This week Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD) introduced the DX1215, the company’s first all-in-one PC. Forget some options I’m a bit jealous of (an HDMI port and optional TV tuner), there’s one feature I REALLY wish Apple would add to the iMac: better speakers.
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By Greg Mills
All the major competitors to Apple’s iOS platform are struggling right now, including Android. The almost laughable RIM PlayBook has been panned by just about every tech writer on the Internet and press.
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Facebook, after consolidating its position in three major Internet sectors — retailing, news and games — is now getting serious about music and media, according to a “GigaOm” article (http://macte.ch/CM8j6). And they could offer a “Ping” killer.
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Apple has been granted several patents today by the US Patent & Trademark Office. Following is a summary of each.
Patent number 7,965,498 is for a cover glass to housing an interface system — the iMac’s edge-to-edge glass cover. Todd Gotham, Shin Nishibori, Christopher Stringer, Michael McBroom, Daniel McBroom, Brian Sudderth and John Ternus are the inventors.
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Despite the fact that Google was out in front of the pack with a mobile wallet announcement, a recent Pulse study from Retrevo, a shopping and review site specializing in consumer electronics, found that not only are iPhone owners more enthusiastic about a mobile wallet, but they want Apple to provide it.
What’s NFC?
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