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.

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.

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.

Apple said on Monday it has sold over 300,000 iPads on Saturday, a number which didn’t match some analysts’ estimates, placed at up to 700,000 at some point. Chitika’s number though, is much more realistic, with around 600,000 in the first six days of sales.ipad, sales, revenue, Apple, 600,000

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.

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.

iPad Accessories it the market. See the latest cool iPad accessories. Give your iPad its own home on your desk, connect it to a keyboard, download pictures from your digital camera, and more.

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.