Spotify is adding APPS!

The Social Networking site Spotify is now launching apps for its users.  These apps will be similar in function to Facebook's apps in the respect that the site shows reccomendations for apps,  shows contacts who are using the apps and, as a selling point, the company is opening the app store to independent app programmers.  Much like Apple, Spotify will have to approve each app but in the long run it will make the site more popular because of the variety of apps.     

Modern Warfare 3, Enough Said

Call of Duty (CoD) Modern Warfare 3 (MW3) has destroyed many sales records for sales within the first five days of release.  It has topped out at around $755 Million, give or take a million or two.  It has smashed every video game record for sales and as smashed movies as well.  It has lost only to James Cameron's Avatar in first days of availability.  Avatar got 2.8 Billion in sales its lifetime in the theaters so MW has a long way to go

Microsoft is overdoing the US patent situation

Barnes and Noble announced that there were multiple charges of excessive royalties payed to Microsoft for the right to the Android smartphone.  This was seen as an attempt to drive companies out of business because of the rising prices needed to pay these royalties.  Microsoft is now suing Barnes and Noble, claiming that their Nook infringes on at least 5 patents made within the last decade by Microsoft.  Microsoft also entered a deal between Nokia, itself and MOSAID.  The agreement was made that, because of Nokia and Microsoft combined, MOSAID gained control of 2000 patents.  The only price in this matter is the fact that 2/3 of profit revenue from these new devices goes to Microsoft and Nokia, respectively.

YAHOO!

Yahoo is looking not for a permanent CEO, which it at the moment lacks, however is making an attempt to sell itself to anything that would take it. It has Silver Lake and Providence equity partners bidding to get the rights to the Yahoo name

ARM Archetecture

A company called ARM, based in Cambridge, is working to create a cheaper OS for mobile devices. Smartphones like Apple and Samsung use the ARM A9 model of microchip. With new advancements, ARM hopes to create a generation of Sub $110 phones that are faster than any other phone on the market

RIM Black Out

RIM is still trying to figure out why there was a blackout of its services.  It is trying to get back consumer support for the security of its products.  It wants to get the people who left after the blackout back on the service line and will up its security once it figures out the problem

A new iPhone this year (SURPRISE)

Apple's recently inducted CEO, Mr. Tim Cook, is now the man on the stage releasing the new Apple product.  His breaking-in ceremony, as it were, is going to be the newest iPhone release for this year (*Gasp* *look of shock and awe*).  Apple has released a new version of its flagship product, the iPhone, for the last 4 years.  Some speculators say that the iPhone's competitor will be only the iPad, the Apple tablet device.  My opinion is that this is getting annoying to have an Apple device just a year after the release of the previous one.