This hasn’t taken long: recall one of the early winners of funding from the infamous ‘iFund’ venture capital stash designed to boost Apps development? It was ngmoco, of course, and now that hugely succesful company is set to be acquired by Japanese social games network, DeNA Co.
The $403 million purchase follows August’s news that Google Ventures invested $5 million in the developer.
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MusicAlly notes Apple has published an extensive guide for indie artists attempting to get themselves signed up onto the ‘social network for music’, Ping. The move attempts to meet some critics who’ve panned the service for its pro major label slant.
The Artist Ping – Guidelines document that gives tips on getting up and running. It includes the inevitable content policies, “no pornography, hate speech, racism, nudity or drug use”. Artists are also warned not to link to sites outside of iTunes or to other providers.
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Apple has won the trademark for the now utterly ubiquitous phrase, “There’s an app for that”.
Apple filed for the trademark in December 2009, the phrase was first used on January 26, 2009, the trademark request claimed.
Bonjour les Québecois. Apple se prépare à ouvrir sa première boutique de détail chez vous. Il y a même des emplois figurant sur le site de recrutement Apple.
Translation: Apple will open its first retail store in Quebec City, and is already recruiting staff for its new shop.
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There’s some discussion today speculating Apple plans to pass on Verizon’s now slowly being rolled-out 4G network (LTE), these reports emanate from TechCrunch.
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COMPUTERWORLD: Forget the old myth that Apple isn’t big in the corporate and enterprise sectors. It isn’t true. Last week a hugely corporate gathering of senior corporate treasurers from round the world saw interest in Apple like you’ve never seen before.
Eminem’s people are determined to force Apple (AAPL) to cough up cold hard cash in settlement of the outstanding litigation over download sales of the artist’s music.
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Yet another giant step for Apple-kind as the iPad makes hearts beat faster across the financial services sector can wider acceptance of Apple products in the enterprise be far behind?
BNP Paribas Securities Services’ NeoLink client portal is now available on iPad. Launched in 2008, NeoLink gives clients instant access to all of their on-line applications.
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I’ve lost sleep wondering about this — what apps does noted iPhone and iPad user, Oprah Winfrey, like to use. Well, praise be this morning I got the list, thanks to International Business Times.
Recall those Verizon claims yesterday, and the carrier’s previous dismissal of anticipated move to carry iPhone on its network, saying this wouldn’t happen until it launches its 4G LTE network? Well, good news rouind the water fountain — Verizon will launch its 4G LTE network in 38 major metropolitan cities by the end of the year.
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Hidden by the excitement of news of a Verizon iPhone yesterday was some more words from the analysts — and they’re predicting monster iPad sales in 2011, particularly as Apple preps iPad 2.0.
Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White reports that Apple is developing a smaller version of its uber-popular iPad and suggests that sales numbers of the original iPad could reach 45 million in 2011.
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COMPUTERWORLD: A note to all the folk out there complaining that Apple isn’t paying any attention to Mac sales– you’re wrong. Just look at the data. Cast your mind back to 2007, perhaps call it up by attempting to remember what your cellphone did for you then. Think back to January that year when Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, introduced the iPhone, then take a look at this data:
Apple will hold its Q4 financial results conference call on Monday, October 18, 2010 at 2pm, PT, the company has confirmed.
The event will likely see the company return new record numbers for iPad and iPhone sales, strong Mac sales buoyed by recent improvements in its portable range, and some hint as to how effective the new breed of iPod touch has been at continuing to shore up the companuy’s slowly declining iPod sales.
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The latest Apple patent filing tells us all about an ambidextrous mouse capable of recognising whether you are holding the thing with your right or your left hand.
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If you’ve been wondering just how important Apple is within the consumer electronics industry, then you don’t need to look too much further than this latest Digitimes report, where I’d urge you to read between the lines.
The report tells us that revenues among Apple’s touch panel suppliers are expected to continue to grow in Q4. This may be childishly self-evident to most of us, but you need to consider a second strand of data in the report.
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Is Apple looking to create a corporate news and entertainment website populated by such things as short messages from chief blogger, Steve Jobs and maintained by more extensive announcements from a hired blogger?
It might be.
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Here’s an interesting video clip showing the potential power of iAds to create new and engaging dialogues with audiences. This time it is a combined print/iAd incarnation from giant insurance group, Axa.
COMPUTERWORLD: Perhaps you were disappointed with the new look Apple TV when it was introduced one month ago; perhaps you expected more from Steve Jobs’ hobby; perhaps you think it seems a little puny in comparison to the Google TV solutions we’re hearing so much more about this week. Look a little deeper though and it seems pretty clear Apple’s quietly putting together the pieces it needs to outmaneuver its Android enemy. Here’s five clues:
Reported wannabe Apple component supplier Sintek this morning denied previous reports the company is trialling touchscreen displays for a future Apple iMac.
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Have no doubt the iPhone will become an iWallet, with yet another patent poking out of Cupertino confirming plans to implement NFC-based systems and RFID readers on future iterations of the Apple smartphone.
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Microsoft continues its ill-starred attempt to boost Apple retail sales through opening its own chain of ‘me-too- retail outlets, selling its vast array of Redmond-made software and PCs from third-parties.
The new battleground is in the famed Mall of America, (video after the jump)
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Apple paid over $1.7 million dollars for one small acre of land adjacent to its North Carolina data center, reports claim.
Apple wanted the land because of its proximity to its data center, which is widely expected to become a key part of Apple’s cloud-based services plans once it is complete early next year.
The one acre of land held a small house owned by the Fulbright family. Apple had made previous offers for the place, but the family refused to sell, in the end Apple offered a pretty much blank cheque.
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Apple’s iPad is rapidly emerging as the most quickly adopted consumer electronics launch in history, with sales rates surpassing the last de rigeur consumer tech purchase, the DVD player.
Sounds incredible? Yes, perhaps so, but these aren’t my words but the findings of new data from Bernstein Research, who point out that sales are blowing past Q1’s one million and already massively eclipsing the 350,000 DVD players sold in year one, the previous “most quickly adopted non-phone electronic product.”
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COMPUTERWORLD: UK Prime Minister David Cameron owns one, White House staff use them and Apple can’t make them fast enough. No matter where you sit on the pro-/anti-Apple fence, the signs are clear: iPads are in, netbooks are out, and the tablet story has only just begun. Apple’s tablet may not yet quite provide all the utility a business traveller needs, but we know many travellers will choose to carry an iPad rather than a laptop on their next trip all the same.