Showing posts with label Scott Forstall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scott Forstall. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Amazon's Kindle Family: Weekend Sales More Than Double On Last Year, Cyber Monday Biggest Of All - and my own blog posts overview

The field of technology is always moving. Let's take a look at which companies have been in the news.

Who shall we look at first? Well, it's Android (operating system) and Windows Phone...
- Kantar Worldpanel: Apple Shoots Back To Top Of U.S. Smartphone Sales On An iPhone 5 Rocket, Android Leading Elsewhere from techcrunch.com
- Nook for Android and IOS Gets Updated, Comes to the UK from mashable.com



What else do we have? Well, there's Kindle Fire and Amazon Kindle:
- Amazon's Kindle Family: Weekend Sales More Than Double On Last Year, Cyber Monday Biggest Of All from techcrunch.com
- Kindle Did Pretty Well For Itself Over The Weekend from www.webpronews.com

Did you see all the discussion about Windows Phone and Microsoft Corporation? Here are the most interesting bits:
- Bing Adds Translator App for Windows Phone 8 - "For Windows Phone users Bing has just released their freeBing Translator appfor Windows Phone 8" - said www.searchenginejournal.com
- Bing Translator App Now On Windows Phone 8 - www.webpronews.com

Let's finish up with a look at iOS and Android.
- Apple Reportedly Fires The Manager Directly In Charge Of The iOS 6 Maps Team - "A report today from Bloomberg claims that Apple SVP Eddy Cue, who took over control of Maps from Scott Forstall when that senior executive and iOS architect departed the company, has fired Richard Williamson (bishop) a manager who oversaw the Maps team" - said techcrunch.com





Thursday, November 1, 2012

Kantar: Apple iPhone 5 Slows Android's Growth In U.S., U.K. - But Android Continues To Expand Marketshare Across Europe, To 67.1% - along with my links overview

The field of technology hardly ever stands still. Let's take a look at which organizations have been making news.

In our first little bunch, let's take a look at the websites discussing Android (operating system) and Apple Inc.:
- Kantar: Apple iPhone 5 Slows Android's Growth In U.S., U.K. - But Android Continues To Expand Marketshare Across Europe, To 67.1% from techcrunch.com
- Android Catches IOS Hits 700,000 Apps from www.webpronews.com

4G and London seemed to come up a great deal too:
- U.K.'s First 4G Network, 4GEE, Goes Lives In 11 Cities; 700 Orange, T-Mobile Stores Rebranded; 10,000 Staff Trained To Sell 4G from techcrunch.com
- UK's First 4G Service Arrives in 11 Cities from mashable.com

Scott Forstall and Jonathan Ive were brought up a lot too:
- Shakeup at Apple: Scott Forstall Leaving, Jony Ive Taking Larger Role - "Late yesterday afternoon, Apple announced a major overhaul of the upper level management structure in Cupertino. According to the Apple press release, Scott Forstall will be leaving Apple next year and will serve as a personaladviserto CEO, Tim Cook until his departure" - said www.searchenginejournal.com
- Reports Claim Forstall And Browett Were Asked To Leave Apple Following Crucial Missteps - techcrunch.com
- Apple Cans Scott Forstall Over Maps, Retail Chief Out As Well - www.webpronews.com