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Adobe Gives Up on Flash Apps for the iPhone
Posted by admin in Tech Industry News on April 21, 2010
Apple has repeatedly claimed that letting Flash on its iPhone would degrade performance, with its CEO, Steve Jobs, saying that Adobe’s software “performs too slow to be useful” on the smartphone. Yesterday, Adobe took the war up a notch with an unusual move: It gave up on a feature it had once loudly trumpeted.
Apple announces new iPhone operating system
Apple will add multi-tasking, mobile advertising and an ebook reader to its iPhone when it releases the fourth version of the phone’s operating system. Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO said the new operating system would allow multi-tasking to the iPhone for the first time. He said: “We weren’t the first to this party but we’re going to be the best.”
Steve Jobs says “No” to iPhone tethering on the iPad
In a classic Steve Jobs email, Apple’s CEO bluntly puts to rest any notion that users will be able to tether their iPhones to the iPad to access the Internet.
Google Buys Yet Another Company
Posted by admin in Tech Industry News on February 17, 2010
Google acquires mobile e-mail utility reMail. Both companies have decided to discontinue the reMail iPhone app, and that reMail’s CEO will become a product manager for Gmail.
McGraw-Hill CEO Confirms Apple Tablet, iPhone OS Based
In an interview with CNBC, McGraw-Hill’s CEO confirms that their textbooks will be on the Apple Tablet and it will be an iPhone OS based machine. When asked about rumors that…
Apple Doubles iPhone Sales in Record Quarter
IPhone and Mac sales lift Apple to record revenue in anticipation of a product announcement that CEO Steve Jobs says the company is ‘really excited about.’
Apple Reports Blowout Quarter
The iPhone maker posted earnings of $3.67 a share, up from the $2.50 profit in the year-ago period and well above the $3.50 profit analysts had targeted. “The new products we are planning to release this year are very strong, starting this week with a major new product that we’re really excited about,” CEO Steve Jobs said.
Even in a Tough Market, Apple’s in the Black
When makers of smart phones increased their efforts to catch the iPhone, the Cupertino company maintained its innovation edge. And when CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs stepped aside for almost six months for what turned out to be a liver transplant, Apple barely skipped a beat. It was that kind of year for Apple.
AT&T CEO Wants iPhone Users to Limit Usage
Posted by admin in Tech Industry News on December 9, 2009
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that heavy smartphone users only represent about 3 percent of the customer base, but their mobile activities are accounting for 40 percent of data traffic. That imbalance is disconcerting to AT&T, and they’re going to do everything in their power.
Iphone to kiss Google maps Goodbye?
Apple has bought a mapping service company called Placebase and its former CEO is now working on the “Geo Team” at Apple. The move could be designed to provide a backup to the Google Maps service that Apple uses heavily in iPhone OS, especially since the relationship between the two companies appears to be straining.
Netflix CEO: iPhone streaming coming… eventually
As for the iPhone, Hastings told Reuters in a recent interview that it’s “something that’s likely to come over time,” but that it would not be available in the near future. “We will get to mobile eventually, including the iPhone.” Let’s just say those aren’t very encouraging words.
Video: Sprint CEO says iPhone is ‘in a separate category’
Asked if Sprint’s big product of the year, the Palm Pre, was making any headway against the Apple’s iPhone and he answers plainly and honesty…
Sprint CEO calls iPhone the “Michael Jordan” of smartphones
Posted by admin in Tech Industry News on September 12, 2009
It’s not often that you hear a CEO praise a competing product, but late this week, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse sat down with Charlie Rose and had some flattering things to say about the iPhone.
WSJ.com – Opinion:Why AT&T Killed Google Voice
Posted by admin in Tech Industry News on August 18, 2009
Earlier this month, Apple rejected an application for the iPhone called Google Voice. The uproar set off a chain of events—Google’s CEO resigning from Apple’s board, and the FCC investigating wireless open access and handset exclusivity—that may finally end the 135-year-old Alexander Graham Bell era. It’s about time.
AT&T admits network “behaves differently” with iPhone demand
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson admitted that the amount of Web usage by iPhone owners challenges the AT&T network. Can he do enough to get Apple to re-up its contract when it expires? Probably not, he hints. iPhones may eventually be sold at Verizon stores and elsewhere.
AT&T CEO admits iPhone won’t be exclusive forever
t may not be all that shocking from a common sense point of view, but AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson’s statement that “there will be a day when you are not exclusive with the iPhone” is still quite a departure from anything he’s said in the past and, given the stakes involved, pretty darn notable.
Flash 10 Beta Coming to Most Smartphones in Oct – Not iPhone
In a Q2 audio press release, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen confirmed that Adobe will release a beta version of Flash Player 10 for a number of smartphone browsers, including Windows Mobile, Google Android, Palm WebOS, and Symbian devices, in October.
Crappy Battery Life Causes CEO to Smash iPhone [Pics]
Apple is about to release the new iPhone 3GS — with a better battery … which is probably good since CEO’s are starting so smash and dissect the old 3G’s
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