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Russell Adams, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 2, 2011 at 1:29 pm PT
Developers of magazine and newspaper apps have received notice from Apple Inc. that beginning on March 31, any app that does not take payments through its iTunes store will be rejected.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 2, 2011 at 12:50 pm PT
The design error found in the latest Intel microprocessor is causing shipment schedules at certain PC makers, including Hewlett-Packard and Dell, to slip. Apple isn’t saying whether its plans are affected.
John Paczkowski in News on January 25, 2011 at 11:20 am PT
Here’s a hell of a developer testimonial for Apple’s new Mac App Store. Image-editing app Pixelmator just hit the million-dollar milestone. And it’s been available in the App Store for only 20 days.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 17, 2010 at 4:00 am PT
In 2011 tablet revenues will rise to $24.9 billion, and by 2012 they’ll reach $34.1 billion. And Apple will claim the lion’s share of both, according to J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz.
John Paczkowski in News on December 10, 2010 at 1:59 pm PT
There’s another turf war brewing in the mobile space, and this one isn’t over consumers–it’s over the top smartphone manufacturers.
Peter Kafka in Media on December 2, 2010 at 10:38 am PT
LimeWire, the high-profile file-sharing company, more or less shut down in October, following a federal court ruling. But the last bits of the company seem to be going away: Its online music store will be shuttered at the end of the month, and I’m told that plans to launch a new music service have been shelved.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on November 17, 2010 at 10:45 am PT
The iPhone’s debut on Verizon next year will clearly cause some suffering over at AT&T, which is losing its long-running exclusive on the device. But there are a few other companies that will feel the pain of that transition as well: HTC, Motorola and Research in Motion.
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Gustav Sandstrom, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 10, 2010 at 2:02 pm PT
Sales of low-cost Chinese cellphones helped fuel a global surge in handset shipments in the third quarter, research firm Gartner said, squeezing market leader Nokia Corp. at a time it facing pressure from Apple Inc.’s iPhone and other smartphones.
John Paczkowski in News on October 9, 2010 at 8:10 am PT
Acer chairman J.T. Wang recently predicted that Apple’s share of the tablet market would decline precipitously as new rivals emerge, falling from nearly 100 percent to 20 to 30 percent. But J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz isn’t so sure.
John Paczkowski in News on May 19, 2010 at 10:36 am PT
Google’s plan to open-source the VP8 video codec has been rumored ever since the company acquired its developer, On2, in August 2009. After all, in the press release detailing the acquisition, Google clearly stated that “video compression technology should be a part of the Web platform.” So it’s no surprise that the company announced an open-source, royalty-free video format based on VP8 at its I/O conference Wednesday. What is surprising is the level of industry support Google has already rounded up for it.
