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Steve Jobs Speaks out at the D8 All Things Digital interview
| June 3, 2010 | Posted by Abren Michaels under Apple, Electronics, Gadgets, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac, Microsoft, tablet, Tech News |
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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BlackBerry Gets the Exclusive Craigslist App
| November 13, 2009 | Posted by Jessica Moreno under Blackberry, Electronics, Gadgets, Verizon |
The BlackBerry app store may be trailing the iPhone and Android app market but it’s got an exclusive that’s sure to leave other smartphone users envious.
The official Craigslist app will soon be exclusively available to BlackBerry users. The $5 app created by Movela and Pyxis Mobile will allow users to browse and search through Craigslist postings across different categories, reply to them and save searches. The app supports all categories and countries available on the Craigslist website. So if you want to read ‘missed connections’ on the go, the BlackBerry will be the only place for it.
“We took about two days to create an initial version of the app and then took it to Craigslist for their approval,” says Todd Christy, president and CTO at Pyxis Mobile, which helped develop the app. “They liked it because we had a working app and not just a concept.”
It’s a big coup for Pyxis, which has been creating mobile applications for businesses for about nine years.
“A number of mobile app makers have applied to Craigslist for licenses and to date there is one authorized licensee,” says Jim Buckmaster, CEO of Craigslist.
BlackBerry launched it app store in April. Currently it has a little more than 2000 apps compared to the 12,000 in the Android Market and 100,000 in the iPhone app store. Craigslist apps exist on the iPhone but without official licensing, they are rather limited in their feature set.
Pyxis says the reason it chose BlackBerry is because it’s mobile technology platform is targeted at business users and a large number of BlackBerry users are business customers.
“Its our core platform and we have done a lot of testing of apps on the BlackBerry,” says Christy. “There was also no competition on the BlackBerry front for a Craigslist type app. ”
In the “distant future,” Christy says, the official Craigslist app could make its way to iPhone and Windows Mobile phones.
Check out a video of the official Craigslist app for the BlackBerry.
Apple Milestone Greeted With Little Fanfare
| October 1, 2009 | Posted by Abren Michaels under Apple, Tech News |
Apple unleashed a virtual endless ocean of apps when it opened up the iPhone to programmers large and small. The applications range from the most basic, such as free updaters that inform users of breaking news from their favorite website, to ingenious little gems that garner media attention. A release from Apple dated September 28th declared that over 2 billion apps have been downloaded by iPhone users to date, but mentioned little else. The first billion were announced on April 24th and included specifics regarding what the app was, when it was downloaded, and the name of the individual who downloaded it. The 13 year-old downloader even received free Apple swag as part of the commemoration. It seems that now Apple finds celebrating the accomplishments of its burgeoning iPhone too passé.
Apple unleashed a virtual endless ocean of apps when it opened up the iPhone to programmers large and small. The applications range from the most basic, such as free updaters that inform users of breaking news from their favorite website, to ingenious little gems that garner media attention. A release from Apple dated September 28th declared that over 2 billion apps have been downloaded by iPhone users to date, but mentioned little else. The first billion were announced on April 24th and included specifics regarding what the app was, when it was downloaded, and the name of the individual who downloaded it. The 13 year-old downloader even received free Apple swag as part of the commemoration. It seems that now Apple finds celebrating the accomplishments of its burgeoning iPhone too passé.
