9 posts and columns on iTouch

Time to Stop Betting the Under on Apple Earnings–If You Haven’t Already

in Mobile on April 20, 2010 at 9:00 am PT

Apple is scheduled to report earnings after the closing bell today, and by most accounts they’re likely to be strong, although the company’s January-to-March quarter is historically not its best.
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Coming Soon to Your iPhone: Major League Baseball for a Dollar a Game

in Media on August 28, 2009 at 2:10 pm PT

If you’re out of town and on the move and still want to watch your favorite baseball team, Major League Baseball is about to make you a very interesting offer: The ability to watch a game streamed live to your iPhone, for 99 cents a pop. That will make baseball the first pro sports league to sell mobile access to live games on an on-demand, a la carte basis.
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Apple Tablet to Recreate "Heyday of the Album (With One Good Song)"

in News on July 27, 2009 at 5:30 am PT

Apple’s long-rumored tablet device may arrive at market before the winter holidays, not after them. This according to the Financial Times, which has managed to flesh out some recent reports coming out of China. According to the FT, the “full-featured” tablet is being prepped to launch alongside a next-generation digital album format Apple is cooking up with the four largest recording companies, one designed to gin up sales of CD-length music.
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Apple Tablet to Recreate “Heyday of the Album (With One Good Song)”

in News on July 27, 2009 at 5:30 am PT

Apple’s long-rumored tablet device may arrive at market before the winter holidays, not after them. This according to the Financial Times, which has managed to flesh out some recent reports coming out of China. According to the FT, the “full-featured” tablet is being prepped to launch alongside a next-generation digital album format Apple is cooking up with the four largest recording companies, one designed to gin up sales of CD-length music.
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Hoops to Go: CBS Streaming March Madness to iPhone

in Media on March 12, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Absolutely nuts about college basketball, but afraid you won’t find yourself in front of a TV or a computer when March Madness rolls around? Grab your iPhone and five bucks, and you’re in business.
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Twitter: Where Nobody Knows Your Name–The Sequel

in News on December 29, 2008 at 6:00 am PT

BoomTown’s been just one week gone and yet another goofy, traffic-generating debate “erupts” in the blogosphere involving the usual suspects and the favored hyped Silicon Valley company of the moment, Twitter. The new bone being gnawed on is something I can hardly grasp the point of–some drivel argument about what constitutes the authority of a tweet. While tweet status would seem only important to, say, a Warner Bros. cartoon character like Sylvester, all I can think is: Who cares? That’s because the fact remains that Twitter is simply an unknown to most average people in a way other tech trends have not been.

Apple Predictions + Grain of Salt = Impossible

in News on September 8, 2008 at 2:27 pm PT

As usual before yet another big Apple event, the psychic friends network is in overdrive in anticipation of the iconic computer company’s “Let’s Rock” media gathering in San Francisco tomorrow. At this point, I think Apple could announce a change in the color of its bathrooms at its Cupertino HQ and it would be mayhem among the Mac faithful. But some of the focus is likely to be on its leader, Steve Jobs, whose gaunt appearance was the talk of Apple’s last event.