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iPhone, iPad & 4G Mean Big Pay Raise For Verizon CEO

Lowell McAdam Sees His Salary Tripled As Verizon Counts The Successes During His Tenure
By on Monday, 19. March 2012

Verizon is the top cell phone provider in the United States, and they’ve certainly had quite a ride under CEO Lowell McAdam, including getting the iPhone and iPad, as well as launching their 4G LTE network. Now, the Verizon board of directors is rewarded Mr. McAdam with a lot of [...]

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Archos Gen 10 XS Tablet To Have Detachable Keyboard

French Android Manufacturer Announces New Premium Android Tablet To Take On ASUS Transformer Prime
By on Monday, 19. March 2012

If you follow Android tablets, then you probably know that French manufacturer Archos has long-since been the provider of affordable Android tablets with some of the latest features. This time, Archos is going after the ASUS Transformer series of tablets which come with that recognizable detachable keyboard. The new technology [...]

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Apple CEO Promises That Apple Plans To Release Lots Of Stuff

During Investor Press Conference Today, Tim Cook Promises That Apple Will Still Come Out With New Devices
By on Monday, 19. March 2012

Apple pleased Wall Street today when CEO Tim Cook announced that he would be breaking up Apple’s $100 billion in cash reserves by offering dividends to shareholders as well as buying back $10 billion in shares over the next 3 years. But, during that press conference, Cook also hinted about [...]

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3 Million New iPad Units Sold In Opening Weekend

Third-generation iPad Is Another Apple Success, Rivals Should be Seriously Worried
By on Monday, 19. March 2012

Earlier today, Apple held a special early morning conference call during which Tim Cook and Peter Oppenheimer announced that the company is ready to share some of its huge cash reserves with shareholders via dividends and a stock buyback.

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iPad Drop Tests Commence With Predictable Results

The First Studies Of The New iPad's Survivability When Dropped Are In, Results About What You'd Expect
By on Monday, 19. March 2012

The one truly great thing about a new product launch, especially one as high-profile as that of the new iPad, is that it’s not too long before the will-it-blends and the like start coming out. And one such venture, a new iPad drop test, has already been uncovered. The down [...]

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LG A540 T/D & A540-P Get Unveiled

LG Brings Out A Pair Of New Laptops, One Adding A Shot Of 3D Video To The Mix & The Other Boasting Some Impressive Features Of Its Own
By on Monday, 19. March 2012

Admittedly, LG just recently showed off a new laptop as part of its CES 2012 proceedings just a couple months ago, but they’re not resting on their laurels, oh no. In fact, they’ve just taken the wraps off a pair of new laptops, one that will bring a shot of [...]

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Apple Posts "Record Weekend" With New iPad

Conference Call To Investors This Morning Led To Tim Cook Talking Up The New iPad, With Glowing Terms
By on Monday, 19. March 2012

While on a conference call to investors to talk about the disbursement of Apple’s cash hoard, itself a topic of substantial speculation, the topic inevitably turned to the new iPad. And while Tim Cook, who was leading the conference call in question, was careful to keep the topic on a [...]

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Jolicloud Me Announced, Will Be Launching As An Invite-Only Beta

Jolicloud Me Unveiled; Touted As "Your Personal Cloud" With Features To Include Personal Search, A Cloud Library & Collections
By on Monday, 19. March 2012

We have mentioned Jolicloud several times here on TFTS in the past. And well, it looks like the company has since returned with another offering — Jolicloud Me, which is going to see the company make a further push into the cloud.

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NetZero Returns As A 4G Mobile Broadband Provider

NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband Announced, Service Launches With No Contracts & Plans Ranging From Free Up To $49.95 Per Month
By on Monday, 19. March 2012

Those who were active online back in the late 90′s and early 00′s will likely recognize the name NetZero, and well, it looks like the company has just announced their latest offering. And thankfully it is not a dial-up service. Instead the latest from NetZero is coming as a 4G [...]

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Apple’s $100 Billion In the Bank to be Discussed in Special Conference Call

Tim Cook & Co. Announced a Special Media Event For Monday, The Main Topic: Apple’s Huge Cash Reserves
By on Sunday, 18. March 2012

At some point in April Apple will most likely announce a new second quarter earnings record – it probably won’t be an all time record as Q2 FY2012 will not beat the Christmas quarter (Q1 FY2012) when it comes to sales and profits. But before that happens, the company will [...]

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