The news many Spotify users have been waiting for is finally here: the streaming music service has finally launched an iPad app. Read the full story at PC Mag Continue Reading →
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Microsoft is investing at least $605 million in Barnes & Noble’s Nook digital-book business, as the software giant pushes deeper into the e-books business and props up a rival to the iPad and Amazon’s Kindle. Read the full story at The Wall Street Journal Continue Reading →
Apple responded to criticism that the company goes to great lengths to cut its global tax bill by billions of dollars every year, trumpeting the “incredible number of jobs” it has created. Read the full story at CNET Continue Reading →
The same consumers who delight in navigating the iPad still click frustratingly through cable channels to find a basketball game. Their complaint: Why can’t television be more like a tablet? The technology industry is trying to address that question for the millions of customers ready to embrace the next generation of viewing options. Read the Continue Reading →
Apple’s fiscal second-quarter profit jumped 94% as the consumer electronics giant reported strong sales of its iPhone and iPad products. Read the full story at The Wall Street Journal Continue Reading →
The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it was suing Apple and five major publishers, charging that the companies had colluded to keep the price of e-books artificially high to kill the competition. Read the full story at The Washington Post Continue Reading →
New York City’s dilapidated phone booths are getting a high-tech makeover. Hundreds of phone booths will soon be outfitted with iPad-like touch-screen devices for directions and hyper-local news. Continue Reading →
The third time isn’t quite the charm. Apparently, Apple’s legacy of early onset WiFi issues in its iPads continues in the new generation. Just weeks after the launch of the third generation, 9to5Mac reports that Apple appears to be investigating the reception issues in the new iPad after a growing number of complaints about spotty connections. The Continue Reading →
Originally posted at the New York Videogame Critics Circle This week, I was invited to preview the Creatures of Light exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History. The well-researched exhibition, which opens on March 31st, was presaged by a smart and elegant press conference. There we sat, surrounded by the kingly, fossilized dinosaur giants Continue Reading →
Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s new iPad was named the best tablet computer in a ranking by Consumer Reports, two weeks after the magazine said the device runs “significantly hotter” than previous models. The new iPad’s high-resolution screen provides the best detail and color accuracy of all tablets Consumer Reports has seen, the publication said today on its website. Consumer Continue Reading →