As Apple gets ready to preview its new software developers’ kit and an updated iPhone operating system next week, there could be some changes to the company’s App Store too.
Okay so there’s an app for just about anything. But how many of these are actually good? Here are some of the best ones for ebooks, music, browsing, games & more.
Apple’s just confirmed iPhone 3.0 firmware is already rumored to add MMS picture messaging and data tethering. Also, Sirius XM has said it plans to give its radio subscribers an iPhone app, and Maine is negotiating a major deal to lease 100,000 MacBooks for its schools.
Research in Motion (RIMM (http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=RIMM)), HTC and Samsung all grew their smartphone market share last year, but none as fast as Apple, whose sales increased 245%.
The iPhone 3.0 countdown is officially on: Apple has announced plans to reveal the next generation of its iPhone operating system at a media event next Tuesday. While the company’s keeping up its usual wall of mystique, we’ve compiled a list of some of the most discussed features users want to see. I’m no psychic, but some of these seem to be shoo-
An anonymous reader points out a story at Business Week which begins: “Mozilla Chair Mitchell Baker says the Chrome browser is making the foundation behind Firefox rethink its reliance on revenues from Google. Since Google introduced its own Web browser, Chrome, the prospect that Google may not re-up the three-year contract set to expire in 2011 has Mozilla considering other search partnerships and ways to generate revenue, Baker said. ‘There are probably other search engines that would pay us more money,’ Baker says. Yahoo! and Microsoft’s MSN, Google’s two main search rivals, come to mind, but Baker says smaller search engines wouldn’t be discounted should such a situation arise. One player Baker won’t identify ‘offered a blank check to replace Google,’ she says. Set to launch on certain Nokia phones in late spring, Fennec is the first Mozilla browser optimized for mobile platforms. If it gains traction with enough handset makers and mobile users, Fennec could represent another way to draw revenue from a partnering search engine.”
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Some anonymous person wrote in to say that Google has relaunched and rebranded GrandCentral as “Google Voice.” The article says it will “revolutionize telephones. It unifies your phone numbers, transcribes your voice mail, blocks telemarketers and elevates text messages to first-class communication citizens.” Sadly, the voicemail didn’t integrate very nicely w/ my phone back in the day, so I guess I should give it a shot.
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By streaming its music, sports and talk channels to users of the iPhone and iPod Touch, Sirius can give its existing subscribers another way to access content and let new customers sign up without buying new radios. Sirius also sees opportunities to bundle its satellite radio service with TV packages from…
Google stepped up its attack on the telecommunications industry on Thursday with a free service called Google Voice that, if successful, could chip away at the revenue of companies big and small, like eBay, which owns Skype, telephone companies and a string of technology start-up firms.
We just got the announcement. Set your clocks, mark your calendars. It’s going down March 17th.
