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Apple Store Is Highest Grossing Retailer on Fifth Avenue

The 10,000-square-foot Mac Mecca at the corner of 59th Street and Fifth Avenue in Midtown is pulling in an estimated $350 million annually.READ»

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Work/Life: I'll Never Find Another You...BlackBerry-Wise

As I head out to NBTA (i.e., the 2009 National Business Travel Association International Convention & Exposition) in San Diego... ... I have to admit I can't make it to California without my BlackBerry. I'm embarrassed ...READ»

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Posterous Makes iPhone Photoblogging Ingenious

There are plenty of ways to blog a cat, and nearly all the tools out there work fine. But make no mistake: there's a blogging arms race going on.Arguably the three most advanced contenders--slick, free Web 2.0 tools with ...READ»

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Apple Not Only Wanted "No Poaching" Deal With Google, It Wanted One With Palm Too

Now this is interesting: As well as an agreement with Google to avoid hiring staff from one another, Steve Jobs wanted the same from Palm. But Palm's CEO Ed Colligan turned him down flat . What's going on here? The news surfaced ...READ»

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Five Cities That Got Civic Apps Before San Francisco (Sorry, Gavin)

This morning, San Francisco mayor (and 2010 gubernatorial candidate) Gavin Newsom announced the launch of DataSF.org, a Web site that will serve as a hub for the mountains of data streaming out of San Francisco's government agencies. ...READ»

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To Combat iPhone, Microsoft Unleashes Slowness, Confusion

Microsoft will use one version of its Windows Mobile operating system to combat Android sales, and another version against the iPhone, According to Digitimes. The hare-brained two-tier strategy won't roll out until October, when ...READ»

Layar: The Web Browser for Reality - Coming Soon to iPhone

Layar: The Web Browser for Reality - Coming Soon to iPhone

You've heard a lot about Augmented Reality recently, but what is it--and why should you care? We spoke with one of the founders of Layar, an Amsterdam company that is leading the charge with their smartphone app, to gain insight.READ»

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Turnkey iPhone Apps Are Neat, Waste of Money

Everyone needs an iPhone app. Or so you'd think, give the launch of a new Web service called SWebapps. The site, which launched officially today, allows you to quickly and easily roll your own iPhone app and get it into the App Store ...READ»

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Irate Man Shoots iPhone With 9mm, Accidentally Proves iPhone's Quality

Would you ever guess that such a svelte gadget could stop a bullet? It can.READ»

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Google Voice iphone Webapp Review

The Google Voice webapp is great for everyone but far-sighted blackmailersREAD»

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Which Tablet (PC) Will You Swallow--Apple's or Android's?

As speculation increases on the InterWebs about Apple's mythical tablet Mac, spurred by some leaked video, another cool-looking tablet MID has surfaced, and this one's powered by Google's Android. It's the year of the tablet ...READ»

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Six Overlooked iPhone Apps

Apple likes to tout that there are 50,000 apps in the App Store, but that means that plenty of good apps fall through the cracks. Here are six that didn't make it into Cupertino's TV ad campaign, but should have.AirCam | ...READ»

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Why Is Dell's Mini3i Smartphone China-Only?

The long-awaited entry of the venerable PC maker into the smartphone business is almost here. But only in China. The specter of the iPhone casts a global shadow.READ»

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Meet the Multitouch Interface of the Future

The advantages of user interfaces such as that of the iPhone may be moving to the desktop PC and the standard keyboard.READ»

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8GB iPhone 3G S En Route--What the Heck Are Apple's Plans?

Color us fascinated by this: According to leaked Rogers Wireless info, Apple has an 8GB version of its new iPhone 3G S on the way. It's a move to tap into the lower-spending market, but it has us wondering exactly what Apple's got ...READ»

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Fast Food Goes Mobile With GoMobo

Impatient? A little lazy? Perk up--this one's for you. GoMobo, the latest option in ordering and receiving food as quickly as possible, lets users order and pay for fast food via text, allowing them to pick up their order without ...READ»

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The Best (and Worst) Hacks of Defcon Computer Security Conference 2009

Computer security is a famously murky world that tends to generate alarmist headlines--like the ones about Apple's vulnerabilities from last week. Defcon 2009 has just finished, and lived up to this reputation in many, surprising, ...READ»

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Seven (More) Reasons to Ditch Your iPhone

It's been a nasty week for iPhone users. Apple has buckled to pressure from AT&T and denied Google's Voice application from the App Store: a nifty service that helps you consolidate phones and manage your voicemail online.READ»

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Will AT&T Implode After its iPhone Contract?

AT&T radically underestimated how the Internet had changed media: in-depth, dispassionate investigations were replaced by unhinged editorializing. T'd-off iphone users have leveraged the power of interconnected media to bring an ...READ»

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Five Groundbreaking Augmented Reality Socializing Apps

The next generation of social-media powered AR apps will make it easier to create connections in meatspace.READ»

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Your iPhone Could Kill Cellphone Towers, Steal Your Identity

That iPhone in your pocket is nasty. If you're not careful about screening SMS's it can steal your personal details. And if you're careless enough to jailbreak the thing, it can kill cell-phone masts. Seriously--even Apple says ...READ»

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Nissan Intros iPhone App, Automated Driver, and Scented A/C While G.M. Makes Coffee

This morning, the Tokyo-based automaker announced four new developments: Forest-scented A/C, an automated turn assistant, a brand-new EV, and a remote-control iPhone app. With no major auto shows on the horizon, it's a bizarre time for Nissan to tantalize the blogosphere.READ»

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What We Want From an Apple Tablet

In a word: Apps. Apple is said to be planning a tablet, and it'll live and die by its app store even more than the iPhone.READ»

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How to Add Custom Apps to Your Palm Pre

The Pre has been getting plenty of attention for its Apple-spoofing iTunes trick, but what's more material to the device is its selection of apps. Now there are two pieces of software that let you download custom apps to your Pre from ...READ»

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Need to Track Your Body Fat? There's an iPhone App For That

First there was an iPhone app to track your happiness, and now there's one to let you carry the stats on your exact level of flabbiness everywhere you go--a misery tracker, perhaps. It's all thanks to a wi-fi-connected weighing scale, ...READ»

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