J.D. Power and Associates has announced results of its 2012 Vehicle Dependability Study, and once again, Lexus was the most reliable of any nameplate. No surprise there, really. Toyota and Lexus have dominated quality-related studies for a long time. What some might find surprising, however, is that the Lincoln MKZ tied the Lexus ES350 for […]
Feb 28 2012 | Posted in
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I was intrigued by this apparent disconnect and decided to dig a little further to try to identify cars that might be getting a bum rap. I looked at the top-scoring vehicles in J.D. Power’s dependability study, and compared the results to the worst-scoring brands in the avoider study. I also asked J.D. Power to […]
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Nokia Ovi has been struggling in the smartphone market since the launch of the original iPhone in 2007. Apple changed the concept of mobile computation in general and smartphone computing in particular. However, there are many company who received the wake-up call in good times and pushed their respective smartphone in the market. The likes […]
Feb 28 2012 | Posted in
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Microsoft has adapted Windows Phone software so that it requires half as much memory and runs the cheaper 7X27A chip from Qualcomm Inc. That should help manufacturers cut their costs. The price of the Lumia 610 “makes it very competitive with the low-end Android devices,” said Carolina Milanesi, a research vice president at Gartner Inc. […]
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“We are demonstrating the actions necessary to improve the fortunes of Nokia, very deliberately recognizing challenges, changing strategy and then executing very aggressively against that,” Elop said. “That’s the path you’ll see us continue to execute day in and day out.” Smartphone sales may grow 39 percent this year from 472 million units, according to […]
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Nokia was present at the Mobile World Congress 2012, Barcelona and it had a louder voice than the likes of Sony, who recently acquired the shares of Ericsson in the joint venture Sony Ericsson, and Samsung. The company announced a number of devices at the event and among them were Lumia 610 that belongs to […]
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"Saving Face" team launches anti-acid campaign Pakistan’s first Oscar winner, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on Tuesday launched an anti-acid campaign hoping her award winning documentary about survivors of acid attack, “Saving Face” will help eliminate the crime from the society. Sharmeen’s “Saving Face” won the short documentary category at the Academy Awards on Sunday, February 26. The […]
A suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into the gates of a NATO base and airport in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, triggering a blast that killed nine Afghans, officials said. The Taliban claimed the attack was revenge for U.S. troops burning copies of the Koran. The bombing in the city of Jalalabad followed six days […]
The Amazing Spider-Man will see the rebirth of the character on the silver screen but the release of the film will open up new opportunities for the franchise. When Tobey Maguire pulled on the Spider-Man costume for the first time in 2002 it felt right. The movie was perhaps the best film to be based […]
Feb 28 2012 | Posted in
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Your participation matters The fate of the democratic nations is decided through elections, which is the right and true procedure of democracy. The general masses in the whole country elect their representatives through whom they want to raise their issues and get the appropriate solution. However, if people stay at home on the day of […]
Feb 28 2012 | Posted in
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Only a few can forget Bipasha Basu’s edgy and bold performance in the film ‘Jism’, which was released back on January 17, 2003. However, for its sequel, ‘Jism 2’, Mahesh Bhatt has signed the Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone and it looks as if Leone is planning to overshadow Bipasha’s unforgettable hot avatar. Ever since […]
Feb 28 2012 | Posted in
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Ozzy Osbourne’s wife, Sharon Osbourne, reveals that Black Sabbath will perform one show in U.S this summer. However, she denied revealing full details about the show. After Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi’s Lymphoma diagnosis and Bill Ward’s contract dispute, every fan would be thinking that the reunion plans and shows have fallen apart. However, Ozzy’s […]
Feb 28 2012 | Posted in
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