This year, CTIA Wireless 2009 is being held April 1 – 3, 2009 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, as opposed to last year’s venue. Given the dominance that Apple [AAPL] has demonstrated in the mobile device application development arena, it would certainly be surprising to see how many competitors will rise to the challenge [...]
Conferences
As we’ve seen mentioned here earlier, the Macworld Expo 2009 has had to launch while contending with the lack of Steve Jobs as an official keynote speaker this year and the news that Apple [AAPL] will withdraw their official attendance next year. But, the mega Mac Daddy of trade shows is also kicking off this [...]
Well, now that Apple’s [AAPL] Macworld Expo 2009 keynote announcements have been revealed, here are the take-home items to ponder… The New 17″ MacBook Pro For a lot of coding and creative professionals, the 17″ MBP has been their somewhat-portable mainstay. As a desktop replacement, it’s been hard to beat. What has hampered its greater [...]
In a few hours (i.e., later today), the 2009 edition of the Macworld Expo starts. Already, the vendors have been prepping for their exhibits, and the various presenters are trying to get psyched for the conference. Despite Apple’s [AAPL] recent announcements concerning its no-Jobs-keynote and withdrawal from the conference after this one, and Steve Jobs’ [...]
As you’ve probably heard, there are some dramatic changes coming to the Macworld Expo 2009. The most sensational news seems to be that Steve Jobs will not give the infamous opening keynote any longer; he has left the duties as Apple’s [AAPL] frontman for the techie festivities to Phil Schiller. You may recall Phil from [...]
Folks, it’s official: if you plunked down big buck$ for those U.S. Presidential Inaugural tickets in the front row, you most likely just gave your money to a spammer, con artist, and/or identity thief. The feds’ stance is quite simple: the tickets are free and are going to be doled out to the various Congress [...]
As I sit here, steeling myself for the trip to the polling place (a nearby elementary school, in my case), I’m watching a bit of TV on my Mac Pro, seeing how the early voting is coming along. I thought it was bizarre to see Obama looking over his wife’s shoulder while both were voting [...]
Tomorrow, Microsoft’s [MSFT] Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2008 starts, and runs until October 30, 2008. In addition to a schedule chock-full of content for developers, there is some anticipation among the reporters and analysts that maybe more details will be revealed about Windows 7. N.B. If you aren’t able to attend PDC 2008, but you [...]
Just in time for the holiday season, and to entice the developer community to reconsider the “big wigs” for the next year: The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced that next year’s E3 will be held June 2-4, at the Los Angeles Convention Center again. The earlier date gives game developers additional time to get [...]
Hurry up, before it’s too late! For those of you who were wondering what that odd blurb in the booklet and the inside jacket of your Soulcalibur IV game case was all about… the tournament for Namco’s Soulcalibur IV has officially kicked off. Already, the first of the three Brackets has filled up. However, you still have [...]
