Thursday, December 27, 2012

[Technology] Amazon: Kindle Fire dominates holiday sales

Amazon: Kindle Fire dominates holiday sales
http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/27/at-peak-amazon-sold-a-whopping-306-items-per-second-in-2012/
Nicholas Lerma gets packages ready for shipping at the Amazon.com 1.2 million square foot fulfillment center in Phoenix. (Photo: By Ross D. Franklin, AP).

Chinese Court Hits Apple in Copyright Dispute
http://www.afr.com/p/technology/apple_ordered_to_pay_on_copyright_rHozU8uen11u85SXsXOMaP
BEIJINGâ€"A Beijing court ordered Apple Inc. to pay 1.03 million yuan, or about $165,000, to a group of local writers who said the U.S.

ZTE to show off Grand S, world's thinnest phablet, at CES
http://www.slashgear.com/zte-to-show-off-grand-s-worlds-thinnest-phablet-at-ces-27262366/
ZTE has announced that it will unveil its ultra-thin 5-inch phablet, the Grand S, at CES 2013, the upcoming mega tech event. The Grand S is only 6.9mm thick, making it the thinnest phablet to (eventually) hit the market.

Randi Zuckerberg Victim of Facebook Privacy Settings Confusion
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57560923/dustup-over-image-of-mark-zuckerbergs-sister-randi-zuckerberg-on-facebook/
The Zuckerbergs received a pile of irony as a holiday gift this year. Randi Zuckerberg, older sister of Facebook chief Mark, posted a photo on Tuesday to her private timeline, showing her family's overdramatized reactions to the social network's new Poke ...

Boot up: Samsung gets chatty, app store reviews, farewell Android, un-smart TV ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/dec/28/technology-links-newsbucket
A burst of 10 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team. Farewell Android >> Peek&Co. Peek has built a wide range of products and technologies in the last few years - a full stack hardware/OS/app low-cost smartphone - a port of our cloud ...

Will Apple Launch an iPhone Smartwatch in 2013?
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/apple-intel-working-on-a-smartwatch-reports/312644-11.html
Apple and Intel are working together to create a Bluetooth-equipped smartwatch in 2013, according to one Chinese technology news source.

Samsung Galaxy S III Accessories: What You Should Get Next
http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/samsung-galaxy-music-duo-available-online-for-rs-9199/1/191089.html
Now that you're the proud owner of a Samsung Galaxy S III , it's time to accessorize. The Galaxy S III is a great device out of the box, but it's naked, a bit plasticky, and equipped only with the stock Samsung and Google apps with which it comes loaded.

GameStop refurb Nintendo 3DS came with porn, ruining one father's Christmas ...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/colo-brothers-exposed-porn-electronic-present-article-1.1228279
At GameStop's refurbishment facility in Grapevine, Texas, wiping personal data off devices is one of the very first tasks workers perform.

Facebook Poke's A Bomb, Succeeds Only At Making Snapchat MORE Popular
http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/12/28/facebook-pokes-a-bomb-succeeds-only-at-making-snapchat-more-popular/
Based on the first six days of rankings from AppData, It is clear that Facebook Poke's moment in the sun at the top of Apple's iOS App Store rankings was as ephemeral as the Snapchat messages it is designed to compete with.

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