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What Will Apple Reveal Next Week?

By NICK BILTON

 

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/what-will-apple-reveal-next-week/?ref=technology

We the Apple users always asking what will Apple reveal next week. We ask this questions because Apple Company always have innovative products. In this article the Author said that when Apple makes an announcement about a coming press event it can sometimes feel like the National Hurricane Center has identified a new hurricane.(Bilton,2010)

 

Bilton in article said that Apple blog Apple insider think that the next Apple product is a smaller version of the Macbook Air computer. This computer will be lower in price than the current price of $1,499. Apple always is innovating with new products.

Maybe Your Old Credit Card Is Smart Enough

By RANDALL STROSS

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/business/17digi.html?ref=technology

In this article the author talk about the new credit that has its own computer chip embedded in the plastic. This credit cards are called smart cards. To use its smarts, it must be matched to a smart reader. In the United States, only about 600,000 point-of-sale terminals are specifically equipped for smart cards, according to Randy J. Vanderhoof, executive director of the Smart Card Alliance, a trade group.To use this type of credit card, all the point of sales terminals need to be compatible with this type of credit card.

 

Will physical books be gone in five years?

By Cody Combs, CNN

 

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/10/17/negroponte.ebooks/index.html

 

As e-book readers and tablet computers become more common, one prominent tech mogul says that physical books could disappear sooner than expected. (Combs, 2010)

In this article he talk about the interview with CNN's Howard Kurtz, he said that in five years the hardcopy books will be gone. Ebooks will be replacing the physical books.

Google reveals surprisingly huge mobile and display ad sales 

By David Goldman

http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/14/technology/google_earnings/index.htm

In this article the author talk about how Google's profit soared in the third quarter, defying skeptical investor and analysts who feared that the search giant would never find a significant new revenue stream besides search advertisements. (CNNMoney.com, 2010)