Velocity Cruz Android Tablet: 7-Inch Display, $300
By Charlie Sorrel Until now, the iPad has faced almost no competition. Soon, though, the Android and WebOS tablets will start to ship in bulk, and things may change. Amongst the first will be Velocity Micro’s Cruz lineup, which brings a wide-screen (16:9) tablet running Google’s Android OS for just $300. It’s not the first [...]
Windows 8 leaks show Microsoft’s eyes on Apple
Although still early in the process, newly leaked documents about Windows 8 offer some keen insight into where Microsoft wants to head with the next version of the operating system. One thing that is made abundantly clear is that Microsoft has been paying attention to Apple. In the documents, which appear to come from an [...]
7 Key Turning Points That Made Apple No. 1
By Brian X. Chen Apple has been through some extreme ups and downs, but today the corporation climbed to an all-time high. Apple surpassed longtime rival Microsoft in market capitalization, making the Cupertino, California, company the most valuable technology company in the world, for the moment, at least. The milestone is even more remarkable given [...]
DOJ inquires about Apple’s hold on digital music
by Greg Sandoval and Declan McCullagh The U.S. Department of Justice has begun asking questions about Apple’s role in the recent scaling back of special music discounts and promotions at Amazon, according to two high level music industry sources. Apple complained to Sony Music Entertainment after seeing material from Alicia Keys on Amazon’s “Daily Deal,” [...]
Adobe Strikes Back at Steve Jobs’ Flash Attack
By Patricia Resende Adobe Systems has fired back at Apple CEO Steve Jobs, denying that Flash causes Mac crashes and battery draining. Apple’s Mac OS X is to blame, Adobe’s Holly Campbell charged, calling the claims “another attempt to control developers and consumers.” Given Apple’s Flash restrictions, Adobe has moved on to help other mobile-device [...]
Apple says bye-bye to Lala
by Greg Sandoval Part of Lala’s home page on Thursday, before the farewell note went up. (Credit: Screenshot by CNET) Apple will shut down Lala six months after acquiring the struggling streaming-music service. A note that replaces Lala’s home page says the service will no longer accept new customers and informs members that the site [...]
Jobs Attacks Flash As Unfit for iPhone
By YUKARI IWATANI KANE And BEN WORTHEN Steve Jobs escalated Apple Inc.’s battle with Adobe Systems Inc., publishing a lengthy essay that responds to criticism of his company’s decision to ban Adobe’s popular Flash technology from iPhones, iPods and iPads. The essay, which reiterates arguements that Mr. Jobs has made recently, cites Apple’s preference for [...]
Air-Sniffing Cellphones Could Aid Chemical-Warfare Defense
By Katherine Noyes If the Department of Homeland Security has its way, cellphones will soon do more than transmit calls, GPS information and a host of data from the Web. They’ll also monitor the air for toxic substances that could be part of a chemical warfare attack. Anywhere a chemical threat breaks out — a [...]
How the Tablet Will Change the World
By Steven Levy Everyone who jammed into the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on January 27, 2010, knew what they were there for: Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ introduction of a thin, always-on tablet device that would let people browse the Web, read books, send email, watch movies, and play games. It [...]
Apple’s iPhone to Verizon: A look at the fallout
Posted by Larry Dignan Should Apple’s iPhone head to Verizon Wireless the competitive landscape shifts and there will be multiple ripple effects on rival handset makers. The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple plans to make an iPhone that will work with Verizon’s CDMA network. The move would more than double Apple’s addressable market for [...]