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Amazon turned up the heat in the online music arena with its improved Cloud Player service, which includes a new scan and match feature. Scan and match is similar to iTunes Match and lets customers create an online music library without uploading a single file. The service will scan your iTunes or Windows Media Player…
As a loyal Android user, some might assume that I hate everything Apple. It’s what fanboys love to insinuate, but that’s certainly not the case. I’ve always admired the design aesthetic and hardware of Apple products and for the first time ever, I’m seriously considering buying the next iPhone (along side my Galaxy Nexus, of…
Better pencil off the week of September 12th on your calendar and mark it tentatively as “new iPhone week.” John Paczkowski of AllThingsD said in a report that Apple will hold an event the week of September 12th. Though the topic for the event is not mentioned by their sources, Paczkowski believes Apple will use…
The companies are huge, and the stakes are equally high. Today marks the kickoff of the US patent dispute case between Apple and Samsung, with each company leveling claims against the other with billions of dollars to be potentially awarded to the victor. The companies are preparing to enter a serious battle over patent issues, and to…
We’re just under 2 months away from the reported announcement and release date for the next iPhone, and supply manufacturers continue to give us glimpses of what the next iPhone will look like. Previous reports have suggested an upgrade to a 4″ screen, a new two-toned casing, and a smaller dock connector on the bottom…
The battle between Apple and Samsung is still ongoing and it doesn’t look like the fighting will end any time soon. It’s beginning to resemble a 4th grade fight on the playground over who cheated playing four square. Originally Apple was winning the legal war hands down, able to swiftly convince judges Samsung was copying…
Best Buy dropped the price of the 8GB iPhone 4 from $99 to $49 in what appears to be a permanent price reduction and not a temporary sale. This new price point extends to the AT&T GSM version and the Verizon/Sprint CDMA version of the iPhone 4. Both the white and black models are included.…
The IDC have released their Q2 report on the mobile market, and it paints the same picture we’ve seen in quarters past. Mobile customers are adopting smartphones than feature phones en masse, with a 42% increase in smartphone sales year over year. Overall, more phones were sold in Q2 than ever before, with 406 million…
The market for mobile note-taking services is heating up. Currently Evernote is dominating the landscape, with smaller rivals like Springpad and Catch.com fighting to get their own slice of the pie. Pearltrees is a new entrant and it has an interesting concept. Described as a “place to collect, organize and share everything you like on…
Apple has just released its fiscal Q3 2012 earnings report, raking in $35.0 billion in revenue for the quarter, with a quarterly net profit of $8.8 billion. Apple sold a whopping 26 million iPhones in the quarter, 28 percent higher than fiscal Q3 2011. When it came to iPads, Apple sold 17 million during the…