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INTERNET News, Feb 17, 2012

iPad 2 and Kindle Fire Share Many Common Complaints
PCWorld (blog)
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld Tablets are great for a wide variety of mobilecomputing tasks. The Apple iPad 2 isn't just an awesome device; it's “magical” if you believe the Apple marketing hype. As astounding as tablets are, though, they are not without ...
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Under the Hood of Apple's New Mac Operating System
Wall Street Journal
The iMessage app, for instance, will let Mac owners send unlimited messages to anyone on a Mac or Apple mobile device. Twitter: Apple'smobile iOS recently enabled people to easily send content to Twitter and other online services.
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5 Paradoxes Shaping the Future of Mobile Commerce
Mashable
IPad users generally have higher education and higher income than generalinternet users. The same Adobe study found that tablet owners more often fall in the 18-34 age demographic, and that 29% have an annual income over $75000.
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Apple offers preview of change
Cherry Hill Courier Post
It will be integrated with iCloud, the new Internet storage service designed for the mobile devices. The new Messages app, also copied from themobile operating system, will replace iChat. Lion users can download a preview version of the app for free.
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Report: Most Internet retailers haven't bought into tablet ecommerce
TabTimes
Tablets are one of the hottest consumer and the top mobiledevice buys going, with the iPad and Amazon's Kindle Fire leading the charge. But a new report indicates most of the bigonline retailers haven't moved to optimize their sites for the tablet ...
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Fewer than one-third of leading online retailers are ready for tablets
TechJournal South
Zmags commissioned HawkPartners, a marketing consulting and research firm, to assess the mobile and tablet offerings of the Top 100 Internetretailers, who were evaluated on the shopping and purchasing experiences they provided across tablets (iPad), ...
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March Madness Live FAQ
NCAA.com
NCAA March Madness Live™ is an interactive digital application that allows you to watch all 67 games of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament live on your computer, iPhone ®, iPad ®, iPod Touch® or select Android® phones for only $3.99.
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Times Internet launches tablet magazine
The Mobile Indian
By Nilabh Jha, The Mobile Indian, New Delhi, February 17, 2012 Times Internet Limited (TIL), a part of Bennett Coleman & Co that brings the Times of India newspaper, has launched a magazine that will be delivered to users through tablets.
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The Mobile Indian
Biz Break: Good news/bad news day for Apple as Wall Street soars thanks to ...
San Jose Mercury News
By Jeremy C. Owens (FILES)A woman checks her cell phone while walking past advertising for the ipad 2 in Beijing in this June 3, 2011 file photo.Internet retail titan Amazon has pulled iPads from its website in China at Apple's request, ...
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New Apple Operating System Aims to Knit Together Its Products
New York Times
Mountain Lion includes some apps and features that were previously exclusive to Apple's mobile devices: Messages, Notes, Reminders and Notification Center. And it has a strong focus on iCloud, Apple's onlineservice for storing and synchronizing data ...
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Google Flouted iPhone Privacy Controls, Report Says
InformationWeek
The newspaper said that Google essentially developed a workaround that flouted privacy controls built into Apple's Safari browser, which comes preinstalled on its iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch mobile devices. Apple said it was "working to put a stop" to ...
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A 4G iPad Requires A Sensible Shared Data Plan
Techdirt (blog)
Lowell McAdam said in December that such plans would emerge "sometime in 2012" to accommodate the increasing number of people with multiple mobile Internet devices. Such devices include smartphones, laptops, tablets, and others.
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What to expect in Mac OS X Mountain Lion
Digitaltrends.com
Most speculation about Apple lately has centered on the iPad 3 and (a bit) on a possible iPhone 5 — but the Cupertino company surprised the industry today by unveiling a developer preview of Mac OS X 10.8 “Mountain Lion,” the next major release of its ...
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Are Internet retailers ready for tablets? Not yet, study finds
Drug Store News
BOSTON — A provider of rich media mobile and social merchandising found that less than one-third of the top 100 Internet retailers tout websites that are optimal for tablet commerce. Zmags said that its study, commissioned by marketing consulting and ...
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First Look: Mac OS X Mountain Lion
MacVideo.tv
Apple updates its iOS mobile operating system once a year. But why should the iPhone and iPad have all the fun? On Thursday Apple announced that it will release a new version of OS X—Mountain Lion—this summer, just a year after the release of OS X ...
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Aspera's Mobile Delivers Instant News Gathering Capabilities to MTV Finland
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Broadcast Video Expo 2012 - Aspera, Inc., creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world's digital assets at maximum speed, today announced that MTV Finland has upgraded its existing Aspera data ...
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Mobile Nirvana: Syncing Smartphones, Tablets and PCs
TechNewsWorld
But eventually I found some very workable solutions that let me get more efficient use from today's mobile and stationary technology without having to leave some data or devices out of the mix. The concept of mobileconnectivity in today's multi-device ...
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Apple's iPhone loses China market share
Imperial Valley Press
China, the world's largest mobile phone market, has not been easy for Apple, which is grappling with a lawsuit from a local firm over the iPadname and issues at its suppliers' factories over wages and working conditions. With the number of mobile ...
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Apple Sold More iOS Devices in 2011 Than Macs in 28 Years
NBC Bay Area (blog)
You can debate whether Apple's iPad is a PC or not and you can even argue whether the tablet computer is a necessary tool, but one thing that cannot be debated is how big of a success the mobile device has been for the Cupertino company.
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Tablet magazine Tweek hits the market
exchange4media.com
By exchange4media News Service Times Internet Ltd has launched what is being touted as India's first tablet magazine – Tweek. The application has been developed in partnership with Genwi, an inventor and leader of cloud-based mobile publishing.
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Apple's 'Mountain Lion' OS X release for Mac borrows from the iPad
TabTimes
by David Needle February 16 2012, 9:22 pm Comment The next version of OS X for the Mac borrows features from Apple's hot-selling iPhone and iPad; the latest indication that the desktop and mobile device operating systems are converging.
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TabTimes
Apple's new operating system set for release
San Francisco Chronicle
He didn't disclose pricing for the upgrade, which is available only via download from Apple's online Mac App Store. Mountain Lion will be widely released in late summer, he said. Like its predecessor, called "Lion," the new operating system is designed ...
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Twitter, Wikipedia 'Squatter' Sites Fined For Posing As Twitter, Wikipedia
WebProNews
Given then that typos are expected, it was inevitable that someone out in the internet would find a way to profit from those typing mistakes. Here's an example: You've unwittingly mistyped the name of a website and ended up somewhere that is strangely ...
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Analysis: Halo effect moves from iPod to iPhone
MacVideo.tv
"What is clearly happening now is that the iPhone is creating a halo for the Macintosh," Apple CEO Tim Cook said earlier this week during an hour-long session at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference. "The iPhone has also created a halo ...
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MacVideo.tv
Study: Retailers overlooking tablet and smartphone opportunities
DM News
The report, titled “Mobile & Tablet e-Commerce: Is anyone really ready?” examined the smartphone and tablet marketing efforts of the top 100Internet retailers over a four-week period toward the end of 2011, and found that many still had work to do in ...
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The slow rise of the SoMoClo OS
GigaOm
The Internet is what matters. From my perspective, the desktop OS of today needs to be built with that reality in mind, let's call this the SoMoClo operating system, where SoMoClo stands for Social+Mobile+Cloud. If uptick in sharing photos, ...
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Pepwave Surf On-The-Go: The Swiss Army Knife of Travel Routers
CIO (blog)
Ordo you often stay at hotels that only offer wired Internetaccess, forcing you to literally roam the streets hunting for a Wi-Fi hotspot for your iPad or other mobile device? Well, the Pepwave Surf On-The-Go (OTG) is touted by its manufacturer as the ...
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CIO (blog)
Apple speeds new OS
Victoria Times Colonist
Some Chinese retailers halted iPad sales after Proview submitted complaints. Separately, Internet shopping sites including Amazon.com and 360Buy.com no longer displayed iPads or quoted prices for the product. Proview, a maker of computer displays, ...
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Apple Previews Mac OS Update, Mountain Lion
EDGEOnTheNet
by Peter Svensson AP Apple is releasing a developer preview of an update for the Mac operating system, dubbed "Mountain Lion," that will copy more features and apps from the iPhone and iPad to the Mac. Apple says the new software will be on sale this ...
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PokerStars Launches UK Mobile Version
PokerSoftware.com
Brand new from the world's largest online poker site this week was a UK mobile version of PokerStars. Now, players from across the United Kingdom, a hotbed ofonline poker talent, can participate in PokerStars games on the go.
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The Splinternet: How competition is dividing the online experience
Calgary Herald
Within months, that decision was reversed because of Internet outrage. Adobe came out afterwards stating that Apple's reluctance to include Flash in iPad technology will mean a crippled Web. Consider these stats pulled from Venturebeat: Game ...
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Mobile Nirvana: Syncing Smartphones, Tablets and PCs
LinuxInsider.com
But eventually I found some very workable solutions that let me get more efficient use from today's mobile and stationary technology without having to leave some data or devices out of the mix. The concept of mobileconnectivity in today's multi-device ...
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La Presse here for more on this story
Globe and Mail
It's the latest in a campaign that kicked off in October, designed to emphasize the newspaper's content expansion acrossonline, mobile and print media. 2. Has word of mouth met its match? Looking online for product reviews, recommendations and price ...
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Globe and Mail
Apple Inc. previews Mac OS update, Mountain Lion
Lansing State Journal
It can be reached on all mobile Web browsers. The service also includes tools to make it easy to share on Facebook, Twitter and email. Taking theInternet's pulse isn't new. The main page on Yahoo Inc.'s website has highlighted the top trends for years ...
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The Turbo Android
Internet Evolution
I ended up heading out to Best Buy after first doing a littleonline research, and I decided that a no-contract phone was my best option, but there were several providers. At the Best Buy, a sales associate explained that he thought Virgin Mobilehad ...
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Internet Evolution
Taftmidwaydriller.com launches new mobile website
Midway Driller
By Anonymous Taftmidwaydriller.com is now mobile so the latest news from Taft and the Westside is literally in the palm of your hand. Anyone who accesses the website from a smart phone, iPad or other mobile device will automatically be redirected to ...
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European Doctors Rely More and More on iPad
PadGadget
... Italy, Spain and Germany use the Internet, digital media, mobile devices and other technologies for professional purposes, pharma communication and patient interaction.” Based on the data they collected it seems 26% of European doctors own an iPad.
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Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly – Week of February 13, 2012
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Read Original Content China Unicom Beijing and China Telecom will be working with Waterloo firm ClevrU Corp. to provide mobile online teaching programs for up to 250 million people. The learning platform is designed to reach students via smartphones ...
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SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Apple CEO Cook: The iPhone Now Casts The Halo Over The iPad
In comments before the financial community at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, Cook spoke about a number ofmobile-related topics, ...
paidcontent.org/.../419-apple-ceo-cook-the-iphone-now-casts-...
Apple overturns German online sales ban on iPhone, iPad | News ...
Apple overturns German online sales ban on iPhone, iPad. Motorola injunction quickly suspended. Apple News. By Chris Smith. February 3rd | Tell us what you ...
www.techradar.com/.../apple-overturns-german-online-sales-b...
Mobile Banking Tips for Apps from Google, Chase ... - ABC News
Citi's iPad app, launched in July 2011, is one of a handful of mobile andonline offerings from Citigroup. Early last year, Citi launched "Click to Call/Chat" via ...
abcnews.go.com/Business/mobile-banking-tips.../story?id...
Apple iPad 3 picture 'leaks online' - Tech News - Digital Spy
An image supposedly of the casing for the iPad 3 has leaked online, ... Fix-Phones notes: "The width of where the logic board sits on the iPad 2 appears much ...
www.digitalspy.com/.../apple-ipad-3-picture-leaks-online.html
What's Buzzing Online: Anticipation Over iPad 3 Launch ...
Local 12 Online Reporter Katie Clavey is on the edge of her seat waiting to see what ... and sports on your iPhone or iPod touch with the Mobile LocalNews app.
www.local12.com/.../ld7hin3d3UCArORBL88R_Q.cspx
Microsoft CRM Embraces iPhone, iPad, Android::Brought to you by ...
It will also include an assortment of native mobile clients for iPad, iPhone, Android, and ... Welcome to TechWeb, the IT professional's onlineresource for news ...
www.techweb.com/.../microsoft-crm-embraces-iphone-ipad-an...
Citi s iPad Mixup: Why Blame Mobile? - Bank Think Article ...
In a recent interview with Bank Technology News, Tracey Weber, Citi's head of internet and mobile banking for North America consumer banking, said Citi has ...
www.americanbanker.com/.../citi-ipad-mixup-why-blame-mo...
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