Since the introduction of iPhone (EDGE) in 2007, Apple remained the unipolar champion of the smartphone world. But its unchallenged supremacy has now been challenged by other stalwarts like Google’s Android, and the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series by Microsoft. It will be obligatory for Apple to bring some innovative changes to the device and it just cannot afford the luxury of cooling its heels. In the meanwhile, Android continues to gather momentum, and whereas it lacks iPhone's content and elegance, yet it has started matching Apple in terms of features.
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In year 2008 and 2009, when most of the companies in the world were passing through a state of recession and financial crisis, there were some who went on the offensive and scored big. So this week when Barron released its annual list of the best CEOs in the world, Steve Jobs of Apple returned to the list from last year, joining Jeffrey Bezos of Amazon.com, Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway and Mark Hurd of Hewlett-Packard. When Barron drew up its annual list of the 30 most respected CEOs, it sought to identify executives who kept their companies out of trouble and took advantage of the downturn to expand, make shrewd acquisitions, feast on the problems of competitors, and sailed their respective companies smoothly to high laurels.
After years of cooperation, the CEO’s of Apple and Google, Jobs and Schmidt recently went daggers drawn as their rivalry got personal last week. This cold war between the two has been going on for sometime now, and has slowly converted into a full fledged battle when Eric was unceremoniously removed from the Apple's Board of Directors. Also in the recent past, Jobs opined that the search firm’s motto of "Don’t Be Evil" was simply "bullsh*t" and that the new rival was fully intended on killing the iPhone with its Android despite the companies’ partnership on iPhone services.
A 25 year old Frenchman was successful in hacking into US President Barack Obama’s, and Britney Spears' Twitter account this Wednesday. According to Reuters, this young Frenchman used administrator account of Twitter to break into account of US politicians and stars. No harm was done though as the hacker didn't extract any personal account information. He did it all for thrill and fun.
Dropbox - the highly popular and extremely useful web based file syncing service is coming soon to an Android phone near you. The Dropbox app for Android is expected to be available in the next few months, and is definitely worth a wait.
In October last year, Apple unveiled its new iMac lineup, which also featured a brilliant 27-inches LED-backlit display model in a new edge-to-edge glass design and seamless all aluminum enclosure. Unfortunately, this pretty beast, which was powered by Core 2 Duo/Core i5/Core i7 had display issues at launch, most notably flickering and yellow screens which was later acknowledged by Apple.
We have already informed you that in the view of the hardening of positions on both sides, Google has decided to close its operations in China, as the talks over the censorship row with the Chinese authorities reached a deadlock since January of this year. The Chinese government had already warned the US based search giant that it was not prepared to compromise on Internet censorship with Google in China.
Last November, we posted about the $3.2 Million iPhone 3GS Supreme. It was certainly not any ordinary phone with 271 grams of 22ct solid gold, front bezel housing 136 flawless diamonds, and rear logo of solid gold having 53 beautiful flawless diamonds, this without a doubt made iPhone 3GS Supreme the most expensive phone in the world.
Ever since Tiger's multiple extramarital affairs went public and dominated the media in the whole world, his return to golf was not only anticipated but was the desire of his fans. After his last public appearance and extending his unconditional apology to his family, friends and fans on Feb 19, it rather became obvious that he is waiting for an opportune time to pick up his club. He was able to impress the audience with his emotional speech and it appears that now everyone has forgiven him. Admitting to the allegations on all wrongs he has done, he said.
Apple started receiving pre-orders for the newly announced iPad on March 12, with the promise to start shipping iPad and its accessories by April 3. However, in the past few days, Apple has amended some of the shipping schedules of their branded iPad accessories. The revised schedule of some of these accessories can be seen in the screenshot below.
