Heavy demand expected as iPad goes on sale Friday

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• Heavy demand expected as iPad goes on sale Friday
• PayPal targets small business with mobile payments
• Travel gadgets, sites, and services to save money, time, and a whole lot of hassle
• Spots in line for new iPad launch go up for auction on eBay
• How Iceland Is Rebuilding Its Economy With Social Media
• Attorney asks for dismissal in WikiLeaks case
• Apple stock tops $600 day before new iPad release
• Get motivated with the TED app for Android
• Hulu increases size of Web video player by 55 percent, improves Face Match
• Apple touches record high as iPad 3 sales run hot
• Apple fans snap up new iPad
• iPad launch — Walmart selling device from midnight; Harrods announces new Apple store opening Friday
• Apple: Peeling back the wall of secrecy
• Apple touches record high as iPad 3 sales run hot
• New iPad Teardown: 'It's Really Just a Giant Battery'
• US newspaper ad revenue down 7.3% in 2011
• How Iceland Is Rebuilding Its Economy With Social Media
• Enter to win free Cooler Master swag, including the titanic Cosmos II case
• Amazon to Offer $10 Gift Card for $5 Next Week
• Are you watching RUWT?!: The sports app that wants to power better content consumption
• 'Non-Humans' Account for 51% of All Interent Traffic
• First Look: 'Max Payne 3' Takes Cinematic Shooters to the Next Level
• J.D. Power: Consumers most dissatisfied with smartphone battery life
• IPO sets software firm NexJ on path to profit
• PayPal targets small business with mobile payments
• 'PayPal Here' Accepts Payments from iPhones [HANDS ON]
• PayPal launches mobile payments service
• We're So Over the Lines Outside of the Apple Store
• Heavy demand expected as iPad goes on sale Friday
• How Tech Helps You Make Sweet Music [CONTEST WINNERS]
• Apple continues to defy gravity as stock hits $600
• Dissected iPad reveals Samsung, Qualcomm parts
• PayPal Throws a Triangle into the Mobile Payment Wars
• Pinterest Scams on the Rise: Protect Yourself [PICS]
• Want Your New iPad Early? Forget the Apple Store
• Apple stock tops $600 day before new iPad release
• Rush Limbaugh Joins Twitter
• Demandware debut shines on cloud appeal

Heavy demand expected as iPad goes on sale Friday Posted: Let the wild rumpus start.

PayPal targets small business with mobile payments Posted: Small businesses from coffee shops to plumbers will soon be able to accept credit cards through PayPal, using a small triangular card reader attached to a smartphone.

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Spots in line for new iPad launch go up for auction on eBay Posted: If you haven't pre-ordered your new 4G iPad yet, the only way you're going to be able to grab one for the Friday, March 16 launch is by going to the store yourself. Historically, that means waits of multiple hours, whether it's for …

How Iceland Is Rebuilding Its Economy With Social Media Posted: REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- While visiting Iceland for an online marketing conference last week, I found myself in the president of Iceland's living room, scratching my head at how welcoming and eager he was to talk about the country's use of social media and technology to rebuild the nation.

Attorney asks for dismissal in WikiLeaks case Posted: An attorney for an Army private accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of pages of classified information asked a military judge Thursday to dismiss the charges, arguing the government bungled the handover of documents to the defense.

Apple stock tops $600 day before new iPad release Posted: Apple Inc.'s stock touched $600 for the first time, the day before the company's latest iPad goes on sale.

Get motivated with the TED app for Android Posted: Looking for some free motivation from some of the top minds in the world? Check out the free TED app for Android. TED is a nonprofit dedicated to "Ideas Worth Spreading." Basically, they take the top business people from around the world and broadcast their secrets to inspire entrepreneurs and savvy tech folks like you. Yes you, reading AndroidApps.com, you are a savvy tech person.

Hulu increases size of Web video player by 55 percent, improves Face Match Posted: Announced on the official Hulu blog earlier today, the company launched a redesigned user interface that includes an upgrade to the size of the video player. Increasing the native size of the player by 55 percent, the new video player covers a majority of the screen on most monitors. While users with poor Internet connections while likely see more pixelation in the image when watching a 288p version of the video, users watching the 720p HD version of most newly released videos will find the new video player size useful. ...

Apple touches record high as iPad 3 sales run hot Posted: HONG KONG/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Apple's new iPad proved to be another hot-seller on Friday, with hundreds queuing at stores across Asia to be the first to get their hands on the 4G-ready tablet computer as the company's share price hit $600 for the first time. As consumers lined up around city streets to buy the iPad, one firm that took the new device apart said Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Samsung Electronics had all held onto their prized roles as key parts suppliers. ...

Apple fans snap up new iPad Posted: Gadget lovers in Australia and Japan became the first people to snap up the new iPad on Friday, with Apple looking to tighten its grip on the tablet market with its third generation launch.

iPad launch — Walmart selling device from midnight; Harrods announces new Apple store opening Friday Posted: Friday arrives earlier in many countries around the world than it does in the US, so even now there'll be consumers in Australia and Japan, for example, tearing the packaging off their new iPad to find out if Apple's latest iteration of its popular tablet device lives up to the hype.

Apple: Peeling back the wall of secrecy Posted: A Silicon Valley journalist provides a captivating look inside Apple, America's most secretive -- and valuable -- company.

Apple touches record high as iPad 3 sales run hot Posted: SYDNEY/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple's new iPad proved to be another hot-seller on Friday, with hundreds queuing before dawn in Sydney to be the first to get their hands on the 4G-ready tablet computer as the company's share price hit $600 for the first time. As consumers lined up around city streets to buy the iPad 3, one firm that took the device apart said Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Samsung Electronics had all held onto their prized roles as key parts suppliers. ...

New iPad Teardown: 'It's Really Just a Giant Battery' Posted: You may be busy preparing your line-waiting strategy for a new iPad on Friday morning, or plotting the fastest route to your local Wal-Mart to pick up a new iPad at midnight.

US newspaper ad revenue down 7.3% in 2011 Posted: US newspaper advertising revenue fell 7.3 percent last year to $23.94 billion, according to figures released Thursday by the Newspaper Association of American, continuing a six-year slide.

How Iceland Is Rebuilding Its Economy With Social Media Posted: REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- While visiting Iceland for an online marketing conference last week, I found myself in the president of Iceland's living room, scratching my head at how welcoming and eager he was to talk about the country's use of social media and technology to rebuild the nation.

Enter to win free Cooler Master swag, including the titanic Cosmos II case Posted: Digital Trends is teaming up with Cooler Master to give you free stuff! We're running a contest where you'll be entered to win a variety of great gadgets, including – but not limited to – a Cosmos II computer case, CM Storm QuickFire Rapid, and CM Storm Sirius gaming headphones.

Amazon to Offer $10 Gift Card for $5 Next Week Posted: Amazon will use a two-for-one gift card offer next week to get consumers to check out AmazonLocal, its daily deals service.

Are you watching RUWT?!: The sports app that wants to power better content consumption Posted: Sports has been trying to wrap its head around social data for awhile. Until recently, attempts were tentative to say the least. Leveraging this content to connect fans to chat and sharing integrations with online fantasy leagues have been popular, but for the most part these efforts make it look like the industry is uncertain what exactly to rally its social efforts around.

'Non-Humans' Account for 51% of All Interent Traffic Posted: RELATED: Happy Birthday Internet?

First Look: 'Max Payne 3' Takes Cinematic Shooters to the Next Level Posted: In crafting Max Payne 3, Rockstar Games says it wanted to put the "art of shooting back in the shooter."

J.D. Power: Consumers most dissatisfied with smartphone battery life Posted: J.D. Power and Associates has found that poor battery life contributes to customer dissatisfaction more than any other single smartphone feature — a discovery that will surprise exactly no one. The consumer satisfaction research firm polled 7,080 first-time smartphone users, and released the findings today in its 2012 US Wireless Smartphone Customer Satisfaction Study.

IPO sets software firm NexJ on path to profit Posted: TORONTO (Reuters) - NexJ Systems Inc saw a window to go public last May and jumped through it. It's using the fresh cash to expand its existing software for wealth managers and insurers to move into healthcare, and isn't afraid to buy companies to aid its growth. While the Toronto-based company will likely not turn a profit for several years, Chief Executive William Tatham sees a route to that goal in software that improves a patient's access to their own medical records, while saving time and money for hospitals and insurance companies. ...

PayPal targets small business with mobile payments Posted: Small businesses from coffee shops to plumbers will soon be able to accept credit cards through PayPal, using a small triangular card reader attached to a smartphone.

'PayPal Here' Accepts Payments from iPhones [HANDS ON] Posted: PayPal unveiled its new PayPal Here, a small business mobile payment system. First shown on Thursday, it's a combination of a free mobile app and thumb-sized card reader, putting a PayPal cash register in the pocket of anybody who wants one.

PayPal launches mobile payments service Posted: PayPal unveiled a mobile payments service Thursday targeting merchants that don't already have full-fledged payments systems in place.

We're So Over the Lines Outside of the Apple Store Posted: Five iPhones and three iPads in, perhaps we've seen it all. The lines forming outside the Apple store for tomorrow's iPad debut just aren't that exciting anymore. Those hours-long overnight line-ups have become tradition, each gadget debut drawing a group of people who for some reason simply must have an iWhatever before everyone else. It used to be that the lines are crazy and full of crazies. Last time, the people clamoring to get the first batches of iPhones were "weirder than ever" declared The Atlantic Wire's Adam Clark Estes. ...

Heavy demand expected as iPad goes on sale Friday Posted: Let the wild rumpus start.

How Tech Helps You Make Sweet Music [CONTEST WINNERS] Posted: Advances in digital media have dramatically changed not only in the way we consume music, but also the way we create it. First came Napster, which opened up file-sharing to the masses. Now, through services like iTunes and Spotify, we have more music at our fingertips than ever before.

Apple continues to defy gravity as stock hits $600 Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Apple's stock leaps to successive highs, it is intriguing to look back every couple of weeks just to see how far the tech giant has come. Shares of the iPad and iPhone maker eclipsed the $600 barrier for the first time on Thursday, only about a month after first topping $500. Just a day before Apple's new iPad becomes available in stores, the stock ticked up to $600.01 at Thursday's open before selling off. The new iPad, at a starting retail price of $499, costs less than one share of stock. ...

Dissected iPad reveals Samsung, Qualcomm parts Posted: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple's new iPad uses chips made by Qualcomm, Broadcom, Samsung Electronics and other semiconductor makers, according to a firm that cracked open one of the devices. The newest iPad went on sale in Australia early on Friday, and at the front of a line of fans hoping to get hold of the 4G-ready tablet computer was a tinkerer from California gadget-repair firm iFixit, who quickly took one apart for a Web blog. Supplying parts for Apple's iPhones and iPads, the industry's gold standards, is considered a coup for chipmakers and other manufacturers. ...

PayPal Throws a Triangle into the Mobile Payment Wars Posted: PayPal pulled back the curtain on their new mobile payments device on Thursday afternoon, surely the product of much sweat and tears from some design team. And goshdarnit: Everybody's making fun of it. "The new hardware, dubbed PayPal Here, is a triangle-shaped dongle that attaches to the smartphone through the microphone jack and reads credit cards," explains Wired's Mike Isaac. "If you're familiar with Square's similar device for mobile phones and tablets, PayPal Here essentially performs the same function, and attaches to the device in the same way. ...

Pinterest Scams on the Rise: Protect Yourself [PICS] Posted: 1. An enticing board

Want Your New iPad Early? Forget the Apple Store Posted: Picture the scene: you stroll into the office Friday morning toting a new iPad, casually showing off its Retina display and 4G capabilities, while boasting about how you got it eight hours ahead of all those nerds in line at the Apple store.

Apple stock tops $600 day before new iPad release Posted: Apple Inc.'s stock touched $600 for the first time, the day before the company's latest iPad goes on sale.

Rush Limbaugh Joins Twitter Posted: Radio host Rush Limbaugh announced on his Thursday show that he's opened a Twitter account.

Demandware debut shines on cloud appeal Posted: (Reuters) - Investors saw more than a silver lining in Demandware Inc's cloud offerings, bidding up its share price as much as 63 percent on market debut, despite an overcast long-term outlook for the sector. Demandware, which is backed by venture firms North Bridge Venture Partners and General Catalyst, is the fifth cloud-based software company to go public in the last few months. "It seems that any company that has the words 'on demand', 'SaaS' or 'cloud' in their prospectus is going to do well in this market," Morningstar analyst James Krapfel told Reuters. ...

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