Give Eloise some lipstick and she would know what to do with hers
Drawing by Hilary Knight
Starting in September, The Plaza -- which bills itself as New York's "ultimate luxury destination" -- will be offering its guests Apple (AAPL) iPads.
According to a press release issued Tuesday, the devices will come pre-loaded with newspapers and other business-friendly apps, including a "virtual conceirge" that gives guests fingertip control of such services as MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 22, 2010 4:33 PM ET
Google's call-routing telephony service goes mainstream.
When Google bought Grand Central three years ago, many Google watchers saw this day coming. Google Voice is now a free service for everyone in the U.S., no invite needed.
What is Google Voice, you may wonder? The fine folks in Mountain View have put together a pretty good two-minute elevator pitch:
Google has been preparing for today's launch by buying up literally millions of phone numbers MORE
Seth Weintraub - Jun 22, 2010 1:59 PM ET
Did Google break any U.S. laws with its unauthorized collection of Wifi data and will state and federal statutes need to be changed?
Google Streetview Car via Google
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced yesterday through his press office that he'd be leading the multi-state investigation into Google's Streetview camera cars' collection of Wifi data.
"My office will lead a multistate investigation -- expected to involve a significant number of states -- into Google's deeply MORE
Seth Weintraub - Jun 22, 2010 12:31 PM ET
Three million sold around the world in 80 days, or one every 2.3 seconds
Here's a nice piece of news for Apple (AAPL) to lay on the tech press two days before the launch of its next whizzy gizmo: rather than slowing down, as some analysts had predicted, sales of the iPad have actually sped up.
It took 28 days for Apple to sell its first million iPads, 31 days to sell MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 22, 2010 12:10 PM ET
Through analysis of yesterday's Verizon Droid X teaser, Droid watchers have gleaned all kinds of information, including a possible ship date.
BreifMobile.com slowed down the Droid X teaser (below), and pulled some interesting information about the new smart phone.
First is the newly-created @DroidLanding twitter account, which shows up right at the beginning (right). Verizon started updating that yesterday and seems to have a 'missing Droids' plot story going on.
Subsequent frames show some already-known MORE
Seth Weintraub - Jun 22, 2010 11:23 AM ET
With the stock setting new records, analysts' prediction are following suit
Searching for iPhones. Source: DB. Click to enlarge.
In his second note to clients in as many days, Deutsche Bank's Chris Whitmore raised his price target for Apple (AAPL) to $375 -- the highest we've seen to date.
"Apple is beginning the strongest product cycle in the company's history, led by the iPad and iPhone 4 release later this week," he MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 22, 2010 10:38 AM ET
Will a generation raised on computers ever appreciate the wonders of a printed newspaper?
Copyright ©2010 G.B. Trudeau
Apple's (AAPL) iPad is the punchline in Tuesday's Doonesbury by Gary Trudeau. Click here for the full strip via Slate.com.
The joke may be a bit premature. For all the talk about the iPad breathing new life into a struggling industry, there's no evidence that America's newspapers have benefited materially since the device was MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 22, 2010 8:48 AM ET
Greg Packer -- man-on-the-street and No. 1 iPhone line-sitter -- has a sponsor
Packer at the cube. Photo: PED
You meet all sorts of people in the ragged lines that form outside the big glass cube of Apple's (AAPL) flagship Fifth Avenue store whenever the company launches a hot new mobile device.
Many are Apple devotees who truly love the company and enjoy the Woodstock-like camaraderie. Some are tourists, in town from MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 22, 2010 7:49 AM ET
Barnes and Noble dropped the price of its Nook eBook reader today to $199 and introduced an even cheaper $149 Wifi-only Nook, sparking a price war with Amazon.
New Nook Prices. Click to enlarge
The race to 'free' in eBook readers is on today as the standard Nook was dropped from $259 to $199 by Barnes and Noble (BKS). The biggest news however, is that they introduced a new device that MORE
Seth Weintraub - Jun 21, 2010 6:40 PM ET
Michael Edwards, the CEO of Borders
How the e-book and the bookstore can co-exist.
by Michael Edwards, CEO, Borders
We've heard it all before: digital content means the end of physical media. As consumers flock to the convenience of instant gratification and on-the-go content, traditional business models will be overturned, commerce will move online, and traditional retail outlets and the products on their shelves will go the way of the typewriter.
Or MORE
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