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An eleventh-hour pricing spat between Vodafone and Apple is understood to be behind the iPhone 4′s shambolic New Zealand launch. Apple advised Vodafone to change pricing for the iPhone 4 shortly before it was due to hit shop shelves, but an angry Vodafone threatened to can the launch entirely, according to a source. read more »
Apple has come clean about an embarrassing software glitch that overstates network signal strength in its hot-selling iPhone, as complaints mounted about the phone’s wraparound antenna. Apple admitted its signal strength miscalculation dates back to its original 2007 iPhone. It promised to fix the glitch in a few weeks, but did not directly address concerns that its antenna design causes reception problems for iPhone 4, its newest phone.
Nintendo is planning to launch a new version of its handheld DS gaming device on which users can get the illusion of 3D without using special glasses
Apple had rejected last year an iPhone app built by Google, leading to a spat between the companies. Google has now found a way to let iPhone owners use Google Voice, the telephony management service whose iPhone-specific application Apple rejected last year.
On Tuesday, Google is launching a Google Voice web application that runs on iPhone devices with the 3.0 OS or later versions, as well as on Palm WebOS devices.
The biggest tech industry news story of the 2000s was undoubtedly the dramatic rise of Google. But will the search and online advertising juggernaut continue its dominance over the internet economy in 2010? Time will tell.
Google’s rivalry with tech firms is likely to get more intense in 2010. With Google, tech firms are up against the internet’s most-trafficked website and a money-making machine. Google is poised to rack up more than US$23 billion in revenues in 2009, with margins over 30%. With its huge cash reserves, Google has money to buy innovative start-ups (recent examples include On2, ReCAPTCHA and AdMob) to keep itself at the cutting edge.
The biggest tech industry news story of the 2000s was undoubtedly the dramatic rise of Google. But will the search and online advertising juggernaut continue its dominance over the internet economy in 2010? Time will tell.
Google’s rivalry with tech firms is likely to get more intense in 2010. With Google, tech firms are up against the internet’s most-trafficked website and a money-making machine. Google is poised to rack up more than US$23 billion in revenues in 2009, with margins over 30%. With its huge cash reserves, Google has money to buy innovative start-ups (recent examples include On2, ReCAPTCHA and AdMob) to keep itself at the cutting edge.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but as decades go, the 2000s sucked. It’s hard to imagine a worse beginning than the dot-com bust followed by September 11. And the Great Recession as a grand finale?
Google has released a free dashboard tool in New Zealand designed to help businesses gain more insight into what is driving online traffic to their web listings.
I-phone application developers are cashing in on the latest tech gold rush. Or at least, trying to… like a real gold rush many rush in looking for easy money and coming away with little to show for their efforts. One article I found through a quick google search showed that 33% of developers surveyed made less than $250 from their application – hardly easy money! The appetite for apps shows little sign of abating soon though and as this article says other companies are now looking to jump on the band wagon…
I have just arrived home from this UP event which was fantastic, good bloggers / presenters, a good crowd (around 80 I think) and the ever present ‘crowd heckler’ who did get a little annoying.
10 ways to get back in the game after a layoff: Check out this interesting article on how to get back into the employment game after a layoff. Do you have any extra tips you can add? Let us know!
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Report: Staff willing to fund own IT equipment for work: An interesting survey result! Would you be willing to fund part of the technology for your work if you got to choose it? Tell us what you think!...
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