Mobile phone makers collectively will ship a whopping billion smartphones a year by 2016, according to NPD Group’s DisplaySearch group. In comparison, the total number of smartphones shipped will be around 567 million, the research group says. These shipment numbers include new and replacement devices. With a billion devices, I wonder if there will...
So, Siri, will the iPhone be a hit or a dud? Make no mistake: The iPhone 5 also has more riding on it than pretty much any product in history. Good or bad, the iPhone will define Apple’s financial performance and reputation for at least the next couple of years. If the iPhone 5...
*Well, sort of. Even though LTE, the wireless technology that delivers data speeds about as fast as your DSL or cable modem, has been available in Android phones for well over a year now, there’s still a lot of confusion of confusion over what “4G” actually is. In fact, a recent survey by Piper...
AP Wait, what? See Also GET STOKED: It’s iPhone 5 Day! There’s A War Inside Apple Over The Direction Of Its Design Here’s How Many iPhones Apple Will Have To Sell This Holiday To Beat Wall Street For most analysts blow-out sales of the iPhone 5 are pretty much a foregone conclusion. But, for...
With Apple’s own search engine all but confirming the ‘iPhone 5′ name and the release of a new iPod touch and iPod Nano, another Apple website placeholder has revealed that the new smartphone will in fact be LTE compatible. 9to5mac spotted the revealing URL, which at the time of writing doesn’t point to a...
Apple’s search engine is mistakenly revealing the details of today’s Apple news announcements in advance of today’s press event where it’s been expected Apple will announce new iPhones. As spotted first by the folks at 9to5, a search for “iPhone-5 on Apple’s website indicates that is, indeed, what’s happening today. And yep, looks like they’re calling...
Some of the most beautiful women on the planet have geeked out hard this week, donning Google Glasses on the catwalk for New York’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Designer Diane von Furstenberg’s line teamed up with Google to unveil a futuristic collaboration, merging fashion and technology. Models have been paired with colored Glasses that match their...
Zendesk, one of the poster children for the recent wave of enterprise cloud services, has just raked in $60m in fresh funding. And the timing for that could be most opportune – the news coincides with a significant revamp of the browser-based user interface for the customer support suite, and the revelation of significant...
E-book services startup BiblioCrunch got a brand new design and new features, the company announced today in an email to its users. While its Basic Option remains free, it is also introducing subscription plans. As you may remember, BiblioCrunch relaunched last June as a marketplace that helps publishers and talent to connect and create...
And so it begins. In typical Apple fashion, the Apple Store has now gone down in advance of today’s Apple press event (yes “event,” not “press conference”) here in San Francisco. It’s expected that Apple will today announce a new, larger-screened iPhone with LTE, which may or may not be called the “iPhone 5.”...