James Paczkowski, writing at All Things D, says the Apple rumor mill has gone too far in predicting an iPad mini: The second report, also from Digitimes, is far less credible and resurfaces long-running rumors that Apple is gearing up to produce a “mini” iPad, a 7.85-inch device to compete with the Kindle Fire and Nook, […]
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In January, the New York Times published a controversial and troubling report about working conditions in Chinese FoxConn factories where products are manufactured. Beneath the smooth exterior of the iPads and iPhones that have so captured the American imagination was a supply chain riddled with workers’ rights issues. CEO responded by saying that cares “about every […]
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Writing at Slate, Farhad Manjoo says , which recently clocked in at over $500 a share, is still a bargain: In six months without , has done spectacularly well. Three weeks ago, it announced quarterly revenues of $46 billion and profits if $13 billion, double the same period last quarter. And its stock price has climbed […]
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Will release a 7 in. iPad later this year to complement the 9.7 in. iPad 3 reportedly launching this coming March? Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research, told Computerworld that he expects to release the smaller model later this year. “I believe that’s always been in the plan,” Gottheil said. “Actually, that’s a good form […]
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As televisions get more and more high-tech, hyper-connected, and computer-ish, are television manufacturers forgetting what it is that makes people want to watch TV in the first place? “Maybe I’m old school but I think TV is all about relaxing after a busy day,” writes Gabe Gagliano of Tech of the Hub. “Somehow, TV companies […]
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The closer human replicas get to the human face the greater the sense of revulsion we feel toward the replica. Or so the theory of the Uncanny Valley, first proposed by Japanese roboticist Masihiro Mori, goes. Masihiro Mori’s original theory proposed that the closer robots got to human beings, the greater our sense of revulsion […]
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Rumors of an Apple TV set have been floating about the internet for a long time, but it looks like eager fans can expect full-blown Apple television sets should hit shelves in third or fourth quarter 2012 according to PCMag.com: In the doldrums between rumor-mongering about Apple’s iPhones and iPads, speculation about the company’s plans […]
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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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2012 could see overtaking HP as the leading global computer manufacturer according to a new report. The findings, issued by research firm Canalys, illustrate just how much the computing landscape has changed with the advent of the iPad and the explosion of tablet sales over the past two years. shot into second place in the […]
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Trevor Owens argues that founders of tech startups should emulate Steve Wozniak, the engineering brains behind Apple’s initial success, and Mike Markkula, the company’s early CEO, rather than the company’s long-time celebrity-CEO, Steve Jobs. He writes: The Apple I & II were built by Steve Wozniak. Wozniak was definitively one of the best computer engineers of […]
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