While it’s Friday and apparently that means little news regarding the iPad. Add Axiotron to the list of people that don’t think the iPad is going to hurt their business. While the ModBook claims to be fine, Amazon is struggling, Hachette (publishing company) dumped Amazon making it the 3rd major publishing company to screw over Amazon since the iPad announcement. More evidence of the iPad going to Vodafone compliments of its CEO and other X2 announced the Windows/Linux iTablet – haven’t we seen that before and what’s with the italics?
Apple has told developers that location-based ads are off-limits, meanwhile the game of Apple-Google Risk continues with Apple hiring two major mobile ad forces. In other Apple hiring news, the L.A. Times reported that Apple was recruiting engineers at a job fair. Steve Jobs had another meeting in New York this morning with the print media industry, apparently wearing a funny hat? Lionel at Hardmac provided some thoughts on the Apple and Adobe feud. Meanwhile AT&T & Sling are engaging in a new war.
And in our ironic moment in history story of the day: Cisco Systems, you know the company that used to own the trademark for the iPhone – yeah, they have a new iPhone app coming. Anyone want to guess what it does? VoIP, yeah the same thing their iPhone used to do.
