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

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

Globalive’s chairman and CEO said Thursday that rivals of his company’s new Wind Mobile wireless service are “fear-mongering” with complaints about its foreign investors.

Apple has introduced its latest fourth generation iPhone OS. The iPhone 4.0 OS was much awaited and Apple introduced more than 100 features including one high on everyone’s wish list, multithreading (running more than one application at the same time).

teve Jobs announced the iPhone OS 2.0 features scheduled for launching the summer of 2010 (iPhone/iPod touch) and fall 2010 (iPad) launch. Among the new features is multitasking and 100+ new features. The update also adds the mobile advertising platform (“iAd”).

AndroidLib.com reports that around 9,331 new mobile apps were added to the Android Market in March 2010. This is the biggest number of apps added to the Android App store for a given month, since it launched. In December 2009 the number of new apps added were around 3,800. Then in January 2010, these number increased to 5,500.

It is my opinion that Apple appreciates that it cannot control the entire eBook market on the iPad, so rather than building closed walled garden, they are offering the easiest and best eBook experience using their iBook Store.

The iPad was announced by Apple on Jan 27 2010. The product is revolutionary and will change the face of tablet computing. It marks a new class of product that is sandwiched between the Smartphone and the Laptop and opens new opportunities for application development and mobile services. This article explores the implication of the iPad’s existence.

The challenge for RIM is to appeal to consumers, especially in North America. North Americans expect a faster web experience and easier access to software applications while RIM competes with the rapidly emerging iPhone and Android smartphones platforms.

Mobile banking is finally gaining steam in Canada, long after U.S. consumers started paying bills on their Blackberrys and iPhones, but some analysts wonder whether Canadians will rush to embrace banking apps. Here are some of the latest trends and industry change in Canada.