Things are pretty good with Bezos and company. So good, in fact, that Wall Street overestimated Amazon's performance for the second quarter of the year. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
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Shipments of media tablets, a la Apple's iPad, are expected to hit 46 million units in 2014, jumping from the 7.6 million forecast to ship this year, says IDC. Read this blog post by Lance Whitney on Apple.
John B. Judis of The New Republic gives four reasons why an iPad isn't worth the money. Though much awaited in his own household, Judis found found that the equipment just wasn't worth the price.
Though Mark Fiore's app was rejected from the App Store for being overly political in December, once Steve Jobs called its rejection a mistake, it took less than a week to get it approved. Read this blog post by Erica Ogg on Circuit Breaker.
Best Buy has sold out of the iPad at all 673 of its U.S. stores with Apple shops. In contrast, Apple stores are maintaining stock.
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The president of Chinese hardware manufacturer, Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial, told reporters that the iPad was a copy of their own tablet PC. by Kevin Kwang ZDNet Asia
It's an iPad. After months of speculation, Steve Jobs and Company show off an iPod Touch-like device with a 9.7-inch screen. by Sam Diaz ZDNet
AP - You have to wonder whether there were any women in the room when the marketing geniuses at Apple decided to call the company's new gadget the "iPad." Because the jokes about feminine hygiene products are flying.
