Music service Rhapsody on Monday announced plans to acquire Napster, most recently owned by Best Buy. Terms of the agreement were not announced, but Rhapsody indicated that Best Buy gets a minority stake in Rhapsody after the deal is done. … Continued
Monthly Archives: October 2011
∞ The beard in The Joy of Tech comic
The Joy of Tech: What’s behind a Tim Cook Apple Event Giant clipping robot, (in case Jim Dalrymple’s beard gets rowdy). Much respect JoT!
∞ Examining the fate of iPad rivals
Technologizer: More than thirteen months after we ran that iPadversaries story, I decided it might be instructive (or at least perversely fascinating) to follow up on all 32 machines… Spoiler: If you like happy endings, you should stop reading now. … Continued
∞ iOS leads by wide margin in mobile Web use
Fortune: When measured against other smartphone/tablet operating systems, Apple’s (AAPL) iOS accounts for more than half of the visits to its clients’ 40,000 websites around the world. In fact,the 54.65% share that Net Applications recorded for iOS devices in September … Continued
∞ Nokia, RIM still dominate India smartphone market
Bloomberg: Apple, which will introduce a new iPhone version tomorrow, ships fewer handsets to the world’s second-largest mobile-phone market than it does to Norway. Nokia Oyj and Research In Motion Ltd. sell more devices in India, where smartphone shipments are … Continued