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Apple Officially Introduces In-App Purchases for Free Titles

iPhone developers registered with Apple have confirmed that the Mac maker has given them the green light to include in-app purchases for all kinds of applications, meaning free titles too. The feature was previously reserved for paid iPhone apps. Via an email communication, developers of free applications recently g...

16 October 2009
04:44 GMT

US Internet Investment Company Buys the First-Ever Registered Domain Name

Missouri-based Internet investment company XF.com Investmens has announced that it has recently acquired the first-ever domain name registered on a DNS server. XF.com Investmens, an Internet real-estate company (as it likes to call itself), bought from Symbolics Inc. for an undisclosed sum the ownership rights over t...

29 August 2009
04:31 GMT

Apple Web Store Officially Intros Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Yesterday, Apple’s online store officially introduced the newest version of Apple’s operating system, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The company encourages visitors of its store to pre-order the next-gen software so they can have it delivered on debut. The same page lists all the enhancements and refinements...

25 August 2009
02:27 GMT

Buy a Mac Now, Get Snow Leopard for $9.95

Apple has posted an announcement on its Mac section revealing that buyers of a Mac or Xserve that have made their purchase after June 8 are eligible for a $9.95 upgrade to Snow Leopard. Naturally, the offer is available until Snow Leopard is released, at which point Apple will start selling Macs with the new cat pre-...

11 June 2009
04:21 GMT

Apple Includes 'Buy' Options with iPod Touch Ad

Learning about the new Apple ad that “breaks” Yahoo, we watched the original advertisment on Apple's site again, only to find that the company now offers two new controls under the “watch again” button. “Buy” options are now available for the sound track featured in the ad, as...

12 December 2008
08:21 GMT

iPhone 3G Gift Cards Are Up

Apple has updated its website featuring a special holiday gift card that can be acquired towards the purchase of an iPhone 3G handset. The card, aimed at potential iPhone buyers, or those who wish to make the iPhone 3G a Christmas gift, allows customers to load any value between $25 and $2,500. The service also allow...

27 November 2008
02:57 GMT

Apple's Stock Is a 'Buy,' Analysts Say

Yahoo! Finance reports that JPMorgan analyst Mark Moskowitz has lowered his sales estimates for the iPhone and the iPod, while raising MacBook forecasts and earnings estimates for the three months ending in December. Most analysts agree that Apple's stock is ripe for the picking, advising clients to do so withou...

24 November 2008
10:54 GMT

Virgin Mobile Officially Buys Helio

Virgin Mobile, probably the best-known mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the world, announced that it would buy Helio, the American MVNO currently owned by SK Telecom and EarthLink. The deal will not be completed following a payment in cash, but after SK Telekom and EarthLink are offered 13 million shares of...

27 June 2008
12:34 GMT

Verizon Buys Alltel and Becomes the King of the US

Verizon Wireless, currently the second largest mobile operator in the US, might soon buy Alltel, which ranks only fifth when it comes to mobile subscribers, thus becoming the largest carrier in the US as well as on the whole American continent (including North, Central and South America, of course). Verizon has, ...

5 June 2008
03:23 GMT

Sony Ericsson Might Buy HTC

According to some recently appeared rumors, Sony Ericsson might buy HTC and merge with it in what could be one of the most important deals in the "modern history" of mobile devices. A top five handset manufacturer, Sony Ericsson is itself a joint venture, created back in 2001 between Japan's Sony and Sweden�...

3 June 2008
03:38 GMT

Motorola's Handset Division Might Be Bought By Videocon

Videocon, one of India's largest industrial conglomerates, recently revealed its intention to buy Motorola's handsets division, valued at more than $3.5 billion. This comes shortly after the American giant announced it will divide its business into two independent companies, a Mobile Devices one and a Broad...

3 April 2008
05:08 GMT

Be Careful What You Buy Online - It Might Contain a Gun!

Internet auctions often turn up interesting items being found hidden within the original item sold. Last month, a laptop bought on eBay had a DVD containing Secret Service information hidden under the keyboard and the machine itself was encrypted to smithereens. That turned out well, but it's not always harmless...

21 March 2008
16:36 GMT

Is Take Two Really Willing to Talk?

Although only a few days have gone by since Electronic Arts revealed an offer to buy Take Two the saga goes on. Take Two have recently declared that after the release of GTA IV, in late April this year, they might be willing to talk with EA.A statement from the company reads: "We believe EA's unsolicited offer i...

26 February 2008
06:18 GMT

Sprint Brings Motorola Q2 these Holidays

Sprint has just made its holiday lineup official, with little words on it, though. Motorola Q2 is one of the handsets that will be available from this carrier by the end of the year, most probably just in time to make the best of the holiday season shopping craze.The most surprising feature on this release comes from...

13 November 2007
05:26 GMT

Motorola Releases MOTO Q Global at AT&T

AT&T keeps adding great mobile phones to its lineup over the past period. The Moto Q Global is its adaptation of Motorola's Q 9h smartphone and will be the first of its line to use 3G connectivity for reaching data transfer speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps, excellent for browsing the Internet and making downloads.The Mo...

1 November 2007
11:03 GMT

1,400,000 iPhones Sold Since Launch

More than 1,1 million iPhones have been sold over the past quarter, adding up to those that hit the market in the first days of the phone's release to reach a sum of almost 1,4 million such devices. That's a great number, although some even more demanding people will definitely claim that Apple could have d...

26 October 2007
05:41 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Buys Atrica

Nokia Siemens Networks just made a new acquisition, which adds to the already high number of companies that it is working with. Atrica will be from now on part of Nokia Siemens Networks, as the so-called carrier grade Ethernet has attracted and continues to attract significant venture investment.Atrica is one of the ...

26 October 2007
03:38 GMT

Looking For Holiday Gifts? Buy Them Online!

We all know that the online shopping industry grew up a lot and it is going to become even more popular very soon, the analysts think. Market researcher JupiterResearch said that it expects to see a huge number of US online shoppers in the upcoming holiday season which might spend no less than $39 billion on the thin...

23 October 2007
15:06 GMT

Nokia Now Owns Enpocket

Nokia has just completed the final steps towards fully owning Enpocket, one of the leading companies that bring mobile advertising solutions. This should earn them a great position in a highly promising service that is heading towards a fast development.Enpocket has a strong experience in providing technology and ser...

8 October 2007
10:58 GMT

Samsung Armani Phone, the Hottest Thing in Second Life

Second Life gets the best out of real life. The famous fashion designer Giorgio Armani just introduced the phone that he designed together with Samsung in the offer of his new fashion store that he opened in this virtual world.Second Life is one of the most popular PC games that enable players to live an alternative ...

28 September 2007
04:38 GMT

Amazon and the Story Of The Magic 89 Cents

Amazon.com officially released Amazon MP3, a new web-based service which sells music content to the Internet users for prices starting at 89 cents. According to the parent company, the digital store currently has no less than 2 million songs created by approximately 180,000 artists so the collection might also includ...

25 September 2007
17:06 GMT

Nokia Thinks Ahead and Buys Enpocket

Nokia and Enpocket, world leader in mobile advertising, announced today that they reached an agreement for the Finnish company to buy Enpocket. Currently, Enpocket delivers services and technology that enable companies to plan, design, execute, optimize and measure mobile advertising campaigns all around the globe. E...

17 September 2007
09:24 GMT

Kyocera Makes Final Steps for Buying Sanyo

Kyocera has moved from the stage of intending to buy Sanyo Electronic to that of actually doing it. The company is taking care of the final stages in making this acquisition possible and will start profiting from it as soon as possible.Sanyo is the world's no. 11 handset producer, which makes Kyocera's choi...

17 September 2007
06:12 GMT

Verizon Wireless Buys Rural Cellular Corporation

Verizon Wireless announced yesterday its decision to buy Rural Cellular Corporation, a regional U.S. network, for the price of about 2.67 billion dollars in cash and assumed debt. With this acquisition Verizon Wireless increases its influence in rural markets and at the same time expands its network coverage. The com...

31 July 2007
09:01 GMT

Motorola Will Buy Leapstone

Motorola continues the series of important acquisitions and has recently announced the singing of a definitive fusion agreement to buy Leapstone System, a private held communications software provider headquartered in New Jersey. Leapstone is a leading company when it comes to communications software development, pr...

11 July 2007
09:01 GMT

90 Percent of iPhone Buyers Purchased Two Devices

The good things in life come in two, or so seem to think the buyers for Apple's recently released iPhone. 90 percent of them consider that all the waiting in line is not worth it unless they double their purchase. Most people bought two handsets on the launch on Friday.Apple took into consideration the possibil...

3 July 2007
06:29 GMT

How to Make Google Buy Your Company

I believe all of you dream to have Google as a parent company because the search giant has an incredible financial power and can bring you a lot of customers. But how can you make Google buy your company and become your owner? Well, there is no official method but let's try to guess it together.Recently, the sea...

9 May 2007
17:06 GMT

Apple's Prices for Refurbished Macs

Apple announced today the new prices for the refurbished Macs, sustaining all the products are reconditioned and available at special prices. All the new products are available on the Apple store and can be acquired by the users from every corner of the world. The company sells Inter-based Mac minis at $649 and Power...

15 March 2007
04:22 GMT


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