Posts Tagged ‘iPhone’
Twitter announced yesterday that Twitter for the iPhone and iPod Touch is now available for free on the iTunes App Store. According to the announcement, users do not need a Twitter account to enjoy the application. Users without a Twitter account can download the app to browse trends, read top tweets, find popular users and read public tweets. However, new users who wish to open an account can sign up within the application without having to visit the Twitter website.
Steve Jobs wants to save us from Adobe Flash, our PC’s and Now Porn
Steve Jobs has gone crazy. Taking the bait on a late-night e-mail from Valleywag Editor Ryan Tate, Jobs defended Apple’s App Store for offering “freedom from porn,” among other things.
Google’s Android operating system edged out Apple’s iPhone operating system for the No. 2 spot in the U.S. consumer smartphone market in the first quarter, research firm NPD Group reported Monday.
Steve told us it’d be revolutionary, and if sales are the measure of a device’s success, then the iPad seems to be well on track to validating its creator’s bold claims. This past Friday, “just 28 days after its introduction,” Apple sold its millionth iPad. 1.5 million ebooks have already been downloaded to the device, along with 12 million apps. Steve Jobs has also taken time from his busy essay-writing schedule to remind us that that’s less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve the milestone with the original iPhone, and demand for the “magical” slate continues to outstrip supply.
Baidu, which operates the largest search engine portal in China, announced on Thursday that its first-quarter profits had increased by 165 percent. According to The Associated Press, profits rose thanks to increased advertising revenue and volume of advertising customers.