Apple’s tablet computer. The curtain goes up at Apple’s ‘latest creation’ event at 1 p.m. ET at an invite-only event in San Francisco, but bloggers and other Apple fans have been speculating for months about what chief exec Steve Jobs will unveil.” Link
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PHOTO: Possible Apple Tablet Pictures Released
Pictures purportedly of the upcoming Apple Tablet have been released. It is not known for sure if these pictures are authentic, but they depict a tablet-style computer on top of a Macbook.
Leaked Possible Apple Tablet Picture
Leaked Possible Apple Tablet Picture
Apple Applies For Solar Panel Patents
“Apple has its eye on the sun as a source of energy for iPods.
Company employees have applied for a patent relating to powering electronic devices using integrated solar cells, Patently Apple uncovered on Thursday. Called Power Management Circuitry and Solar Cells, it dates from August, 2008.” Link
WSJ: Apple Tablet Will Be iPod For Books, TV, Newspaper
“With the new tablet device that is debuting next week, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs is betting he can reshape businesses like textbooks, newspapers and television much the way his iPod revamped the music industry—and expand Apple’s influence and revenue as a content middleman.” Link
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Report: Apple In Secret Talks With Book Publishers For Tablet Books
“Apple negotiators are in New York this week for a series of eleventh hour ‘secret’ iSlate-related meetings with leading US book publishers, reports The Bookseller. The report suggests publishers are attempting to ensure greater control over pricing and supply of digital material. ” Link
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Bing Could Be Default Search On iPhone
“BusinessWeek is reporting and solidifying what was previously an almost unthinkable rumor: that Bing might become the default search engine on the iPhone (and iPod Touch). The way BusinessWeek frames it this becomes a case of ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend.’” Link
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Report: HarperCollins In Talks With Apple About Tablet Books
“HarperCollins Publishers is negotiating with Apple to make electronic books available for the introduction of a new tablet device from Apple, according to the Wall Street Journal quoting ‘people familiar with the situation.’” Link
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