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The Best Mac and Windows Easter Eggs

Software developers love to sneak in fun little “Easter eggs,” or hidden messages, into whatever projects they’re working on. As it turns out, developers at Apple and Microsoft love to code discrete in-jokes just as much as the next guys. READ MORE »

Google Lashes Out At Apple, Microsoft

Courtesy: Daniel Adel/The New York Times

Yesterday, in a post on Google’s main blog, Google’s SVP and chief legal counsel David Drummond accused Apple and Microsoft of waging an anti-competitive campaign against Android to keep Google from getting access to key patents. READ MORE »

Socialize Lets Developers Unleash Communities Hiding in Mobile Apps

In case you’re not convinced that social networking is something to bring to your business, consider these stats. Since launching about three weeks ago, 18 million people are already using Google+ and it’s mobile version is now the top free app downloaded from the Apple App Store. An average of 10,000 new Web sites integrate with Facebook every day. More than 2,200 new Tweets are generated on Twitter every second. And LinkedIn boasts about 100 million users. READ MORE »

Apple Eyes Purchasing Barnes & Noble

If the rumors are true, Apple may be positioning itself to be the largest distributor of e-books in the world. BGR received a tip from an unproven source who claims that Apple is having internal discussions around purchasing Barnes & Noble, the largest book retailer in the U.S. READ MORE »

Android Tops Smartphone OS Market; Apple is Top Manufacturer

Good news for fans of the little green robot: According to Nielsen, as of June, Android tops the U.S. smartphone OS market, grabbing a full 39 percent market share. Apple, its closest competitor, finished a distant second at 28 percent. Bringing up the rear are BlackBerry OS at 20 percent and Windows Phone 7 at 9 percent. On the hardware front, however, Apple still managed to retain the title of top manufacturer. In all fairness, Apple’s victory in this category is relatively easy since it is the only company to produce iOS devices; meanwhile, Android’s OS finds its way to devices made by Motorola, HTC, and Samsung. RIM, the makers of Blackberry, surprisingly finished a close second to Apple in the manufacturing department, commanding a 20 percent chunk of the market. Nielsen based its results on a sample of roughly 20,000 people, all of whom are postpaid customers. Read more from TechCrunch.

Three out of 10 People Plan to Buy iPhone 5

Considering that Apple and AT&T are reportedly prepping staff for a September launch of the iPhone 5, there couldn’t be a better time to report survey results that say 35 percent of consumers will buy Apple’s next generation smartphone. The survey, conducted by PriceGrabber, found that respondents want several things that would influence their purchasing decision: a better battery life, a lower cost, 4G network compatibility, a larger screen and an improved camera. READ MORE »

Apple Issues iMac Recall

If you bought an iMac with a 1TB Seagate hard drive between May 2011 and July 2011, your computer may be part of a recall aimed at replacing the hard drive, which “may fail under certain conditions.” (Apple failed to specify what, exactly, those conditions might be.) READ MORE »

Who Will Buy Hulu?

Hulu, the online video service that streams popular TV shows from ABC, NBC, and Fox, is reportedly shopping around for potential bidders, according to Dan Rayburn, an analyst with Frost and Sullivan. Rayburn says Hulu and its owners have been meeting with suitors from Yahoo, Google, and Apple, and are seeking as much as $2 billion. While none of these meetings have been independently confirmed, most of the rumors say Apple will be the company to purchase Hulu. The belief is that acquiring Hulu would bolster Apple’s iTunes Store and help it compete with Netflix’s subscription streaming service with one of its own. “Content is king,” says James McQuivey, an analyst with Forrester Research. “People spend four to five hours a day watching TV. If you get them to your platform, it immediately becomes relevant.” Hulu currently streams TV episodes and movies on many devices, including the Roku, Xbox 360, iPad, and iPhone through its monthly subscription service Hulu Plus. An alliance with Apple might mean pulling Hulu off other devices, but Rayburn asks, “then why spend $2 billion to get it?” Hulu says it will have one million Hulu Plus subscribers by year’s end. Read more from USA Today.

HTC’s Fate in the Air While Google Vows to Defend it

A U.S. International Trade Commission judge issued an initial ruling that HTC violated two key patents owned by Apple, a move that dragged HTC’s stock to a six-month low in Taiwan trading and raised uncertainty about the company, writes Roger Cheng for CNET. In response, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt says his company will support its key Android partner in its patent fight with Apple. READ MORE »

Not a Knock-Off Apple Product, But a Whole Store

Apple has long had to deal with unscrupulous counterfeiters creating and hawking fake iPods and iPhones–any fashion house would say it’s the price for having the sexiest products–but now the company is faced with deception on a much larger scale, with whole retail locations set up to look like authentic Apple stores (with varying degrees of success) popping up around the globe. Ironically, these stores are often selling authentic Apple products–likely the result of profitable and illegal resale efforts. READ MORE »

Tag Archives: Apple

The Best Mac and Windows Easter Eggs

Google Lashes Out At Apple, Microsoft

Apple Eyes Purchasing Barnes & Noble

Android Tops Smartphone OS Market; Apple is Top Manufacturer

Three out of 10 People Plan to Buy iPhone 5

Apple Issues iMac Recall

Who Will Buy Hulu?

HTC’s Fate in the Air While Google Vows to Defend it

Not a Knock-Off Apple Product, But a Whole Store

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