Angry Birds Space Now Available for Download
by Stan Schroeder Fans of the Angry Birds franchise, take notice: the disgruntled feathery creatures have conquered space, and they’re out to show those dastardly pigs a lesson. The latest installment of this megapopular game, Angry Birds Space, is now available for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices, as well as the Mac and PC. [...]
Crowds storm stores for Apple’s next iPad
By Brett Molina, USA TODAY Thousands of eager consumers braved long lines across the globe in hopes of securing Apple’s highly-anticipated new iPad. Apple stores in 10 different countries including the U.S. opened their doors at 8 a.m. local time, clapping and cheering for customers as they walked out with one of their third-generation tablets. PHOTOS: Apple’s [...]
BlackTab Could Kick RIM Into Gear Again
By Rob Spiegel The upcoming tablet computer from Research In Motion — unofficially dubbed the “BlackPad” — is the company’s next new hope for revitalization. Although RIM still holds a dominating position in the smartphone market with particular strength in the enterprise, it’s latest offerings look pretty pale next to iPhones and Androids. RIM hopes [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Beware: Dell (With A Little Help From Amazon and Google) is Taking on iTunes
By Eliot Van Buskirk The formidable triumvirate of Amazon, Dell, and Google is apparently poised to give iTunes the first serious run for its money just as the iPad is about to take Apple’s downloadable media megastore where no computer has gone before. Engadget has posted two slides that appear to come from a Dell [...]
Apple A4 chip, iPad vs. the competition
by Brooke Crothers As the Apple iPad and its A4 chip get ready to ship on April 3, the competition is not standing still–and, by all appearances, there’s plenty of it. Lenovo laptop/tablet (left) and the iPad. As reported back in January, the A4′s central processing unit, or CPU, design, as it stands now, is [...]