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Articles tagged with: Ipod and Apple
Palm appoints ex-Apple whiz as CEO
Jon Rubinstein, a former executive behind Apple's iPod, on Wednesday was named chief executive of smartphone maker Palm, replacing Ed Colligan who is stepping down after 16 years with the company. more
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Control Light Switches from an iPhone
Domestic lighting control firm, Lutron Electronics says that it has developed an iPhone interface for its Homeworks whole-home lighting control system. With the touch of an icon, users gain complete access to their Homeworks system and keypads - including when not at home. more
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Apple 2Q profit gains 15 percent, beats Street
Strong sales of the iPhone helped Apple lift its quarterly profit 15 percent, well ahead of Wall Street's expectations Wednesday despite the global economic downturn. more
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VoIP provider Skype has confirmed speculation and announced that it has launched a Skype application for the Apple iPhone, which will be available on the Apple App Store from today. The app also adds Skype calling and instant messaging to any second generation ipod touch with a compatible headset and microphone. more
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Devicescape Launches White-Lable Wi-Fi Password Manager
Wi-Fi software developer, Devicescape has announced a new program to customize its "Easy Wi-Fi" application specifically to a service provider's own network footprint and brand. This new program gives service providers their own "locked Easy Wi-Fi" application which automates access only to their own network and roaming partners, in order to deliver a hassle-free experience to their customers. more
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Apple Adds MMS and Copy/Paste to the iPhone
Apple has previewed an upgrade of its operating system for the iPhone handsets, along with the immediate availability of a beta software release to registered developers. The iPhone OS 3.0 beta release includes an updated Software Development Kit (SDK) with over 1,000 new Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) including In-App Purchases; Peer-to-Peer connections; an app interface for accessories; access to the ipod music library; a new Maps API and Push Notifications. more
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Android based Netbooks to Emerge in 2009
Opinion by Laurent Lachal, Ovum Open Source Research Director
Upwards view: Linux is losing ground
The upwards view of netbooks starts with netbooks and looks up to laptops. It
leads to two conclusions. First, the laptop market is becoming increasingly
complex, with market segments catered for by a growing variety of low-cost
netbooks and laptops. Second, after a strong start, Linux netbooks have now been
overtaken by Windows netbooks and Linux is lagging increasingly behind in terms
of sales - although Linux's performance in the netbook segment is still
outstanding compared to its overall performance in the desktop market.
more
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Live Railway Service Information on the iPhone
The UK's National Rail Enquiries and software developer, Agant have developed a new application that allows iPhone and ipod Touch users to access real-time rail journey planning information across the national rail network. more
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Foxconn Full-Year Profits Drop 83%
Foxconn International Holdings - the mobile phone manufacturing division of Taiwan's giant Hon Hai Precision Industry has reported a net loss for the second half of last year, which dragged its full year profit down by 83.% to US$121 million - compared with US$721 million a year earlier. more
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Apple Finally Gets its New iPhone Boss
After settling a legal dispute, Apple has announced that former IBM vice-president, Mark Papermaster will finally be joining the Company as senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering. The job posting was originally announced last November, but has been mired in a legal dispute after IBM claimed that he was breaching a clause in his contract preventing him from leaving to work for a competitor. more
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