That said, neither company wants it to end that way, and perhaps that’s why RIM is finally bringing a touch screen to the market, and Apple is making business functionality a key selling point with iPhone 3G.
But perhaps the real reason why Apple should be scared of RIM is not because RIM is changing the [...]
I do have a few quibbles with this model, like the need to remove the battery to access the microSD slot, the nonstandard headphone jack, and the lack of GPS. That said, CNET liked the Vu quite well, as did users, who rated it four stars out of five on average.
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Jobs: We’ll see.
While Steve Jobs has been critical of the Kindle’s chances, for anybody who doesn’t realize already, this is a completely fictional conversation. That said, feel free to comment on whether you agree with these theoretical opinions of the device and whether the Kindle 2 might appeal more to him–or not.
Jobs: Oops.
Jobs (laughing): [...]
Like the Rhapsody service, Nokia’s music service allows subscribers to share their music with other subscribers.
The new service called “Comes with Music” offers users of certain Nokia phones a year’s subscription to the company’s music service. The program will initially be offered through Carphone Warehouse in the U.K., but Nokia has plans to eventually roll [...]
Prices for ads on news and gaming Web sites dropped from May to June, but they rose for entertainment.
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Of the five categories Pubmatic monitors, games and news fared worse than average. News plunged from $1.10 in May to 48 cents in June, and games dropped from $1 to 80 cents. The entertainment category, though, [...]
Stitcher is a free, ad supported app. There is no word yet on when the app is going to be available to the general public, but the limited beta test ends at the end of this week.
My favorite potential application of Stitcher is to create your own customized station for listening to on [...]
Elon Musk, the company’s founder and CEO, called the launch a “great day for SpaceX.”
A privately developed rocket is now orbiting the Earth.
The rocket carries a payload mass simulator developed by SpaceX, which is aiming for private space transportation and deliveries.
Space Exploration Technologies’ Falcon 1 launched into orbit at 4:15 p.m. PDT Sunday from [...]
Yahoo-Google deal could raise ad costs by double digits
Apple is famous for keeping a tight rein on its proprietary technology. Indeed, after Steve Jobs returned as CEO, one of his first important decisions was to pull the plug on the company’s
Mac clone program. So it’s been a source of puzzlement why Apple hasn’t moved since [...]
The famed designer's planned home wind turbine.
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Abengoa Rakes in $426 million for 4 Solar Power Plants - Earth2TechSpanish renewable-energy giant will use a range of solar technologies to install 300 megawatts worth of electricity.
ReCellular Announces Investment, Expansion - Press releaseCell phone recycler adds $15 million in investment, a sign that recycling e-waste could [...]
I wrote about Spotplex, back in November after having a conversation with their CEO, Doyon Kim (previously founded Dialpad, which sold to Yahoo 2005). At the time, I expressed concerns with the way that their site operates. In order for the content from a site to be included on Spotplex, the publisher of that content [...]
