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Usman Khalid
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FCC plans to extend broadband speed test survey to wireless network in the US

The Federal Communications Commission said in a statement on Wednesday that it wants to extend the survey on broadband connection speeds to wireless networks as well. The fast spreading third- and fourth generation wireless broadband connections has enticed FCC to extend the research. The main goal of the research would be to bring wireless speed […]

Apple sends press invitations for a September 12 event in San Francisco

Apple is now inching near the official launch of the next generation iPhone. The company released an invite to a September 12 event to be staged at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California. It is official now that Apple is holding the event on the day however, the release of iPhone […]

Apple loses the top-seller spot to Korean competitor Samsung

With the official invitation of a September 12 event officially out of Cupertino headquarters, Apple is again the centrepiece for the media. The company is expected to release the new iPhone at the event. However, one thing is not going to Apple way, the sales figures. According to Canaccord Genuity, a research firm, the sales […]

Chinese search engine Baidu releases its own mobile web browser for Android devices

Chinese top search engine Baidu on Monday introduced a new namesake mobile browser  for smartphones and tablets. The news was taken cordially by investors as the three-week long share price decline came to a halt. The new web browser will be available first on Google’s mobile operating system platform Android. The company said that the […]

Sysco subscribes to ThelRapp to strengthen the rapport with investors

Application development for mobile devices is slowly taking a new turn. Now, developers are moving their blazing barrels to a more serious business, and business it is. In a new wave of apps developed for the biggest app centres like Apple’s App Store and Google’s Google Play, applications related to investor’s relations is seen to […]

Facebook stock rise 2 percent as CEO Zuckerberg commits to not selling the stock

Facebook shares rose 2 percent in value in afterhours as CEO Mark Zuckerberg and two directors, and major investors in FB shares, said Tuesday in a statement that they do not intend to sell their stock. In an 8-K filing on Tuesday to the Security and Exchange Commission Facebook said that the CEO and other […]

Desire2Learn rounds up $80 Million in funding from investors

The main objective of the funding is to reinforce the cloud service for easy access of education material internationally Canadian education reforms-based company Desire2Learn has wound up an $80 Million round of funds for the development of the global education sector. The main goal of the company is to strengthen its cloud-based services to encourage […]

Hack group AntiSec publishes a million Apple IDs online

The group hacked over 12 Million such IDs from a database on an FBI agent’s laptop computer in March this year Computer hacking is slowly getting its footing in Macintosh environment of late. In the few months a number of incidences have raised security concerns over Apple’s security measures. In a recent event, AntiSec, an […]

90% of computer-owing homes subscribed to broadband but disparities in computer ownership, says research

Broadband internet is one of most widely used electronic technology in virtually every field of life and United States being the top subscriber has the densest use of it. However, in the latest findings by a research company, Leichtman Research Group, the odds are not all showing prosperity. According to the research, about 90 percent […]

ARM stock falls 9 percent after German bank cuts its ratings due to possible price cuts on chips

Processor technology licensing company, ARM Holdings saw a drop in its stock by 9 percent in afternoon trading on Tuesday. The shares took a dip after Deutsche Bank cut its rating on the stock due to probable price fall in the coming months. Deutsche Bank analyst Kai Korschelt said in a statement that the coming […]

Netflix shares fall 7 percent at midday after Amazon pens down a deal with Epix

Netflix is sinking in day after day as its prime rival Amazon.com nips on its heels with a deal after deal. The shares of the on-demand video streamer were down 7 percent after Amazon inked a deal with Viacom’s cable network Epix. The news came at midday that Amazon has joined hands with Epix on […]

HP launches its first Windows 8 hybrid laptop, HP Envy x2 – Part 1

Hewlett-Packard launched the all-new laptop-tablet hybrid called HP Envy x2, however, the company is refraining to call it a tablet. Rather, the term used by the company for the device at the event in San Francisco was ‘Hybrid PC’. The new HP Envy x2 takes the brand name from HP’s line of exclusive and premium […]

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