Roundup: iPhone smartphone share continues climb, Digg is not for sale (right now) and more
Here’s the latest action:
The iPhone keeps smartphone sales afloat — “Right now we’re selling millions and millions and millions of phones a year. Apple is selling zero phones a year. In six months, they’ll have the most expensive phone by far ever in the marketplace, and let’s see…what’s the expression? Let’s see how the competition goes.” That was Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer in January 2007. The iPhone now accounts for 16.6 percent of the smartphone market worldwide. Only Nokia is ahead. Digital Daily has more.
Digg is not for sale… right now — Digg chief executive Jay Adelson told BusinessWeek. The company is now focusing on increasing revenue, with several new features coming out over the next months to keep people on the site and hopefully reach profitability within a year. Of course, everything has a price…
Intel and Hitachi team up for flash memory — The two companies want to better compete with SanDisk, Samsung and Toshiba in this market. The New York Times has more.
Windows Live evolves — Microsoft’s online portal is now a more social place, and its online storage product, SkyDrive, now offers 25 gigabytes of storage space to users. TechCrunch has more.
Announcing the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Customer Preview Program (CPP) — That’s the headline on Microsoft’s Windows Blog. I don’t know what that means, and if you don’t either, you’re probably either a Mac user or waiting for Windows 7.
Speaking of… Windows 7 first beta due in January — Attendees of the MSDN Developer Conference events taking place next month will apparently leave with a DVD to test Microsoft’s next operating system. Bob’s Blog has more.
Another new top-level domain — .Tel addresses are scheduled to start popping up tomorrow. These are meant to be used for contact information in a way that could create “a phone book for the Internet,” according to The New York Times.
Apple takes down the antivirus recommendation — An oddly worded part of its support site indicated that Mac users might want to download antivirus software. This is of course something Mac people continually rag PC people about (and the Mac vs. PC commercials highlight). But Apple decided to take the suggestion down because it was “old and inaccurate,” an Apple spokesman told CNET. Of course Macs can still get viruses just like PCs, there just aren’t nearly as many out there.
eJamming gets a licensing deal with MTV — The real-time online music collaboration company will now work with the popular music network on future products. MarketWatch has more.
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MG Siegler writes about technology trends and new media for VentureBeat, with a focus on mobile topics, social elements and key news stories. Before that, MG wrote about technology on his blog, ParisLemon. Originally from Ohio, MG attended the University of Michigan where he studied film. He's previously lived in Los Angeles where he worked in Hollywood and in San Diego where he did web development. He now lives in San Francisco.
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