Apple tracking for 12 million iPad sales this quarter

UBS analyst Maynard Um believes that Apple is on track to record new iPad sales in the order of 12 million units. The estimate follows Appleís official announcement yesterday that it had sold a record 3 million new iPads in its first three days on sale. Read more...

Developer interest in Android fades, more interested in iOS

Following news that Battleheart developer Mika Mobile is dropping support for the Android platform, a new survey of developer interest in mobile platforms shows that this could be a sign of a growing trend facing the Android platform. In explaining its reasons for dropping Android support, Mika Mobile said that the fragmentation of the platform meant that it had been forced to spend countless hours ëmodifying shaders and texture formats to work on different GPUsÖí among other complaints. Read more...

Tech Ticker: NetZero to launch free wireless service; Amazon buying Kiva … – Contra Costa Times

Kansas City StarTech Ticker: NetZero to launch free wireless service; Amazon buying Kiva ...Contra Costa TimesUnited Online announced Monday that it will offer free wireless Internet service under its NetZero brand, the one that started the free dial-u... Read more...