Paul McDougall / InformationWeek:
Windows Phone 7 Will Flounder, Gartner Predicts — Microsoft’s new mobile OS will only provide a slight, temporarily boost to the company’s meager mobile OS market share, according to research firm. — Microsoft’s introduction of Windows Phone 7, set to be formally introduced next week …
Paul Thurrott / SuperSite for Windows:
Droid Attack Spells Doom for iPhone — Last year, while I was on a business trip, my wife surprised me during a phone call by telling me that she was going to purchase a Motorola DROID and finally enter the smart phone age. This was surprising on a number of levels.
Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
Apple iPod Operations Manager Paul Shin Devine held in supplier kickback scheme — Paul Shin Devine, 37, of Sunnyvale, California is being held on accusations that he accepted more than $1 million in kickbacks from Asian suppliers of iPhone and iPod accessories.
Paul R. La Monica / CNNMoney.com:
It’s time to add Apple to the Dow — The Buzz is now on Twitter! Follow me @LaMonicaBuzz — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Apple is no longer some plucky tech underdog scrambling to catch up with Microsoft. So isn’t it time for the company to join Microsoft in the venerable Dow Jones industrial average?