Linked List: August 24, 2010

Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Samsung Galaxy Tab 

This reminds me of another product, but I can’t recall the name of it. Give me a minute, here…

Bloomberg: Apple Preparing New 99-Cent TV Show Rental Service 

Bloomberg:

Apple Inc. is in advanced talks with News Corp. to let iTunes users rent TV shows for 99 cents and is in discussions with other media companies about similar deals, said three people familiar with the plan.

Viewers would be able to rent programs from News Corp.’s Fox for 48 hours, said the people, who declined to be identified because the discussions aren’t public. CBS Corp. and Walt Disney Co. — where Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is a board member and the largest shareholder — also are in talks about joining the effort, the people say.

Sounds like the subscription service idea is dead, but 99-cent shows would be an improvement over the $1.99 status quo.

‘Apple: Short Term Winner, Long Term Loser’ 

Perhaps the dumbest entry yet in the “Android will do to iOS what Windows did to the Mac” sweepstakes. Business Insider: jiminy.

Motorola Bought 280 North 

Fascinating; let’s hope we hear from them again.

Android Developer Revenue 

Arron La, developer of the popular Android Task Manager app, on his experience with Android Market. Interesting perspective.

Update: Fireballed; here’s a cached version.

Motorola’s Android 2.2 Rollout 

Sounds like fun.