Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today.
Apple Launches Mac App Store
Apple has launched its long-awaited Mac App Store with more than 1,000 free and paid applications.
Motorola Debuts Android Honeycomb Tablet
At CES Wednesday, Motorola revealed its first Android-powered tablet, Xoom, which runs on Honeycomb, the fabled, forked version of Android intended for tablets.
Microsoft Wows CES With Windows 7-Powered Tablets
The crowd erupted in cheers as Microsoft exec Mike Angiulo showed off a slew of Windows 7-based tablets with intriguing and varied form factors, such as touchscreens, slide-out keyboards, dual-screen machines, stylus-friendly tablets and more.
Further News
Microsoft has now sold more than 8 million Kinect units, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
Among Sony’s many announcements made Wednesday at CES was an interesting new device from Sony Ericsson’s Xperia product line, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc smartphone.
AT&T has cut the price of the iPhone 3GS to $49 with a two-year contract.
Microsoft showed off a new version of Surface, its tabletop touch computer, during the company’s keynote address at CES on Wednesday night.
At CES Wednesday, Samsung unveiled three new TVs with ultra-thin bezels, so thin they look like picture frames rather than HDTVs.
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