Archive for November, 2010

Rovio Is Releasing An Angry Birds Christmas Version

Amit Chowdhry | November 24, 2010 | 494 views | Add a Comment
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Rovio Mobile is planning to release a Christmas version of Angry Birds this holiday season. A Finnish TV station MTV3.fi released a screenshot of the upcoming game too. This is a follow-up to the Halloween version of Angry Birds. It looks like there will be some snow blocks that the birds have to smash through in order to nail the pigs. [MTV3.fi via PocketGamer]

ÜberTwitter Launches For iPhone

Amit Chowdhry | November 24, 2010 | 616 views | Add a Comment
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ÜberTwitter, a popular Twitter application on the BlackBerry is now available on the iPhone [iTunes Link]. The current version of ÜberTwitter on the iPhone is still in beta mode, but the full version will be available in December.

Acer Iconia Gets A Hands-On [VIDEO]

Amit Chowdhry | November 24, 2010 | 560 views | Add a Comment
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The Acer Iconia Windows 7 tablet was announced in New York yesterday. As I reported yesterday, the tablet does not have a physical keyboard and it has a pair of glossy touchscreens. Engadget got their hands on the device and posted it. Check out the hands-on in the video below:

Israeli Military Used Facebook To Detect Draft Dodgers

Amit Chowdhry | November 24, 2010 | 380 views | Add a Comment
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The Israeli military went on Facebook to catch 1,000 women they were lying about their religious backgrounds in order to avoid serving. Jewish women that are very religious are exempted from service.

The Return Of Deep Packet Inspection

Amit Chowdhry | November 24, 2010 | 902 views | 1 Comment
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A couple of companies have started tinkering with deep packet inspection technologies again. Deep packet inspection is a targeting technology that scans data packets for information about what they contain and where they come from.

Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Owns About 1% Of General Motors

Amit Chowdhry | November 24, 2010 | 1,818 views | Add a Comment
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Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, a member of the Saudi Royal Family, is worth about $19.4 billion. He is considered to be the 19th richest person in the world. He earned a lot of his wealth from the stock market. In the 1990s, he invested about $550 million in Citigroup. He now owns about $1 billion worth of Citigroup. Later Talal also made investments in Apple, AOL, MCI, Motorola, and News Corp. He also has large stakes in Four Seasons and the Plaza Hotel in New York.

Wall Street Analysts Being Investigated For Apple “Channel Checks”

Amit Chowdhry | November 24, 2010 | 730 views | 1 Comment
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The U.S. Securities Exchange Commission is looking into Wall Street analysts that cover Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). These analysts might be sniffing around for too much insider information by doing routine “channel checks.” Channel checks are when analysts check with suppliers and manufacturers about orders from Apple.

RIM To Sell 3.3 Million PlayBooks By Feb. 2012 [ANALYST]

Amit Chowdhry | November 24, 2010 | 476 views | Add a Comment
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Oppenheimer analyst Ittai Kidron is predicting that RIM will sell 3.2 million devices for the fiscal year 2012 at an average selling price of $540. Kidron is also predicting that RIM will sell 100,000 PlayBook devices in the fiscal fourth quarter ending February 28. Kidron said is optimistic about the PlayBook because SAP, Manulife, and Sun Life is interested in piloting the tablet device. [ZDNet]

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