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25 Dec 2009 11:42

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Tech: Investors: What we really want for Christmas is an Apple Tablet

  • $209.04 the peak price that Apple’s stock hit yesterday, on rumors that an Apple Tablet was coming
  • 145% the increase in Apple’s stock price year-to-date, totally dusting off those recession blues source
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11 Dec 2009 22:46

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Tech: Dear jerk from CNET: Way to be uninformed about Lala

  • Consider that Apple is now seeking help from a group that cast about the digital-music sector for years, swapped out business models multiple times (without ever finding a profitable one), and basically did little to distinguish themselves.
  • CNET scribe Greg Sandoval • Describing his skepticism on Lala, which Apple acquired last week. Sandoval’s take on the startup is beyond unfair – it’s straight-up uninformed. He wrote about the service as if the current version of the site – which sites such as Pitchfork and The Onion AV Club, and heck, we, regularly use – was nothing special. In our opinion, it reads as if he’s never actually used the service, which was struggling financially but had solid business deals in place. Why is Apple interested in Lala, like Google also was? Simple. Because it has a huge, passionate, cult audience – an audience bored by iTunes. (By the way, Sandoval totally missed Google’s Onebox setup, which TechCrunch was quite excited about.) Write about it when you know what you’re talking about, Greg. source
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11 Dec 2009 11:53

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Tech: Old mobile tech vs. new mobile tech: Apple, Nokia sue each other

  • 10 number of patents Nokia accused Apple of infringing upon – mostly industry-standard-type things
  • 13 number of patents Apple accused Nokia of infringing upon – mostly iPhone-type things source
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05 Dec 2009 11:16

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Tech: Daily poll: Apple’s buyout of Lala, good or bad?


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04 Dec 2009 23:22

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Tech: UPDATE: Apple and Lala now getting married to each other

  • First a rumor, now a done deal. We posted about this two hours ago, and now it’s actually real. Apple, which has the pretty killer iPhone along with a music service which feels a little dated in the wake of services like Spotify and Lala, is ready to take on one of those startups. Lala’s cloud-based approach makes a ton of sense considering the iPhone app that the service has reportedly been working on for months. Lala’s super-embeddable approach (which we use) and Web-based interface also feel infinitely simpler compared to iTunes’ walled garden interface. We can’t wait. source
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19 Nov 2009 11:04

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Tech: PC World: The Apple Tablet is a “mirage” that isn’t gonna happen

  • Let’s face it: The Apple tablet is a mirage created by legions of fanboys and tech dreamers. The closer you get to that mirage, the more you realize it’s not going to be there when you arrive. But then, off in the distance, an even brighter and more beautiful tablet is envisioned for a day that will never come.
  • PC World columnist Ian Paul • In an article titled “The Apple Tablet is Dead.” Paul suggests that the tablet is something of a driving factor for the fanboy audience than a real device. Though we’d like to remind Mr. Paul that a lot of people thought the same thing about the iPhone before it came out. With Apple, everything’s still on the table, even when it’s not – except for an App store that makes sense for developers. • source
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18 Nov 2009 22:14

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Tech: Wired Magazine to Apple: Our magazine, your tablet. Kapish?

  • Wired is working hard on a new version of its magazine, ready to launch on Apple’s purported tablet next year. source
  • Apple hasn’t yet announced this new tablet, so if they don’t launch it, Condé Nast will have wasted a lot of time. source
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14 Nov 2009 19:07

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Tech: Pystar death star: Apple clones dealt another murderous blow

  • It’s unfortunate, but Apple was in the right legally. There are tons of side issues in the Mac clone case to end all Mac clone cases, but Pystar – which had famously been selling generic noisy black boxes and putting a bunch of Mac software on them – is done. Apple has them from just about every avenue possible – copyright infringement, derivative works, misuse of copyrights and DMCA violations. As a result, the case that would’ve allowed Hackintoshes has only ended up protecting the Mac business model instead. Sorry, Pystar. source
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10 Nov 2009 09:37

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Tech: Hackbooks/Hackintoshes a victim of latest Snow Leopard update

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  • You’ve been killed, hackbook. The newest version of Apple’s Snow Leopard had been rumored to lock out Mac using Atom chips – in other words, netbooks. And despite initial contrary reports, this actually turned out to be the case. Will it last? And will Apple just bite the bullet and get into the netbook market to kill this debate once and for all?source
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09 Nov 2009 22:36

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Tech: John Carmack: Working with Apple either “Commander Keen” or “Doom”

  • At the highest level of Apple, in their heart of hearts, they’re not proud of the iPhone being a game machine, they wish it was something else.”
  • id Software co-founder John Carmack • Describing the relationship he’s had with Apple over the years. Carmack in general says it’s been a roller coaster, filled with ups and downs – a situation that hasn’t improved, even with Carmack’s former collaborator, Graeme Devine, working at Apple’s iPhone gaming division. Carmack thinks it’s because Apple genuinely doesn’t like gaming. Too bad. So sad. • source
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