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Apple Announces the iPad: WiFi, 3G, iWorks and an E-Book Store (9 and Up)
Apple just announced the launch of the iPad, Apple's rumored tablet computer. Judging from what we have seen so far, the iPad is basically a very large iPod touch with a modified interface. According to Steve Jobs, the device will be far better than an iPhone or netbook for browsing the web. The iPad will also feature most of the standard apps we have become used to on the iPhone platform, including maps, contacts and a calendar. Apple also announced ...
Third Wind: Don't Be Afraid to Experiment with New Business Models
With the highly anticipated Apple event finally underway in San Francisco, tech fans around the globe are already speculating how Apple's new iPad might change the state of computing. Another group of people listening intently to the happenings at the Yerba Buena Center are iPhone application developers, who are curious to see when they may be able to begin developing apps for the iPad. As we've seen, the iPad is a blend of the iPhone OS and OS X, and ...
Google Could Lose 50% of iPhone Traffic to Bing
A week ago now, the cat was let out of the bag - Apple and Microsoft were in talks over replacing Google with Bing, and have been for weeks, as the default search engine on the iPhone. Immediately, there were questions over the implications of this move, both for the companies involved and the users. Today, online advertising network Chitika has released some numbers that show just how big of a move this could be for all parties involved. Sponsor ...
Anticipation: The Most-Commonly Used Words in Press Before the Tablet Event (Word Cloud)
It's minutes before Apple is expected to announce the release of its new Tablet product and the press is in a frenzy to cover it. It's been the most-talked about thing in tech for weeks. What are people saying about it, in aggregate? We ran 50 news stories appearing on Techmeme this morning through the word analysis tool Wordle.net and unearthed the 100 most-used words across all the recent coverage in anticipation of the announcement. Sponsor Here's what people are ...
The Apple Tablet Hype by the Numbers
Unless you have been living in a soundproof cave for the past few weeks, you are probably well aware that today is Apple tablet day. Today, our friends over at social media monitoring and analytics firm Sysomos took a closer look at the hype and how the rumors have resonated on Twitter, YouTube and blogs over the last 30 days. According to Sysomos' data, for example, Twitter users sent more than half a million messages - with an average of ...