Ben Baer, Senior Producer - Jan 5, 2010 7:14 PM ET
In the walk-up to the Google phone, Cupertino is suddenly brimming with news
Image: Apple Inc.
It was a classic piece of public relations counter programming.
Just hours before Google (GOOG) was scheduled to unveil the Nexus One, its best answer to the iPhone, Apple (AAPL) announced that the number of iPhone applications downloaded from its App Store had passed the 3 billion mark.
The company did not say when that milestone was MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 5, 2010 10:08 AM ET
Becoming a mobile-device maker seems like madness, but Google's not crazy.
Why on earth would Google (GOOG) want to go into the business of making cell phones?
CEO Schmidt presides over an increasingly mobile-oriented Google. Photo: Google.
By now most followers of tech news are aware that the company has been testing a product dubbed the Google Nexus--the highly anticipated "Google phone" set to be launched today. But does Google's move into MORE
Jessi Hempel, writer - Jan 5, 2010 6:00 AM ET
An obscure patent by three Frenchmen describes a new way of controlling touchscreens
Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
With speculation about the Apple (AAPL) tablet computer rising to a fever pitch, Gus Sentementes at the Baltimore Sun has scored what may be an important scoop.
He's put his hands on a patent filing, recently assigned to Apple, that describes in detail a graphical user interface "for navigating three-dimensional virtual spaces and MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 5, 2010 5:22 AM ET
The second in a series of previews of Apple's results for the first fiscal quarter of 2010
Click to enlarge. Source: Company reports
On Monday we sampled the Street's expectations for Apple's (AAPL) iPhone sales in the fiscal quarter that ended on Dec. 26. (See here).
Today we look at analysts' Q1 2010 estimates for the product that contributes more to the company's bottom line than any other: the Mac.
As with the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 5, 2010 4:39 AM ET
Wall St. Journal reports the device will be unveiled in three weeks, shipped in three months
Sports Illustrated on a tablet. Source: Time Inc.
Quoting unnamed "people briefed by the company," the Wall Street Journal reported as fact Monday what analysts and Apple (AAPL) watchers have been speculating for weeks: that the company is set to unveil its long-awaited tablet computer on or about January 27 and is scheduled to begin MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 4, 2010 6:16 PM ET
Bolstered by rumors and strong sales, AAPL has soared nearly 175% from its 2009 low
Riding piggyback on 1.5% rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Apple (AAPL) opened the new trading year by posting an all-time record high Monday, closing 136 points above its 2009 low of $78.20, set on Jan. 20.
Shares closed Monday at $214.1, up 3.28 points (1.56%) for the day. The stock has climbed steadily since mid-December MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 4, 2010 4:37 PM ET
Interest in buying Google-powered smartphones soared in the latest ChangeWave survey
Click to enlarge. Source: ChangeWave Research
Take this with a grain of salt, because it's a survey of early adopters who were already planning to buy a smartphone. But when they were asked what kind of device they hoped to purchase in the next 90 days, 21% said they wanted one powered by Google's (GOOG) Android operating system. That's "a MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 4, 2010 1:47 PM ET
It's not just bloggers who are obsessed with Cupertino's tablet computer
Source: Nieman Journalism Lab
"I'm hoping we can get the newsroom more actively involved in the challenge of delivering our best journalism in the form of Times Reader, iPhone apps, WAP, or the impending Apple slate, or whatever comes after that." -- New York Times managing editor Bill Keller
Keller's videotaped speech to his digital staff last October, excerpted below the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 4, 2010 7:38 AM ET
At Grockit, students study for standardized tests together, sharing tips via real-time chat.
Grockit marries social media with standardized test prep.
Despite the controversy surrounding standardized tests for college admissions (Are they fair? What do they measure?), exams like the SAT and ACT remain a necessary evil for most college-bound students.
The same might be said of the process of preparing for these exams, a phenomenon that has spawned a multi-billion dollar MORE
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