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Apple iPad drives 124% growth in global tablet shipments, study says

By AppleInsider Staff In its Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast Report released on Tuesday, NPD DisplaySearch found that the tablet market continues to exhibit strong growth mainly being fueled by Apple’s hot-selling iPad. The first quarter of the 2012 calendar year saw Apple’s mobile PC business, which includes tablet and laptops, grow 118 percent [...]

Apple expected to spend $27 billion on semiconductors in 2012

By Josh Ong Published: 10:45 PM EST (07:45 PM PST) A new analysis expects Apple to remain the the world’s biggest chip buyer this year, projecting $27 billion worth of semiconductor purchases from the company in 2012. Dale Ford, IHS iSuppli’s head of electronics and semiconductor research, made the prediction at the firm’s Technology, Media [...]

Amazon planning to sell ads on Kindle Fire welcome screen

By Katie Marsal Published: 02:14 PM EST (11:14 AM PST) Amazon has reportedly begun pitching to advertising agencies the opportunity to advertise on the welcome screen of its Kindle Fire tablet for a price of $600,000. Details on the program were shared this week by an executive at an ad agency with Ad Age. Amazon [...]

Analysis: Now is the time to buy Apple stock

By Andy M. Zaky, Bullish Cross, Special to AppleInsider Since 2006, independent analyst and AppleInsider contributor Andy Zaky of Bullish Cross has only published four total public buy ratings on Apple stock. Read why on Thursday, he initiated his fifth buy rating for Apple, and first in 11 months. Today, we are initiating our 5th [...]

Slide.ly Is Bringing Back The Mashup With Its Social Slideshow Service

Sent to you via Google Reader Slide.ly Is Bringing Back The Mashup With Its Social Slideshow Service The lowly photo slideshow is not dead yet, or at least that’s the hope of the team at Tel Aviv-based EasyHi, which is debuting its new product Slide.ly today, backed by $1 million in seed funding. The company [...]

Moglue Makes It Dead Simple For Anyone To Create And Publish Interactive Ebooks

Creating and publishing content-rich, interactive ebooks without programming skills or distribution power: that’s the problem New York- and Seoul-based startup Moglue is trying to solve. The TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing finalist offers two products: MoglueBuilder (a desktop app that makes it dead simple for authors and artists to create and publish interactive ebooks) and MoglueBooks (an ebook store on iOS for users who [...]

Convertible Note Seed Financings: Econ 101 For Founders

Sent to you via Google Reader Convertible Note Seed Financings: Econ 101 For Founders Editor’s note: Scott Edward Walker is the founder and CEO of Walker Corporate Law Group, a boutique corporate law firm specializing in the representation of entrepreneurs. Check out his blog or follow him on Twitter as @ScottEdWalker. This post is the second part of a three-part primer on [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Highlights Android’s Tablet Problem

Sent to you via Google Reader Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Highlights Android’s Tablet Problem [REVIEW] Is the large-size Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 a worthy iPad alternative? With its 10.1-inch screen, this is the Samsung tablet that competes most directly with Apple‘s flagship “post PC” product. And with a price $100 cheaper than the entry-level [...]

Bye, Bye Waterfall: 5 Steps to Implement Responsive Web Design

Sent to you via Google Reader Bye, Bye Waterfall: 5 Steps to Implement Responsive Web Design Congratulations, you’ve finally convinced the powers that be that your next Web-design project needs to be responsive. It was tough work convincing them, but you can’t rest on your laurels now. The most critical decision of the project remains: [...]

How People Use iPhones and Androids in China

Sent to you via Google Reader [Infographic] How People Use iPhones and Androids in China Did you know that the majority of Android users in China are on a 2G network? That about 44% of Android users in China use HTC phones? That almost 14% of iPhone users in China have spent $10-$20 on paid [...]