Wednesday
Nov212012

November 23 is Apple's one-day shopping event

Apple's big holiday shopping day for Retail Stores, Online and through the Store App will be on Friday November 23rd. Aside from special prices and deals on various iOS and Mac products and accessories, Apple will have extended hours for intrepid shoppers looking for deals.

Wednesday
Nov212012

Rogers to offer 3 device protection services for smartphones

Rogers is announcing  three new device protection services to help protect and manage a phone when it gets lost, stolen or damaged. These new services are different in a few ways from our Handset Protection Guarantee that was launched back in 2010. Hit jump for details and a links.

 

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Tuesday
Nov202012

Nokia's Here Maps app now available for iOS

Need advanced maps and direction on iOS, well it's Nokia to the rescue. Their new Here  free maps app is now available for iOS and brings offline caching and walking directions. 

"Maps are hard to get right - but location is revolutionizing how we use technology to engage with the real world," said Nokia's Executive Vice President of Location & Commerce Michael Halbherr, who is responsible for Here. "That's why we have been investing and will continue to invest in building the world's most powerful location offering, one that is unlike anything in the market today." Hit jump for the full feature set of Here.

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Monday
Nov192012

Intel's CEO Paul Otellini to retire in May

Intel's CEO Paul Otellini is said to be retiring as CEO and director of the company as of next May. This would mark the end of Otellini's leadership of Intel since he took steweardship of one of the most important technology companies eight years ago. 

"I’ve been privileged to lead one of the world’s greatest companies," Otellini said. "After almost four decades with the company and eight years as CEO, it’s time to move on and transfer Intel’s helm to a new generation of leadership."

Otellini took over as Intel CEO at the end of 2005 and helped grow Intel's annual revenue from $38.8 billion to $54 billion, and generated cash from operations in excess of $100 billion. He also helped Steve Jobs transition Apple from PowerPC architecture to Intel an important move that helped ensure Apple's successful future.