Tag Archive for: Makers

Apple’s iAd for Developers is a (sometimes expensive) work in progress, app makers say (Mark Milian/L.A. Times Tech Blog)

Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Apple’s iAd for Developers is a (sometimes expensive) work in progress, app makers say  —  Apple’s advertising program for mobile developers, which lets app makers market their wares to iPhone and iPod Touch owners, may have something in common with Mac computers.

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Symantec shares rise after Intel says it will buy security software maker’s rival McAfee – Los Angeles Times

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Shares of Symantec Corp. rose Thursday after chip maker Intel Corp. said it would buy the computer-security software maker’s rival, McAfee Inc. , for a 60 percent premium in a deal …
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Console Makers in Talks to Add 3G (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Console Makers in Talks to Add 3G  —  TOKYO—Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. is in talks with videogame-device makers about adding 3G network connections to the next generation of hand-held consoles in a push to expand connected-game play.  —  “Videogame makers know that in order …

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Why Policy Makers Should Review the Facts Before Marching to the Drumbeat of the Xenophobes (Vivek Wadhwa/TechCrunch)

Vivek Wadhwa / TechCrunch:
Why Policy Makers Should Review the Facts Before Marching to the Drumbeat of the Xenophobes  —  The H-1B visa has become the beachhead in the battle against the legal immigration of skilled workers.  This is because it allows highly educated, skilled workers from abroad to take employment in the U.S. and eventually become citizens.

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