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O’Reilly releases ‘Missing Manual’ for the iPad

O’Reilly releases ‘Missing Manual’ for the iPad

Posted by | May 19, 2010 | , |

O’Reilly has released “iPad: The Missing Manual,” a 320-page book by J.D. Biersdorfer (with David Pogue), looking at Apple’s new tablet. It costs US$24.99 for a print version and $15.99 for an ebook version.

“The iPad is a brand new product that’s already sold a million units and is converting people who don’t even use a regular laptop because it’s so versatile,” says Biersdorfer. “It’s so much more than just an ebook reader and web browser, and my book shows you how to maximize the iPad’s potential to make it be whatever you want it to be.”

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First quarter of 2010 was iPhone’s strongest quarter yet

First quarter of 2010 was iPhone’s strongest quarter yet

Posted by | May 19, 2010 | , |

The iPhone had 2.7% of the worldwide mobile phone market in the first quarter of 2010 compared to 1.55 in the same time period of 2009, according to the Gartner research group (http://www.gartner.com). Apple sold approximately 8.4 million iPhones in 1Q2010 compared to approximately 3.9 million in 1Q2009.

Ahead of Apple, globally, for 1Q2010 are Nokia (35% market share), Samsung (20.6%), LG (8.6%), RIM (3.4% and Sony Ericsson (3.1%). The first quarter of 2010 was Apple’s strongest quarter yet, which placed the company in the No. 7 position with a 112.2% increase in mobile devices sales.

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Ascender launches FontsLive.com:

Posted by | May 18, 2010 | , |

Ascender Corp. has launched http://www.FontsLive.com, a new service for web designers and developers seeking high quality fonts to format web sites with CSS @font-face using licensed downloadable fonts instead of system fonts or headline graphics.

Ascender, known for the creation of screen and user interface fonts for Microsoft, Google, Motorola, Nokia and other leading technology companies, launched the site this week. FontsLive.com leverages the Ascender Web Fonts platform, using the CSS @font-face rule and downloadable fonts.
 

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‘MacVoices’ looks at taking control of your email

Posted by | May 12, 2010 | |

On the new “MacVoices” (http://www.macvoices.com), Mac expert Joe Kissell looks at taking control of your email.

Kissell has recently authored three new or newly updated Take Control titles, “Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail,” “Take Control of Apple Mail in Snow Leopard” and “Take Control
of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.” To celebrate, he offers a tour of what each offers to users who are interested in bringing their email to its knees.

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