Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Today's Headlines

Skirmish Between Apple and Samsung Tablets Goes Down Under
The Wall Street Journal
Samsung agreed that it wouldn't import or offer to sell a new computer tablet in Australia for now following a legal protest from rival Apple Inc., as the wide-ranging battle between the two electronics powerhouses moved to yet another country.

HP Software Update Aims to Blunt Criticism of Touchpad Tablet
AllThingsD
The free software update has many changes aimed to deliver stability, fix bugs and improve performance. However, the changes don’t address some of the charges agains the product and, of course, can’t address the lack of third-party apps or critiques that the hardware is more like last year’s iPad than this year’s slimmer iPad 2.

Skype Releases iPad App Prematurely
CNET
More than a month after it was expected to make its official debut, the iPad-optimized Skype client began appearing in Apple App Stores yesterday.  However, not long after the app appeared, Skype pulled it, saying it was released prematurely. "To ensure your best Skype experience, we've temporarily removed Skype for iPad which went live prematurely today," Skype said on its Twitter feed.

The Top 15 Apps Consumers Must Download When They Buy Their First iPad
Business Insider
Among the choices:  Kindle, Epicurious, Netflix, The Washington Post (free), and Scrabble.

Conde Nast Publications Generate Nearly 250,000 Digital Downloads
PaidContent
That number includes digital subscriptions, digital single copies, and the 136,000 print subscribers who have opted to add digital editions to their subscriptions. Looked at another way, the publisher drew 106,000-digital only sales not tied to existing print subscriptions, suggesting that it may be finding incremental value by accepting Apple’s iTunes Store terms after all.

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