Days before its expected unveiling, details of dubious provenance are pouring in
Rendering: Fotoboer.nl
With Apple (AAPL) set to reveal its "latest creation" Wednesday, new rumors surface almost hourly. We'll try to stay on top of them. [UPDATED Tuesday. See below.]
The rendering at right created by Flickr user Fotoboer.nl last August is "strikingly close" to the real thing, people "familiar with the device" tell AppleInsider's Kasper Jade.
Apple is building two versions, MORE
Piper Jaffray's chief Apple analyst talks -- at length -- to The Business Insider
Screen grab: Silicon Alley Insider
For those who can't get enough of Gene Munster's Apple (AAPL) prognostications, here's a treat: 22 minutes of nearly unadulterated video courtesy of The Business Insider's Henry Blodget and Dan Frommer.
The videos, taped during a visit to the site's Manhattan offices late last week, were posted in three parts (with one more MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 21, 2010 12:18 PM ET
Interest among ChangeWave's early adopters compares with the first Intel Macs
Click to enlarge. Source: ChangeWave Research
Adding to the pre-tablet buzz, ChangeWave Research issued the results Thursday of a survey gauging consumer interest in the new Apple (AAPL) device expected to be unveiled at next Wednesday's "latest creation" event.
Asked how likely they would be to buy an 'iSlate' if-and-when it becomes available, the 3,314 respondents answered as follows: 4% said MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 21, 2010 11:17 AM ET
Forget "work from home" – today's mobile employee works from anywhere (and everywhere!)
By Bruce Chatterley, CEO, Speakeasy
Chatterley: We want all our work apps, including voice, while on the road. Photo: Speakeasy.
It isn't exactly a news flash that the workforce of today spends increasingly more time away from the traditional office building. But these employees aren't just telecommuting.
No longer tethered to their desks, employees now move freely between work, MORE
Jan 21, 2010 10:00 AM ET
Measured by mobile ad traffic, it's still a two-smartphone race
Source: AdMob
Forget North and South. East and West. First World, Second World and Third.
According to AdMob, the mobile advertising company acquired late last year by Google (GOOG), the world is divided -- at least in terms of smartphone usage -- into two parts: Apple's and Nokia's.
In its Mobile Metrics Report for Dec. 2009, issued Thursday morning, AdMob surveys eight regions MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 21, 2010 9:43 AM ET
Palm's Pixi Plus can serve as a mobile WiFi hotspot, sharing its Verizon Wireless broadband connection with other devices – but it will cost you $40/month. Photo: Jon Fortt.
Just as I was sitting down to work on this review, my laptop's WiFi connection went down.
"No problem," I thought. "I'll just connect through my Pixi Plus." Two minutes later I was back online.
If you too must have an Internet connection MORE
Jon Fortt - Jan 21, 2010 6:00 AM ET
"Secret" talks with publishers appear within hours in the Wall Street Journal
Image: Apple Inc.
Here's some free advice for Silicon Valley companies visiting New York City: Don't say anything to a newspaper or book publishing executive that you wouldn't want to see on a front page the next day.
Case in point: Details of Apple's (AAPL) eleventh-hour "secret" negotiations with publishers, which Bookseller.com and 9to5 Mac reported on Wednesday morning, turned MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 20, 2010 8:31 PM ET
Buywithme offers group discounts from local merchants. Image: Buywithme.
Meet the latest "viral loop" company to enter the big leagues
Boston-based Buywithme, an online "group buying" site, will today announce that it has secured a $5.5 million investment from Matrix Partners. Prior to the investment, the startup had been privately funded by friends and family.
Buywithme, like rival Groupon, combines the power of online shopping with social media.
Matrix's lead partner on the MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Jan 20, 2010 12:02 PM ET
Search giant Google keeps offering telecommunications services. But does that make it a phone company?
By Beth Kowitt, Writer-reporter
Google Voice consolidates all your phone numbers into a single point of contact.
Google (GOOG) is an online advertising company, but it has been inching toward disrupting the telecommunications industry for some time.
In 2006 it launched free citywide Wi-Fi in its headquarters town of Mountain View, Calif., as a not-so-subtle jab at traditional MORE
Jan 20, 2010 10:54 AM ET
Manufacturing would begin in March for delivery in June, says an analyst
UPDATE: This article was posted on January 20, 2010, in advance of the unveiling of the iPad. The announcement of a Verizon iPhone that Misek was anticipating did not happen. Water under the bridge. Maybe next year.
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"We believe there is a good chance," writes Canaccord Adams' Peter Misek in a note to clients Wednesday, "that the 'One MORE
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