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Using Weather HD to Look Inside the iPad App Store’s Sales
vimov – Blog » Revealed: Using Weather HD to Look Inside the iPad App Store’s Sales, and Why Apple May Have Just Created a New Billion Dollar Industry.
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On Apple's Two Monopolies
I argue that Apple now has not one but two monopolies: I) A nearly-total monopoly on computer (and pocket computer) systems designed with good taste. II) A total monopoly on the Microsoft-free, hassle-free personal…
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RIM chief competing for "Most out of touch CEO" award
RIM’s co-chief Mike Lazaridis downplayed many of Apple’s efforts today in a keynote at the TD Newcrest technology conference in Toronto. The executive was concerned that there wasn’t necessarily a market for tablets like…
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Sony Ericsson and RIM reach market share parity
[Sony Ericsson] said it shipped 10.5 million units in the quarter, a 28 percent decrease compared with the same three months in 2009. It was down from the 14.6 million units shipped in the fourth quarter. via Mobile…
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On Toys
Don’t be discouraged if what you produce initially is something other people dismiss as a toy. In fact, that’s a good sign. That’s probably why everyone else has been overlooking the idea. The first microcomputers were…
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Stranded in Oslo, John Cleese takes taxi to Brussels
The longest trip so far was from Oslo to Paris via Stranded in Oslo, John Cleese takes taxi to Brussels: media – Yahoo! News.
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The Progress of the Platform
The Progress of the Platform. On why there is a ban on intermediate layers of software development on the iPhone OS. But the reason isn’t technical. It’s partly business (Apple doesn’t want another company to control any…
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Smartphones taking over in mobile gaming
Smartphones are upturning the mobile gaming market, comScore found in a study today. The number of players on iPhones and other smartphones has jumped 60 percent in the past year to almost 21.4 million and has cut deeply…
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Speaking of selling out…
Demand for Apple’s newly upgraded line of MacBook Pro notebooks was strong on the first day, with scattered reports of the low-end 13-inch model selling out in some retail locations via AppleInsider | New MacBook Pros…
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Apple Media Advisory – iPad rationing to continue
Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads during its first week, demand is far higher than we predicted and will likely continue to exceed our supply over the next several weeks as more people see and touch an…