Steve Jobs Quits as Apple CEO

An important news on Apple was published on The Wall Street Journal and I copy below the main points for your convenience.

Steve Jobs, the ailing tech visionary who founded Apple Inc., said he was unable to continue as chief executive of the technology giant and handed the reins to Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook.

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Apple said Mr. Jobs submitted his resignation to the board of directors on Wednesday and "strongly recommended" that the board name Mr. Cook as his successor. Mr. Jobs, 56 years old, has been elected chairman of the board and Mr. Cook will join the board, effective immediately, the company said.

"I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know," Mr. Jobs said in his resignation letter. "Unfortunately, that day has come."

Art Levinson, chairman of Genentech and an Apple board member, said in a statement that the board "has complete confidence that Tim is the right person to be our next CEO." He added that Mr. Jobs will "continue to serve Apple with his unique insights, creativity and inspiration."

Apple MacBook Pro

The Apple MacBook Pro comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a 2.4 GHz processor speed and 3 MB L2 cache. This gives you better multitasking Image by dansays via Flickrperformance and at the same time saves power and gives you significantly longer battery life.

With a single charge, the battery can last up to 10 hours. Additionally, you are able to fully charge and discharge it 1000 times, about 3 times that of typical notebook batteries.

The MacBook Pro is also equipped with a 250 GB hard drive, 4 GB installed RAM that is expandable to 8 GB, a 8x SuperDrive with double-layer DVD support. As for graphics, it comes with the NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics card providing you with high performance visuals whether you are watching videos, playing games or viewing photos.

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Google buys Motorola Mobility

An interesting news published on the The Economic Times
is the purchase of Motorola by Google.

I copy below the main points:

NEW YORK: Research in Motion and Microsoft Corp are emerging as potential winners after Google Inc said it would buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion.

Potential losers include Motorola's handset rivals that partner with Google such as HTC Corp, Samsung Electronics and Sony Ericsson. These licensees of Google's Android software now face the risk promoting a direct rival.

If this tie-up irks manufacturers, companies with their own software such as Microsoft and RIM could gain as handset makers start to shy away from the Android system.

Meanwhile, the deal announced on Monday is unlikely to affect Apple Inc's quest for the hearts and minds of smartphone customers.

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Phone makers that partner with Google for its Android software officially said they welcomed the deal. But some analysts questioned their sincerity because their efforts to promote Android would now benefit a director competitor.

"Google is essentially granting most favored nation status on Motorola," said J. Gold Associates analyst and consultant Jack Gold.

MICROSOFT

Android handset makers may be more willing to take a gamble on the unpopular Windows phone as an alternative.

But the deal brings Microsoft directly into legal conflict with Google over Android patents, which may hamper its attempts to collect royalty payments from Android handset makers.

Kodak Easy Share Cameras: Affordable Digital Cameras

Kodak Easy Share Camera

Looking for the user friendly digital cameras? Then you must definitely give a try to the Kodak Easy Share Camera series that are among the most easy to operate digicams.

These digital cameras are widely used because of their simple interface and are can be easily integrated with their printers, docking stations as well as online photo galleries. Kodak is one of the most renowned and trusted brands from the last many years. Moreover the Kodak Easy Share Camera series is not only good in their picture quality but are also very cheap in prices.

The Kodak Easy Share Camera Series

Looking for the user friendly digital cameras? Then you must definitely give a try to the Kodak Easy Share Camera series that are among the most easy to operate digicams.

These digital cameras are widely used because of their simple interface and are can be easily integrated with their printers, docking stations as well as online photo galleries. Kodak is one of the most renowned and trusted brands from the last many years. Moreover the Kodak Easy Share Camera series is not only good in their picture quality but are also very cheap in prices.

These Kodak digicams have completely transformed the modern concept of the modern day photography. The company has a wide range of hi-tech cameras in the Easy Share series that are loaded with features and offers stylish facade.

The best feature offered by the Kodak Easy Share Digital Cameras is that they are very helpful for the website publishers because they enable you to automatically configure the pictures to meet the conditions of the following websites:

* Facebook
* Flickr
* You Tube
* Emails
* Kodak Gallery websites

There are presently different models of the Kodak Easy Share Camera series. Let us now discuss few of the cheap and best cameras that belong to the Easy Share Camera lines.

C142: easy on your budget Kodak Easy Share Camera:

The C142 is the cheapest Digital Cameras from the Kodak. It is a very easy to use digicam that has a large enough list of features under the price of $100. When compared with other expensive Nikon, Panasonic, and Canon digital cameras, the C142 is great deal to do.

C180 Kodak Easy Share Camera:

C180n is an affordable Digital camera with simple interface. It is a perfect choice for the people who doesn't require camera with very complex advanced features.

Kodak Easy Share Z915 Digital Camera

It is a smart camera that enables you to become a better photographer. You can easily click far away shots with its extended zoom lens. You can get amazing picture quality with its innovative Smart Capture feature. It is a compact Kodak Easy Share camera.

M530 Kodak Easy Share Camera:

If you can spend a little more than C series, you can get a lot more of features with M530 digicam. In addition to all the features of C series the M530 Digital Camera includes much more. The quality of the photos is excellent with the sophisticated features of this digicam.

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New Samsung ST30 Ultra Portable Camera

Samsung today announced the launch of the new ultra compact camera, the ST30. The latest launch reinforces Samsung’s position as a global leader in design-led innovation to meet the needs of customers. The attractive and ultra compact model incorporates leading technology benefits, to capture great images wherever you go.

The ST30’s tiny size and compact design means it’s the perfect camera to drop into your handbag, or tuck away in your jeans pocket. With the ST30’s compact size, about the size of an average mobile phone, it’s the ideal camera to use when heading out to the latest party or to catch-up with friends. The ST30 features a unique design finished with a high quality metal body and whatever the color of your party outfit, the ST30 has a color to match it.

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Apple readying iPhone for Verizon, analyst says

By Suzanne Choney

A new analyst's report says that Apple is indeed getting a version of the iPhone ready that would run on Verizon Wireless' network.

Reports last June and March indicated the popular phone is on its way to Verizon in the year ahead. Since it first went on sale in 2007, the iPhone has been carried exclusively by AT&T in the United States, but that exclusivity agreement is expected to end.

AppleInsider says that Wednesday, Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Jeffrey Fidacaro "said in a note to investors ... that checks with overseas suppliers indicated Apple is prepared to build 3 million CDMA iPhones in December, keeping the device on track for an early 2011 launch" with Verizon, which uses CDMA technology for its network, as does Sprint. AT&T and T-Mobile use the more widespread GSM technology.

Apple, Verizon and AT&T are generally keeping tight-lipped about the iPhone, although AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Tuesday played down concerns about losing iPhone subscribers to another carrier (primarily Verizon, AT&T's main competitor).

At a Goldman Sachs conference, Stephenson said about 80 percent of iPhone users are either in family plans or using the device through their companies, making it difficult for them to get out of their contracts.

Still, two new studies — one from Credit Suisse and another from Deloitte professional services firm — replicate other findings that cell phone users would be quite happy to see — and buy — the iPhone if it were on Verizon's network. AT&T has been working feverishly to upgrade its network to deal with data demands from smart phone customers, and in particular, those using the iPhone.

Reuters said Wednesday results of a study done by Deloitte found that close to half of iPhone users in the U.S. would be "very interested" in moving from AT&T to Verizon.

"If another carrier were to pick up the iPhone, you would probably see a number of defections," Ed Moran, director of insights and product innovation at Deloitte, told Reuters.

The Credit Suisse survey said that 63 percent of existing iPhone owners would stay with AT&T no matter what, according to SlashGear, but 28 percent would defect (23 percent to Verizon, 3 percent to Sprint, 2 percent to T-Mobile).

Earlier this month, Piper Jaffray found that for prospective buyers, not having the iPhone on Verizon's network is three times more of an issue than the iPhone 4's antenna problem when it comes to holding back buyers. (The phone's antenna wraps around the exterior of the phone, leading to reduced signal strength for some users, a problem remedied by the use of a rubber bumper).

And yet another firm, ChangeWave Research, said mid-summer in its survey of iPhone 4 owners that the phone's "biggest Achilles' heel ... remains AT&T," with 27 percent of owners saying they don't like having to use the carrier in order to have the iPhone, and 24 percent saying they dislike the coverage, speed and quality of AT&T's network.

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