The largest online book retailer Amazon.com sold more digital books than hardbacks between January and March, it said.
From April to June, the company sold 43% more digital books for its Kindle handheld device than hardback books, nearly three years after the electronic format became available, according to a press release on Monday, 19 July.
In June [...]
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Jeweler/gadget-monger Stuart Hughes is selling diamond-encrusted iPhone 4 devices for $20,000 — but order quickly, as only 50 of these items will be made.
These flashy gadgets come unlocked “for worldwide use” and absolutely sparkling with 6.5 carats of VVS quality, F-color diamonds and a flattering carrying case made of ostrich foot. The back of the [...]
In July Skype is offering free or cheap calls to landline telephones in all countries participating in the World Cup soccer tournament. 120 free minutes are available for calls to landline numbers in South Africa.
To be eligible, one must first register with Skype on the internet and, among other things, provide your credit card details [...]
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Some new iPhone 4 owners are having poor reception issues and Apple has responded to their concerns, the idea is essentially either “stop holding the phone that way” or “buy a case.”
Engadget reports that not only have company spokespeople issued a statement advising users to “avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a [...]
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Walt Disney Co president and chief executive Robert Iger says that Apple’s new iPad tablet computer may prove to be a “game changer” for the entertainment and media industry.
“We find that the iPad has a lot of potential,” Iger said in a conference call after Disney announced a first-quarter net profit of $844m, virtually unchanged [...]
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AT&T Inc, which has exclusive rights to the iPhone, will now allow Internet voice applications on Apple Inc’s iPhone, clearing the way for services such as Skype.
In an official statement, At&T informed Apple and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission of its decision, which was in response to a regulatory inquiry into the wireless industry.
“Today’s decision was made after [...]
Apple has appointed Michael Tchao as its vice president of product marketing.
Tchao rejoins Apple after a tenure as general manager at Nike+ and Nike Techlab where he oversaw armbands and trainers that integrated with the iPod.
During the late eighties and early nineties tchao spent eight years at Apple where he oversaw the launch of the Apple Newton, [...]
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Apple Inc chief executive Steve Jobs underwent a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital and has “an excellent prognosis”, the hospital that performed the operation confirmed on Tuesday.
Jobs, 54, received the transplant because he was “the sickest patient on the waiting list at the time a donor organ became available,” the Methodist University Hospital [...]
The iPhone 3GS, unveiled in San Francisco yesterday, will be available in the UK on June 19.
The latest Apple iPhone has prompted a web backlash as existing users demand cheap upgrades and new customers baulk at the price.
O2, which has the exclusive UK deal for iPhone, has been bombarded with criticism since details of the [...]
