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Apple and those LOL numbers

Now even the New York Times is misusing the “law of large numbers” Jacob Bernoulli We can forgive the talking heads on CNBC for blathering on about mathematical “laws” of which they are totally ignorant. What do they know? But … Continue reading

Apple forced to shut off push e-mail service in Germany

Motorola Mobility (and Google) give Cupertino a taste of its own patent medicine  Following a loss three weeks ago in Germany’s Mannheim Regional Court, Apple (AAPL) late Thursday informed German iPhone customers that e-mail would no longer be “pushed” to … Continue reading

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Apple Acquires Chomp; App Store Search And Discovery To Be Completely Revamped

With the countdown underway to 25 billion total app downloads, there’s no disputing the success of Apple’s App Store. We live in a world of hyperbole, but Apple’s entry into this space really has changed the entire mobile world. But … Continue reading

Why did Apple close Friday at record high $522.41 a share …

When Tim Cook’s failure to announce a dividend was supposed to send it tumbling? If you spent part of Thursday afternoon, as I did, monitoring the $AAPL tweets, you know that Apple’s (AAPL) share price was supposed to go into … Continue reading

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Motorola Gets Its Way In Germany: Apple Disables Push Email In Patent Dispute, Says It’s Appealing

Another development in the very long and winding road of mobile patent disputes: Apple has now had to disable the mobile push email function used through MobileMe and iCloud, after a court ruled earlier this month that Apple had infringed … Continue reading

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Intelligent Design And The Modern Cellphone

I’ve been mulling this concept over for a long while and it took Josh Helfferich’s single image to bring the concept into sharp focus. My thesis (and you won’t like this) is that every major “flagship” phone in the Western … Continue reading

Release Of New Software: iPhone Video Converter 2012 Announced By Reganam.com

(AppleNews247.Com, February 24, 2012 ) Dublin, IE — Playing video on the phone is one of the most exciting new things that people discover when upgrading from a regular mobile phone to a phone that plays video. For iPhone users, … Continue reading

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TechCrunch Giveaway: iPad 2, iPad 2 Case, And $200 iTunes Gift Card #TechCrunch

Hey everyone, we have a special giveaway for you this week. Yes, the iPad 3 is well on it’s way, but the iPad 2 is still one of the most sought after gadgets out there. With special thanks to our … Continue reading

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Facebook Gaming Boom Ends, Posing Challenges for Operators

Dateline City:  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Facebook’s days as a boomtown for game operators appear to have come to an end, with the total number of users stagnating amid rising barriers to entry, increasing competition and an intensifying fight for consumer … Continue reading

Where are the smartphones of yesteryear?

The Samsung Moment? The Motorola Cliq? The HTC Magic? The BlackBerry Tour?  Four of the top five are repeats Maybe I don’t spend enough time shopping for Google (GOOG) Android phones, but I always get a kick out of the … Continue reading