Dubai Hotel Giving Guests 24 Carat Gold iPads
“Hello sir, here’s your complimentary golden iPad” is what you may be hearing if you visit Dubai now. Dubai’s Burj Al Arab hotel, probably the most elegant hotel in the world has just unveiled its latest luxury accessory: the 24 carat gold iPad. Once you check in and pay a few months’ salary for a [...]
iPad mini 2 vs. new Nexus 7 tablet, price the major factor
Today, we wanted to highlight something that has become extremely clear when bracing for future comparisons between devices like the iPad mini 2 vs. a new Nexus 7 2nd generation tablet. This is the consideration of price for a 7 to 8-inch tablet, which we know is not only an important factor for the brand [...]
News from the Big Six, Apple Antitrust Settlements
Today, the final piece of the Big Six puzzle fell into place. Months after the initial co-defendants in an antitrust lawsuit settled out of court, the remaining publisher, Penguin, settled with the attorneys general from 33 states for $75 million. This settlement comes less than a year after Penguin settled a similar claim with the [...]
Prime minister visits Apple HQ as Turkey ponders 10.6M-tablet buy for education
Monday, May 20, 2013, 11:55 am By Kevin Bostic Ahead of a planned purchase of more than 10 million tablets, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Apple’s campus to hear the company’s pitch for the iPad’s use in education. In the course of a visit to the U.S., Erdoğan visited Apple, Microsoft, and Google [...]
Google Maps for iPad Coming Soon
Google had plenty to say about its Maps app at this year’s Google I/O keynote presentation. Ever since Apple launched its own mapping application millions of iOS 6 users have downloaded Google’s stand-alone Google Maps app, released in December. iPad owners were left out of the fun, but the company now says an iPad version [...]
GooPad Mini 7 iPad Mini Clone Goes on Sale in Two Versions (Video)
GooPad is an Asian company that launched its iPad Mini clone just hours after the Apple product debuted. It’s the GooPad Mini, that has only now reached commercial status, with two versions available to the public. Meet the Goopad Mini 7! This product features the popular quad core Mediatek processor, built in 3G and it’s [...]
Apple, Google, Amazon & Netflix in France’s radar with new smartphone/tablet tax
François Hollande will receive a report today resulting from nine months of studying how the digital economy can contribute to cultural funding in France. This report will detail a plan to add a tax on smartphones and tablets, a tax which will go to pay for art culture in France -whether it be keeping Versailles [...]
Bill Gates Trashes Apple iPad, Lauds Microsoft Surface Tablet – CRN.com–Short
Bill Gates said iPad users are “frustrated” by the tablet’s lack of functionality and productivity applications, and he’s pitching Microsoft Surface as the cure for those ills. In an interview with CNBC, Microsoft’s founder and chairman criticized Apple’s popular device and similar tablets and touted the capabilities of Microsoft’s own Surface and Surface Pro tablets. [...]
Bill Gates on Tablet Innovation, Apple and Windows – Mashable
“We gotta ask you about all these tablets and PCs,” Squawk Box co-anchor Joe Kernen said to Microsoft chairman Bill Gates Monday morning. “What’s the world going to look like and how does the cloud factor into what Microsoft will do in the future?” Gates, sitting in a hangar in Omaha, Neb., next to his mentor [...]
New Report States Retina iPad Mini Coming in Q3 and 2014 in Two Versions
I must admit that the number of rumors concerning the upcoming new generation iPad Mini is starting to look tiresome, though this is the device with the most probable chance of being announced. Recent rumors state that Apple may launch the device in two variants, one for Q3 of this year while the other for 2014. What [...]
Building Films For the iPad: The National Film Board’s New Tablet-Focused …
What happens when a major film producer decides to create original entertainment for tablets? Canada’s National Film Board (NFB) is experimenting with a series of new tablet-centric projects that merge gaming, journalism, and cinema. The applications come in iOS, Android, and web-Flash flavors and are intentionally created to mash up movies and computer games once [...]
PACIFIC MONEY Tablet Faceoff : Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 vs . iPad Mini …
Quite recently, Samsung has unveiled one of its latest additions to the tablet market segment: the Galaxy Tab 3. To be more precise, this is the 7-inch Tab 3 which is aimed at competing with the likes of Google, Amazon and Apple on the budget-friendly side of the market. That said, the Tab 3 has [...]
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