Top Items:
Verne G. Kopytoff / New York Times:
Sales and Profit Surge for Apple, but Its Margins Slip — SAN FRANCISCO — Strong sales of iPads, iPhones and even Mac computers produced record revenue and profit for Apple in its fourth quarter. — It was not enough, however, to sustain Wall Street's exuberance for the consumer electronics company …
Discussion:
The Register, Bits, Between the Lines Blog, TechCrunch and TechEye
RELATED:
AppleInsider:
Steve Jobs squashes rumors of smaller, 7-inch iPad from Apple — Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on Monday took pause during his company's fourth quarter conference call to extinguish rumors that the company is working on a smaller iPad based around a 7-inch screen.
Discussion:
ReadWriteWeb, 9 to 5 Mac, Liliputing, Tech Trader Daily, Engadget, winandmac.com, eHomeUpgrade, WebProNews, Electronista, Gizmodo and MacRumors
Apple:
Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results — Record Mac, iPhone and iPad Sales Highest Revenue and Earnings Ever — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter ended September 25, 2010. The Company posted record revenue of $20.34 billion and net quarterly profit …
Discussion:
Silicon Alley Insider, Mashable!, Gadget Lab, TechCrunch, Daring Fireball, Fortune, AppleInsider, App Advice, Between the Lines Blog, Engadget, VentureBeat, Internet2Go, The Seattle Times, MediaMemo, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Macworld, TidBITS, TechSpot, Seeking Alpha, The Atlantic Online, mocoNews, Hardware 2.0 Blog, The Jason Calacanis Weblog, CNET News, MediaPost Raw, DailyTech, The Register, Mercury News, Open IT Strategies, IntoMobile, Epicenter, MacStories, TiPb, Boy Genius Report, everythingiCafe, TheAppleBlog, The Next Web, Mixed Media, iSmashPhone, TUAW, iPhone Hacks, iLounge, Edible Apple and LOOPRumors
Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
Steve Jobs's Epic 5-Minute Anti-Google Rant — In a surprise, Steve Jobs joined Apple's Q3 earnings call today. — He used his time to rip into Google. — A sample: — “Many Android OEMs install proprietary user-interfaces to differentiate themselves from the commodity Android experience.
Discussion:
TechFlash, Apple, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, Neowin.net, TiPb and The Next Web
Tricia Duryee / mocoNews:
Apple's Steve Jobs Rants About His Competitors: 'Open Doesn't Always Win' — Steve Jobs doesn't usually participate in the company's quarterly earnings conference call, but he says he couldn't help stopping by to celebrate the company's first $20 billion quarter.
Discussion:
Ars Technica, TechCrunch, AppleInsider and CBS News
Nick Eaton / The Microsoft Blog:
Ray Ozzie leaving post as Microsoft's chief software architect — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today announced that Ray Ozzie, who was up until now the company's chief software architect, will be leaving the post. … In the meantime, here's the full text from Ballmer's e-mail to all Microsoft employees:
RELATED:
Microsoft:
Steve Ballmer E-mail to Employees on Ray Ozzie Transition — Text of an internal Microsoft e-mail sent by Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer to employees announcing the transition of Ray Ozzie. — From: Steveb — To: Microsoft - All Employees
Discussion:
Datamation, Ars Technica, The Register, Computerworld, Xconomy, GigaOM, ReadWriteWeb, Macworld, BetaNews, Bits, CNET News, Silicon Alley Insider, Boy Genius Report, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, All about Microsoft Blog, Faster Forward, The Next Web, paidContent, Seattle Times, Network World, Mashable!, DailyTech, Tim Anderson's ITWriting, TechFlash, The Microsoft Blog, DailyFinance and Engadget, Thanks:dsilverman
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Fear And Loathing At The Wall Street Journal — Ahhhhhhhhhahhhaha! — The inmates are now running the asylum. — All anyone is talking about today is the series of articles that the Wall Street Journal has written about a “Privacy Breach” at Facebook.
RELATED:
Kashmir Hill / The Not-So Private Parts:
Did the Wall Street Journal Overreact to Facebook Privacy ‘Breach’?
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News:
Has Facebook lost control of the Platform?
Discussion:
Tom Foremski, Digits, Computerworld, L.A. Times Tech Blog and GameLife
Boy Genius Report:
Next Apple iPhone (Verizon model) hits “AP” field test stage, iPhone 5 hits “EVT” stage? — One of our solid Apple sources has just let us know some pretty interesting (and exciting) information surrounding Apple's upcoming iPhone devices. For starters, we have been told that iPhone model 3,2 …
Discussion:
Engadget, IntoMobile, SlashGear, MacRumors, PhoneDog.com, 9 to 5 Mac, MacStories, Gizmodo, Electronista, I4U News, iClarified, iSmashPhone, everythingiCafe and Gizmodo Australia
Quentyn Kennemer / Android Phone Fans:
[Exclusive] First Android Gingerbread Details — We've heard countless reports that it's out there. We know it's still in development and we know some Googlers have it loaded onto their Nexus Ones. I'm talking about the Android Gingerbread update, of course, and we can finally bring …
Discussion:
Gizmodo Australia, Androinica, Neowin.net, Computerworld, Droid Life, IntoMobile, Gizmodo, Android Community, TG Daily, pocketnow.com, PhoneDog.com and Erictric
Rajat Mukherjee / Google Enterprise Blog:
The new Google Search Appliance - a bridge to the cloud — In the last year, businesses have started using cloud-based applications from Google and other technology providers at an accelerated rate. While many organizations still have information that resides in on-premise systems …
Mack Lu / Google Public Policy Blog:
More transparency and control over location — (Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog) — We've always focused on offering people the most relevant results. Location is one important factor we've used for many years to customize the information that you find.
Discussion:
The Next Web, ReadWriteWeb, Download Squad, CNET News, MWD Tech News, Search Engine Land, Erictric and WebProNews
Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac:
New MacBook Air Has a Bigger Battery, Sharper Case [Independent Confirmation] — Apple's new MacBook Air will be thinner, lighter and boxier than the current model. Mockup exclusively for CultofMac.com by Dan Draper. — On Wednesday, Steve Jobs will likely introduce a redesigned 13.3-inch MacBook Air …
Discussion:
AppleInsider, Tech Trader Daily, Business Wire, Digital Trends, Obsessable, winandmac.com, O'Grady's PowerPage, MacRumors, The Toybox Blog, GottaBeMobile, Gizmodo, Pocket-lint, Electronista, Technologizer, Gear Live, Gadget Lab, Hardware 2.0 Blog, SlashGear, MacStories, 9 to 5 Mac, iClarified, I4U News, GeekSugar and Network World
Nick Saint / Silicon Alley Insider:
Facebook Marketing Platform Buddy Media Raises $23 Million — Buddy Media CEO Mike Lazerow just announced that the company has raised a $23 million round led by Institutional Venture Partners. — It's no secret that the Facebook marketing company has been growing rapidly this year …
Discussion:
TechCrunch, SocialTimes.com and MediaPost Raw
CARL Book Beacon:
Twitter can do WHAT with your photos? — If you're a big user of the microblogging service Twitter like we are here, you know that Twitter has been making some changes. There is more streamlining, information's available all in one view, it's easier to send updates or replies …
Discussion:
ReadWriteWeb
Chitika, Inc.:
Top Two iPhone Search Engines: Both Google — Top Two iPhone Search Engines Both Google — Google dominates search in the iPhone market, carrying as much as 97% of all iPhone search traffic, according to the latest data from online ad network Chitika. That level of dominance begs the question, where does it come from?
Discussion:
App Advice, Search Engine Land, GigaOM, ReadWriteWeb and IntoMobile
John D. Sutter / CNN:
Smartphones: Our national obsession — Editor's Note: This is the first story in a five-day series about smartphones and their impact on our lives and culture. — (CNN) — Doug Wilson takes his smartphone everywhere. — When the 28-year-old wakes up, he snatches the phone from the nightstand …
Discussion:
ThinkMobile, The Awl and Gizmodo
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Determined to Crack the Social Code — Google has been stunningly adept at devising computer algorithms to help people search the Internet. But when it comes to building features for social networking, the company has been much less effective. — And changing that is one of the company's biggest business challenges these days.
Discussion:
ChasNote, At Your Servers, MediaPost and Hillicon Valley
Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
Amazon leaks Oct 20 iLife ship date, lower $49.99 price point? — Pssst: Looking forward to iLife? Head over to Amazon Germany and you'll find a little pop-up telling you — helpfully — it will be available from 20 October 2010. Surprise? Probably not.
Discussion:
MacStories, SlashGear, TUAW, Startup Meme and MacRumors
Nick Eaton / The Microsoft Blog:
Another Windows 7 tablet review shows it's just not the right combination — First the HP Slate and now a tablet from Tegatech called the Tega v2. Initial reviews are coming to the same conclusion as many of us in tech journalism: Windows 7 just ain't cut out for tablets.
Discussion:
GottaBeMobile and Liliputing
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Microsoft's Billion Dollar Media Bailout Plan — The advertising recovery is already in the works, but this could help move it along quite nicely: Close to a billion dollars in marketing money, courtesy of Microsoft. — That's what Steve Ballmer and company will spend to push …
Discussion:
IntoMobile, Engadget, Joystiq, Boy Genius Report, VentureBeat, DailyTech, Kotaku, Silicon Alley Insider, The Next Web, VG247 and Neowin.net, more at Mediagazer »
