Archive | April 23rd, 2009
Microsoft reports drop in revenue for first time in 23 years
The New York Times reports: For the first time in Microsoft’s 23-year history as a public company, its sales dropped year-over-year. Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, said Thursday that its revenue fell 6 percent, to $13.7 billion from $14.5 billion, in the quarter that ended March 31. And it reported net income of $3.0 […]
Continue reading...BabyShaker App in Action [Video] and Apple issues apology
23. April 2009
In case you missed it, an app called Babyshaker made its way into the iTunes App Store yesterday. What did it do? Well, it displayed drawings of babies accompanied by “annoying” sounds such as crying and screaming. The stated purpose of the app was to see how long you could endure the “annoying” sounds before […]
Continue reading...iTunes App Store officially hits 1 Billion downloads
23. April 2009
It’s official. Today at approximately 1:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, the Billionth application was downloaded from iTunes. And it only took 9 months. By way of comparison, it took nearly 3 years before the Billionth song was downloaded from iTunes. Granted, a good number of app store downloads are free, but that’s still damn impressive. […]
Continue reading...Why Android has failed to take the world by storm
23. April 2009
Pardon the above joke, but I thought the following quote was pretty on point regarding Androids inability to live up to its initial hype. To date, there has only been one phone released running Android, and the one that does, the G1, has had a somewhat mediocre showing. Is it Android itself or the lack […]
Continue reading...“I Love You Man” goes heavy on the Apple product placement
23. April 2009
Anyone* who saw the hilarious comedy “I Love You Man” (starring Paul Rudd, Jason Segal, and Rashida Jones) probably noticed a lot of Apple product placement going on. Rudd whipped out his iPhone quite a bit, and interestingly enough, his ringtone was the original ringtone demoed in some of the first iPhone commercials from AT&T. […]
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23. April 2009
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