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Tim Cook’s coming out party

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook yesterday made his first public appearance and news interview since he succeeded the late Steve Jobs at the helm of one the most successful tech companies on the planet. During an interview at the...

Android, Apple top smartphone market – in that order

Two San Jose area companies are at the top of the smartphone industry. Mountain View-based Google and Cupertino-based Apple are number 1 and 2, respectively, in their shares of the smartphone market, based on operating system. The proof...

Why I drank the Kool-Aid and bought an iPad

I had resisted for years. My reporter skepticism told me these Apple devices really can’t be the nirvana that fanatical fans believe they are. People who stand outside Apple stores for hours for the new iPhone or iPad...

San Jose lawmaker backs Facebook privacy law

People share a lot of personal information on their Facebook pages and Twitter feeds, but should a potential employer be able to see that content to evaluate your suitability for a job? A San Jose lawmaker says no and has...

Samsung edges out Nokia as top smartphone brand

Samsung is now the number one selling smartphone maker in the world, easily toppling longtime industry leader Nokia, according to the results of a survey by the research firm IDC. Samsung also captured the number one spot in sales of...

Apple denies e-book price fixing charges

Apple has responded to federal charges that it engaged in price fixing with publishers for books sold on its Apple iBookstore online store. Instead, Apple said that when it opened iBookstore in 2010, with the release of the new iPad...

Time is running out for Cisco FlipShare users

Those of you who have been storing the videos you shot with your Cisco Flip video camera on FlipShare have a decision to make -- and soon. On Sunday April 15, San Jose-based Cisco will be pulling the plug on...

U.S. sues Apple over price fixing e-book sales

Apple and several e-book publishers are being sued by the United States government for allegedly fixing the price of e-books that are read by millions of consumers on their iPads and other devices. IPad users in San Jose...

Spam to your smartphone is the latest scourge

I just checked the spam folder on my e-mail system and found 553 messages that had been diverted there over the last few months. There were ads for cheap pharmaceuticals, mortgage rates and even some ads in Chinese. One...

A quick way to sell your iPad 2 to get an iPad 3

Apple fanatics in San Jose and elsewhere are anxiously awaiting the expected launch in early March of the newest version of the iPad tablet computer, presumably to be called the iPad 3.Those yearning for the new gadget may be...

Tim Cook’s coming out party

Android, Apple top smartphone market – in that order

Why I drank the Kool-Aid and bought an iPad

San Jose lawmaker backs Facebook privacy law

Samsung edges out Nokia as top smartphone brand

Apple denies e-book price fixing charges

Time is running out for Cisco FlipShare users

U.S. sues Apple over price fixing e-book sales

Spam to your smartphone is the latest scourge

A quick way to sell your iPad 2 to get an iPad 3

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