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Recently we heard that Best Buy was withholding iPad 2 stock from customers, and folks who wanted the Apple tablet from the big box retailer were infuriated. It turns out, however, that Apple gave Best Buy its blessing to withhold iPad 2 units for an upcoming promotion. Was that promotion, by any chance, the practice…
The platform wars are raging on, and Android versus iPhone market share articles are being churned out by the dozen seemingly every week. However, one Fortune writer believes that these articles and the market share comparison itself are inconsequential. Why is that? According to Andy M. Zaky at Fortune: For example, suppose Research in Motion…
Everyone is jumping on the iPad bandwagon, and this time around it’s Bloomberg Businessweek with a new iPad edition of its publication. News outlets and magazines are quickly making iPad-friendly versions of their publications, and they’re becoming just as popular, too. Two editions of the publication have already been released on the iPad, and according…
In research note released this morning, Avian Securities claims the iPhone 5 will not enter production until September 2011. This late production date hints at a late 2011 or early 2012 release date, according to Avian. Avian’s supply chain information points to a later than expected release and rumors in the tech news seem to…
The school committee in the city of Auburn voted unanimously for a plan that would distribute iPad 2s to every kindergartener in this mid-sized Maine city. The program would give new iPad 2s for 285 five-year old students and an extra number for teachers involved in the program. The total cost to outfit the entire…
Apple has hired Kevin Kenney as a “Senior Composites Engineer“. Previously he had spent the past 14 years making carbon fiber bikes as the President and CEO of Kestral Bicycles. Kevin has worked with Apple in the past as a consultant, and he even helped contribute to an Apple patent that was…
When Apple made the first iPhone, you remember, the one that didn’t even run applications, they probably couldn’t imagine how just a few short years later their iOS platform would become one of the most popular ways to play games while on the move. We’ve seen Angry Birds become a franchise as popular as Mario,…
With the spring season now upon us, Canadians from coast to coast (to coast) are getting out of their houses to partake in a little spring cleaning. Rake the yard, get the patio furniture out, wash the windows, you know, that sort of thing. On a personal note, there’s still (unbelievably) a little too much…
I never had an Atari, although I always kind of wish I did… Thankfully, with the aid of my iPhone 4 that can all change, and I can check one more item off my geek-tastic ‘bucket list’… all thanks to the Atari Greatest Hits app for iOS. As you’d expect, the app delivers a whole…
Steve Wozniak, the nerd’s nerd and dancer extraordinaire, said that if he were asked by Apple to take on a more active role at Apple, he would consider it. This doesn’t mean that the Woz is going to be rushing back to some high-up position at Apple any time soon, but it’s cool to think…