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Zeebox Searches For Money In TV’s Social Second Screen

Feb 9, 2012 2:28 PM

After quickly gaining a warm reception and a rapid post-launch investment from BSkyB, the social TV app startup co-founded by ex BBC iPlayer head honcho Anthony Rose is making its first real play at monetisation.

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Posted In: Advertising, E-Commerce, Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, TV, Social Media, Companies, Apple, iPad

Report: Apple’s iPad 3 Set To Arrive In Early March

Feb 9, 2012 11:09 AM

It’s been almost a year since former Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPad 2, and according to a new report, the company plans to launch the third version of its breakthrough tablet device around a month from now in early March.

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad

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Milestone: Digital Gains Offset Magazines’ Decline At Future

Feb 8, 2012 2:04 AM

Magazine and web publisher Future has hit a key milestone in the media industry’s great transition - UK digital revenues made up for print revenue falls between October and December.

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Money, Earnings, Companies, Apple, iPad, Future Publishing

Facebook May Not Be Into Mobile Ads Yet, But Plenty Of Others Are

Feb 2, 2012 9:20 AM

Mobile advertising may not yet be something that Facebook has explored in its strategy to monetize its massive user base, and given the growth we’ve seen in the space, you can argue that it might be missing a trick.

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Posted In: Advertising, Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Search, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, Facebook, Google, Android, Countries, inneractive, jumptap, mojiva

Samsung Takes The Apple Route For Its Next Big Launch, the Galaxy S III

Feb 1, 2012 12:30 PM

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has accused Samsung of “slavishly copying” its hardware designs; but whether or not that is true, one area where Samsung is taking a note from Apple is in how it debuts its big products. The company today announced that it would not be launching its next big…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Events, Mobile World Congress, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, Microsoft, Nokia, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, Countries, Asia, Korea, Europe, galaxy s ii, galaxy s iii, samsung galaxy

RIM’s First BlackBerry 10 Handset Could Be Smaller Version Of Playbook

Feb 1, 2012 12:22 PM

Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) will be pinning its comeback hopes on the first generation of BlackBerry phones to run its BlackBerry 10 operating system, and it seems to have settled on a design. Leaked media images to a friendly outlet suggest that RIM wants to borrow cues from the…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Mobile, Companies, RIM, BlackBerry, blackberry 10

Videoplaza Raises $12 Million For Its Multiscreen Video Ad Platform

Feb 1, 2012 3:00 AM

The rising popularity of streaming video services is causing a knock-on effect for companies serving ads around that content. And here’s another example of that in action: today UK-based video ad platform Videoplaza is announcing a new $12 million round of funding.

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Posted In: Advertising, Gadgets, Tablets, Legal, Regulatory, EC, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Mobile, Social Media, Video, Companies, CBS, Five, HTC, Hulu, Qualcomm, Countries, Europe, France, creandum, innovacom venture capital, northzone ventures, qualcomm ventures, videoplaza

Apple/Samsung Legal Skirmishes Have A New Player: The European Commission

Jan 31, 2012 8:00 AM

The ongoing, back-and-forth legal fight that is the Apple/Samsung patent dispute today took on a new dimension in one of its key battlegrounds, when the European Commission launched an antitrust inquiry into Samsung’s technology licensing practices.

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Legal, Patents, Regulatory, EC, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Android, Samsung, Countries, Asia, Japan, Korea, Europe, Germany, galaxy tab, galaxy tab 10.1n

Your iPhone Has To Be Made In China, And Apple Can’t Absolve Your Guilt

Jan 28, 2012 5:00 AM

“For a quarter of a century, Washington and Wall Street have wanted China to become an integral part of the world economy. Their wish has been granted, and now it’s time to come to grips with the implications.”—Jeffrey Garten, Yale, June 2002 (BusinessWeek) Ten years after those words were written…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, foxconn

Tablets: Apple’s Lead Narrows Among Widening Field Of Android Makers

Jan 26, 2012 12:15 PM

With the tablet market now overtaking PC sales, all eyes are on which platform will dominate this next generation of computing devices. A report out today from Strategy Analytics said that for Q4 it was Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), the company that effectively created the market for tablets two years ago…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, iPad, Google, Android, HP, Microsoft, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung

Future’s Newsstand Transformation: 75,000 New Subscribers

Jan 25, 2012 10:22 AM

UK magazine publisher Future made $1 million in new tablet magazine revenue within a month of debuting 65 of its titles on iTunes’ Newsstand.

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Companies, Apple, iPad, Future Publishing

Jon Miller, News Corp.: It’s All About Video For Us Right Now

Jan 24, 2012 6:33 AM

Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company’s digital strategy today as very “focused on video”, with a view that even properties that come from a print tradition should be producing more video content than they are today.

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Posted In: Advertising, Apps, Entertainment, Games, Gadgets, Tablets, Legal, Copyright, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Mobile, Social Media, Video, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, YouTube, Microsoft, xBox, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, Fox, MySpace, Countries, Europe, Germany, jon miller

Tablets Are Prime-Time Media Devices

Jan 23, 2012 6:41 AM

Tablet web use spikes after work and before sleep, another piece of research shows…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Research & Metrics, Research

Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million For Magazine Apps, Cross-Platform Services

Jan 23, 2012 6:18 AM

Polar Mobile—the Canadian startup that develops apps for big-name publishers like CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), Conde Nast, Sports Illustrated (NYSE: TWX), Shanghai Daily, Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) and the WSJ—today announced two steps up in its growth: it has picked up an additional $6 million in funding and has launched…

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Posted In: Apps, E-Commerce, Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, B2B, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, CBS, CBS Interactive, Conde Nast, Future Publishing, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, RIM, BlackBerry, georgian partners, polar mobile

Industry Moves
Endgame: RIM’s Balsillie, Lazaridis To Step Down From CEO Roles

Jan 22, 2012 9:17 PM

Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) has finally decided to get serious about its predicament: co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are stepping aside after a disastrous year in which the company squandered its once-dominant position in the smartphone market.  

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Posted In: Gadgets, Industry Moves, Mobile, Companies, RIM, BlackBerry, , jim balsillie, mike lazaridis

Report: Apple’s Education News Could Be A Textbook Example Of Its Growth

Jan 17, 2012 6:46 AM

As Thursday approaches, more details (or rumors) are leaking out about what Apple’s education announcement will entail: opinion appears to be coalescing around a new interactive service for textbooks on Apple’s iPad tablet device.

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, e-readers, Kids & Teen Content, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Pearson, houghton mifflin harcourt, ibookstore, mcgraw-hill

CES: Our Coverage In Pictures

Jan 15, 2012 8:00 AM

This past week we’ve been covering the Consumer Electronics Show, reporting on everything from Apple’s quiet tablet competitors to the unprofitable Motorola’s struggle to regain its footing, and Microsoft’s phone-in of its last keynote, to Intel’s big plans for 2012. Learn what it all means and below, check out our…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, Microsoft, Motorola

Apple Joins Labor Standards Group With Release Of Annual Supplier Report

Jan 13, 2012 2:09 PM

After a week dedicated to the fetishism of consumer electronics, it seems fitting to remind ourselves that those products are built under conditions that would probably shock a fair amount of those complaining about cab lines during CES 2012. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) released its annual report on the companies that…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, fair labor association

The Economist Tries A Flipboard-Like Election App All In HTML

Jan 10, 2012 10:53 AM

The Economist has given HTML web apps another shot in the arm by packaging its U.S. presidential election material in to a new Flipboard-like tablet content offering that works entirely in the web browser.

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Companies, Apple, iPad, Pearson, Economist

Who Says There Are Too Many Android Tablets! Orange/Huawei Add One More

Jan 10, 2012 9:01 AM

CES, currently in full swing in Las Vegas, promises to bring out another wave of Android tablets, to add to the 40+ that were on the market before the week even started (if you don’t count e-readers built on the platform; if you do, it’s more like 50). Sound flooded?…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, 3G, Broadband, Companies, Apple, iPad, France Telecom, Orange, Google, Android, Countries, Europe, France, Spain, UK, honeycomb, huawei, mediapad

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