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CHART OF THE DAY: The Kindle Fire Is The Most Important Android Tablet For App Makers [Business Insider]

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Check the full post for context-setting; tbd why no Nook Color/Tablet share

chart of the day, end user application sessions by android tablet jan 27 2012

CHART OF THE DAY: The Kindle Fire Is The Most Important Android Tablet For App Makers

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January 27th, 2012 | Category: Amazon Kindle Fire, Google Android | Leave a comment

First Look: IBM Docs Takes On Google, Microsoft [CRN]

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Not sure this was a deliberate case study in damning with feint praise

While IBM Docs allows for creation of .ODT-based word documents, as well as presentations and spreadsheets, it shouldn’t be looked at in a vacuum. IBM Docs is latest in a string of launches in the IBM-Lotus portfolio of cloud-based communication and productivity applications. They are all new generations of releases from the same people who gave us the IBM Mashup Center at the beginning of the Web 2.0 era.

First Look: IBM Docs Takes On Google, Microsoft

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January 27th, 2012 | Category: IBM, Productivity applications | Leave a comment

PC Makers Should Fear Amazon’s Android Gains – Businessweek

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A svelte 9” or 10” Kindle Fire would significantly accelerate market dynamics in this context

Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said during his company’s recent earnings call that iPad sales haven’t really been affected by the Kindle Fire from Amazon, which is no doubt contributing heavily to the success of Android tablets. It’s also likely that the Nook Color and Nook Tablet from Barnes & Noble are included in the Android figures. Instead, Cook admitted, the iPad has had some cannibalization effect on sales of Macs and he predicted that one day, the tablet market will be larger in volume than the PC market.

PC Makers Should Fear Amazon’s Android Gains – Businessweek

PC Makers Should Fear Amazon’s Android Gains – Businessweek

January 27th, 2012 | Category: Amazon Kindle Fire, Apple iPad | Leave a comment

Report: Apple Takes Bigger Business Slice – Digits – WSJ

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Top-down infiltration

A new report from Forrester has uncovered new numbers on Apple Inc.’s infiltration of business with devices historically marketed to consumers.

According to the report, 21% of the 10,000 information workers surveyed use one or more Apple products at work, with that percentage nearly doubling for those with a title of director or higher. The numbers partly reflect the well documented trend of “bring your own device,” where workers access corporate data via their iPhone or iPad, originally purchased for home use.

Report: Apple Takes Bigger Business Slice – Digits – WSJ

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January 27th, 2012 | Category: Apple | Leave a comment

Microsoft’s Pays Nokia Millions During Windows Phone Transition – Ina Fried – Mobile – AllThingsD

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I suspect Tim Cook finds this amusing

As part of Thursday’s earnings report, Nokia noted it received $250 million from Redmond in the first of many quarterly “platform support payments.” It’s part of what the company says will ultimately be billions of dollars in support of its shift to Windows Phone.

Nokia also notes that it pays Microsoft royalties on each phone and has guaranteed minimum commitments, an amount it also expects to ultimately be measured in the billions of dollars.

Microsoft’s Pays Nokia Millions During Windows Phone Transition – Ina Fried – Mobile – AllThingsD

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January 27th, 2012 | Category: Apple, Microsoft, Nokia | Leave a comment
 
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