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While Apple’s [AAPL] online store was offline for a few hours earlier today, as reported by various news outlets, and even some blogs, it seems that it has resumed online operations. What Happened to the Quad-Core Mac Pro? When I went to check on the online site myself, I certainly did see the new drop [...]

In case you were wondering if Amazon [AMZN] has been resting on the laurels of its successful Kindle re-imaginings, rest assured that they have been taking further steps in their server-based services offerings. Today, if you have logged into Amazon.com, you were greeted with something that looks a bit like this: Yep, it’s true: Amazon [...]

Well, maybe you’d like to know. While I was toying with the idea of coughing up a nice summarization of the Things That Have Come Before, the folks at Engadget already have such a post. Of course, this means that you have gripes about their content… you should let them know.

The situation concerning the open source projects previously maintained by Sun Microsystems has been slowly degenerating since the company’s acquisition by Oracle [ORCL], and it would be nice for a better understanding about what is still “what” after this past year of consolidation… especially when it comes to the vast array of Java-related projects. If [...]

iPhone Coming to Verizon

January 11, 2011 at 8:00 AM

in Gadgetry,Services

It is anticipated that Verizon [VZ] will officially announce the availability of a CDMA-capable version of Apple’s [AAPL] iPhone device on their cellular network. This is one of those stories that has been circulating for quite sometime, at this point. Various news outlets have reported that the network carrier issue has been the major obstacle [...]

Later today, Apple [AAPL] will finally open its Mac App Store, which caters to electronic software distribution (ESD) for Mac software to the current install base of OS X updated Macs. This is something that has been tantalizing software developers since the introduction of the “regular” App Store catering to the iOS devices. After all, [...]

Not to be outdone by other e-tailers and even brick-and-mortar retailers, Amazon.com [AMZN] has furthered its reach, since the “online” Black Friday deals and yesterday’s Cyber Monday sale… by adding yet more deals as the winter holiday sales season rages onward, toward the inevitable Christmas splurginess (yeah, not really a universally recognized term yet, but [...]

Remember FeedBurner?

October 28, 2010 at 10:22 AM

in Services

Do you remember FeedBurner? Uh-huh. That one. Yep. Yeah, right.

Apple’s [AAPL] lockstep dance with AT&T [T] as its exclusive 3G service provider may be ending, with Verizon [VZ] showing up to the dance hall seemingly first. So what’s a mobile data services consumer going to do?

Hmm? Mmm… Brains…