In a on-stage interview, Apple CEO and Silicon Valley legend-in-his-own-time Steve Jobs shared his views with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at the Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital conference . Read the original post by KAUZ-TV Wichita Falls
Month: June 2010
Workers At China Plant Where 10 Committed Suicide Get 30% Raise
LONGHUA, China – Production line workers at Foxconn’s southern China manufacturing hub will get a 30 percent pay rise, as top customer Apple called recent suicides at the plant troubling but said the site was ‘not a sweatshop.’ Read the original post by Reuters
Steve Jobs on Syncing Media Content to the Cloud: ‘We’re Working on It’
During the Q&A portion of this evening’s All Things Digital interview, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was asked about how the balance of power in control of media content has been shifting. After noting that conte… Read the original post by Regina Leader Post
HP to Cut 9,000 Jobs, Take $1 Billion Charge in Shift to Computer Services
Hewlett-Packard Co. , the worlda s largest personal-computer maker, plans to cut about 9,000 jobs and retool its computer-services business to help it compete with International Business Machines Corp. Read the original post by Bloomberg
Steve Jobs on AT&T Service Improvements and Possibilities of Multiple U.S. Carriers
During tonight’s All Things D interview, Steve Jobs was questioned about AT&T service as well as the possibilities of multiple U.S. carriers. Not much new information was offered, though Jobs indicated a timeframe for service improvements. … Read the original post by Regina Leader Post
Acer 20″ Widescreen LCD Display for $100 + free shipping
Amazon.com offers the Acer X203H 20″ Widescreen LCD Monitor for $99.99. With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find by $24, although it was $20 less on Black Friday. Sales tax is added where applicable. Features include a 1600×900 resolution, 5ms response time, 300 cd/m² brightness, 10,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, and both…
Flurry Blamed for Change in iPhone SDK Analytics Terms of Service
One of the recent changes in Apple’s iPhone SDK terms of service was limitation on collecting and sending analytics data. Many had speculated that Apple may be trying to limit competition from other ad networks, however, Steve Jobs is blaming analyt… Read the original post by Regina Leader Post
Maroon 5, Kris Allen to be at Fifth Third Field
Grammy Award-winning rockers Maroon 5 will headline a Fifth Third Field concert featuring VV Brown, Miggs and hearttrob 2009 “American Idol” winner Kris Allen. Read the original post by Middletown Journal
Steve Jobs on Stolen Prototype iPhone: Not Going to Let It Slide.
During tonight’s All Things D Interview, Steve Jobs indicated that he was not going to let the stolen/lost iPhone prototype incident “slide”: Steve: You know, when this whole thing with Gizmodo happened, I got advice from peop… Read the original post by Regina Leader Post
Steve Jobs on Siri: Acquired for Artificial Intelligence Technology, Not Search
During tonight’s All Things D Interview with Steve Jobs. Walt Mossberg asked about Apple’s intentions of getting into the search space and possibly competing with Google. Jobs was insistent that they aren’t going to search and that th… Read the original post by Regina Leader Post
Vizio Sold 1 Million LCD TVs in First Quarter
Vizio announced last week the success of several of its product lines in the first quarter, especially in the LCD HDTV category. Read the original post by Dealerscope
Steve Jobs in Opening Interview Session at D8 Conference
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is at the D8 Conference this evening, participating in an opening session involving a sit-down interview with All Things Digital’s Kara Swisher. John Paczkowski is officially liveblogging tonight’s interview while Engad… Read the original post by Regina Leader Post
HP to cut 9,000 jobs, automate services business
Hewlett-Packard has announced plans to cut 9,000 jobs as it restructures its enterprise services business and automates the services it offers enterprise customers. Read the original post by Computerworld
Sarah McLachlan “Forgiveness” MP3 Song download w/video for free
The Amazon.com MP3 Store offers downloads of Sarah McLachlan’s “Forgiveness” MP3 Song bundled with the video for free. That’s the lowest price we could find for this DRM-free single track, which was re-released today. Amazon MP3 Downloader is required. Read the original post by dealmac.com
Sony Bloggie HD 1080p Memory Stick Camcorder for $139 + free shipping
Walmart the Sony Bloggie HD Memory Stick Camcorder in Blue (pictured), White, Pink, or Purple model no. MHSPM5, for $139. With free shipping, that’s $2 under last month’s mention and at least a buck under the lowest total price we could find for this model in any color elsewhere. Sales tax is added where applicable….