Daily Archives: April 19, 2012

Remains of the Day: Instagone

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A high-profile user departs Instagram, Apple wants its day in court, and Greenpeace quizzes a couple of giants about their energy hygiene. Continue reading →

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HTC says users prefer thinness over battery life

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HTC’s Freqs event in Seattle on Thursday saw it reveal a handful of surprise details that also saw it weigh in on phone technology. Product strategy VP Bjorn Kilburn revealed that customers in a study, when pressed, preferred having a thinner phone over getting more battery life. Battery life was still an issue, but it had led to phones like the 0.31-inch One S instead of a planned thicker phone with a 3,000mAh battery pack…. Continue reading →

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Valve Co-Founder Says Tim Cook Didn’t Visit Valve HQ

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Apple CEO Tim Cook didn’t visit Valve headquarters according to company co-founder Gabe Newell. The rumor , originally reported by AppleInsider , was squashed by Newell in a podcast interview. Video game website Kotaku had a preview of the podcast from Seven Day Cooldown that included this quote: We actually, we all sent mail to each other, going, “Who’s Tim Cook meeting with? Is he meeting with you? I’m not meeting with Tim Cook.” So we’re… it’s one of those rumors that was stated so factually that we were actually confused. No one here was meeting with Tim Cook or with anybody at Apple that day. I wish we were! We have a long list of things we’d love to see Apple do to support games and gaming better. But no, we didn’t meet with Tim Cook. He seems like a smart guy, but I’ve never actually met him. The report of the meeting between Cook and Valve executives set off a torrent of speculation about partnerships between the companies, including rumors of Valve’s Steam service integrating with the App Store or an Apple television. Continue reading →

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Apple Marketing SVP Phil Schiller Thinks Instagram "Jumped The Shark" After Android Launch?

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9to5Mac claims Apple’s marketing chief Phil Schiller told a fan that the uber-popular photography app Instagram ” jumped the shark ” after it launched an Android version. Schiller recently deleted his Instagram account and a 9to5Mac reader noticed this and asked why he had deleted it. In a direct message, Schiller reportedly replied : It “jumped the shark” when it went to Android Instagram’s Android app launched two weeks ago and the app was previously picked as the iPhone App of the Year in 2011. Instagram was just purchased by Facebook for $1 billion. Continue reading →

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Google engineer says Oracle misinterpreting vital evidence

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Google engineer Tim Lindholm used testimony in Oracle’s ongoing lawsuit over Java in Android to deny claims that form a cornerstone of the complaint. He denied that a potentially incriminating 2010 e-mail where he said “we need to negotiate a license for Java under the terms we need” was an acknowledgment that Google knew it had violated Oracle’s copyrights and patents. He instead claimed that was “not a license from anybody,” not Oracle or anyone else…. Continue reading →

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Apple defends iPad in Australia, claims ’4G’ branding is correct

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Apple filed a defense in Australia’s federal court this week rebutting allegations that the company intentionally misled consumers, adding that the new iPad’s “4G” label is technically correct despite a lack of compatibility with the country’s existing “4G” networks. Continue reading →

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Nikon’s new entry-level D3200 DSLR packs a 24-megapixel sensor

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Priced at $700 as a kit with an 18-55mm stabilized lens, the APS-C-sensored Nikon D3200 will be available in April for prospective entry-level DSLR buyers. Continue reading →

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Apple’s Phil Schiller quits Instagram over Android version

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Apple’s senior VP for worldwide product marketing has quit Instagram, reports note. Phil Schiller previously had an account under “@schiller,” but that profile has since been deleted. The executive is still on Twitter, and explained in a post that “it [Instagram] ‘jumped the shark’ when it went to Android.”… Continue reading →

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Chitika: HTC traffic share has dropped 60% in five months

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HTC’s market challenges have seen it lose more than half of its share of online usage, Chitika found in a new study. Its traffic on Chitika’s relatively large ad network has dropped 60 percent in the space of five months, down to 7.3 percent of the total in March. While only representative of Chitika’s share, it contrasted with Apple’s gain in the same space of time, where it leapt from 46.8 percent in October to 76.9 percent in March…. Continue reading →

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Yandex co-founder says Google is anti-competitive

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The co-founder of Russia’s top search engine Yandex has gone on record to criticize Google’s Android and Chrome products, UK paper The Guardian reported. Ilya Segalovich called the Android OS a “strange combination of openness and not openness,” while the Chrome browser was said to be anti-competitive. Segalovich’s comments, in turn, were prompted by Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s opinions on the threats to the open Internet…. Continue reading →

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