The battle for the future of publishing is on once again - the last time we saw war like this was at the advent of desktop publishing - today, five major publishers confirmed the last few weeks of rumour with the announcement of a joint...
Five big publishers officially announce their “iTunes for Magazines”
TechCrunch guides Apple’s purchase price of Lala down to $17 million
Since the purchase of Lala late last week by Apple, the topic of discussion is how much Apple paid for it and what they plan to do with the music streaming company. We heard yesterday from Peter Kafka at Media Memo that the price was $80...
Nokia closes flagship Regent Street shop as Apple retail’s star continues to shine
Nokia is shutting down its posh Regent Street shop following its failure to grab the hearts and minds of consumers.
The company apparently spent £4 million on the shop, which aimed to spread Nokia's brand and message at the hordes of Apple consumers at the flagship Regent Street...
iPod touch takes kids along the path to iPhone
While everyone talks about the iPhone, the mobile device's non-telephone sibling the iPod touch continues to grow its market share at a clamorous rate, leading mobile analytics firm, Flurry, to call it Apple's "weapon of mass consumption".
Flurry estimates that of 58 million...
Apple’s Macintosh takes reliability prize according to Rescuecom
Reliability rankings are fairly subjective and there is always a wide variance on results in these studies. That being said, Apple's products (not necessarily their wireless network provider) usually end up on top. That's why it was a bit strange to find netbook manufacturer ASUS...
Apple offers statement on LaLa.com deal
Apple has confirmed reports the company has acquired small digital music service, lala.com.
Terms of the deal weren't disclosed by Apple, which closed the deal Friday.
Lala currently enables users to stream any song in its 8-million song catalogue for free and purchase them for 10 cents a piece.
ITunes is...
FTC investigating Intel-Nvidia dispute
Bloomberg is already starting to get some mileage out fo their Businessweek purchase. Today Arik Hessendahl reports for the new company that Intel and Nvidia's squabbles will now be looked at by the US Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC is trying to determine whether a...
Steve Jobs advised on the OLPC project, MS tried to Thwart
The OLPC project hasn't been the success that Nicolas Negroponte, its creator, had hoped. That's not because of the lack of good advice that Apple's CEO gave along the way.
Interestingly, Jobs did advise founder Nicholas Negroponte at several points along the design process even though...
iPhone, Apple tablet, IDC predicts ‘platform shift’, 300,000 Apps for 2010
Apple’s App Store will offer 300,000 applications by the end of 2010, IDC predicts in its ten-point forecast for industry change next year, which also anticipates Apple’s release of its ‘iPad’ (tablet) system next year.
Analyst Frank Gens thinks there’s a lot to anticipate in his ten predictions, which also focus on the drive for greener...
Apple iPhone streaming is ‘patent infringement’, Israeli firm claims
Apple has been accused of abusing another's patent within the live streaming technology used by the iPhone and iPod touch.
Israel-based firm Emblaze this morning confirmed it has hit Apple with a patent infringement lawsuit accusing the Californian company of the same.
In a note to media the smaller firm...
Mac sales growing, PC market slowing – Apple benefits from the ‘iPhone effect’ – analysis
iPhone sales, like the iPod before them, are driving renewed interest in the Mac, attracting new consumers and stimulating Apple’s sales, says Needham analyst, Charles Wolf.
In an extensive report carried by Fortune this morning, Wolf’s analysis is given account of. Among other tidbits, it reveals...
Book publishers say Apple tablet will ‘come out top’ in eBook wars
Evidence that the book trade is taking renewed interest in eBook publishing has emerged, with professionals from within the sector agreeing Apple to be the most likely company to lead the new publishing charge.
Bookseller.com has published findings from a recent survey conducted among 1,000 people...
