Apple will launch the next iPhone in May or June 2013, offering a swath of colors and multiple screen sizes in a move that would depart from a six-year practice, a Wall Street analyst said today. "Apple has the option to go up [in screen ...
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More Americans read e-books in the last year, with 23% of those ages 16 and over going digital, compared to 16% in the previous survey for the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which released its latest results on e-book readership ...
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With just a week left in the month, Windows 8's usage uptake has slipped behind Vista's at the same point in its release, data from a Web measurement company showed. According to Net Applications, Windows 8's online usage share through ...
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St. Nick and his reindeer have begun their Christmas Eve work delivering presents to children around the world and NORAD is tracking their progress today. As the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has been doing since 1958, ...
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HP has confirmed that it will wield the axe on those of its businesses that don't meet targets, official documents have revealed. As first reported by Bloomberg, HP told the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a 27 December filing ...
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Computerworld-NEW YORK-Tablet computing has become a top priority of Fortune 500 CIOs and will eclipse PC use by 2015,if not sooner.Email is becoming a legacy technology in the face of social media.And consumer app stores are offering ...
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Computerworld-Notebook computers equipped with hard disk drives won't face a significant threat this year from those with solid-state drives(SSDs),according to a report issued by IHS iSuppli. SSD-based notebook PCs like Apple's MacBook ...
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Macworld-Pholiumis an iPad app designed to create virtual books of your photos.The app,in turn,is linked to an online service that lets you share your books with friends.Pholium 1.3,the newest version,includes a number of major improvements ...
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Macworld-Apple's new Podcasts app is a welcome step to bringing attention to audio and video podcasts that were previously buried in the Music app.But while it has some good things going for it,it's a step that's not yet fully realized. ...
DG News Service-The mobile device is causing just as big a change in ways of working at the beginning of this century as the internet was at the end of the last century,says Kevin Noonan,consultant with Ovum. In the early days of internet ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft's recent price increases for its client-access licenses(CALs)is a"lose-lose"deal for enterprise customers but likely a major revenue boost for Microsoft,analysts said today. On Dec.1,Microsoft overhauled its ...
Computerworld-Apple today said it sold 3 million iPad tablets during the opening three-day weekend of sales of the Mini,the same number it boasted it had dealt out in March for the then-new full-sized iPad. "We set a new launch weekend ...
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IDG News Service-We had the opportunity to go hands-on with the Nokia Lumia 920 before the device was officially unveiled in Australia last week.What did we think?We've always been fond of the build quality of Nokia handsets and the Lumia ...
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Network World-Mobile apps are all the rage these days,but to get one built for your organization can be a daunting financial prospect.Should you decide to go to a bespoke shop to have your dream iOS or Android app coded you would be looking ...
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Computerworld-Apple today unveiled the iPad Mini,a smaller tablet starting at$329 that features a 7.9-in.1024-x-768-pixel display and can run all existing iPad software without modification. The company also revamped the 9.7-in ...