Apple's just revealed that Steve Jobs will be presenting the keynote at next week's WWDC event, and it will include the next Mac operating system, OS X Lion, the next iOS operating system, iOS 5, and the word everyone's been waiting for: iCloud. Apple 's next Mac operating system, OS X Lion, and the next iOS operating system, iOS 5, will both be revealed at the upcoming World Wide Developers conference--by none other than Steve Jobs--but it's the official release of its keenly anticipated cloud services effort, iCloud, that will most certainly snag the biggest spotlight.
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A look at the companies that provide the court surface, windscreens, and umpire microphone at the Westgate Tennis Center in Dothan, Alabama. Court Installation The Westgate Tennis Center, a public facility, hosts the Dothan Pro Classic, a United States Tennis Association women's event, annually
Read More »Is A Gates Comeback Inevitable?
I think it's possible. However even more possible, I think, is that a Steve Ballmer departure is inevitable. Last year, I wrote a posting on this blog (tongue in cheek at the time) entitled "Why I want Bill Gates Back"
Read More »Need a New Mobile Strategy?
It's not guesswork. Build solutions not just based on features and functions but in accordance to how your customers use handheld devices in their everyday lives. These days it is rare to find someone who doesn't rely on a smartphone or some kind of handheld device and a slew of mobile apps to stay productive at work, on the road or even in their home.
Read More »Google, ISIS Plotting The Downfall Of The Magnetic-Strip Credit Card
Two very big developments are about to happen in the NFC space, and together they might eliminate credit cards as we know them. Google has been courting the idea of NFC technology for a while, and it now seems poised to launch a potential game-changer (as Google is wont to do). The Wall Street Journal reported that an announcement from Google on Thursday will reveal its new NFC mobile-payment tech
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Read More »How PayPal Sees Square, Future of Digital Payments
"Existing models don't go away until they are replaced by models that work better," PayPal's Anuj Nayar tells us. "The consumer needs to see the benefit beyond, 'This is just cool.'" When it came to the perhaps over-embellished headlines from Square's announcement yesterday--the end of the cash register as we know it!--PayPal spokesperson Anuj Nayar couldn't help but chuckle. After all, PayPal has been in the payments business roughly 12 years and boasts 98 million users
Read More »Square Field Test: Whipping Out Jack Dorsey’s Digital Wallet In The Wild
Square promises to put an end to the headaches of traditional purchases: having to fumble with your wallet, exchange and swipe the credit card, wait for a paper receipt. But someone still needs to convince merchants.
Read More »Welcome To The 168-Hour Work Week: The Tablet PC Revolution Never Sleeps
A new report says that 41% of mobile workers have a tablet, and another 34% plan on buying one inside six months. We're doomed.
Read More »How Comcast’s Xfinity TV App Stacks Up Against HBO Go, Netflix
Today, Comcast finally upgraded its mobile app, Xfinity TV, and now offers roughly 6,000 hours of On Demand content to subscribers who own the iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad. The top players are all present--HBO, Showtime, Starz--making streaming premium content on your mobile device a cinch
Read More »The Federal Government Wants To Help You Name Your Kid
Sure, there are a plethora of baby-naming apps on the iPhone.
Read More »Microsoft’s Mobile Division Is Immobile
I'm picturing what it must be like at Microsoft HQ in Redmond, Washington these days. First, consider the Xbox divison that has sold more than 10 million Kinect gaming systems since its launch last Fall, making it the fastest selling consumer electronics device ever.
Read More »New Gadget Mantra: The Screen’s The Thing
We're used to fairly similar LCD screens on pretty much all our mobile gadgets and TVs. That's all about to change
Read More »Ready, Set, Jet: Travel Tech To Aid Your Trip
The gadgets and gizmos to get you from door to destination, and the travel fiends behind them. The lightweight construction of the Tumi Vapor Extended Trip Packing Case takes a beating beautifully; its metal exterior cleverly conceals scratches and dings.
Read More »iFive: Groupon IPO, Google’s IP Theft, Chrome-OS Netbooks For Students, EU Rejects Celeb Privacy Law, MS-Skype Deal Worries
It's been ten years since Douglas Adams, science fiction author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, died suddenly and Twitter is alive with comments and references to the man and his works. Google has chosen a different theme for today's Doodle , though: The would-be 117th birthday of Martha Graham, the U.S
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