Barnes and Noble did some basic check on the sales and overcame some of the fierce competition factors. For a start, it had Bluetooth and expandable memory option. Yet , the company could not keep up with competition on the price front. It was still 50 bucks expensive than the Fire. To aggravate the competition […]
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Dell, one of the biggest PC-making companies in the world, have started to digress from their primary business. According to the founder and CEO of the company, Michael Dell, the enterprise solutions are their new services portfolio. He clearly stated that Dell is no longer in the PC business. Since the iPad has instigated a […]
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However, Dell’s status quo has changed in the laptop and desktop business of late. Their ranking has slipped to 4th company in desktop and laptop makers and their annual earning accounted for only 10.7 percent of the market, down from 12.1 percent a year ago. That is mainly due to the advent of the new […]
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The beleaguering Silicon Valley-based internet company Yahoo! has taken a new stride toward a promising future. The company, in efforts to put an end to all the aggravating situations has hired Google’s top executive, Marissa Mayer, as its new CEO. Ms. Mayer joined the company on Tuesday, July 17. Mayer is the company’s third CEO […]
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Including Google search, news and images, she was one of the main character behind more than a 100 products and features launched by Google. Google CEO Larry Page wished Mayer the best of luck in her future endeavours: “Since arriving at Google just over 13 years ago as employee No. 20, Marissa has been a […]
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Mayer is expecting a baby, due in October. However, she said that her maternity leave will be a few weeks long and she will work throughout that time. The dedication shown by the new CEO resulted in a share price bump in after hours. Yahoo announced the appointment after Monday’s close of business but […]
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Apple, Inc. has again become a hacking target and this time it is iOS that has fell victim to the malicious acts. It is not long ago that Apple faced a huge controversy with the Flaskback malware that attacked hundreds of thousands of Mac devices, if not millions. Now, the mobile operating system is hanging […]
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It is now becoming clear that Microsoft is revamping its software business, moving into a new direction. Since the start 2012, the company has produced and developed a series of new products that are related to the emerging tablet culture one way or the other. The release of new Office 365 is yet evidence that […]
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The Office version 2012 will also be compatible with the company’s mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8. Though it will not be in its full form on Windows-based smartphones, many other features in it are as flamboyant. One of notable additions to the suite was the integration of social networking and cloud services. Social […]
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The presentation included another application called Lync. The app lets people video chat with each other and share files like presentations, documents and spreadsheets. This is a product of joined faculties from SkyDrive and Skype, the VoIP application Microsoft bought this year. Outlook was also shown at the presentation. The app now works faster than […]
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Google, Inc. has been running a hot streak or is the one ever success story in the world of technology. The California-based organization has brought us the internet in a whole new dimension, with products that we never knew we needed. Starting with a search engine, Google has now become a technology giant, a Silicon-Valley […]
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That should have been the reason why now Gmail serves 425 million people all over the globe with its free mailing servers. Another thing, its mailing servers are considered the fastest in the world. The world seems to suffer from short term memory loss ailment and Gmail is the clear evidence of the fact. The […]
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