Daily Archives: February 15, 2011

Apple’s Next Greedy Move: Exclusivity

This is so obvious, I’m surprised I didn’t think of it until today. There is Steve Jobs, sitting with his iPad. He is pondering all the things that makes it special. He is very proud of his creation (as he … Continue reading

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Apple Is Now Dead To Me

Apple’s new App Store rules affect Amazon’s Kindle Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller confirmed that those rules apply not only to newspaper and magazine publishers, but also to content sellers like Amazon.com, which offers a Kindle app for the iPhone, iPod … Continue reading

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Sample Picture Taken With New Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 5.0!

Thank to Steve “Chippy” Paine — of UMPC Portal and Carrypad — who got this for me after my dignified request shameful begging. I’m inserting it here at full resolution, so it will become ginormous — 2560 x 1920 — … Continue reading

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Apple Officially Wants Its 30% Vig — Sometimes

UPDATED: See end. Apple Launches Subscriptions on the App Store “Our philosophy is simple — when Apple brings a new subscriber to the app, Apple earns a 30 percent share; when the publisher brings an existing or new subscriber to … Continue reading

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First Photo: webOS App Catalog Magazine View

App Catalog running in "Magazine View" on the TouchPad (Mockup): #webos #mwc http://twitpic.com/403944— Markus Leutwyler (@twtomcat) February 15, 2011 Cropped zoom-in. Original photo is here. I like that HP is thinking about different ways an app catalog can be presented … Continue reading

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