Jun 21

Charlie Wolf: Android may continue to lose smartphone share

Charlie Wolf: Android may continue to lose smartphone share
The smartphone market is continuing to grow, and Apple is well-poised to continue stealing share from its rivals both strong and weak, Needham and Company technology analyst Charlie Wolf reveals in his latest Wolf Bytes newsletter for investors. He predicts that Android’s recent decline in U.S. market share will fall farther when Apple releases an upgraded iPhone on both of its major carriers …
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Narrate Zoosh Introduces Ultrasonic NFC for iPhone, Android
Narrate’s Zoosh technology is ultrasonic NFC rolled up in software to circumvent the classic chip-based NFC services used in Google Wallet and other mobile transaction plays.
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Hands-on with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango technical preview
Microsoft is rolling out some devices with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango’s technical preview to show off what is coming later in 2011.
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Feb 22

Fallout and Frustrations From Apple’s New Subscription Plan Continue

Fallout and Frustrations From Apple’s New Subscription Plan Continue
Since announcing its new subscription plan last week, Apple’s move to collect a 30% cut of revenue has had raised the ire of a number of developers and commentators. Mike Melanson offered a round-up on some of the initial reactions, that ranged from ” greedy ” to ” anti-competitive ” to ” Brilliant, Brazen or Batsh*t Crazy . Apple’s 30% fee is posing problems for a number of companies and …
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Sewell’s Election a Payoff for Black Women’s Political Progress, Struggle
*Terri Sewell stood out last month among the newly elected congressional lawmakers waiting to be sworn in inside the House chamber. Almost everyone in the crowd was white and male. Not Sewell, who made history that day as the first black woman from Alabama to take the congressional oath of office. Fifteen black women are […]
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An IPhone Makes Disneyland an Even Happier Place
The last time my wife and I went to Disneyland, around a dozen years ago, navigating the sprawling Southern California theme parked involved grabbing a paper map…
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