“Apple customers were tempted by “shiny new alternatives,” says IHS senior manager Rhoda Alexander. According to her research, however, the primary alternative was not the Fire, but the iPhone 4S.”

“They auto-stock and auto-curate longer form articles from various publications for you to read on your iPad (optionally using Readability to remove the clutter). “

“The new data shows that the iPad alone would be the largest PC vendor and Apple with iPad and Mac combined is selling 5 million more units (or 30%) than the top PC vendor.”

“The goal is not just to see orangutans interacting with the iPad. Instead, Orangutan Outreach would like the monkeys to video chat and communicate with other orangutans over Skype. Currently, the monkeys interact with the iPad through a wall, where they can put their hands through, but not actually hold the iPad itself. Apps that are most appealing have been ones similar to what a child would enjoy, including drawing and music apps.”

“I’m not an artist, but I bet artists and doodlers will love it. It works amazingly well in Penultimate (pictured above).
I’m not a note-taker, but I bet note-takers will love it. It works very well with Note Taker HD, and MyScript Memo’s transcription is amazingly accurate.”

parislemon:

So let me get this straight: the number one PC maker in the world is bowing out of that race amid declining sales.

The number two PC maker in the world just posted a net loss in the quarter — which, by the way, is their first loss ever.

But the PC business is totally peachy keen, right, Microsoft?