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Steve Jobs: Tablets Are Not PCs And Our Competitors Don’t Get It (Matt Rosoff/SAI: Silicon Alley Insider)

Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Steve Jobs: Tablets Are Not PCs And Our Competitors Don’t Get It  —  The iPad is not a computer, and competitors who approach it like the PC market will fail, says Apple’s Steve Jobs.  —  Like he did at last year’s iPad introduction, Jobs closed today’s iPad 2 event by talking …

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SURPRISE: Developing For Windows Phone 7 Isn’t A Total Waste Of Time (Matt Rosoff/Silicon Alley Insider)

Matt Rosoff / Silicon Alley Insider:
SURPRISE: Developing For Windows Phone 7 Isn’t A Total Waste Of Time  —  The conventional wisdom among developers is to target the largest available platform.  —  According to that wisdom, developing apps for Windows Phone 7 is at best a “wait and see” prospect, and at worst a total waste of time.

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Here’s How Apple’s iPad Is Invading The Business World (Dan Frommer/Silicon Alley Insider)

Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Here’s How Apple’s iPad Is Invading The Business World  —  Apple’s iPad is a consumer device, first and foremost.  (And it’s a good one, at that.)  —  But a few recent events have illustrated how the iPad could also potentially become an important device for business and enterprise users …

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Netflix Bends To Warner Bros., Won’t Rent DVDs For 28 Days After They Go On Sale (NFLX) (Dan Frommer/Silicon Alley Insider)

Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Netflix Bends To Warner Bros., Won’t Rent DVDs For 28 Days After They Go On Sale (NFLX)  —  This will please the movie industry: Netflix has agreed to a 28-day window before it rents Warner Bros. DVDs and Blu-ray discs after they go on sale.  The idea is that this will allow Warner Bros. to sell more discs …

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