Geez , it must be pile - on Apple daylight . Both Sony and Google have taken shots at Cupertino , but at least Apple managed to get away a brainsick lawsuit and can rest assured in the knowledge that the iPad business is booming . Here are the remainders for May 20 , 2010 .
Malus pumila trade more iPads than Macs(All Things D )
RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky say Apple is selling 200,000 iPads a calendar week , which is even outpacing Mac sale . Unfortunately , what the report did not mention was that due to Apple ’s reversing of its cash payment policy , the act were fuddle off by one beau who bought 50,000 iPads . He ’s build quite the fortress .
Apple laptop exploiter has “ vultures ” lawsuit dismissed(Reuters )
A U.S. District Court judge in the Southern District of New York has disregard a $ 60 million suit against Apple bring by complainant Leslie Carr , who claimed that when she used her Mac laptop to go online , “ there would be a aggregative number of Apple employee waiting greedily like vultures to review and monitor my life . ” There is nothing I can say that will make that more screaming .
HP develop a ‘ Dick Tracy ’ wristwatch(CNN )
Hewlett Packard is developing a prototype radiocarpal joint - mount whippy display for military use of goods and services . “ We call it a Dick Tracy watch , ” said HP ’s director of information surfaces , Carl Taussig . in the end ! A Dick Tracy vigil ! It ’s only take us64 yearsto figure that fool out .
Apple more chesty , says Sony(Brisbane Times )
Michael Ephraim , Sony Computer Entertainment Australia ’s managing theatre director , said Sony has lost any haughtiness it might once have had , then added , “ I think we can name a company that is a fruit that is in the news a lot about their lordliness … I recollect they have contract the blanket from us , if we were ever arrogant ! ” Really , Michael ? Is n’t that the pot calling the kettle , um , arrogant ?
Live from the Google I / O 2010 day 2 keynote(Engadget )
Why did Google create Android ? According to Vic Gundotra , the company ’s frailty president of engineering , “ If we did not act , we faced a draconian future . Where one man , one company , one carrier was the future . ” Hold on , I ’ve altogether seenthis movie trailerbefore …
