Usman Khalid
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Articles By Usman Khalid
Wireless spectrum sharing is catching attention as the government says it is an option of choice. The regulators, chiefly the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are getting involved in getting the proposition to an acceptable end. In a recent statement the Obama administration has approved of the spectrum sharing proposal and has given a go-ahead to […]
Sep 28 2012 | Posted in
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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt announced on Tuesday in Tokyo that the company has not submitted a new version of Google Maps with Apple for the iOS 6. He further remained a man of few words on the making of such application for App Store. Google Board of Director’s Chairman did not answer many questions regarding […]
Sep 27 2012 | Posted in
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Satellite television broadcaster DirecTV was up 2 percent in stock market, hitting an all-time high. Hudson Square Research upgraded the stock rating from hold to buy after seeing a profitable business at the company. The stock was trading in the vicinity of $53 a share but the report from Hudson Square incited investors to tot […]
Sep 27 2012 | Posted in
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Western Europe’s wireless and mobile services providers have cut their quarterly spending for second fiscal quarter by 19 percent. The cut back in overall spending comes after the lacklustre performance in mobile telecommunications business in the continent. The aggravated Euro zone economy and debt crisis has affected the telecom business deeper than anyone expected. Mobile […]
Sep 27 2012 | Posted in
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IHS iSuppli performed surgery on the iPhone 5 to take a look at the components, their estimated prices and the name of suppliers. According to the firm, the new iPhone costs Apple $207 for the whole handset. iSuppli was quick at announcing the details of the cost per component and the vendors who provided the […]
Sep 27 2012 | Posted in
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Red Hat, Inc. shares were down 2.6 percent in the afterhours trading Monday after the company released the report on second quarter ended August 31. Red Hat missed on the analyst estimates by a penny on earning per share. The report was bittersweet for investors as the EPS lagged behind both last year’s earning and […]
Sep 26 2012 | Posted in
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Google shares were up nearly 2 percent on Monday to $749.38, exceeding the record hike since November 2011. The stock has seen an upward trend for past ten weeks and is still counting. The main reason for the hot streak that Google is running is its intelligent investment in different ventures and a profitable business […]
Sep 26 2012 | Posted in
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Oracle and SAP now have another competitor in the game, nobody until now called Workday. The company was founded by David Duffield seven years ago and now its grabbing Wall Street’s attention to the fullest. David Duffield can be remembered by his past endeavour PeopleSoft that was acquired by Oracle in 2005. The money maker […]
Sep 26 2012 | Posted in
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Electric car maker Tesla lowered its sales expectations for 2012 after the supply chain issues remained mainly unsolved. Tesla makes plug-in electric vehicles mostly sports cars and now a luxury sedan called Model S. However, due to a demand of more sophisticated and mostly customized components, the supply chain has been disrupted, which eventually has […]
Sep 26 2012 | Posted in
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China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group went public in the US at NASDAQ this Tuesday. The company enlisted at the stock exchange in an unorthodox way. Most company go public with the traditional initial public offering approach, collaborating joining hands with several investment banks as undertakers. However, China Mobile Games took on the CMGE ticker […]
Sep 26 2012 | Posted in
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Apple’s new smartphone, the iPhone 5, has received mixed reviews from experts at Wall Street. Though the handset is quite an elegant piece of electronics, its new Maps app has been lacklustre and the debut sales did not go as planned. Prior to the release at retail stores, analysts expected iPhone to sell in tune […]
Sep 26 2012 | Posted in
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Yahoo, Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer announced in a statement that the company has hired Fortinet CFO Ken Goldman as its new Chief Financial Officer starting October 22. Fortinet deals in security software solutions. Goldman will take over the office in almost a month’s time and Mayer will have ample time to cut out work for […]
Sep 26 2012 | Posted in
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