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The iPhone, LTE, and battery life
When the iPhone 4S was announced and was shown not to be LTE capable, a lot of the tech press and blogosphere were up in arms that this was going to damage Apple, since both Android and Windows Phone 7 … Continue reading
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Apple’s incredible blowout quarter
From Bloomberg: In looking ahead to the second quarter, Apple forecast revenue of about $32.5 billion and profit of $8.50 a share. That compares with average analysts’ predictions for sales of $31.9 billion and profit of $7.96 a share. Except for the … Continue reading
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More on Apple’s January 19th event in New York
From Ars Technica: Apple to announce tools, platform to “digitally destroy” textbook publishing Apple is slated to announce the fruits of its labor on improving the use of technology in education at its special media event on Thursday, January 19. While … Continue reading
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Apple’s education event to be held at the Guggenheim Museum on January 19
The Apple event I previously discussed (hoping it was related to Apple making it easier for indie writers to publish their works on the iBookstore), now seems to be an education/textbook event. That’s not to say that there won’t be … Continue reading
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Hold the presses on that Apple announcement
I just posted that Apple’s scheduled January press event in New York City would focus on competing head to head with Amazon by making it easier for self-published writers to get their works onto the iBookstore without having to go … Continue reading
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Apple diving into the self-publishing business
The mysterious event Apple is holding later this month just got a little less mysterious. They are apparently going to make it easier to self-publish books through their iBookstore application. Apple is going to be holding an exclusive event in … Continue reading
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“Disappointing” iPhone 4S has biggest launch day ever
Showing once again that tech pundits have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about. Apple’s iPhone 4S has broken the previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 set by the iPhone 4. According to Apple, the iPhone 4S has been … Continue reading
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Genius
The word genius is thrown around a lot these days (too much, in my opinion). But what, exactly, is it? There are different ways of measuring it. IQ scores are the simplest, with ranges between 140 and 180 considered to … Continue reading
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How Apple’s new Siri assistant works
Excellent video overview of how Siri works in the everyday world. This is seriously cool technology. It’s too bad the idiots in the market are punishing Apple stock this afternoon. While this isn’t the first digital assistant, it certainly seems … Continue reading
Sprint purchases 30 million iPhones for $20 billion — new definition of “betting the farm”
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has made it clear that his company needs the iPhone. He recently stated that the number one reason Sprint subscribers switch to another carrier is to gain access to the iPhone. One of the persistent rumors … Continue reading
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