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Another Move To Make The iPad Enterprise-Friendly: Harmon.ie’s iOS SharePoint Collaboration

harmonie logoThe iPad has, quite quickly, become the tablet of choice for enterprises, with some 97 percent of all tablet activations in Q1 of 2012 attributable to Apple's tablet, according to Good Technology. So it comes as no surprise that apps...

What’s In A Name? Australia Wants Apple To ‘Change The Name’ Of The iPad Over 4G Incompatibility

ipad australia 4gLooks like we may see another development today in Apple's ongoing iPad/4G controversy in Australia. The country's Competition and Consumer Commission is meeting with Apple in court again today to try to get Apple to officially change the name of...

Jumptap: Early Days For The New iPad Show A ‘Heavy’ But Still Marginal Impact On Traffic

new-ipad-black-640x480.jpegThe new iPad from Apple has so far smashed all of its own sales records for previous tablet models, selling 3 million units in its opening weekend, with total sales projections for 2012 at up to 66 million. But according to...

Foxconn To Invest $1.6B In Sharp For Flat Panels, Maybe For The iPad? Maybe For Apple TV?

foxconnstoresApple has yet to make any statements about where and when we might ever see an Apple TV product to match the impact it has had in the smartphone and tablet markets. But news of an investment by its key manufacturing partner, Foxconn, could...

WiFi Rules, OK? Only 6% Of iPad Sessions Come From Cellular Networks

ipad LTE iconThere has been some anecodotal evidence about how WiFi is by far the most popular way to connect on a tablet, but some numbers out from Localytics spell out just how little traffic is coming from 3G (and now 4G)...

If Barnes & Noble Wants To Take Its Nook Tablet Abroad, It Has A Lot Of Work To Do

barnes_and_noble_nook_tablet_1161200_g2An enlightening and frustrating evening in equal measure this evening in London, where Barnes & Noble sponsored a Nook developer event and panel discussion on the state of the tablet market. The bookseller is definitely planning to launch its tablet outside of the...

IDC: Apple’s iPad Rules Tablet Sales Today But Android Makers Will Overtake It By 2016

IDC tablet forecastWith news of Apple's new iPad selling out its first run due to overwhelming demand, 2012 is off to a galloping start for the tablet market; and because of that IDC is upping its forecasts for how many tablets will...

With Catalogs, Apple Could Be Making Big Moves In M-Commerce

Screen shot 2012-03-07 at 17.31.11Yesterday word began to emerge that Apple had created a new section in the app store: Catalogs, where it has slowly started to funnel apps that would have previously been in other categories like Lifestyle. The news was...

The Pinterest Effect: Conde Nast Casts ‘Easy Living’ In The Mold Of Hot New Social Network

Screen shot 2012-02-22 at 11.45.32They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Done right, it can also help the imitator tap into the zeitgeist and pick up more followers as a result. That looks like it might have been some of the...

Court Reportedly Rules Against Apple In China As The iPads Keep Rolling Out Of Foxconn

chinapple2A local court in the Guangdong province of China has apparently ruled against Apple in its ongoing case against Proview over the iPad trademark, with the decision that distributors should stop selling iPad tablets in China. The news is a step in the...

For All The Phones In China, Apple Actually Lost Market Share In Q4

chinapple2Apple has an undeniably huge opportunity in China, but it is still facing some big challenges. As the iPhone maker claimed the top spot as the world's biggest smartphone vendor in the last quarter (October-December), it actually slipped in the rankings in...

Yes, It’s True: Kids Are Tablet Fiends. And Gaming Apps Are The Winners

kids on tabletsIf you own a tablet and have children, chances are that this will not come as news to you. For those who don't but work in mobile, it's something worth remembering when you're concocting up your next big product: Kids...

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