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Netflix, which owns 60% of the digital movie market, thinks the next step is to offer exclusive video content that can't be found anywhere else. The content in question? A new series, House of Cards, directed by David Fincher and starring Kevin Spacey. The company reportedly outbid Netflix MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 16, 2011 5:00 AM ET
How one Twitter post launched a flood of free publicity for Apple
He's no Steve Jobs -- that's for sure -- but Apple (AAPL) senior vice president Phil Schiller may have set a personal record for how much marketing buzz he can generate per ASCII character.
Responding to a request on Twitter, he let slip that the long-delayed white iPhone 4 will be available this spring.
By Monday morning his 94-character (including spaces) MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 14, 2011 8:52 AM ET
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AOL plans to layoff several hundred employees starting today in editorial and other media product groups, as well as jobs in India -- areas like network and ad sales should remain unaffected. The move comes as AOL restructures its editorial division after MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 10, 2011 5:00 AM ET
Do I buy an iPad 2 with 3G built-in, or will Apple's Personal Hotspot do the trick?
Okay, so I've decided to buy myself an iPad 2. The entry-level model I bought a year ago for $499 has served me well, but I'm getting pinched by the limits of 16GB, and I know a family member or two who would be delighted to take the old iPad off my hands.
Meanwhile, MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 9, 2011 11:10 AM ET
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"HP has lost its soul." -- HP CEO Leo Apotheker (Bloomberg Businessweek)
M.I.C. Gadget got its hands on what is likely a legit 64 GB iPhone prototype. Though, before you let your minds run wild, bear in mind it's a prototype of the iPhone 4 and not MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 9, 2011 9:48 AM ET
Details about the real iPad 2 and all the rumors, mockups, and premature criticism that got us here, along with the reappearance of the visionary force behind Apple Inc.
Try racking your brain for a device more crowed about, lusted over, or prematurely criticized than Apple's (AAPL) iPad 2. (We know. Pretty hard.) That's probably because, over the last six months, media outlets everywhere gave voice to even the most outré rumors, design MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 2, 2011 2:32 PM ET
"Usually, if they sell a lot of something, you want to tell everybody."
That's what Steve Jobs had to say in 2009 about sales figures for the Kindle -- which, it bears repeating, Amazon (AMZN) has still never revealed.
And it's probably all you need to know for now about sales of the iPhone for Verizon (VZ), which arrived two weeks ago without the long lines of eager customers that many had MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 26, 2011 6:37 AM ET
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Remember when Facebook updated your Profile page back in December? Well, looks like the rest of the social network is catching up. The site released a similar design for fan or group pages like Fortune's -- which, by the way, you should "Like" if you haven't already -- that incorporates many of the same changes with MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer - Feb 11, 2011 6:00 AM ET
Making sure reporters know about every flaw in the Verizon iPhone
You can almost hear the pent-up frustration in the e-mail one of my colleagues at CNN Money received Tuesday from AT&T (T) public relations:
Hi:
I urge you to view the video you can find when you click on the link.
Verizon said the launch of the iPhone would be "flawless." Their word, not mine.
All I ask is that you ask Verizon about MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 9, 2011 10:39 AM ET
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Though spokesmen declined to comment, Microsoft and Nokia may reportedly announce a partnership on February 11, when Nokia CEO Stephen Elop talks to investors. Such an alliance could mean Nokia retires its Symbian OS in favor of Windows Phone 7. (New York Times)
Verizon halted pre-sales of the iPhone after selling out of its first shipment, estimated MORE