United Airlines recently announced it was replacing the hefty flight manuals and chart books its pilots have long used with 11 000 iPads carrying the same data. Now instead of ruining their backs carrying 17 kilograms of paper instructions, data and charts, they can ruin their nerves trying to get the devices past TSA security screeners.The popular tablet computer will carry the Mobile FliteDeck software app from Jeppesen, a Boeing subsidiary which provides navigation tools for air, sea and land.“The ...

Tim Cook, Apple's new CEO, has sent out his very first memo to Apple staff as CEO of the tech giant. The memo was sent to all Apple employees the morning after Steve Jobs announced his resignation from the post.Cook who says he shares "Steve's optimism for Apple’s bright future" ran Apple while Jobs was on medical leave and has essentially been running day-to-day operations since early this year.The memo, first published by Ars Technica, reassures the staff that ...

Steve Jobs' resignation as Apple's CEO has set the tech world ablaze. Consumers have already begun speculating about Apple's future without its fearless leader. Even if you don't use a Mac, iPhone, iPod, or iPad, you have in some way been influenced by the products developed under Jobs' prolific reign as chief executive of Apple.Memeburn decided to take a look back at some of his iconic moments as lord and master at Apple's helm. Sporting his famous black polo neck ...

Steve Jobs' resignation as Apple CEO heralds the end of a more than 30 year association with the tech giant. No more polo necks, no more "one more thing" at the end of his now famous keynote speeches. Reactions from the tech world have ranged from shock to heartfelt tributes.Memeburn takes a look at how some of the industry's leading voices have responded to the announcement through social tools like Twitter and Google+:Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who ...

It's the runaway success story: From a standing start just four years ago, over 15-million Kenyans now use the M-Pesa mobile money service to transact. Billions of Kenyan shillings have been moved through the system. It's this success which leads to M-Pesa being held up as a case study of mobile payments in emerging markets (try researching mobile payments without reference to M-Pesa!). It's also made financial services companies and rival operators salivate.True, the growth rates are staggering. There are ...

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has resigned his position as the company's CEO. The man, widely credited with taking Apple from a laggard in the tech world to the most successful company on earth, will be replaced by acting CEO Tim Cook.Jobs announced his decision via a brief letter to the company's board, which was subsequently released to the press. Jobs has held the position of CEO since his return to Apple in 1996.The Apple co-founder is seen as the ...

Corporations and small to medium companies are pouring money into social media. For many of these companies social media also entails a lot of time and energy. The challenge lies in measuring success. Do we look at the number of Likes and retweets or perhaps just the bottom line on sales? Memeburn takes a look at some of the key ideas in the media industry around just what success is.The Classic Graph – anyone can create itClay McDaniel, ...

Following recent rumours that BlackBerry was set to launch a new product called BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) Music, Research In Motion (RIM) announced the arrival of a cloud-based music service.The service launched this week with closed beta trials in Canada, the United States and the UK.The news came in the form of a press release from RIM stating that the new service is aimed at socially connecting music fans. The service, BBM Music is an easy-to-use cloud-based service that enables ...

I've been pondering small business, payments and incentives quite a bit recently. Partly because of the web startups I've been seeing crop up locally, partly due to the inefficiencies in the system, and also because I'm a bit of a merchant at heart.Specifically, I think that small business in Africa will bring a major wave of activity in the online space. That some smart startups will take advantage of mobiles and the internet, and will be beneficiaries of this growth. ...

The penetration of sophisticated handsets into Asian markets is growing rapidly, as is the demand for content. Ahead of the upcoming Apps World Asia 2011 in Singapore, two of the show's experts share their thoughts on what the trend means for publishers.The race is on for content creators, publishers, news organisations and everyone in between to meet the ever changing needs of their audiences. Olivier Legrand, General Manager, Asia Pacific for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Digital Network, says ...