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Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Apple are readying new devices for later this year

Susan Wilson — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:33:31 +0000

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iPhoneography, a worthy college course

Dave Parrack — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:41:23 +0000

The first course in iPhoneography, or iPhone photography, is being offered at Kensington and Chelsea College, London. Which I personally think is a fantastic idea.

Veteran photographer Richard Gray is the man behind ‘iPhoneography: An Introduction to Photography with the iPhone’, a [...] Related posts:

Almost 500k ‘App-Related Jobs’ In U.S.

Dave Parrack — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:20 +0000

Almost 500,000 “app-related jobs” have been created in the U.S. thanks to the emergence of smartphones, tablets, and social networks.

Michael Mandel of SouthMountain Economics, in a new study sponsored by TechNet, estimates that the App Economy generated $20 billion [...] Related posts:

This is future of watching the Super Bowl

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:14:12 +0000

How far has world come in 45 years? Believe or not, the television audience for the first Super Bowl in 1967 totaled more than 51 million people — it was broadcast (few people had cable back then) on both NBC and CBS. For latest iteration of the event, over 111 million watched on [...] Related posts:

Samsung’s Galaxy Note Super Bowl ad designed to tempt Apple fanboys away

Dave Parrack — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:08:52 +0000

How not to tempt Apple fanboys away from their beloved: mock them while trying to sell them a phone/tablet that does neither thing very well.

As a Brit the Super Bowl means nothing to [...] Related posts:

Let’s play Phone Stack and enjoy our dinner

Susan Wilson — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Being addicted to your cell phone is not uncommon. Many of us have [...] Related posts:

Apple clamps down on App Store fakery

Dave Parrack — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:51:13 +0000

Apple has removed several chart-topping games from the U.S. App Store. All of which are claimed to be copycats of other, better-known titles.

As first noted by TechCrunch, Temple Jump, Tiny Birds, and Numbers With Friends are no [...] Related posts:

Apple fanboys demand ethical iPhone 5

Dave Parrack — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:19:26 +0000

Even the fanboys are starting to see how wrong Apple’s laissez-faire attitude to its supply chain workers is. Wonders will never cease.

Much has been written about Apple’s suppliers and their workforces of late. They’re all in China, naturally, and [...] Related posts:

British tourists refused U.S. entry due to sense of humor bypass over tweets

Dave Parrack — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:18:57 +0000

I know we have to be careful in light of 9/11 and the increased security threats, but isn’t this taking things to the extreme a little?

According to The Daily Mail, two British [...] Related posts:

HTC focuses on fewer Android handsets

Dave Parrack — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:17:37 +0000

Less is more, or so they say. They being Apple fanboys, usually. But perhaps it’s a good strategy for Android handset manufacturers to adopt at this point in time.

HTC exploded onto the market thanks to its classy adoption of the [...] Related posts: