Wi-Fi iPad – The new Goody from Apple
8 Mar2010
Apple tablet
I was getting tired of using sentences like — Much Awaited — when talking about iPad. Now, it is the new device, a Wi-Fi iPad which is available for pre-order for customers from the US.
Of course, the April 3 date only applies to the Wi-Fi-only models. If you’re holding out for the 3G versions, you’ll have to wait until late April. And those customers outside the U.S.–Apple specifically mentions Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, and the U.K.–will have to wait until late April for either model.
Pricing for those countries is still unknown, though Apple said that it would be announced in April. The company also said that the iPad would ship in additional countries later this year, so if you’re not in one of the above locations, keep your fingers crossed.
- In: Gadgets / Computer| TechNews
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Facebook hits $1 Billion Revenue mark
3 Mar2010
Facebook may pull in an excess of $1 billion in revenues, according to estimates and poking around on behalf of industry blog Inside Facebook. That’s an increase from the same publication’s estimate of $700 million last year.
Facebook board member Marc Andreessen said last year that he projected the company would break $500 million revenue in 2009, and that it had the potential to be a billion-dollar company already, but that it was acting conservatively.
(Naturally, Facebook says that as a privately held company it doesn’t disclose its financials.)
What can Facebook credit this big jump in revenue to? It’s all about the Social Ads program. Facebook ditched banner ads altogether earlier this year when its longstanding ad partnership with Microsoft ran out and has chosen to focus on its edgier “engagement ads” program instead–and often these are sold by encouraging brands to promote their presence on Facebook with ad space.
- In: Social Things
- Tags: Facebook
This is more like a trend we see these days. Everyone is on the social networking track today. I wonder when social networking gained so much importance in our lives. Microsoft is also facing the social networking heat that they have also decided to enable features to support the same on their popular email client – Microsoft Outlook.
Microsoft is partnering with Facebook and MySpace to allow users to see updates, photos and activities from those social-networking services within Outlook, as part of the OSC (Outlook Social Connector) integrated into the upcoming Office 2010. Those social-networking services will join Windows Live and LinkedIn as services capable of being viewed from within Outlook.
Also on Feb. 16, Microsoft announced the public beta of LinkedIn for Outlook.
Its the war of the Mobile Giants. Nokia’s Maemo and Intel’s Mobilin – two Linux based operating systems will merge to take on Apple’s iPhone. The new, merged product will be compatible on most mobile devices and smart phones.
The groundbreaking partnership aims to take on Apple’s iPhone, along with other operating systems that span across multiple devices, including Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile. But Intel and Nokia said the MeeGo platform will extend beyond smartphones and will be flexible enough to scale to larger devices like full-fledged computers or in-car systems.
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Is this the beginning of the end of the modern day broadband connections. Google recently had unveiled their plans on testing an ultra high-speed internet service which apparently is more than 100 times faster than the fastest broadband connection available to the consumers in the US. Google mentioned that, this new ultra fast connection will be available to few but select users across the US on test basis.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski hailed the project, saying that it would “provide an American testbed for the next generation of innovative, high-speed Internet apps, devices and services.”
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