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Android Apps to Overtake Apple in June 2012?
Apple may still be the undisputed king of the app stores, but new research suggests that its reign may have less than a year left, barring any surprising developments (and, no, the iPhone 4S doesn’t count as a surprising development).
Currently, according to research from Xyologic, monthly Apple app downloads in the U.S. are nearly …
Twitter Owns #OccupyWallStreet Chatter
Even as concerns continue to be raised about the lack of media coverage of Occupy Wall Street, one thing is becoming clear: Twitter is handily picking up that slack.
Information from data analysis company “Attention” shows that despite reports that activists themselves are moving away from the service, Twitter dominates the OWS social …
Steve Jobs’ Sartorial Rationale Behind the Turtleneck
He was famous for it, and sales soared in the days following his death. Jobs’ signature look was unmistakable: a black mock turtleneck, paired with some Levi 501 jeans.
Though St. Croix, who makes the famous turtlenecks, is reaping the profits, Jobs’ rationale behind his simple and effortless attire can be attributed to a …
New Version of iTunes Available, iOS 5 Update Coming Soon
You can now download iTunes 10.5 from Apple’s website, which might not be a bad idea if you’re planning on installing the new iOS 5 software on your iPhone, iPad and/or iPod Touch when it becomes available tomorrow. Apple’s tubes might get a bit clogged once everyone starts trying to grab iOS 5, so maybe get the new iTunes installed now
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Twitter Drops Lawsuit in Exchange for ‘Tweet’ Trademark
Twitter owns “tweet.”
Twitter has dropped a lawsuit against the company Twittad over its use of the word in its advertising, reports the Wall Street Journal, in exchange for Twittad transferring the registered trademark for the word “tweet” to Twitter. As part of the settlement, Twitter will also restore Twittad’s Twitter account, …
Facebook’s iPad App Is Here and I’m Bored Already
A year and a half after Apple launched the iPad, Facebook has launched an official iPad app. Um, whoopie?
While it’s nice to see Facebook finally take part in the biggest personal computing phenomenon since the laptop, Facebook’s iPad app has left me feeling cold. For one thing, it’s barely distinguishable from unofficial Facebook …
Top Five Tuesday Tech Deals
It’s Tuesday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Lenovo IdeaPad A1 Tablet: $229 at Lenovo
Lenovo’s 7-inch IdeaPad A1 Android tablet gets a deep price cut, dropping from $349 down to $229 for the two-gigabyte version. For just $20 more, you can get the 16-gigabyte version in white or black, which used to cost $399.
Dalai Lama Joins South African Nobel Laureate in Google+ Hangout
These days, social media is circumventing politicians and bureaucracies in ways they could have never have imagined. Thanks to the Internet, the Dalai Lama joined Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu for the Archbishop’s 80th birthday – via Google+. No visa, plane tickets or government intervention required.
The …
How to Share a Family Shopping List by Keeping It in the Cloud
If you live with other people, you know the problem: On Wednesday you notice that you’re out of milk, but you’ve forgotten about that by the time your spouse goes shopping on Friday. Or you write a note on that pad on the fridge, but your handwriting is illegible. Or what if the two of you go shopping at different stores and both buy …
Apple Is a Software Company
Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc, a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm located in Silicon Valley.
From the outside looking in, this article’s title may sound crazy. As crazy as it sounds, I believe it’s true. I’ll go into greater depth about …
Twitter Breaks Tweets per Second Record In Response to Steve Jobs’ Death
The sad news of Steve Jobs’ death quickly passed around the internet after it broke on Wednesday, with millions taking to social media to share the story as well as their memories of the man and his legacy. Perhaps unsurprisingly, what resulted was the largest online reaction to any event in recent history, according to new figures just …