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The iPad Air has gotten off to a fast start, and that could mean that it may be an “iPad Christmas” after all. Apple CEO Tim Cook made that bold statement during an earnings call late last month, essentially saying the company was expecting large sales from its new iPad, and it seems he may be right. Mobile app marketingtech firm Fiksu said that apps that use its platform are detecting nearly five times as many iPad Air devices three days after the tablet went on sale as they did when the fourth-generation iPad launched last year. The iPad Air went on sale Nov. 1, and three days later, it is making up 0.7% ofthe traffic received by apps that use Fiksu’s technology, which receives traffic from millions of iPad…

I think I have a fairly good system going. Every year I get a new Apple device. Or at least I’m working into a good system. Last year I ended up getting two new Apple devices - both the iPhone 5 and the third generation iPad. Who expected them to release yet another one later in the year? Now after waiting a year, I have bought my next device, the iPad Air. This means next year I’ll be open to getting the next iPhone - iPhone 6 or iPhone 5z, whatever they determine in the next year. Who knows? Maybe they’ll start naming the phones after California water foul or something. Luckily, I didn’t have to brave the long lines to get my new device. Not that I ever have…

We’re the Millers A local pot dealer with a conscience tries to help some kids, only to get jumped by some punks who steal his wares. This leaves him in debt to his supplier, meaning it’s on him this time around to bring in the latest shipment from Mexico. He puts together a fake family to make it across the border over Fourth of July weekend. Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston star, and Will Poulter, Emma Roberts, Nick Offerman, Kathryn Hahn, and Ed Helms costar. FIVE FACTS: 1. The film has been in development since 2006, with Steve Buscemi originally slated to play the role of the pot dealer. 2. To play a stripper in the movie, Aniston admits to the help of am “amazing choreographer, a wonderful trainer, and…

Amid all of the hubbub about the latest fifth-generation iPad, this time given the title of iPad Air, another product move didn’t go unnoticed by many industry observers: Apple’s decision to continue selling the iPad 2 alongside it. This isn’t necessarily a massive shock to anyone with even the most cursory familiarity with Apple’s sales strategy. It is very much the custom for it to offer the older generation version of each of its mobile devices. What was long the case for the iPhone, and then the iPad, has now become the case with the iPad Mini and the iPad Air. In theory, the business case for doing this is all very simple. Apple’s competitors have brought out a slew of 10-inch tablets to compete with the iPad since the…

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Apple seems to have trimmed the bill for making its latest iPad along with the tablet computer’s width and weight. The iPad Air that sells for $499 costs Apple $274 to make, based on an analysis released Tuesday by the research firm IHS Inc. That’s a 13 percent decrease from the estimated $316 that it cost Apple to make the third-generation iPad introduced last year. The iPad Air went on sale last week. IHS buys various devices and then takes them apart to assess how much the parts cost. “While the iPad Air slims down in size, the profit margins are getting fatter,” said Andrew Rassweiler, IHS’s senior director of cost benchmarking services, in a statement. Apple Inc. declined to comment Tuesday. But Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer assured analysts…

Holy crystal ball, Batman. The future is here and helping our furry friends find their way back home. Thanks to a new facial recognition technology-based iPhone app released on November 5, lost pets can now be found with a few clicks on a mobile phone. Here’s how PiP (which stands for Positive Identification of Pet) works: Human family members upload a variety of photos of their dog and or cat or both, supply a few details of same, like breed, height, weight, and distinguishing features, and then presto! You’re on board should anyone go missing.At this point the app, which has been uploaded to your iPhone, will send out a sort of Amber alert for pets to all PiP subscribers in the immediate area as well as to vets and…

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Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne Despite this being Canadian Aril Lavigne’s fifth studio album, it’s the first to bear her name as the title. In the process of creating the record, she explained that while her previous album, Goodbye Lullaby,“was more mellow, the next one will be pop and more fun again.”The first two singles released for the album,“Here’s to Never Growing Up” and “Rock n Roll” definitely take fans back to the early days, reminiscent of “Girlfriend” and “Complicated.” FIVE FACTS: 1. Lavigne at one time considered releasing two albums back-to-back because of the number of songs she had written. 2. Chad Kroeger, the lead vocalist for Nickelbackand Lavigne’s husband, collaborated with her as a writer and producer and also recorded “Let Me Go” with her. 3. The track“17” is…

Google has opened a how-to shop that sells expert advice on everything from cosmetics to the cosmos in live video sessions streamed on computers and smartphones. The service, called Helpouts, began taking calls for help Tuesday and offer connections to more than 1,000 merchants, instructors, websites and health care specialists who cleared Google Inc.’s background checks. It represents Google’s latest attempt to play an instrumental role in helping people manage their lives. Since establishing its search engine as the go-to place to find information online, Google has expanded into giving directions on digital maps and introduced a virtual assistant that is designed to learn about users’ interests so it can provide helpful tips without prompting. Helpouts is meant to fill the gaps in Google’s search engine, which sometimes delivers unsatisfactory…

Samsung Electronics Co. has a new goal after overtaking Apple in smartphones: it wants to be world No. 1 in tablet computers too. Atop executive, Shin Jong-kyun, told analysts on Wednesday that Samsung’s tablet business is growing rapidly and the company will become the biggest maker of tablet computers. He didn’t give a timeframe. Shin said Samsung’s tablet sales will exceed 40 million units this year, more than double sales in 2012. “Samsung tablet shipments started to grow remarkably since the second half of last year,” he said. Research group IDC estimates that Samsung sold 16.6 million tablets in 2012, lagging far behind Apple Inc. which sold 65.7 million iPads. But Samsung is on the rise, capturing 20 percent market share in the July-September quarter while Apple, which led the…

As the BlackBerry buyout deal crumbles under its own lack of promise, fans of the Canadian handset maker can only sit back and wonder what might have been. The deadline to take the flailing smartphone outfit private passed as Fairfax Financial Holdings, BlackBerry’s largest investor, balked on its $4.7 billion bid after failing to raise the necessary capital to close the deal. Instead, Fairfax decided to sack CEO Thorsten Heins and temporarily hand over the reins to former Sybase CEO John Chen, who will become executive chairman. More important, Fairfax will help pump $1 billion into the company via a debt deal. The $1 billion infusion should provide the moneylosing company some breathing room to consider other suitors or ponder the prospects of breaking up the company and selling its…

Shares of Corning Inc. slid on Tuesday after GT Advanced Technologies Inc. announced that it signed a deal with Apple Inc. for sapphire material. The supply agreement worried investors that the iPhone maker will replace Coming’s Gorilla Glass with sapphire for its gadget screens. GT Advanced’s shares soared. The company said Monday that it signed a multi-year deal supply with Cupertino, Calif-based Apple for the material, which it will produce at an Apple facility in Arizona. GT expects revenue next year of $600 million and $800 million, with up to 80 percent of sales coming from its sapphire segment. Sterne Agee analyst Andrew Huang said the deal “increases the likelihood that Apple will replace Gorilla Glass with sapphire, which would be a marginal negative for Corning.” He noted that Corning…

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From social media start-up to coveted Facebook acquisition, photo-sharing app Instagram celebrates its third birthday this month. Some of the world’s largest brands count themselves among its 130 million users. Now it’s time for smaller businesses to get snapping. Flere’s how to make it work... isual marketing is the trenddu-jour for 2013. This is because pictures appeal to emotions and strike a chord with consumers across different languages and cultures (on Facebook, photo posts are thought to increase interaction rates by 39 per cent). So, unless your products are, by their nature, visually striking - bespoke wedding dresses, for example, or perhaps highly elaborate celebration cakes - simple product shots making up an online catalogue won’t suffice. You must make users-come-customers feel something. How? Read on to find out what…

Target is offering at least $200 in store credit to customers who trade in any undamaged iPad, no matter how old, an attention-getting promotion that coincides with Apple Inc.’s release of a new full-sized iPad and an iPad price cut by rival Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The offer was disclosed on the Minneapolisbased retailer’s website and in advertising circulars this week. At Target stores that sell mobile devices, employees will appraise the value of individual iPads and issue a “$200 minimum promotional credit” on a Target gift card that can be redeemed at any Target store. “To be eligible for trade in, the iPad must power on and the screen must not be scratched,” Target said on its website. The offer extends to the first-generation iPad, which went on sale in…

It looks as though the introduction of Apple Inc.’s new streaming music service hasn’t thrown Pandora Media Inc.’s rhythm off. Oakland-based Pandora said people spent 1.47 billion hours listening to its Internet radio offering in October, an increase of 8% compared with the previous month and up 18% over last year. Also, Pandora’s share of the total radio listening in the United States has increased to 8.06%, compared with 6.61% a year ago. This comes after the September launch of Apple’s iTunes Radio, which the Cupertino, Calif-based tech giant recently said has drawn about 20 million users. Shares of Pandora rose by more than 7% to $27.59 in midday trading Tuesday in New York. “October audience metrics have been a major focus for investors as they reflect the first full…

Apple CEO Tim Cook penned an op-ed article in Monday’s Wall Street Journal to urge the passage of a federal law that would protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees from discrimination in the workplace. “For too long, too many people have had to hide that part of their identity in the workplace,” he wrote. “Those who have suffered discrimination have paid the greatest price for this lack of legal protection. But ultimately we all pay a price. If our co-workers cannot be themselves in the workplace, they certainly cannot be their best selves.” The Employment Non-Discrimination Act faces a key vote in the Senate on Monday - supported by all 55 Democratic senators and at least a handful of Republicans, CNN Money reported. It’s atypical for Mr. Cook to…