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Martha Tweets While Jobs Discusses All Things Apple, Hulu Arriving on Xbox?

by Warren Riddle on June 2, 2010 at 11:55 AM

Steve Jobs at D8

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • Apple maintains a constant and conspicuous media presence for a seemingly infinite array of reasons. Yesterday at the All Things Digital D8 conference, Steve Jobs addressed an assortment of current topics, and Engadget is supplying video highlights. The Apple chief discusses -- among other things -- the company's fight with Flash, the iPhone fiasco and Apple's relationship with AT&T. If you're not into watching vids, you can just read about the action through the live tweeting of world renowned tech pundit Martha Stewart. Wait, what? [From: Engadget]
  • Nintendo finally joined the rest of the console pack with the recent launch of Netflix Wii streaming, but one major competitor appears set to pull way into the lead once again. Microsoft reportedly hopes to forge an alliance with Hulu, in order to add the highly desirable service to the Xbox 360 dashboard. [From: Engadget]
  • Foxconn announced last week that it plans to give employees 20-percent pay raises, but another mysterious death (the 12th overall) has apparently prompted the company to increase that amount to 30-percent. Apple has also stepped up to the plate, promising to provide public and monetary support to the Foxconn gadget assemblers, so perhaps an end to the senseless and appalling series of deaths may be near. [From: Engadget]
  • While Steve Jobs hobnobbed at D8, Microsoft's Steve Guggenheimer was also making the publicity rounds at this week's Computex event. Guggenheimer touched on the company's future plans for Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7, particularly in regard to tablets. He also disappointingly reiterated that the once-hyped Courier was a mere design concept, not an actual tablet in development. [From: Engadget]
  • Google has managed to maneuver through the recession while amassing a vast horde of cash, but it may need that fortune to avoid a brewing international crisis. Germany and multiple U.S. states are already engaged with Google over the company's Street View practices, and now Canada is also reportedly investigating privacy issues concerning Street View data collection. [From: MSNBC]
  • People watch an astounding 2 billion videos on YouTube every day, so it should come as no surprise that the company dominates the world of online video. According to comScore data, 135 million U.S. users watched more than 13 billion videos on YouTube in April alone. Second place Hulu hosted a paltry 958 million views in comparison. [From: The New York Times]

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