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Web Site by Stanford Experts Monitors App Security
With Apple Inc.'s iPad rolling out this weekend, developers are scrambling to create new applications -- or apps. But are they safe? That's the question a new Web site hopes to help answer. Internet security experts at Stanford University launched a site Friday that reviews how well certain Web and mobile applications protect users' privacy. ...
Apple Sells More Than 300,000 iPads on First Day
Apple Inc. said Monday that it delivered more than 300,000 iPads on its opening day. Meeting expectations of some analysts while underscoring the challenges the company still faces marketing the device beyond early adopters. The total seemed modest given the weeks of hype about the revolutionary nature of Apple's new touch-screen tablet device. Furthermore, the ...
Apple to Preview iPhone OS 4 This Week
Before all the iPad buzz has even had a chance to fizzle, Apple this morning sent e- mails inviting press to a sneak preview of the next-generation iPhone operating system. The event is scheduled for Thursday, 10 a.m. PT at Apple headquarters. Apple has not officially disclosed any details about its next iPhone OS, but a ...
Pandora Unveils iPad App
Among the various iPad apps that are making their debut Friday is Pandora, which has optimized its popular Internet radio iPhone app for Apple's tablet. “When we started thinking about how to bring Pandora to the iPad, my thought process was, what are people really going to do with a device like this that has this ...
Twitter: A Box Office Oracle
Silicon Valley researchers say they can predict a film's opening- weekend take by monitoring tweets. Want to know how “Clash of the Titans" will fare at the box office this weekend? Check Twitter. So say two Silicon Valley researchers who claim they have discovered a way to use the popular social media service to gauge real-time ...
Apple's Ipad: One Small Step for Tablets, One Giant Leap for Personal Computers
On the eve of the launch of Apple's iPad, I am thinking of Ed Roberts. He never became a household name, but as the man behind the Altair computer -- a kit for lunatic tech hobbyists released in 1975 -- he was responsible for launching the microcomputer era. When nearly everyone in technology thought that computers ...
10 Apps We're Excited to Try On Ipad Launch Day
Apple fans have two time-sucking activities to look forward to this weekend: playing with the iPad for the very first time and trying out brand-new tablet apps. The first wave of iPad reviews describe a device that is simple, easy to use and visually stunning. But for our part, what we're looking forward to most is ...
The First Reviews of Apple's iPad on Sale Today
The early reviews for the iPad are in, and they're certainly going to make Steve Jobs happy. Apple handed out iPads to a few select publications a couple of days early, and the critical consensus is overwhelmingly positive. The usual reviewers from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, as well as a ...
Guvera Launches Quietly in U.S.
Ad supported music service Guvera entered public beta yesterday, but without many of its key features including activated. The site went live in Australia, where the company is based, several weeks ago. When its fully operational, Guvera's model goes beyond the “watch an ad and get a download" model by engaging the user more deeply and ...
Twitter Redesigns Home Page, Shows Top Tweets
The second “new" Twitter home page in just a few months adds top tweets that update every few seconds. It also highlights a random sampling of suggested sources. Hover over them to see a profile summary and their latest tweet. Trending topics scroll across the top of the page. Hovering over some of these trends will ...
