Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has announced that they have sold 600,000 iPhone 4 devices through pre-orders yesterday. This is 10 times bigger than the first day of the iPhone 3GS pre-order sales on the first day about one year ago. As a result, AT&T had to stop taking advance orders for Apple’s iPhone 4 because of inventory issues and unexpectedly high demand. AT&T is stopping “in order to fulfill the orders we’ve already received.” Full press release below.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) plans to spend $80 million to market Office 2010. Office 2010 hit the shelves earlier this week, but the hype around it was mild due to the iPhone 4 pre-order news and the announcement of the Kinect. About 70% of this budgeted ad campaign will be spent on the Internet. Office 2010 retails for $280. [CNET]
Digg founder Kevin Rose is starting a new show called fforward (pronounced forward — he sure loves adding an extra letter to a dictionary word for his companies/shows). He plans to leave the show Diggnation, hosted by Revision3 around the end of the year. It will be a weekly live streaming tech/geek culture show according to Rose in an interview with TechCrunch. The new show will feature guests to debate various topics. [TechCrunch]
Google recently published a video that explains exactly what Google TV is. Google TV will be available through a set-top box or built-in within several Sony TV models. Check out the video demo below.
RadioShack is offering $100 gift cards for old 8GB or 16GB iPhone 3G mobile phones. RadioShack is also giving away $200 gift cards for iPhone 3GS 16GB or 32GB mobile phones. The gift cards can be used for anything at RadioShack stores include the iPhone 4 once it arrives. The phones must be in good condition. [InformationWeek]
The Sony PlayStation Network has passed the 50 million user mark. They hit this milestone after starting the network about 3 years and 8 months ago (November 11, 2006). The PlayStation Network is utilized by the Sony PSP and the Sony PlayStation 3 consoles.
Samsung has unveiled a new Blu-Ray drive with a 5.25″ form factor and comes with Cyberlink Powerproducer software to make DVDs and CDs. The drive has a 12X BD-ROM read speed, 8X BDR/RE/DL read, 48X CD-ROM, 40X CD-RW, 16X DVD+/-R, 12X DVD-RAM, 8X DVD+/-R, Dual Layer recording, 8X DVD+/-RW, and 6X DVD-RW. Samsung will ship this drive starting in July. [SlashGear]
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