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Verizon’s LTE Network for Voice

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on March 30, 2011 at 6:11 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on Verizon’s LTE network and photos and connections on the iPad.

2011: The Year of the Tablet–Apple’s Tablet (And Analyst Notes About It)

John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 31, 2010 at 10:39 am PT

Much as they were in 2010, tablet sales will be a high point of 2011–but even more so. According to Caris & Co. analyst Robert Cihra, tablet sales will more than triple, rising 226 percent to 54 million units. And of those, Cihra believes Apple will claim 67 percent.

Apple Has $51 Billion and a Shopping List. Is Facebook on It?

Peter Kafka in Media on October 18, 2010 at 3:58 pm PT

Steve Jobs told analysts that he’s hanging on to his giant cash hoard for a rainy day–and a couple specific things he’d like to buy. Perhaps he’s discussed this with Mark Zuckerberg…

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Passing the Torch.

Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on May 17, 2010 at 12:35 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

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A Dating Site for Apple Fans Only

Lauren Goode, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 7, 2010 at 11:37 am PT

Do iPods make your heart patter? Do MacBooks make you swoon? Has a heated Flash vs. HMTL5 debate ever resulted in a significant other sleeping on the couch?

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Memory Startup Gets Vote of Confidence from IBM

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 3, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

A shift from disk drives to chips to store computer data has been going on for several years. SandForce, a Silicon Valley startup that has been aiding that evolution, has been put to the test by International Business Machines and seems to have passed.

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Apple TV-Service Proposal Gets Some Nibbles

Sam Schechner and Yukari Iwatani Kane, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 21, 2009 at 8:53 pm PT

CBS Corp. and Walt Disney Co. are considering participating in Apple Inc.’s plan to offer television subscriptions over the Internet, according to people familiar with the matter, as Apple prepares a potential new competitor to cable and satellite TV. The proposed service by the maker of iPhones and iPod music players could, in at least some scenarios, offer access to some TV shows from a selection of major U.S. television networks for a monthly fee, according to people familiar with the discussions.

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Niche Sites Going After eBay

Geoffrey A. Fowler, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 9, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

A host of Web start-ups are gaining traction based on the premise that they make it easier for people to buy and sell online than the company that invented the idea: eBay Inc. Second Rotation Inc.’s Gazelle.com site, which offers people a set price to take used gadgets like iPods and laptops off their hands, last month more than doubled the number of products, to 18,000, that it took in compared with a year earlier.

Apple’s Insanely Great Quarter: 3.05  Million Macs, 7.4 million iPhones Sold

John Paczkowski in News on October 19, 2009 at 1:37 pm PT

Apple’s September quarter saw, among other things, the release of Snow Leopard, the latest upgrade to its OS X operating system and the first public appearance of CEO Steve Jobs, who’d been on a medical leave of absence for a liver transplant. It was also the first full period since the company launched the iPhone 3GS in late June. No wonder it was a blowout quarter.

You Can Almost Hear the Shrieks of Outrage in Cupertino, Can't You?

John Paczkowski in News on July 23, 2009 at 6:15 pm PT

Devices “falsely pretending to be iPods” can once again sync with iTunes, whether Apple likes it or not. Palm this evening released an update to the Pre’s webOS operating system that restores the iTunes syncing ability that its Cupertino rival disabled only last week.