Phil Leigh of “Inside Digital Media” (http://www.insidedigitalmedia.com), a market research firm specializing in the future of media, says Apple will introduce as-yet-unannounced products to address huge latent market opportunities in the digital living room and media and transactional online services.
Read MoreTension Software has updated Product Manager (http://pomola.com/products_productmanager/productmanager.html), software for managing a company’s products from different points of view, to version 1.5. The update adds a Customizable To Do Report, Customizable Bug Report and report printability.
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There might be a new MacBook Air released this week, according to “Macworld Australia” (http://www.macworld.com.au/news/view/macbook-air-update-this-week-4886), quoting “a well-placed source familiar with Apple inventory levels and product refreshes.”
The source says the number, MC516LL/A K87 BETTER BTR-USA, most likely points to a Mac product due to the “BETTER” segment of the product code. “Macworld Australia” notes that this could refer to a 27-inch display, which could be a new Cinema Display or, less likely, a new, high-end iMac.
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The Android operating system (OS) continued to shake up the U.S. mobile phone market in the first quarter (Q1) of 2010, moving past Apple to take the number-two position among smartphone operating systems, according to The NPD Group (http://www.npd.com), a market research company.
NPD’s wireless market research reveals that based on unit sales to consumers last quarter the Android operating system moved into second position at 28% behind RIM’s OS (36%) and ahead of Apple’s OS (21%).
Read MorePresident Barack Obama, a BlackBerry user, “declared war on technology,” singling out Apple’s super-popular iPods and iPads for criticism at a commencement ceremony in Virginia, the “New York Post” and “Fox News” (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/10/obama-warns-grads-twitter-ipad-peril/?test=latestnews) report.
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