(Reuters)
Speculation about the next model of iPad has accelerated in the past few weeks. The latest entry comes from Reuters, which says that sources claim the device will have front- and back-mounted cameras, likely for use with Apple's FaceTime video-chatting system. Wow. Amazing prediction, Kreskin.
(WWF)
Concerned about paper waste, the World Wildlife Federation has unveiled WWF, a PDF-based format that cannot be printed. Laudable, but I would have called it "WTF, mate?"
(Google Zeitgeist)
Google's put out its annual year-end picture of search queries the world over, and "iPad" was the second fastest rising term of 2010. Amazingly, it actually beat out Justin Bieber, but sadly it lost to . Sometimes I despair for humanity.
(All Things Digital)
And now our entry for Depressing Chart of the Day. As late as October 2009, RIM held 90 percent of Verizon's smartphone sales. Now, with the influx of Android devices, BlackBerry sales on the carrier have plummeted: as of November it's fallen to under 20 percent. Remember that sound it made when Wile E. Coyote looked down and found himself standing on thin air? Yeah.