The announcement of a new season of Arrested Development is good news for fans of the show—those who know that Jason Bateman deserves better than co-starring in an all-male version of Freaky Friday. It’s also potentially good news for Hulu and Netflix. Or, I should say, Hulu or Netflix, as the two companies may be about to find …
Siri: Can Apple Sell the Concept of Natural Language Computing?
One of the main iPhone 4S features touted by Apple during yesterday’s announcement was the phone’s built-in Siri feature. Siri is a virtual personal assistant with additional dictation features that lets you accomplish various tasks simply by speaking to your phone.
If it sounds like a familiar concept, it is. Similar apps have …
No iPhone 5 Until 2013? Cue the Newest Round of Rumors
If you thought Apple’s iPhone 4S announcement would put an end to iPhone 5 rumors, you’d be wrong.
Already, the rumor mill is predicting when Apple will release the iPhone 5 with 4G LTE support. According DigiTimes, market research firm IHS says the time frame is late 2012 or mid-2013, when chipsets for thinner designs become available.
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Leaked Sales Screenshots: Amazon’s Kindle Fire Already Burning Up?
Now that we’ve got this iPhone-not-5 business out of the way, eyeballs are back on Amazon’s Kindle Fire over a leaked sales report. Here’s the report’s short version: People are preordering the thing like mad.
Take with a pinch or two of sodium—the report comes from a tech blog dubbed Cult of Android, after all—but word is would-be
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Miramax CEO Says Monopolies Are a Bigger Threat Than Piracy
Piracy gets the brunt of the blame for media companies’ dwindling profits, but Miramax CEO Mike Lang says that’s not necessarily the problem with media companies these days; monopolies are.
Lang joined Netflix chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, at the MIPCOM conference, an entertainment conference frequently held in Cannes, where …
Are Companies Being Anti-Social with Twitter and Facebook?
The problem with most corporate social media strategies, according to one expert, is that they’re just not social enough, they’re actually anti-social, and that that will lead to “social blindness” and a downturn in overall brand loyalty if left unchecked.
Brian Solis, a new media analyst from Altimeter, believes that corporate social …
All Over but the Cryin’: The iPhone 5 Rumor Postmortem
Hands-down, my favorite part of an Apple announcement’s aftermath is the brief respite we get from all the rumors. They’ll start back up soon enough, but here’s a look at what never quite panned out this time around.
(MORE: Apple Announces iPhone 4S: Old Design, New Specs, Siri Assistant)
1. The Name
Rumors of an iPhone 4S and …
Rest in Peace, Microsoft Zune Player
A moment of silence, please, for Microsoft’s Zune, which has ceased production at the tragically young age of four. The company announced yesterday that it “will no longer be producing Zune players,” although services and warranties for existing players will be unaffected by the decision.
The first Zune players, developed by Microsoft …
Apple’s Absent iPhone 5: Whose Fault Is It Really?
Media, meet blame game, a game in which excitable tech bloggers pronounced Apple’s iPhone event the iPhone 5’s official coming out party, only to discover the iPhone 5 doesn’t exist, or that it’s been replaced by—gasp!—a 4S impostor.
Let’s get one thing straight. There’s never been an iPhone 5. Apple never mentioned it, never …
Apple Tweaks ‘Nano’ and ‘Touch’ iPods, Lowers Starting Prices
Amidst the iPhone 4S news today, Apple unveiled some slight adjustments to its line of iPods. The iPod Shuffle and iPod Classic models remain unchanged (despite earlier whispers that the click-wheeled iPod Classic may be put to sleep indefinitely), while the iPod Nano and iPod Touch models have seen a handful of software tweaks alongside …
Spec Spat: Apple iPhone 4S vs. iPhone 4
To upgrade or not to upgrade? That is the question. And if you don’t own an iPhone but you’re thinking about getting one, you may wonder what the differences are between the two versions other than the price gap.
(MORE: Apple Announces iPhone 4S: Old Design, New Specs, Siri Assistant)
Here’s a rundown of the specs:
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Apple: iOS 5, iCloud Both Launching October 12
At one point during today’s Apple “let’s talk iPhone” dog and pony show, all the live blogs paused and I wondered whether Apple had unveiled its super-secret Cupertino mothership and blasted off. But no, today turned out to be all about the iPhone 4S, iCloud, iOS 5 and an incredibly clever-sounding voice recognition app dubbed …