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Apple To Begin Production Of 7.85 Inch iPad Later This Year According To New Report

March 1, 2012Erik Kain

will begin production on a smaller 7.85-inch iPad later this year according to a new report. DigiTimes is reporting that the new iPad will run somewhere between $249 – $299, making it a cheaper alternative to the current crop of iPads. is also expected to release an 8GB iPad 2 for US$349-399 according to DigiTimes. […]

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Four Reasons Why Google Won’t Be Able To Compete With Apple

February 10, 2012Erik Kain

is getting into the hardware business. Earlier reports that was testing out a new, secret device in peoples’ homes had people scratching their heads. What could this secret device be? It turns out that is developing a home entertainment device under its own brand. For the past few years, the Android team has been developing […]

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Our Digital Book Future: Turning A New Virtual Page In Human Evolution

January 23, 2012Erik Kain

Digital books, streaming music, apps that allow people to compare prices at brick-and-mortar stores with the price on The more we talk about these things, the more I feel like we’re having the same conversation over and over again with a slightly new twist each time: how to think about the future and the co-evolution […]

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Belarus Breaks the Internet, Raises the Digital Iron Curtain

January 4, 2012Erik Kain

Belarus is already known for its censorship laws, but that isn’t stopping the Eastern European country from going much further in 2012. Last year the government arrested over 1,800 people who used social media to organize protests of the government in what was termed Revolution Internet. In 2012, the Lukashenko government is cracking down even […]

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Will Apple Release a $299 iPad? Not Likely

January 4, 2012Erik Kain

Rumors and speculation continue to surround the upcoming release of the iPad 3. Now rumor has it that may slash the price of the iPad 2 to $299 when the next model comes out. This would obviously rock the tablet market. If were to make such an aggressive move it would almost certainly be in […]

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Is Amazon the Next Apple?

December 26, 2011Erik Kain

With the passing of , business leaders, entrepreneurs, and the people who write about them are all looking to lay the tech-visionary mantle at someone else’s feet. Amazon’s recent series of home-runs has led many to speculate that the online retailer’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, may be just the man for the job. Amazon, of course, […]

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Amazon and the Starbucks Effect

December 17, 2011Erik Kain

Earlier this week I wrote about Amazon’s Price Check app which allows customers to scan barcodes of any item sold at Amazon and get an instant price comparison at any store. This allows customers to get on-the-go price comparisons and helps Amazon get pricing data from competitors all across the country. Much of the bad […]

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Amazon Price Check May Be Evil But It’s the Future

December 14, 2011Erik Kain

Amazon’s new price check app gives the online giant a number of advantages over its brick-and-mortar competition but it’s the logical next step for online retail in an age of mobile tech. Online retailer has stirred controversy with its new app, Price Check. The app allows consumers to scan bar codes in local stores and […]

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Will Apple’s iPhone Tuesday be Overshadowed by Amazon’s Kindle Fire Announcement?

October 3, 2011Erik Kain

Tuesday may be iPhone day and Tim Cook, Apple’s new CEO, may have a whole bunch of new gadgets and updates to announce to the world, but the entire event will take place in the long shadow of Amazon’s new Kindle lineup. The 7″ Amazon tablet may be diminutive compared to the larger iPad, but […]

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The Kindle Fire is a Direct Challenge to the Apple Empire

September 28, 2011Erik Kain

Amazon’s release of a cheap, $79 Kindle, a $99 Kindle Reader, and a $199 full-color tablet – the Kindle Fire – is nothing short of an all out assault on Apple. Top this off with Amazon’s cloud storage, the ridiculously cheap Amazon Prime service ($79/year gets you cloud storage, free 2-day shipping, and a bunch […]

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