Android's impressions grew 39% month over month, while the iPad's grew 76%
Click to enlarge. Source: Millennial Media
The news for Apple (AAPL) was mixed in the August report from Millennial Media, one of the larger independent mobile advertising networks.
The iPhone, which once dominated the network's smartphone category with a 70% share, continues to drift downward, from 55% in July to 48% in August. The share of ad impressions on smartphones MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 28, 2010 2:42 PM ET
This morning Amazon released a new Kindle Web interface, but their plans don't stop there if recent rumors are true.
It makes perfect sense. You can read your Kindle books on your iPad, your Kindle, your Android device and your PC or Mac with a dedicated app. Why not just make a Kindle reader for your browser? That will be a pretty important feature if Google's ChromeOS, which doesn't let users MORE
Seth Weintraub - Sep 28, 2010 11:42 AM ET
Apple shares plummet nearly $17 for no apparent reason; investors search for clues
The folks who track Apple (AAPL) shares closely -- and there are loads of them -- watched open-jawed Tuesday morning as the stock, which had been climbing steadily all month, went into free fall.
After opening at $290.70, within $3 of its all-time high, the stock dropped $16.7 (5.7%) to $275 in less than three minutes, briefly shaving more MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 28, 2010 10:30 AM ET
What Nielsen has learned about the owners of tablets and other connected devices
Click to enlarge. Source: Nielsen
As part of Advertising Week's Mobile Ad Summit Tuesday, the Nielsen Company released the results of a survey of 5,000 consumers who own a tablet computer, eReader, netbook, media player or smartphone – including 400 iPad owners. The survey found some curious demographic differences. Among them:
Apple (AAPL) iPad owners skew younger and male. MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 28, 2010 8:36 AM ET
A round-up of the companies, deals, and trends that made headlines.
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.
"We think it sets a dangerous precedent." -- State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley on the UAE BlackBerry ban (All Things D)
Research in Motion (RIMM) finally unveiled MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Sep 28, 2010 6:30 AM ET
Fortune senior writer Michael Copeland got a first-hand look at the new BlackBerry PlayBook and gives his take on whether it's got the goods to compete with Apple's iPad.
Ben Baer, Senior Producer - Sep 27, 2010 10:31 PM ET
Get your box set via P.O. Box! With dusty product offerings, outdated formats, and an aging demographic, the privately-owned company has nowhere to go but the selling block.
If you're up at night channel-surfing around the tube, you'll still see them: half-hour infomercials of softly-lit couples, hand-in-hand, running on the beach, or peppy teens in varsity jackets pulling into a drive-in, peddling 10-disc compilations like "Malt Shop Memories," "Flower Power," or MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Sep 27, 2010 3:18 PM ET
Developers seem to be interested in the type of numbers that Android is producing.
According to an Appcelerator/IDC report published today, mobile developers have a growing interest in developing for Google's (GOOG) Android, even over Apple's (AAPL) iOS platform. The interest is likely related, at least in part, to Android's exploding market share.
72% of developers say Android "is best positioned to power a large number and variety of connected devices in the future," MORE
Seth Weintraub - Sep 27, 2010 11:24 AM ET
Jason Rosenthal, CEO of Ning, positions his company as the Facebook for the set that cares about communicating with a network beyond their friends. With 70,000 paying users and 80 million monthly visitors, the white-label social network company is a quiet force among small organizations, especially schools and other non-profits. With a famous founder, browser pioneer Marc Andreessen, and a scary competitor in Facebook, Rosenthal took over as CEO this MORE
Adam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - Sep 27, 2010 10:51 AM ET
Apple may outsell its nearest rivals 4 to 1 in 2011 as Android tablets "struggle," says analyst
Click to enlarge. Source: Canaccord Genuity
In a note to clients issued Monday morning, Canaccord Genuity's T. Michael Walkley offers a snapshot of what he thinks the tablet market will look like by the end of next year. Overall, he expects unit sales to more than double, from 20 million in 2010 to 55 MORE
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| Company | Price | Change | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of America Corp... | 7.24 | -0.06 | -0.86% |
| Ford Motor Co | 12.26 | -0.48 | -3.75% |
| Frontier Communicati... | 4.22 | -0.25 | -5.59% |
| Juniper Networks Inc... | 21.62 | -0.75 | -3.33% |
| Cisco Systems Inc | 19.59 | -0.24 | -1.21% |
| Index | Last | Change | % Change |
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| Dow | 12,663.49 | -71.14 | -0.56% |
| Nasdaq | 2,812.82 | 7.54 | 0.27% |
| S&P 500 | 1,315.83 | -2.60 | -0.20% |
| Treasuries | 1.91 | -0.02 | -1.09% |
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