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Flipboard still exists, is doing well

Apr 15, 2011
When the Flipboard app for the iPad was launched last summer, a lot of people got pretty excited about its potential. It could integrate...

PC sales slipping

Apr 14, 2011
A new report from IDC says that PC sales are off about 3 percent in the last quarter. The research company cites the continued growth of tablets ...

Cable app flap goes to court

Apr 8, 2011
As expected, the stakes are being raised in the ongoing battle of whether cable companies can send cable channels to customers' iPads. Time Warner...

The Tablet TV Wars are upon us

Apr 4, 2011
You will be able to tell your grandchildren you were there when the battles commenced. Last week we told you how Time Warner caved to pressure from...

Zite receives a strongly worded letter from publishers

Apr 1, 2011
I always love the "strongly worded letter". It's so genteel. "Oh heavens, Percy! It's a strongly worded letter! Alert the upstairs maid!"...

Time Warner caves

Apr 1, 2011
In a victory for broadcast companies and a loss for people who enjoy television, Time Warner is caving in to pressure and removing several live TV...

For public good, not for profit.

Cable providers and iPad content delivery

Mar 29, 2011
So a cable company like Time Warner pays the owners of channels a huge amount of money for the right to deliver those channels to customers' homes....

Senators not happy about apps that help drunk drivers

Mar 24, 2011
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Harry Reid (D-NV), Charles Schumer (D-NY), and Tom Udall (D-NM) have sent a letter to Apple, Google and RIM saying apps...