Year: 2010

‘AP’ hires ‘NYT’ exec to develop apps for the iPad, other digital devices

Posted by | Mar 9, 2010 | |

An executive who helped run “The New York Times” wWeb site has been hired to guide “The Associated Press” in its effort to sell consumer applications for the Apple iPad and other digital devices, the news cooperative said Tuesday.

Nick Ascheim will run a newly created business unit called AP Gateway as general manager of AP Digital. When he joins the AP this week, Ascheim will report to Jane Seagrave, who became the AP’s chief revenue officer last week.

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Apple posts iPhone SDK 3.2 beta

Posted by | Mar 9, 2010 | , |

Apple has posted the iPhone SDK 3.1 beta and iPhone OS 3.1 beta on the iPhone Dev Center. Apple says they’re for developers and testing only and should be installed on devices dedicated to iPhone OS 3.2 beta software development.

The iPhone SDK provides developers with the same set of application programming interfaces (APIs) and tools that Apple uses to create its native applications for iPhone. iPhone DSK 2.2.1 is available as a free download for Apple Developer Connection (http://developer.apple.com/) members.

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Analyst: iPad will beat Kindle’s all-time sales in three months

Analyst: iPad will beat Kindle’s all-time sales in three months

Posted by | Mar 9, 2010 | , |

Apple could have the bestselling e-book reader of all time in just three months on the market, according to an estimate from FBR Capital analyst Craig Berger.

In a note to clients — as noted by the “Latest Electronics” site (http://www.latestelectronics-dennis.com/?p=3117) he thinks Apple is set to ship five million iPads just in the first half of 2010. At this rate, the tablet would push past Amazon’s unofficial lifetime record of three million Kindles in just the three-month span between early April and the end of June.

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Stanford University study looks at ‘iPhone addiction’

Posted by | Mar 9, 2010 | , |

According to a new Stanford University study, iPhone users are becoming so reliant on their iPhones that they are actually reporting being addicted to their the Apple devices.

Almost half of the respondents in the 200 person study acknowledged an iPhone addiction, reports “The Huffington Post” (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/09/iphone-addiction-study-pa_n_490748.html). Students were asked to rate their addiction to their iPhones on a scale of one to five, from “not at all addicted” to “fully addicted.” 45% answered with a four or above.

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EFF criticizes the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement

Posted by | Mar 9, 2010 | , |

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) — an organization founded to promote rights in the online and networked world — has blasted the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement, saying that the “entire family of devices built on the iPhone OS (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad) have been designed to run only software that is approved by Apple – a major shift from the norms of the personal computer market.”

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