Archives mensuelles : juin 2013

The Pirate3D Buccaneer printer has been successfully funded on Kickstarter, reaching $1,366,535 in funds—more than 13 times its original $100,000 goal. The Singaporean startup burst onto the scene in May with news of its relatively inexpensive printer. The Buccaneer cost $347 on Kickstarter, far cheaper than the Makerbot Replicator 2.0 at $2,199. For reference, the Form One, which has just started to ship, set its Kickstarter pledge at $2,299. The printer is pitched as a consumer device, and Pirate3D makes a library of objects available through a drag-and-drop Web-based GUI (graphical user interface), for people unfamiliar with CAD (computer aided design) software to customize objects. You can download its Android app to test out the interface. Pirate3D is placing so much emphasis on this interface that it is resting its future survival on its software hopes, said co-founder Roger Chang. “I’m certain you’ll see a fake Buccaneer within the next six months,” he sa...

By Gary Cheng:The second quarter of 2013 is drawing to a close and Apple (AAPL) is poised to report fiscal third quarter results in late-July. Fiscal third quarter revenue is seen to be light when compared to recent quarters. Apple's own revenue guidance made back in April was between $33.5 billion to $35.5 billion. Analysts are currently estimating that Apple will earn $7.33 per share on revenue of $35.2 billion, representing flat year-over-year growth in revenue but a 21% year-over-year decline in earnings. Some analysts are particularly downbeat on current and next quarter iPhone unit sales and have cut their estimates to as low as 24 million units in the current quarter and 25 million units in the next quarter after channel check suggests diminished production levels at Apple suppliers and iPhone inventory build-up at wireless carriers. However, in light of the recent trend in web searches on iPhone related Complete Story » ...

Research firm comScore is out today with its usual report covering U.S. smartphone subscriber market share for the three month period ending in May. Over the last three months Apple has gained in both categories including ‘top smartphone OEMs’ and ‘OS usage’, continuing its lead as the top smartphone manufacturer and growing its share of...

iOS 7 running on an iPhone 5
Somehow, Apple causes a frenzy every time the company introduces a new product, and its newest mobile operating system, iOS 7, is no exception to the rule.
Earlier this month, Apple announced the forthcoming iOS 7 at its developers conference in San Francisco. The new system has a pretty striking visual. I didn’t think Apple products could look cleaner or simpler, but enough about its aesthetic.
Here are some conclusions I think journalists can draw from iOS 7’s features and functionality:
Reporters are even better equipped to make their iPhones a “one stop shop” of sorts
Gone are the days when writers had to lug around reporter’s notebooks, laptops and tape recorders. At a moment’s notice, you might have to get up and go with only your iPhone in your bag.
Some pretty fascinating experiments have been done on reporting solely with an iPhone in the past, and 10,000 Words’ Lauren Rabaino wrote a piece on the concept a couple years back. It doesn’t seem possib ...

Maintenant que les programmeurs ont pu commencer à expérimenter sérieusement iOS7, les plus prolixes partagent leurs constatations. Allen Pike notait, par exemple, les nombreux éléments d'interface exigeant de lourds calculs de la part du smartphone, présents à de nombreux emplacements du système, les effets de flou par exemple. Ce faisant, Apple a...

ByMoney Investor:BlackBerry (BBRY) this morning reported its Q1 2014 fiscal year earnings. This is a bomb of a report. The company did not release the total number of BB10 units sold. The EPS number was negative and missed expectations. The only positive at all is the company continued to build its cash which will support the stock, but at what price? BlackBerry has traded down over 15% in pre-market trading. The earnings call will be more critical than ever for BlackBerry. Tune in to it before you trade today.
Earnings Highlights
Diving into the earnings report here are the critical figures, their context, and a quick take on how I am interpreting each figure and how the Street might interpret...

Becoming a Web business isn’t as easy as it looks. Take the weight loss giant Jenny Craig. I’m on my second day of the program in an effort to lose baby weight. I picked Jenny Craig, because I know people who’ve had success on it, and I love the idea of someone else planning meals for me. Part of the...

Bill Gates spent $8.7 million on an equestrian estate in Wellington, Florida, Gossip Extra reports.  Gates is the richest man in the world with a net worth of $70 billion, according to Bloomberg's Billionaire Index. For Gates, buying this mansion is like a normal person buying a nice sandwich.  Two times previously Gates had rented the home. The combined cost of those rentals was $1.1 million, Gossip Extra says. At that price, Gates might as well just buy it.  He bought the house because Wellington is a big horse area. His daughter is training to be a world-class show jumping rider, according to Gossip Extra.  His other neighbors include Michael Bloomberg, Frank McCourt, and other wealthy individuals.  We have photos of his new place, via Zillow, though they're not the highest resolution.An overview of the estate. What the house looks like. A bathroom...

En mai dernier, Windows Phone a pris la troisième position des OS mobiles, chipant la place à BlackBerry. Mais cela ne suffit pas au géant de Redmond qui vise déjà la seconde place, comme il l’explique dans une interview à The Verge...