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Will Apple Release The iPad 3 And Apple TV Reboot Next Week?

March 3, 2012Erik Kain

Will release its third iPad installment next week? What about the new TV? is hosting a product event next Wednesday. Many analysts predict the iPad 3 will be released, possibly alongside the TV box-top reboot. The March 7th event is being billed with the slogan: “We have something you really have to see. And touch.” […]

Read more at Forbes.

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Ten Years Ago David Bowie Predicted Copyright Would Be Dead – But This Is Just The Beginning Of The End

February 22, 2012Erik Kain

Ten years ago, David Bowie predicted the death of copyright – in ten years. Like other 2012 end-times predictions, he was wrong. “The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is going to be able to stop it,” he said. “I see absolutely no point […]

Read more at Forbes.

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Apple TV Refresh Coming In March Alongside iPad 3?

February 19, 2012Erik Kain

TVs are disappearing off of store shelves and they’re not being restocked. Gabe Gagliano predicts a March reboot of the TV box-top set. He sees the refresh as a natural step to take alongside the new iPad with its high-definition display. “Now, every time does a product introduction, they feature partners who have developed apps to […]

Read more at Forbes.

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How Amazon Can Beat Apple At Its Own Game

February 16, 2012Erik Kain

~Guest post by Aziz Poonawalla In Q4 2011, ‘s revenue was a jaw-dropping $43.6 billion, with profit of $13.1 billion and cash reserves of almost $100 billion. There are a lot of ways to put these numbers in context, but I think this single chart really captures the essence of what has achieved: Here Comes The Kindle Fire Meanwhile, consider […]

Read more at Forbes.

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Dear Microsoft, Don’t Kill Off Used Games

February 1, 2012Erik Kain

shares a number of rumors surrounding the development of the Xbox 720, ‘s next-generation gaming console. One in particular is downright frightening: technology that would prevent the resale of used games. “Yesterday, the talk was an anti-used game verification system, possibly similar to iTunes,” Humphrey writes. What a terrible, horrible, no-good very-bad idea! Not only […]

Read more at Forbes.

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Why Apple Needs to Sell More than Just a Television Set with the Apple TV

December 28, 2011Erik Kain

The internet is abuzz with an increasing number of reports on the 2012 release of 32″ and 37″ Apple televisions in third or fourth quarter 2012. Commenter aaronl makes a really smart point about what the reported size of these sets means about ‘s strategy going forward: “If is targeting the 32″ and 37″ market, […]

Read more at Forbes.

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Censoring the Internet Won’t Protect Intellectual Property

December 27, 2011Erik Kain

Freddie deBoer wants a better class of IP reform advocates. In a long response to Julian Sanchez, Freddie dismisses the current batch as “pro-piracy” and lays down a critique of the technofuturist crowd that basically writes them off as calloused advocates of artistic ruin and the decline of the artistic middle class. I think piracy […]

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