Well, I just posted this story, so that says something. But if this has no place on Gizmodo, then comment within. I may well just nuke this post. All interactive like! Oh, and the news part: Kate Hudson called her baby ‘Bing’. That is all. Oh, except the full name is really Bingham. So…yeah. As you were. [People via SAI]
As the market closed on Friday, something pretty remarkable (but believable) happened: Apple’s market value was more than Intel and Microsoft, combined.
Apple uses multiple vendors in interchangeable ways to make a single product, but rarely if ever do performance specs change when this happens. Not so with the MacBook Air! The Toshiba bits that are inside my Air, from October, are actually slower than those in the latest batch, which house an SSD blade from Samsung. Grumble, grumble. [TUAW]
The rumour that Apple was building their largest retail store in New York’s Grand Central Terminal was always a little odd. Where would it all go? Why there? Aren’t there rules against altering landmarks? In any case, a source close to the MTA has confirmed to BetaBeat that Apple has backed out of its preliminary plans. Guess Manhattan will have to wait a bit to get their fifth Apple Store. [BetaBeat]
According to the Association of American Publishers, eBook sales are doing quite well, to the tune of an 115% increase in sales this past January, compared to one year ago. Sales were $US69.9 million for the month. Reading! [BGR]
Flickr may not have an official App, but they did make their site iPad-friendly. If you tap any photo on the site, you’ll enter the lightbox mode, where you can swipe through photo collections, or launch a slideshow. [Flickr]
