iPhone 5 Production Underway for an Expected Fall Launch
According to Japanese blog Macotakara, the next generation iPhone has already gone into production in China. Macotakara cites reliable Chinese sources for the information. For reference, Macotakara also cited similar sources when they reported that the iPad 3 first went into production in January 2012. The lead time between production Meanwhile, the…
How iOS became an essential platform for making music
When Apple opened up the iOS platform to developers, it turned the company’s portable devices from useful devices into essential ones. Suddenly, as well as checking your mail or taking a picture, there were apps to do almost anything you could imagine. Gaming was probably the biggest category of apps,…
Windows 8 May Not be Sold Solo
Windows 8 users may not have the option to buy a full retail copy of the operating system when it launches this October. That’s according to Microsoft insiders Mary Jo Foley and Paul Thurrott, who both say they’ve heard that full retail copies of Windows 8 won’t be available. The Verge Users…
Can a $10 Robot Save African Education?
Nii Adjetey Sowah programs a Mindstorms robot in Ayorkor Korsah’s Introduction to Robotics class at Ashesi University College in Ghana. Ten dollars doesn’t get you a lot of parts. Then again, $35 for a computer seemed pretty outrageous not too long ago. The success of that Raspberry Pi Micro-Computer prompted Launched…
Apple’s “in-app purchase” service for iOS bypassed by Russian hacker
A Russian hacker has unveiled a service that allows users of Apple iOS devices to pirate digital books, premium game levels, and other content sold through the company’s in-app purchase program. The new service, which has already been subject to attempts at shutting it down, requires no jailbreaking and only…
Saving BlackBerry from its ‘deathbed’
Lying 60 miles west of Toronto, the town of Waterloo is where RIM was founded by the then university student, Mike Lazaridis, in 1984. Its HQ is a marker of the company’s success in inventing and for almost a decade dominating the lucrative smartphone market. Besides RIM’s 20 or so buildings, there Amid…
RIM Objects to Survey Showing Weak BlackBerry Developer Outlook
Research in Motion Ltd. continues to get hammered in surveys of customer satisfaction and consumer interest, not to mention on the stock market. But at least one RIM executive isn’t taking a new study about developers losing interest in BlackBerrys lying down. A new survey by Baird Equity Research of…
Viacom and DirecTV dispute highlights challenges for an Apple HDTV
Since late Tuesday evening, DirecTV’s 20 million or so subscribers have been unable to watch programming on any Viacom owned stations, including MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, and BET. As you might have heard, Viacom and DirecTV remain embroiled in a contract dispute with neither side presumably being willing to budge. The…
CHART OF THE DAY: The Latest PC ‘Growth’ Numbers Show No Growth At All
This chart comes from Business Insider Intelligence, a new research and and analysis service focused on the mobile and Internet industries. Sign up for a free trial here. PC shipments are stagnant. According to Gartner, worldwide PC shipments in Q2 were basically flat, declining -0.1 percent from last year. PC…
Bose Unveils VideoWave II LED-Backlit HDTV Sound System
Bose has upgraded its VideoWave HDTV to the VideoWave II, a new line of HDTVs that incorporate Bose’s sound technology into its cabinets. The 46- and 55-inch Bose VideoWave II HDTVs feature several changes from the previous Editors’ Choice-winning HDTV that make it smaller and, according to Bose, easier to…
