The headline is a question the company’s shareholders have to answer soon. Apple will hold its annual meeting next week, and on Apple’s proxy ballot is a measure that if approved would compel the company to publish a Sustainability report.
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Food, food, glorious food. From the finest dining experience to the most satisfying of burgers, we all crave one type or another. And when that craving hits – where to go? What type — Chinese, Italian, Mediterranean? I don’t want to spend time debating the issue — I WANT TO EAT!! How about just the local pub? I don’t care – I JUST WANT TO EAT!
Enter Zagat ToGo (mobile.zagat.com/iphone.htm), which costs US$9.99.
Read MoreBytemobile (http://www.bytemobile.com), which specializes in mobile Internet solutions, has released its first-quarter “2010 Mobile Minute Metrics report,” which anonymously sources the aggregate data traffic in a global cross-section of Bytemobile customers’ wireless networks and provides insight into the current state of the mobile ecosystem. And the iPhone plays a big role in that ecosystem.
Analysis of various 3G networks indicates that the data traffic mix is consistent across geographies –– with video as the dominant form of traffic. Other key data from the report:
Read MoreThe iPad and the expected entry of others such as Google into the e-book space will cut Amazon’s share of e-book sales from 90% to 35% over the next five years, Credit Suisse analyst Spencer Wang told clients in a note on Wednesday.
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If you like to listen to audiobooks on your Mac, Splasm Software’s Audiobook Builder (http://www.splasm.com/audiobookbuilder/index.htm), a US$9.95 Mac only tool (take that, Windows!) can make your life easier. It’s a breeze to use. It’s a timesaver, too, since it deals with the complexities of audiobooks behind the scenes.
Audiobook Builder lets you import your Audiobook CDs (or tracks that are already on your Mac), organize them and output one or two files that your iPod recognizes as actual audiobooks.
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