Usman Khalid
Joined on: Nov 30, -0001
Published stories: 1671
Articles By Usman Khalid
IBM (International Business Machine) follows the suit of its biggest competitors in enterprise solutions and acquires Kenexa, recruitment software makers. The company announced on Monday that purchase will finalize in December this year for $1.3 Billion in cash. IBM’s biggest rivals in the aforesaid business are Oracle and SAP, both of whom have acquired talent […]
Aug 29 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
Infoblox, data network automation equipment makers, have taken Microsoft directly in words. In terms of market share, Infoblox might be playing David vs. Goliath but its products are quite impressive to cater to the contemporary requirements. The company made its initial public offering this April due mainly to the reason that its market share is […]
Aug 29 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
Amazon.com’s biggest weapon is not the huge stock available online, nor is its Kindle device. It is the company’s Amazon Prime membership that spruce up its ecosystem. The company said Monday in a statement that its Prime Free Two-Day shipping is churning more profits than older Free Super Saver Shipping program. Though the company did […]
Aug 29 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
Facebook’s growth has slowed in the rankings of top social networking websites that are mostly US-based. But FB still is the top dog in the rankings with almost 10 percent share of monthly and weekly visits. Smaller social media networks like Pinterest and Instagram showed the most growth in visits. The latter witnessed a 17,319% […]
Aug 29 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
India’s personal computer market is moving in almost the opposite direction from the US’ with an increase of almost 17 percent in the second fiscal quarter 2012 from a year-ago quarter. The leaders were Lenovo on the top, followed closely by Acer and Hewlett-Packard. However, the year-ago market leader Dell saw a decrease in the […]
Aug 29 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
The first man to walk the surface of the moon and a true American hero, Neil Alden Armstrong passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2012 due to complications from cardiovascular surgery. He was 82 and was suffering from cardiac ailment for some time. Armstrong was the first man to engrave his foot in the moon […]
Aug 28 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
Apple vs. Samsung case is generating all kinds of the news all over the world. The recent updates suggest the ironically the biggest winner of the case is not Apple or Samsung, but it is Microsoft. There are speculations that due to the fact that the basic reason behind the case was Android, OEMs will […]
Aug 28 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:6.0pt; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:0in; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Apple has won the legal battle against Samsung but the war is still […]
Aug 28 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
Apple’s win over Samsung is touted by many to be an indirect attack on a much bigger fish, Google. The patent infringements were mostly related to the software such as bounce-back list navigation feature. But some gurus say that battle with Google is very unlikely due to a number of players involved. Apple won approximately […]
Aug 28 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
Savitt’s hiring marks the major human resource acquisition at Sunnyvale since Marissa Mayer took over as CEO Yahoo has hired Lockerz founder and CEO Kathy Savitt as the company’s Chief Marketing Officer. The decision was made public on Monday, August 27. The former CEO of the social commerce website will certainly prove worthy with her […]
Aug 28 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
The growing criticism over the restriction on the usage of cellphones and other mobile devices like tablets during airplane takeoffs and landings has forced authorities to revise the procedure. Federal Aviation Administration has authorized a research group to gather data on whether it is compulsory to turn off cellphones and tablets during flights. The research […]
Aug 28 2012 | Posted in
Business,
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
General Motors is facing troubled times with its electric vehicle Chevrolet Volt. The plug-in electric car has seen a decrease in demand in the US. The company has announced to halt the production at its Detroit-Hamtramck based production units temporarily. The Hamtramck unit will go idle on production from September 17 to October 15, for […]
Aug 28 2012 | Posted in
Automobiles |
Read More »