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Nintendo: Apple ‘absolutely’ more a threat than Microsoft

Oct 26th

Posted by admin in Techno Updates

Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime made a rare admission for the company and said in a recent interview that Apple was a bigger threat to its share of gaming than Microsoft. Despite the Xbox 360′s recent lead, he explained that the iPhone and iPod were “absolutely” larger threats in the near future. Apple had a similar effect to Farmville or other entertainment in that it consumed free time that wouldn’t be devoted to a Nintendo system, the executive told Forbes.

“I compete with Zynga, I compete with surfing the net, I compete with the newspaper,” he said.

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Qualcomm job listing for iPhone dev guru sets internet absolutely aflutter

Aug 27th

Posted by admin in Gadget

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“The iPhone has no secret for you? Well, that’s what you think… join us and develop the most challenging product of your life!” So reads a now-removed job listing on Qualcomm’s website for an “iPhone Developer Guru” (still cached, thanks to Google). Responsibilities will include “iPhone software design and development but not restricted to it” as well as some Android and… oh, you’ve already jumped to conclusions, have you? The forerunners of CDMA technology asking for iPhone software engineering? Teasing with the most challenging product of your life? We wouldn’t fault for Qualcomm for a bit of boasting, and for More >

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