The line formed at noon outside the big glass cube of Apple's Fifth Avenue store
Eager customers descending the glass staircase. Photo: PED
By the time the doors of Apple's (AAPL) flagship New York City store opened at 5 p.m. Friday, at least 330 loyal customers were lined up along Fifth Avenue and down 58th Street, nearly to Madison.
It was the first time anyone in the world could buy the iPad MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 30, 2010 4:08 PM ET
The increasing popularity of the Android platform is expected to spur the sales of HTC phones this summer.
HTC's shipments are expected to increase by 50% over the next three months, from 3.3m handsets in the first quarter to 4.5m in the second quarter.
According to HTC's CFO, Cheng Hui-ming, these numbers "indicate the growing popularity of the Android platform in Europe and the US". HTC just launched the Google Nexus MORE
Seth Weintraub - Apr 30, 2010 3:57 PM ET
The hack proves that Android 2.1 can work on first generation Android phones like the T-Mobile G1.
Called Cyanogen, the upgrade is not for the feint of heart and has the very real potential of bricking your phone. However, if successful, HTC Dream, Magic and Sapphire (T-Mobile G1 and myTouch 3G) users could have most of the features of the Nexus One on older, slower Android phones.
What's NOT included that MORE
Seth Weintraub - Apr 30, 2010 3:56 PM ET
In this episode of Techmate, Jon and Michael explain why despite its large market share Research in Motion (RIMM) and its iconic BlackBerry may be threatened by the touchscreen revolution. With Apple's (AAPL) iPhone becoming evermore popular and Google's (GOOG) Android OS quickly gaining steam, the Techmates wonder if smart-phone keyboards will soon be extinct. Plus, as an added bonus, find out why Michael is now smitten with his Nexus MORE
Mason Cohn, Producer - Apr 30, 2010 12:11 PM ET
Because that's what the market will bear -- at least for now
If you buy the digital editions of Popular Science or TIME Magazine on the iPad, they cost $4.99 each -- same as on the newsstand.
However, one-year subscriptions to Popular Science (the paper magazine) are currently selling for $12 -- or $1 an issue. And TIME subscriptions can be had for $20 -- around 35¢ an issue.
That disconnect was one MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 30, 2010 6:43 AM ET
Wired identifies the Redwood City resident who left a bar with Apple's secret prototype
Brian Hogan. Credit: Wired.com
The missing person in the saga of Apple's (AAPL) lost iPhone is a 21-year-old named Brian J. Hogan, according to a story posted Thursday on Wired.com.
Before moving to Silicon Valley, he lived in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he attended Santa Barbara City College. He has been working part time at a church-run community MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 29, 2010 7:02 PM ET
Network advances, next-generation devices, and regulatory pressures are putting pressure on broadcast.
By Daniel Hays, Director, PRTM
On-demand video is starting to out-compete broadcast, and it looks like that trend is going to keep going. The recent federal appeals court ruling against the FCC's net neutrality assertions will probably support the growth of on-demand video. Various forces are converging to open the floodgates for broadband service providers and content owners to deliver MORE
Apr 29, 2010 2:42 PM ET
Apple's CEO responds to Adobe with a 1,700-word essay "Thoughts on Flash"
Image: Apple Inc.
"Adobe claims that we are a closed system, and that Flash is open, but in fact the opposite is true. Let me explain."
So begins the meat of Steve Jobs' essay on Adobe (ADBE) Flash -- the first extended piece of writing we've seen from Apple's (AAPL) CEO since his Thoughts on Music in Feb. MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 29, 2010 10:24 AM ET
The Daily Show host blasts Apple for Big Brother tactics in the lost iPhone case
Credit: Comedy Central's The Daily Show
You know a story has turned a corner when Jon Stewart takes it on, as he did Wednesday night with the case of the lost iPhone prototype.
The satirical host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show devotes nearly nine minutes to the saga. He gets a few facts wrong and glosses MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 29, 2010 6:50 AM ET
Shane Robison is both HP's Chief Strategy Officer and its Chief Technology Officer – putting his in charge of both M&A and R&D. Photo: HP.
Hewlett-Packard's Shane Robison is one of my favorite guys to chat with in Silicon Valley.
As chief strategy officer and chief technology officer for the top-ranked tech company on the Fortune 500, Robison doesn't just have a great sense of where tech M&A is going, he's MORE
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