After a not so comfortable attempt that fell flat in October, Apple is doing it again. As everyone is aware, Apple had last October tried to pierce the China mart with its iPhone. But then Apple and the carrier – Unicom – were directed by the China government to put into use the Chinese standard of Wi-Fi called WAPI and not Wi-Fi. Things had taken a lousy turn and Apple called it quits. Apple is now bouncing back with a vengeance, it seems.
Are you a developer who has a set of apps to sell? If yes, head for the new Google Apps Marketplace. The search major has lined up the online store where the developer in you can churn out stuff and vend them to the cool 25 million users of Google Apps. Significant is the fact that the third-party apps would be integrated with Google’s, so that users can access them just by logging into Google Apps. This means the apps can access data within Google Apps. Sounds encouraging, doesn’t it?
If you’re interested in Internet-related technologies, the name Cisco must surely mean a lot to you. And you’re probably one of the many eager to find out what the newest announcement by the company is going to be. Well, today your wait has come to an end, as Cisco announced a new generation of Internet routers, designed for the world’s currently largest Internet service providers, the CRS-3.
The Nexus One is finally making its way to the UK. Come April, and the Google smartphone will be available in the UK. However, it is being said that device will only be available to purchase online, direct from Google.
Do we have a problem here? If you are someone who has been anxiously waiting for March to come so that you can lay your hands on the Apple iPad, we guess you have got reasons to be disappointed. It is now being rumored that Apple might go in for a delay in launch of the iPad, and the reason being attributed to such a possibility is an unspecified production problem!
Patent applications are frequently one of the biggest sources of rumors in the technology industry. On Feb 25,2010, the US Patent & Trademark Office published one such patent application by Apple that has helped fuel more rumors about the upcoming next generation iPhone, the iPhone 4G. The patent involves a new concept in which the user can control their incoming calls and voicemail by simply swiping their finger over the camera lens. With this you can control rewinding and fast-forwarding of voicemail.
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iPad enthusiasts in the UK are a confused lot. They are just waiting for the device to hit stores, but then Apple hasn’t yet told them what it would sell for. Though the US and North American markets now know the exact price, UK customers seems to have their fingers crossed over what kind of price tag would be.
Here’s some disappointment coming your way. Acer’s plans to hop on to the e-reader bandwagon have been kept in the freezer, at least for now. The reason being said is that Acer would like to learn how feasible its business model would be than go for a product at the moment. It seems like the world’s second largest PC maker thinks that the e-reader market would take a while to evolve and prove itself.
Apple is gearing up to start retail sales of the iPad much akin to what it had done for the iPhone. From what we hear from the Apple brass, it is more likely that the iPad might toe the iPhone sales-line by making itself available through Apple’s own direct sales channels and other assisted sales partners such as BestBuy.
Walmart has made the plunge into online movie rentals. The movie rental business scenario has been long been eyed by the retail behemoth and it is now that an opportunity has come knocking. Walmart is close to pocketing Vudu, a Silicon Valley startup that is into streaming movies to television sets by way of TV partnerships.
