Monthly Archives: June 2010

Google Admob vs. Apple iAds in Mobile Advertising


AdMob and iAds are two competing platforms in today’s mobile advertising and smartphone ads universe. AdMob, which was recently acquired by Google, is a mobile advertising company. It is one of the world’s largest mobile advertising platforms, and claims to have served 220 billion impressions. iAds, on the other hand, is the smartphone ads platform…

Nintendo 3DS Darling Of E3


In a move that all but confirmed their dominance of E3 2010, Nintendo unveiled their latest portable device: the Nintendo 3DS. An evolution of the DS, the latest offering from Nintendo features surprisingly robust internal hardware for a handheld device. In fact, several reports claim it has more juice behind it than the Nintendo Wii.…

Sony Joins Motion Control Bandwagon with Playstation Move


Working in conjunction with the pre-existing Sony Eyetoy, the PlayStation Move will bring precision motion controls to the PS3. Gamers will immediately be reminded of Nintendo’s “Wiimote” when they use Move’s wand controller. Featuring a motion-sensing, bulb-headed control for one hand and an analog stick and control buttons for the other, Sony’s Move is conspicuously…

The Xbox 360 Kinetic, Hands-Free Motion Control System


With the highly esteemed motion controller that Nintendo introduced in its Wii gaming console we knew it wouldn’t be long at all before its main competitors decided to create their own versions. Microsoft has officially announced that the Xbox 360 will get hands-free motion control in an attempt to compete directly with the Wii.

AT&T issues apology to iPad users after security breach


The second largest cellular provider in the United States, AT&T, issued an apology to users of the Apple iPad whose email addresses were leaked last week during a security breach. Hackers were able to discover the email addresses of nearly 114,000 iPad 3G users through a program on AT&T’s website. Among the email addresses uncovered…

Apple Stands Up To Google!


If you’re an avid Apple’s iPhone, iPod, or iPad user you’ll probably be very pleased to hear that Apple has denied Google from blasting your devices with their mobile advertising. This is a breaking news story from June 9, 2010. As you can imagine, Google is quite upset about this, especially since in late May…

Apple Announces New iPhone and Netflix Streaming at WWDC 2010


Apple has announced a new version of the iPhone at WWDC. The new phone will be called the iPhone 4. It will offer Facetime, a new feature that enables any other iPhone user to have a face to face conference with each other. A five megapixel camera with LED flash on the rear of the…

Steve Jobs Speaks out at the D8 All Things Digital interview


  At the All Things Digital interview on Tuesday June 1st, Steve Jobs stepped out on the stage and talked for the first time since the last All Things Digital interview in 2007. However, in this year’s conference, Bill Gates was not present as he was in 2007.


 

At the All Things Digital interview on Tuesday June 1st, Steve Jobs stepped out on the stage and talked for the first time since the last All Things Digital interview in 2007. However, in this year’s conference, Bill Gates was not present as he was in 2007.
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