Kara Swisher:
Apple has hired major Amazon exec and prominent search technologist William Stasior to run its Siri unit, according to sources.At the online retail giant, Stasior has been in charge of A9, Amazon’s search and search advertising unit. The former AltaVista exec co-founded the independent company and has run it since Udi Manber left for Google.
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has issued a warning alerting users about malware that targets the Android mobile operating system.
But Android is great… and open… and other stuff that Eric Schmidt says it is.
The sentiment around Windows 8 was overwhelmingly negative during our trip as the supply chain is experiencing little life ahead of the October 26 launch.
Uh oh.
There is a lesson here.
The Galaxy S III has been available in the U.S. for nearly four months, and posted impressive sales figures – even beating out domestic sales of the iPhone 4S in August 2012. However, only 18 days since the public release of the iPhone 5, the newest Apple device has overtaken the Galaxy S III in terms of Web traffic volume. Record-breaking sales numbers, along with new 4G browsing speeds which encourage data usage, are the most likely explanation for this tremendous growth. This latest shift in the mobile ecosystem is not welcome news for Samsung, which has positioned its device as a direct competitor to the iPhone 5.
It has to suck to think you’re doing so well only to be kicked in the ass by the iPhone 5.
Incredible pictures.
Great advice.
Eric Slivka:
Apple and Samsung have long had a complicated relationship, with the two companies locked in numerous court battles linked to their competition in the smartphone and tablet marketplaces even as Samsung serves as Apple’s largest component supplier. As tensions have continued to ride high between the two companies, there have been signs that Apple has been trying to cut back on its reliance on Samsung for component production.
Surely this doesn’t surprise anyone.
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New Xbox Music service brings streaming, subscription and music store to Xbox 360 and Windows 8 PCs, tablets and phones with cloud-based storage.
Whether you like App.net or not, Shawn is right, the reasons presented in the article don’t make sense.
Love it. […]
Risky, but all of the best stories are.
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The majority of top decision-makers at the Federal Trade Commission believe that an antitrust case should be brought against Google Inc, meaning the search giant could soon be headed into tough negotiations, three people familiar with the matter said.
Om Malik is in Amsterdam and stopped by Heineken. I’m so jealous.
Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos confirmed on Thursday that the online retailer sells its Kindle e-reader “at cost”, with profit coming instead from sales of online content.
That’s one way to do it I suppose. Or you could just design great products and make money on all of it.
NextGuide, my personal favorite TV Guide app (that I built at the company I run), is now updated to include Amazon Prime and Amazon Instant Video alongside live TV, Hulu Plus, iTunes, and Netflix. It’s really a great experience to browse all providers simultaneously and to search for shows and actually know where they are watchable.
Looks very interesting.
I don’t think so, and the TechBargains.com survey strongly suggests iPad mini is a foolhardy endeavor.
Don’t blame me when your head hurts. Even his own readers make fun of him.
Larry Magid:
…but let’s not get too excited about Apple once again catching up with its competitors.
Wait, Apple invented the modern tablet and yet they are catching up to the competition?
I’m predicting a snooze fest not because of lack of interest in the product or lack of theatrics during the announcement but because I’d be very surprised if we see anything incredibly revolutionary relative to what we’ve seen in other tablet announcements.
So let me get this straight. If Apple sells a gazillion new tablets and people are excited, it will be a snooze fest? But if they don’t sell any, it will probably be a failure, right?
The only snooze fest is that article.
New research from 451 Research/ChangeWave Research shows that demand for Apple’s new iPhone 5 is strong and will remain that way. […]
John Paczkowski:
People familiar with Apple’s plans tell us that the company will unveil the so-called “iPad mini” on Oct. 23 at an invitation-only event.
Yep.
I like it. I’d never do it, but I like it.
I like this. Lennart Ziburski didn’t just do a shrunken iPhone, but a whole new concept.
Love it.
The gadget maker has hired Jim Mergard, a 16-year veteran of Advanced Micro Devices who was a vice president and chief engineer there before he left for Samsung. He is known for playing a leading role in the development of a high-profile AMD chip that carried the code name Brazos and was designed for low-end portable computers.
John Kirk with a message for Eric Schmidt:
The proof is in the profits. If you don’t the have profits, you don’t have the proof. And if you don’t have the proof, then please, just stop talking.
Schmidt also said that the majority of TVs would have Google in them by now too. How’s that working out for you Schmidt?
Farhad Manjoo in July, more than two months before the iPhone was announced:
And yet the iPhone sure has become boring, hasn’t it? I find it difficult to get worked up, anymore, about Apple’s signature mobile device. Last month, I yawned through the company’s announcements at its developer conference.
Farhad Manjoo in October after actually using the iPhone 5:
Hold Apple’s latest gadget for just a few minutes and you’ll marvel at the existence of such a remarkable object.
And writers wonder why readers lose trust in them. Here’s a thought — why not wait until you actually get to use a product before blasting it as boring. I know, it’s a crazy thought.
Some good examples of how it can work if done right. Unfortunately, not everyone does it right.
Wait, I thought Samsung thought bigger was better? Now it seems to be back to throw anything against the wall and see what sticks.