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Apple tablet will succeed
August 9th, 2009 | 
Author: The Apple tablet, if it arrives, is an extension of a design that already has mass appeal–and does not require a leap of faith to believe it will succeed.
Qualcomm concept tablet based on Snapdragon chip
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The Apple iPhone and iPod are arguably small tablets–and consumers have demonstrated unmistakably that they love these devices. So, a larger, more versatile version of the iPod makes perfect sense.
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Apple censors a dictionary app
This is just getting ridiculous.
John Gruber at Daringfireball.net points to the latest example of an iPhone application being stymied by Apple’s App Store approval process. In this case, it’s a dictionary app called Ninjawords (so called because ninjas are “smart, accurate, and really fast”) that was rejected three times over the course of two months, mostly because “objectionable” words could be looked up and found in the dictionary’s search function, Gruber reported.
It’s a new version of an old story, but one that almost seems like a parody of the byzantine process of getting an app past the guardians of the App store. Here’s how it went down, according to Matchstick software’s Phil Crosby, one of the developers of Ninjawords, as told to John Gruber.
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FTC continues probe of Google-Apple tie-ups
We have been investigating the Google/Apple interlocking directorates issue for some time and commend them for recognizing that sharing directors raises competitive issues, as Google and Apple increasingly compete with each other. We will continue to investigate remaining interlocking directorates between the companies.
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Name that Netbook: What should Apple call its rumored tablet PC?
According to various rumors and reports, Apple’s got a new slate-style netbook in the works that may be announced as soon as next month. While we have no confirmation from Apple–or anybody else–that such a product really exists, that doesn’t mean we can’t do a little market survey and ask you what the thing should be called.
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Apple’s iDisk finally comes to the iPod, iPhone
After more than a month of waiting, Apple has finally brought its MobileMe iDisk application (app store link) to iPod and iPhone users. Originally announced during Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference in early July, the free iDisk app offers users of Apple’s MobileMe service a way to access files they, or their MobileMe contacts have stored on Apple’s servers.
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