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App developer Sean Woodhouse from IttyBitty Apps - Talking Technology 2012 - Ep06
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:43:06
Publish Date: 2012-03-12 19:55:02
Description: Interview with App developer Sean Woodhouse from IttyBitty Apps Leon and Garry talk about issues including: . Apple’s new version of the iPad. . According to market research firm Gartner Inc., 103.5 million tablet devices will be sold in 2012, with Apple accounting for two-thirds of those. The figure will rise to 326.3 million in 2015. . Apple is going to start letting users store movies on its iCloud remote storage service, allowing them to access their movies from PCs, iPhones and other Apple devices through the Internet. The company is also upgrading its Apple TV set-top box so that it can play movies in "1080p" format, the highest-resolution commonly used video standard. . Apple announced – via its website – that its App Store has officially hit the 25 billion app download mark. " . Amazon has confirmed that its latest addition to the Amazon Publishing roster, a series of short biographies edited by James Atlas, will indeed be sold outside of the Amazon ecosystem in both print and e-book form. . The US Justice Department is preparing to sue Apple and five other companies, alleging that they acted together to drive up e-book prices and that they tried to shut out rival e-book sellers like Amazon.com. The five U.S. publishers being investigated are Simon and Schuster, Hachette Book Group, the U.S. arm of Pearson PLC's Penguin Group, HarperCollins Publishers, and Macmillan. . Singapore Telecommunications Limited is expanding its presence into the fast-growing mobile advertising and marketing industry with its plan to acquire US-based outfit Amobee. . SingTel says that a new organisation structure has been developed to capture emerging opportunities as more customers gravitate towards mobility. Optus boss O’Sullivan will be in charge of the group consumer unit, while the Group Digital L!fe and the Group ICT divisions will be run by Allen Lew. . Hundreds of hours of entertainment choices may be given to Qantas passengers via individual iPads and inflight connectivity to the internet, including accessing and sending emails. The technology is anticipated as a regular feature on Qantas flights with trials of the internet services to start this month on six of its giant Airbus A380 aircraft on the Sydney to Los Angeles route and Melbourne to LA. . Google is developing a voice assistant technology that would rival Apple's Siri. . At least fifty calves and three human beings are living with no pulse in their bodies, thanks to an artificial pump that replaced their naturally-grown hearts . The Australian Government has provided the first contribution toward National ICT Australia’s $5 million data mining project to discover geothermal resources. . The hacking crew that terrorised big business throughout the latter half of 2011, has been working for the FBI since the middle of the year. . Google is unifying its digital entertainment offerings into a single cloud-based destination called Google Play. . How will PC sales grow in 2012? Slowly and they will depend on emerging markets.
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