Apple began accepting pre-orders for the iPad, its new touch-screen gadget, on Friday with an estimated 50,000 unites being sold in the first two hours.
Barnes & Noble said on Thursday it has developed a version of its eReader app just for the iPad.
Apple Inc said the first iPads will be in U.S. stores on April 3 and hit nine international markets later in the month, easing concerns that manufacturing constraints could delay launch.
Stocks jumped and the Nasdaq hit an 18-month closing high on Friday as U.S. employers cut fewer jobs than expected last month and consumers showed signs of shedding their penny-pinching ways.
U.S. stocks rose on Friday as data showed U.S. employers cut fewer jobs than expected last month, offering relief to investors braced for bad labor market news.
Apple officially set the release date of its highly-anticipated iPad for April 3, after months of speculation about when the device would become available to the public.
Shares of Apple rallied as it announced the release date of its anticipated iPad.
U.S. stocks rose on Friday as data showed U.S. employers cut fewer jobs than expected last month, signaling a continued recovery in the economy.
Apple Inc said the first iPads will be in U.S. stores on April 3 and hit nine international markets from Japan to the United Kingdom later in April.
U.S. stocks extended gains on Friday after data showed U.S. employers cut a smaller number of jobs than expected in February, bolstering views the economy was on the brink of creating jobs.
Apple Inc said on Friday that U.S. sales of its iPad tablet would kick off on April 3 and international sales would start later in April.
Worldwide PC shipments are projected to total 366.1 million units in 2010, a 19.7 percent increase from 305.8 million units shipped in 2009, according to new research.
The launch of the Apple iPad could suffer some minor delays, predicted an analyst, adding to ever increasing contradictions over the release of the highly-anticipated product.
AT&T Inc expects users of Apple Inc's iPad to connect to the Internet mostly using short-range Wi-Fi networks rather than AT&T's cellular network, the chief executive of AT&T said on Tuesday.
The release of Apple's anticipated iPad may have hit delays, according to one analyst on Monday.
Freescale Semiconductor says its newest chip will help drive down prices in the next generation of electronic readers, which analysts say is key to the devices gaining mass adoption.
Steve Jobs defended Apple Inc's decision to maintain a $40 billion cash pile and said it was better to save the money for bold risks, like acquisitions, than to spend it on stock buybacks or cash dividends.
Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs holds his annual face-to-face meeting with shareholders on Thursday, and there will be no shortage of questions for a company famously stingy with information.
The massive manufacturing complex in the South China city of Longhua resembles an industrial fortress. To enter the facility, workers swipe security cards at the gate. Guards check the occupants of each vehicle with fingerprint recognition scanners.
Adobe announced advances to its popular Flash video player that promise to improve the experience of watching video on a mobile, and said it would support Google's Android phone platform.
Apple Inc's forthcoming iPad tablet computer will cost as little as $229.35 for the company to produce, according to an estimate on Wednesday from research house iSuppli.
Israeli technology group Emblaze accused Microsoft of infringing its U.S. patent for media streaming technology, after accusing Apple of the same thing, and offered to license the technology to both.
