Apple announced it will hold its annual Worldwide Developer's Conference this June in San Francisco, but tickets sold out almost immediately.
Apple is reportedly delaying the launch of its next generation mobile operating system, the iOS 5, a move that could also spell a delay for its highly anticipated iPhone 5.
Apple's iPad 2 is selling like a hot-cakes in the United States as well as around the world. In United States, it was selling so fast that the company couldn't keep up with the orders.
Shares of companies active in Friday's early trade are: Research In Motion, Finish Line, Accenture, JetBlue Airways, Holly, Western Refining, Embraer, Hitachi, SYNNEX and HealthSpring.
Futures on major U.S. stock indices continued to point to a higher opening on Friday after government data showed that US economic activity grew at a 3.1 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Wet Seal, Zalicus, Oracle, and JetBlue Airways. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: China Finance Online, Research In Motion, Acacia Research, Universal Display, XOMA, and Netflix.
During its fourth-quarter earnings call, Research In Motion revealed that its upcoming BlackBerry Playbook tablet would be compatible with applications developed for Google's Android operating system.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Body Central, THQ, Wet Seal, Alkermes, and Oracle. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Gen-Probe, Research In Motion, Move, Acacia Research, and China Finance Online.
Using a special API, developers would easily be able to port existing Android apps to the Playbook tablet, RIM said.
Flurry, a mobile application provider, announced the launch of its Game Acceleration Program (GAP) for iOS and Android platforms on Thursday .
Research In Motion has removed the DUI checkpoint evasion apps that drew the attention of four US senators; Apple and Google haven't done so yet.
Though Apple's iPad has long held the price advantage, recent announcements from RIM and Samsung show that rival tablets are finally starting to close the tablet price gap.
Tablets are showing the convergent evolution between devices, driven in part by the iPad.
The cheapest version of the device will be priced at $499, similar to the iPad 2.
Adobe Flash may struggle to gain adoption on the Post-PC devices including smartphones and tablets as behavioral shift of consumers to apps from web browsing may make Flash less relevant on these devices, according to Global Equities Research.
Google stands tall at the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest as its browser Chrome and mobile software stack Android survive hack attacks while Apple, Microsoft offerings falter.
Highly rated smartphones iPhone 4 and BlackBerry Torch 9800 bit dust at the Pwn2Own hacking competition while Samsung Nexus S, which runs on Android, and the Dell Venue, which runs on Windows Phone 7, came away unscathed.
Services from RIM and Microsoft aim to strip away Apple's digital music dominance.
Barclays Capital has cut its profit estimates of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, saying that low-end strength and aging products should lower average selling price.
Google's Android operating system captured the top spot among smartphone platforms for the first time in January, followed by RIM and Apple, says a report from comScore.
Blackberry maker Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) said its chief marketing officer Keith Pardy will be leaving in six months, just weeks ahead of its PlayBook tablet launch.
As Android popularity grows, here is a look at five possible reasons why Android powered devices are faring better than others.
