Category: Other Companies

Companies other than Apple which announce Macintosh or Apple related items.

An A.P.P.L.E. Review — Google Currents – Is it ready for Prime Time?

Program : Google Currents Price: Free Platform: iPhone, iPad, Android URL: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-currents/id459182288?mt=8 Website: https://www.google.com/producer/home When Google Currents was announce yesterday, we were initially a bit skeptical that the app would do what it said it would.  But then we have seen so many supposed publishers come and go quickly due to the fact that they […]

Call-A.P.P.L.E. News now on Google Currents

This morning, Google announced the availability of Currents, their Flipboard like application for the iPhone, iPad and Android.  The App system itself produces very nice clean type and has a number of popular magazines already in the system, including out Call-A.P.P.L.E. News.  You can download the Google Currents version of Call-A.P.P.L.E. News at: http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAowyI4W/call_apple_news You […]

Ebay Buys PayPal

Ebay has purchased the online payment services company PayPal for a reported $1.5 billion USD. The purchase was made using stock swaps based on the July 5, 2002 value of PayPal’s stock and is still subject to the stockholder approval and the regulators. While the acquisition appears to solidify Ebay’s online services, it also presents […]