Tag Archives: challenge

Durability Will Be Apple’s Biggest Challenge to Making a Curved iWatch

Posted by on February 25, 2013

Imagine that display wrapping completely around your wrist. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired The curved display that wraps around your wrist is the coolest thing about the revolutionary smartwatch we all know Apple is building, but it’s one of the easiest parts …

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Einhorn sues Apple, marks biggest investor challenge in years

Posted by on February 8, 2013

1 of 2. David Einhorn, president of Greenlight Capital, speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York, May 16, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Eduardo Munoz By Jennifer Ablan and Poornima Gupta NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO | Thu Feb 7, 2013 7:49pm EST …

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Google I/O: Compute Engine unveiled in challenge to Amazon – Washington Post

Posted by on June 29, 2012

June 28 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular search engine, unveiled a cloud-computing service for building and running applications to help woo customers and challenge Amazon.com Inc.’s Web Services. The new service, called Compute Engine, will …

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Microsoft Unveils a Tablet to Challenge the iPad

Posted by on June 19, 2012

LOS ANGELES — In its biggest-ever push into the hardware business, Microsoft on Monday unveiled a tablet computer called Surface that is designed to challenge Apple’s iPad. Joe Klamar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Microsoft’s new tablet, Surface, will run a …

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Microsoft tablet could be latest to challenge iPad’s supremacy – Washington Post

Posted by on June 18, 2012

June 18 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. needs to shed its image as the world’s biggest purveyor of workplace software and draw on its success selling the Xbox gaming console if it wants a shot at introducing a tablet to challenge …

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Mozilla working on iPad mobile browser to challenge Safari

Posted by on June 18, 2012

Prototype browser called Junior dumps the toolbar and pushes the browser to full screen, according to a recent video presentation. June 17, 2012 4:41 PM PDT Junior navigation buttons are placed on either side of the screen. (Credit: Screenshot by …

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Dell sees room to challenge Apple in tablets

Posted by on March 16, 2012

Dell’s chief commercial officer Steve Felice poses for photographs during an interview with Reuters in central London March 16, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Toby Melville By Georgina Prodhan and Paul Sandle LONDON | Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:33pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) – …

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iPad’s display is cutting edge–and a challenge for manufacturers

Posted by on March 9, 2012

by Brooke Crothers March 8, 2012 7:15 PM PST How cutting edge is the new iPad‘s display? Cutting edge enough that it’s a real challenge to make. The new iPad. (Credit: Apple) The new iPad’s display is so avant-garde that …

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China’s challenge to the iPad raises a red flag

Posted by on January 19, 2012

The shadows of spectators are seen through a Chinese national flag during the men’s kayak (K1) semifinal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 12, 2008. Credit: Reuters/Phil Noble “tech” via Pdemo in Google Reader

Now it’s a Google tablet that will challenge Kindle Fire?

Posted by on January 5, 2012

by Steven Musil January 4, 2012 10:15 PM PST Is Google gunning for Amazon’s Kindle Fire? (Credit: Amazon) The Apple iPad rumored to be in production may actually be a Google tablet. That’s according to DigiTimes, which reported today that …

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