More than 15 weeks after the Nexus One launched in the US, it looks like our friends in the UK may finally get an opportunity to buy the Android smartphone.
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Apple said today it sold over 300,000 iPads in the U.S. as of midnight Saturday, April 3, the first day of availability. Apple said sales included deliveries of pre-ordered iPads to customers, deliveries to its channel partners and sales at Apple Retail Stores. The company also said iPad users downloaded over one million apps from Apple’s App Store and over 250,000 ebooks for its iBookstore during the first day. Barclays Capital analyst Ben Reitzes forecast Apple sold about 400,000 iPads in the launch weekend, while Kaufman Brothers analyst Shaw Wu pegged sales of 250,000-300,000 units. JP Morgan analyst Mark Moskowizt estimates Apple to sell about 4.8 million iPads in the first 12 months. “It feels great to have the iPad launched into the world — it’s going to be a game changer,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPad users, on average, downloaded more than three apps and close to one book within hours of unpacking their new iPad.”
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The majority (86%) of young people in Britain go online to find help with personal problems, instead of seeking advice from a family member or friend. The findings come from a poll of 1,000 people under 25 commissioned by Get Connected, a national helpline line in the UK, and conducted by Maximiles Surveys. Online one third of young people would turn to their mother to discuss a problem and just 5 percent would speak to their father. Fifty percent did say they would be likely to talk to a friend. More than half (53%) of young people who have surfed the Internet to search for help with a problem found the information actually made them more concerned they were before. Only 18 percent said they would double check any information they found online with another source like a friend or parent. “These results show that there is a need for young people to be able to verify the information that they find online, and in many cases that the vast amount of information available on the Internet seems to exacerbate their personal worries further,” said Andrew McKnight, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Get Connected .
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Real estate website Zillow.com told WebProNews today it has launched a free Zillow Android application. The Zillow Android app uses GPS technology to find and follow users on an aerial map, and displays “Zestimate” values, homes for sale, homes for rent and recently-sold data on the homes around them. Users can also search for homes, even they are not in the vicinity, by tapping the Android platform’s voice search capabilities. By saying an address, neighborhood, ZIP code or city the app will automatically take the user there on the map. Key features of the Zillow Android app include: *Home details and historical data on 95 million homes in the U.S. *Curbside images of homes using Google StreetView *Multiple photos, home details, and contact information on homes for sale and rent *Users can filter their home searches by sale price, rental price, number of bedrooms, bathrooms and listing types “Since the launch of our highly successful
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