Posted by: altabel on: May 3, 2012
Microsoft may gain a powerful set of partners to help Windows 8 become a success – AT&T and Verizon Wireless, who need leverage against Apple’s onerous demands for subsidies for every iPhone the carriers sell. AT&T and Verizon are both eying Windows Phone as the Smartphone platform they can promote to push back against Apple [...]
Posted by: altabel on: April 30, 2012
More than 600,000 Macs have been infected with a new version of the Flashback Trojan horse that’s being installed on people’s computers with the help of Java exploits. How does this infection affect Apple’s reputation for security? Let’s see what LI members think on this point: “Not in the slightest. Most of Apple’s users wouldn’t [...]
Posted by: altabel on: March 28, 2012
Now that the initial iPad furor has died down a bit, it’s time to speculate about what comes next from Apple. Here is a round-up of the latest rumors and educated guesses about upcoming Apple tech products. No matter how many splashy product announcements Apple makes, there’s always the promise of something new and game-changing [...]
Posted by: altabel on: March 5, 2012
Rumors are already swirling that we’ll see the next generation of iPad this week. It is not just the launch date that is keeping people excited, there is a great amount of excitement over what to expect from iPad 3, which new features will appear in it. Processor Apple is expected to include Quad-core ARM [...]
Posted by: altabel on: January 13, 2012
As shipments of Android phones reached 206 million in 2011, Google’s mobile OS captured 46 percent of the global market, easily making it the largest Smartphone platform, according to Taiwan’sMarket Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC). Such growth paves the way for Android to carve out a 50 percent slice of the market in 2012, says [...]
