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Awais Khan
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Canon earnings outlook falters, president steps down

(Reuters) – Canon Inc’s 76-year-old chairman and CEO will take on the additional role of president after the $60 billion Japanese camera and printer maker forecast weak earnings growth and said its current president was stepping down. Like other export-focused Japanese manufacturers, Canon, which makes 80 percent of its revenue overseas, has been hit by a strong […]

Super Bowl advertisers seek buzz on social media

(Reuters) – In the age of Twitter and Facebook, many Super Bowl viewers will use the commercial breaks to go online and see what people are saying about the game. This year, advertisers want them to tweet about their favorite commercials as well. Having spent record-breaking sums to secure the most valuable television slots in […]

Steve Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers

(Reuters) – Apple’s Steve Jobs directly asked former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer, a transgression that threatened one junior Google employee’s job, according to a court filing. The 2007 email from Jobs to Schmidt was disclosed on Friday in the course of civil litigation against Apple Inc, […]

RIM CEO eyes "significant" plans for BlackBerry

(Reuters) – Research in Motion’s Thorsten Heins plans to waste no time in his new job. The BlackBerry maker’s chief executive said he will present the board with his plan for company’s future in just a matter of weeks. The German-born executive, who took over from two longstanding co-CEOs on Saturday, said his plans for […]

Smartphones drive record Samsung profit

(Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co posted a record $4.7 billion quarterly operating profit, driven by booming smartphone sales, and will spend $22 billion this year to boost production of chips and flat screens to pull further ahead of smaller rivals. The South Korean firm, the world’s top technology firm by revenue, is locked in breakneck […]

Motorola lodge complaint against Apple

Motorola Mobility Inc did not violate Apple’s patented technology in making its Droid, Cliq, BackFlip and other smartphones, a judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission said in a preliminary decision issued on Friday. The full ITC will issue a final decision in March. Apple had filed a complaint with the ITC in October of […]

Google changes its privacy policy

  Who wouldn’t have been surprised to see advertisements of travel agencies in your Gmail inbox just when you were planning your vacation? It is no accident as Google’s mail server utilizes the information it has to offer users personalized ads. However, such situations will become more common as of March 1. Google announced that […]

Anonymous replies to the closure of websites by US government

‘Anonymous’ hackers have replied to closure of websites by the US government by claiming to take down Justice Department’s website. The statement "Megaupload was taken down w/out SOPA being law. Now imagine what will happen if it passes. The Internet as we know it will end. FIGHT BACK" ran on the Justice Department’s website in […]

Kodak files for bankruptcy

Kodak has struggled in recent weeks to avoid bankruptcy but could not avoid their fate. The image technology giant has filed a petition in New York’s bankruptcy court. However, the U.S. Company is well stacked under the protection from Chapter 11 of American bankruptcy law in order to monetizing their business. Eastman Kodak is now […]

LetsBonus to finally deliver 1500 iPad 2

  E-commerce website, LetsBonus, have pledged to deliver the 1500 iPad 2 as soon as they get them. The company failed to deliver the iPad’s over the Christmas period. "The tablets will be delivered as we receive them," Jordi Torrent said, the communications and public relations officer at LetsBonus. Torrent stressed that they have used […]

Twitter criticizes changes in Google search

Twitter does not like the recent changes made by Google in their search engine algorithm, that incorporates contents of Google + results.  The social network believes that it is a bad policy for consumers and content publishers out of Google’s social network. Twitter says that the change will make it difficult for the surfer in […]

Young British national extradited to America

A British court has authorized the extradition of a young British student, Richard O’Dwyer, to the U.S. O’ Dwyer had created a website that allowed sites to link to free viewing of movies and U.S. television series. The 23-year old is suspected to have won thousands of Euros from advertising on his website, TVShack, before […]

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