Apple’s Perils of Innovation!!!

Apple’s Perils of Innovation (via Dice News in Tech)

As expected, Apple recently announced two new iPhones — the lower cost iPhone 5C and a follow-on to the iPhone 5 named the iPhone 5S. In a previous entry, I said that the new iPhone would not be named the iPhone 5S. I was wrong. The iPhone 5S does…

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The App Store isn’t getting any better (for developers)!!!!!

The App Store isn’t getting any better (for developers) (via Pando Daily)

By Nathaniel Mott On September 20, 2013 Earlier this week Apple released iOS 7, an update to the software that powers Apple’s iPhone and iPad products that Apple CEO Tim Cook described as the “biggest change to iOS since the iPhone” when it was…

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Jack Dorsey: Forecast The Tech World!!!!

Jack Dorsey: Square Wallet Is the Future (via Bloomberg TV)

Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Square Co-Founder and CEO Jack Dorsey discusses Square Wallet and the company's international expansion. He speaks with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg) -- Subscribe to Bloomberg on…

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Jack Dorsey: We'll See a Lot of Innovation From Apple (via Bloomberg TV)

Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Square Co-Founder and CEO Jack Dorsey discusses Apple's new iPhones and what it may mean for Square. He speaks with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg) -- Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube…

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Everything You Need To know About The Apple iPhone 5S!!!!!!

Everything You Need To know About The Apple iPhone 5S (via http://www.womenlovetech.com)

We heard the most craziness rumours about the iPhone 5S! It’s now official. The iPhone 5S is here. Together, let’s discover everything you need to know about the Apple iPhone 5S —The Most Forward-Thinking Smartphone in the World. Main Features…

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Google Play for Education Opens New Dev Market!!!!

Google Play for Education Opens New Dev Market (via Dice News in Tech)

Developing apps for children is decidedly tough, but not impossible. Increasingly, schools are bringing technology into every classroom. BYOD programs allow children to bring devices into school for the purpose of participating in classroom lessons.…

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Penyo Pal makes language learning an engaging, personalized, and self-driven process!!!

Penyo Pal is re-imagining the way people learn language. At Penyo Pal, they combine learning with play, and take advantage of new mediums and research in education to create immersive learning games – they call it edu-play-tion!

 Check out their Mandarin learning games on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store!

Top Tech Gear of 2013!!!!!!!

Patent Trolls vs Startups!!!!

Patents are commonly described as intellectual property, but this aspirational term obscures important differences between patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets and other property-like interests.  While patents can be bought and sold like houses, they differ from other forms of “property” in most respects.  Indeed, patents work very differently in different industrial and commercial contexts, despite patent law being written as if one size fits all.  While the patent system may work relatively transparently and reasonably well in the pharmaceutical sector, it is hindering rather than supporting innovation in the information technology and software sectors. Patents may be appropriate grants for protecting the investment behind a single drug, but they too readily become outsized, dangerous weapons in sectors where products consist of tens of thousands of patentable functions.  Large portfolios combined with a 20-year patent term favor incumbents, encourage the milking of old technology and disadvantage innovative newcomers, who begin with few if any patents.

3 charts that show how HP, Microsoft, and Dell are losing the tech war!!!!!

3 charts that show how HP, Microsoft, and Dell are losing the tech war (via Pando Daily)

By David Holmes On September 2, 2013 A day in the life of an average tech consumer in the late 90s might go something like this: Power up your Dell or Hewlett Packard computer with the Alienware stickers on it, then wait five minutes while your computer…

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The History of Mobile Technology in Business!!!!!

Mobile technology moves pretty fast these days. Think back ten years and things were very different. Most people had basic mobile phones with physical button keypads, and despite Microsoft’s attempts to bring tablets to the masses it was Apple launching the iPad in 2010 that finally made it happen.

5 Ways Smartphones Have Changed Our Lives for the Better!!!!

5 Ways Smartphones Have Changed Our Lives for the Better (via THE Tech Scoop)

Some cartoons and television shows in the 1960s tried to predict the great technological achievements of the future. Though the public focused on The Jetsons and the original Star Trek, the idea of miniature computing devices occurred to certain folks…

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Analysis of the Smart Phone and Tablet Market in China!!!!!

Analysis of the Smart Phone and Tablet Market in China (via http://www.bluecloudsolutions.com)

Chinese Influence in the Mobile Industry is Growing China is becoming a big factor in the mobile industry. It is undoubtedly the country with the biggest population in the world, with its population reaching up to 1.35 billion. And from this huge population…

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A third of top iPad apps are not on Android!!!!!!!!

A third of top iPad apps are not on Android (via The Inquirer)

AROUND HALF of all the most popular apps on the Apple App Store are either not available or not optimised for use on Google's Android smartphones and tablets. Research reported by Canalys said that the discrepancy applies to both paid for and free games…

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You Are Not Apple!!!!!!!

Most important take away from Jason Fass, CEO of Zepp Labs for startups was #YouAreNotApple don't try to be, at the 2013 San Francisco PR Summit.

Apple iPhone 5S reveal on September 10?!!!!!

Apple iPhone 5S reveal on September 10? (via techstyles.com.au)

Tech site AllThings has overnight reported that it has sources claiming that Apple have scheduled an event for the date of September 10, that will likely be the launch of the next iPhone. Or iPhones, as rumours have been strong, as well as alleged images…

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Facebook’s Games Initiative Could Spell Trouble for Zynga!!!!!!!!!!

Facebook’s Games Initiative Could Spell Trouble for Zynga (via slashdot)

If struggling online-games developer Zynga thought things were bad before, they could be turning a whole lot worse: Facebook is rolling out a pilot program for small- and medium-sized game developers. “Through the program, we will work with select…

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Top 5 free iPad game apps!!!!

Top 5 free iPad game apps (via http://eotmblog.com)

 The iPad has changed the face of mobile gaming forever and the huge selection of great games on offer ensures that players never run out of options. In celebration of the Apple App Store turning 5 recently, Apple offered even more games and apps for…

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Secret to Being on the Top 25 App Developers: Creating Variants!!!!!!!!

Secret to Being on the Top 25 App Developers: Creating Variants (via http://www.bluecloudsolutions.com)

Gone are the days when people used their mobile phones just to call and send text messages. With the advent of technology, mobile phone users enjoy their gadgets not only for seamless communication but more so for information, social networking and…

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Newest Apple TV Rumor: Ad Skipping Technology!!!!!!

Newest Apple TV Rumor: Ad Skipping Technology (via NewsLook)

Video News by NewsLook The company's much-hyped TV will reportedly include a feature to let users skip ads - while compensating networks for lost revenue.

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Microsoft presses US on data request disclosures!!!!!!!!!

Microsoft presses US on data request disclosures (via AFP)

Microsoft said Tuesday it had asked the US government for permission to disclose details of how it handles national security data requests, citing "inaccuracies" in recent media reports. Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said the company had asked…

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