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Usman Khalid
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University of Southampton develops super computer with the help of a six-year-old

A team of engineers at the University of Southampton have built a new super computer called Iridis Pi that is a bundled package of 64 Raspberry Pi computers on a single plate. The new computer is energy efficient and cost effective but the amazing part of the whole project is that is was assisted by […]

FCC approves eases rules on acquisition of smaller carriers, cable TV companies likely to profit

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has eased the cable television providers’ way for going deeper into the consumer market. The Commission waived off the rules that bounded the cable operators to seek reviews and thereafter approval of local regulators for acquisition of smaller CLECs, competitive local exchange carriers. “Today’s FCC action was helpful to cable companies […]

Square gets another $200 Million in funds to expand operations

Square, a new mobile payment system has finished the fourth round of raising funds for expanding the company’s operations. Founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, the company raised $200 Million in the round. Square has amassed a total of $337 Million to fund its operations first in the US and then internationally. The total valuation […]

MasterCard releases its own mobile transaction app development kit

MasterCard is taking the electronic mobile payment system seriously. The payment system developers issued a development kit, Mobile MasterCard PayPass User Interface Software Development Kit on Monday for development of mobile transaction apps. The software development kit is issued firstly for Google’s Android and Research in Motion’s BlackBerry 7 operating systems. Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 […]

Apple shares hit another all-time high after exceeding iPhone 5 demand

Apple shares were up one percent at the midday trading on Monday to $698. Since the release of the verdict from nine-member jury in California on the patent infringement case against Samsung, AAPL has been in the upward motion. However, the credit in the recent streak of all-time highs in the last three trading days […]

AT&T says iPhone 5 pre-orders are overwhelming, exceed last year’s record orders

AT&T is the first carrier to partner with Apple on iPhones. Since 2007 it has sold millions, if not in billions, handsets to the US population. That is why it has the thickest edge in becoming the top seller of the iPhone 5. In a recent statement, the company said the initial demand of iPhone […]

Fed announces stimulus, First Solar price up nearly 8 percent

First Solar, the manufacturers of thin-film solar panels, were up in the stock market on Friday following the passing of a bill by the House Republicans. The Federal Reserve announced the financial stimulus for the energy sector the day. The energy sector has been declining in the midst of the global economic woes, chiefly due […]

Western Digital down 3 percent after disappointing guidance report on fiscal first quarter

Western Digital lowered its forecast for the first fiscal quarter ending September 30. The guidance report on the quarter inflicted the stock that was 3 percent down at the end of the week Friday. The company has lowered its forecast on sales from $4.2-$4.3 Billion to $3.9-$4 Billion due to the lack of demand in […]

Apple shares record high after the postponement of iPhone 5 deliveries due to high demand

The new iPhone 5 from Apple will be out on September 28 instead of 21 because of the high demand on pre-orders, according to Reuters. The pre-orders were so many in volumes that the company had to postpone the sales a week after it was first announced officially. The customer traffic was so high that […]

Apple not near a deal with China Mobile, home-made 4G/3G network still not compatible

Some analysts had predicted before that China Mobile might be closing a deal with Apple on the sale of the new iPhone 5. The speculation was based on the rumour that both companies are working on the bugs that come with 4G LTE chip in the iPhone and the home-cooked TD LTE. However, there has […]

Mozilla introduces new Firefox OS, potential of going forward on new strategy

Mozilla is going after the smartphone market unlike other web browser-making companies. Though it has a prominent presence in the mobile computing environment, it still felt the need of its own operating system. Recently the company announced its own Firefox OS that runs all applications on HTML 5. The smartphone market is already fighting tooth […]

Apple wins against Motorola in Germany, might force Razrs and the likes off the shelves soon

Apple is running a hot streak of wins of late. After the success in the US district court in California, the company released iPhone 5 that is considered to be the most successful Apple phone ever. Now within the same week Apple has won another patent case against Motorola on the bounce-back copy rights in […]

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