| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | The iPhone 6 Expected In September
| | | Apple will release the iPhone 6 in September, according to a report in the Nikkei Asian Review. (Slate)
Why This Is Important: Apple's iPhones have some of the smallest screens among major smartphones. The rumor du jour includes two new sizes for the iPhone 6, both larger than the current iPhone 5 and 5s.
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| | #2 | Smartphones, The Disappointing Miracle
| | | Smartphone users are frustrated and deprived by bad service, including slow application load times and frequent service crashes. Looking at it another way, we are like petulant children, whining about the insufficient miracle of technology while we pace in front of a microwave for our frozen burritos to cook. (New York Times)
Why This Is Important: Sorry Android. Apple's new iOS 7 had the lowest crash rates of any other operating system. In other news that likely shocks no one: You get what you pay for. Paid apps have less lag time and fewer failure rates than free apps.
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| | #3 | Nintendo's New Key To Creativity: More Women
| | | "What's Animal Crossing?" asks Wired's photographer, as we're waiting outside the room to interview Katsuya Eguchi and Aya Kyogoku, the producer and director of the Nintendo 3DS game Animal Crossing: New Leaf. I'm not sure how to answer. A game where you're a mayor of a town of animals? A social tool where you can celebrate holidays (and even go clubbing) in real-time with your friends? An opportunity to create your fantasy home and share it with the world? (Wired)
Why This Is Important: It's said that 45 percent of gamers last year were women. Paying closer attention to this underutilized market can only have positive effects for the struggling Nintendo.
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"When laptops became notebooks, then netbooks, then Ultrabooks there was no panic about the end of the PC. They're all just variations on a theme -- different sizes and shapes of personal computers. The same is true for tablets," said Tony Bradley, principal analyst with the Bradley Strategy Group.
| | | Blog Post of The Day | A Vision For Comcast In A Post-Merger World
By James B. Stewart
Comcast's chief executive, Brian Roberts, was stung four years ago when Reed Hastings, chief executive of the then-fledgling Netflix, dismissed Comcast with a rhetorical question: "Why would we want to do a deal with a regional cable company?" More » |
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