Greystripe’s technology now transcodes Flash authored ads as HTML5 to mobile devices that do not support Flash Player

Chinese pirates hawking a new crop of Apple Inc iPad knock-offs are hoping the real product’s global launch will provide much-needed publicity for their slow-selling wares.

Some Apple stores in Canada and Australia sold out of the 3G version of the iPad, and staff were telling customers they did not know when new stock would arrive. This is a fairly significant piece of advice, people want the freedom of the un-tethered iPad, and Wi-Fi didn’t cut it.

As Apple kicks off international release of the iPad (which includes Canada, finally), rivals are working to develop their own products to claim a slice of a growing consumer market.

Apple is now the world’s largest technology company, after overtaking Microsoft in market capitalization Wednesday (May 26 2010).

Yahoo has been working to focus on its core businesses — creating and licensing content, selling online ads and providing messaging services — while turning to partners to run some of its other offerings. It’s a great way to do business and is the new emerging trend in closer corporate service trading. Companies are staying focused on their core competencies and partnering where needed.

The “smart TV” service allows people to search both live channels as well as content from websites such as YouTube.

The new iPhone OS extends the set of APIs to over 1500. The iPhone SDK 4 provides developers with a broad range of technologies to enhance the functionality of their iPhone and iPod touch applications. Developers can use these new APIs to make their apps more powerful, more feature rich, and more amazing than before. They can even use new GameKit APIs to develop for Game Center, the social gaming network Apple will launch later this year.

First quarter 2010 information from The NPD Group’s Mobile Phone Track reveals a shift in the smartphone market, as Android OS edged out Apple’s OS for the number-two position behind RIM.

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