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From Bloomberg | Google is working to bring Web software to televisions through a partnership with Intel, Sony and Logitech International. The project, called Google TV, would challenge Yahoo, TiVo, Rovi and Microsoft in delivering the Internet to TVs.
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From BusinessWeek | Google Inc.’s Nexus One phone is selling at a slower pace than the first iPhone, reaching about 135,000 units in the time it took Apple Inc. to sell 1 million, according to Flurry Inc. Google introduced the Nexus One in January, selling it through its Web site. U.S. consumers aren’t accustomed to buying phones that way, which may have hurt sales of the Nexus One, said Peter Farago, vice president of marketing at San Francisco-based Flurry.
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The long-delayed Airbus A400M military transport plane preparing to land after its first test flight on Mar. 9, 2010. (Getty Images)
Associated Press | Unbowed in its push into the lucrative U.S. defense market, Airbus said Monday it is aiming to sell about 210 of its much delayed A400M military airlifters to the United States.
The comments from Domingo Urena, chief of Airbus Military, come as parent company EADS still smarts from a move last week by U.S. partner Northrop Grumman Corp. to pull out of their combined bid for a massive $35 billion contract to build refueling tankers for the U.S. Air Force.
Northrop explained it didn’t think it could win, and EADS said it couldn’t bid alone. The move has all but ensured Chicago-based Boeing of victory — and prompted protests by French and EU leaders of alleged American protectionism.
From Fast Company | Though Apple isn’t releasing figures, CNN’s sampling of iPad and other Apple product purchasers suggested that more than 120,000 iPads were ordered Friday, the day pre-ordering began. It’s considered a strong showing for a product getting a mixed reception.
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Associated Press | After grabbing headlines with a sign-on bonus
of more than $100 million, Motorola Inc. co-CEO Sanjay Jha has settled
down to a more pedestrian $3.77 million in annual pay.
Motorola revealed Friday in a regulatory filing that Jha received a
2009 salary of $905,769 in 2009, a bonus of $1.2 million and restricted
stock worth $1.334 million. The bonus was guaranteed by his employment
contract.
By Julie Johnsson | United Airlines is the latest carrier to go paperless.
Chicago-based United on Friday unveiled mobile boarding passes at its home hub at O’Hare International Airport, new technology that allows passengers with iPhones, BlackBerries or other devices to check-in via cell phone.
(Ryan Anson/AFP/Getty Images)
Tribune staff report | Apple Inc. began taking pre-orders for its iPad multimedia tablet computer today at 7:30 a.m. this morning. Customers who order one of three Wi-Fi versions initially offered will receive it on April 3, either by home delivery or store pickup. iPad’s go on sale in Apple retail stores April 3, the company said.
The Wi-Fi models start at $499. in premarket trading, Apple shares rose above a record $227.50 on the Nasdaq. The shares have more than doubled in the past year.
From Walworth County Today | The city of Harvard is angling to become a test site for Google’s ultra-high speed Internet project, hoping the upgrade would spur interest in the 1.5 million-square-foot former Motorola plant that once employed more than 5,000 people before closing in 2003.
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From PC World | Motorola will start loading Microsoft’s Bing search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China.
Motorola will start pre-loading Microsoft’s Bing search and map services on its Android smartphones in China this quarter, or use updates to add them to phones already on the market. Motorola said the deal is a global one, though
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Associated Press | Google Inc. will sell the online services of
other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product
gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the
Internet.
The online store that was announced late Tuesday marks another step in
Google’s crusade to convert the world to “cloud computing,” the idea of
running applications in Web browsers instead of installing them on
individual hard drives. The information entered in the programs also is
stored in data centers run by third parties such as Google.
An attendee looks at a Samsung 3D movie at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Associated Press | Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week. This inaugurates what all TV makers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room.
Samsung Electronics Co. is announcing Tuesday that it is selling two 3-D sets, combined with the required glasses and 3-D Blu-ray players. The packages start at about $3,000. Panasonic Corp. has said it will sell its first 3-D set Wednesday.
For now there isn’t much 3-D programming to watch on these TVs. Samsung is including a 3-D copy of “Monsters vs. Aliens” on Blu-ray discs with its packages.
By Phil Rosenthal
| Comcast SportsNet Chicago plans to live stream telecasts of its Chicago Bulls games online, beginning with their Mar. 19 game against Cleveland. But the only people who will have access to the online version of the cable channel’s game coverage will be those who already receive Comcast SportsNet Chicago from a TV provider that has agreed to participate in the network’s authentication process.
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Tribune staff report | ServiceLive, a Sears Holdings subsidiary that lets consumers manage their home projects online, rolled out a free application of its service for iPhone.
The company’s Web site allows consumers to name a price for a project or solicit multiple bids for projects ranging from computer repairs to plumbing projects and provides access to local, background-checked professionals.
Associated Press | The much-anticipated iPad tablet computer from Apple Inc. will start
hitting U.S. store shelves on April 3, slightly later than originally
planned.
When Apple unveiled the touch-screen device Jan. 27, the company said
the first iPads would reach the market in “late March” worldwide, not
just in the U.S. Now international releases are planned for later in
April.
Investors shrugged off the delay and instead seemed reassured that the
tablet wouldn’t slip even later. On a day with a broader stock market
rally, Apple shares jumped $7.44, or 3.5 percent, to $218.15 in midday
trading, a record high.
Associated Press | YouTube is adding captions to millions of Internet videos. The feature expands upon speech-recognition technology that YouTube began using to make captions available on a limited number of videos late last year.
YouTube’s audience will be able to request captions at the press of a
button. Video producers will also be able to download the automated
captions and improve upon them.
