Quattro Wireless, an Apple subsidiary that’s developing the iAd program, is promoting a new “Verification of iTunes Purchase” feature as a competitive advantage enabling iPhone app developers to link to iTunes to obtain data on download conversion rates, according to “TechCrunch” (http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/05/apple-vip-ad/).
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In an online blog (http://robertreich.org/post/572112065/apple-isnt-the-problem-wall-streets-big-banks-are), Robert Reich, former secretary of labor, blasts the Federal Trade Commissions’ purported investigation of Apple.
He asks why the FCC threatening Apple with a possible lawsuit for abusing its economic power, but not even raising an eyebrow about the huge and growing economic (and political) muscle of JP Morgan Chase or any of the other four remaining giant banks on Wall Street?
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Carl Howe, a director for the Yankee Group’s Anywhere Consumer research group (http://www.yankeegroup.com) says the iPad is the fastest product ramp to US$1 billion. Apple announced on Monday that it has sold more than one million iPads since its announcement on Jan. 27.
Read MoreRetina-X Studios has released Mobile Spy for the iPad. With it, users can “silently” view all email messages, web site visits and other information of children or employees — even if histories are deleted.
Mobile Spy runs in total stealth mode and purportedly no mentions of the program are shown inside the iPad. After the software is set up on the device, it silently records the contents of all emails sent or received. The software also records web addresses visited in Safari and any contact added to the iPad’s contacts list.
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ImTOO has introduced the US$59.95 iPad Mate (http://www.ImTOO.com/ipad-mate.html), which can convert any video or DVD to play on the iPad, plus it will transfer iPad contents to computer and iTunes. In fact, it works similar to iTunes and also supports iPod, iPhone, and iPod touch.
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