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Pakistan companies to participate in Abu Dhabi defence exhibition

A total of 10 high profile along with 14 auxiliary defence production companies of Pakistan will participate in the largest defence exhibition for MENA  region “IDEX” this year, Pakistani Ambassador to UAE, Mr. Jamil Ahmad Khan said in Abu Dhabi said on Friday.   While briefing the media on Pakistan’s participation in the exhibition, Ambassador […]

Google narrows Apple’s record

The application downloads on Google Play doubled in the last quarter compared to the previous year while the App Store grew 20%, according to data from App Annie, which analyzes the activity of 1.2 million applications. Despite the increase in downloads for the Android system, it remains undisputed leadership in favor of the Apple store, […]

Google wins against the ACCC

Google is not responsible for the content of the advertisements. Google is not a publisher. Google is only a transmitter. This has been ruled by the High Court of Australia after six years of legal course after the technology giants were accused of misleading conduct charge because of its sponsored links. The Australian court’s decision may be key to […]

Bezos satisfied with Amazon sales in 2012

Amazon continues with their very own policy ‘to increase sales at the expense of profit’. Last year their turnover grew 27% to over 61,000 million (45,000 million Euros), but suffered a loss of 39 million dollars (29 million Euros), whereas a year ago was $ 631 million (€ 466 million) profit. In their defence, it should […]

Google presents proposal to the European Union

Google has submitted detailed proposals to resolve doubts about anticompetitive practices, which for two years has been investigating the European Commission. Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, confirmed to Reuters they had received the report from Google, but declined to provide the detail of the potential contents. "They are monetising this kind of business, the strong position […]

Nintendo set to cut price of Wii U sales

Nintendo has rectified its forecasts announcing annual losses, the year ending in March, about 180 million Euros instead of the anticipated benefits. They have arguably suffered their first annual loss in three decades. Nintendo’s flagship product, the new Wii U, has not had the impact of the above. They initially planned to distribute 5.5 million units worldwide. However, […]

Apple set to launch new iPad with double storage capacity

According to a source close to the company, Apple has officially announced that it will double the storage capacity of its iPad tablet up to 128 gigabytes, as reported by Reuters, the double of its current models. Apple, which has sold 120 million tablets for two years, has reported that the models with this capability be launched […]

China set to lift the ban on game consoles

China is considering lifting the ban on game consoles, established in 2000 to "safeguard the mental development of children", as reported by China Daily. In November, PlayStation 3 from Sony received quality certification from the Chinese authorities, which gave the first clue. "We are reviewing the policy and have done some surveys and discussions with other ministries […]

Microsoft profit falls despite launching windows 8

Microsoft is not one of the top grossing companies according to the fact and figures been provided by the Wall Street as they find it difficult to recover from shocking pace of Apple and Google in the technology sector. Their results tell that they had 6,380 million dollars (4,800 million Euros) in the last quarter, […]

Samsung electronics posts record profit

The South Korean giants, Samsung Electronics, ended 2012 with a net profit of 16,650 million Euros, 73% more than the previous year and the highest figure achieved in the history of the company. The benefits are based on historical sales figure of 140,650 million Euros, 22% more than in 2011 because of the magnificent success of their smartphones, televisions, […]

Mozilla and GeeksPhone unveil new devices with Firefox OS

Mozilla, which previously announced its partnership with Spanish company, GeeksPhone, and telecom giants, Telefonica, are set to introduce a set of developer handsets for its Firefox mobile operating system: Keon and Peak respectively. Keon has a one-gigahertz Qualcomm processor and 3.5 inch screen with a three-megapixel camera and a VGA front camera usually used for […]

Huawei records record profit

For the first time in its history Huawei held a press conference to explain its economic balance. They were please to confirm that they had a massive 1.8 million profit, 33% more than the previous year. Their big profits reportedly come from their line of business infrastructure provider for the world’s major telephone companies. According to many […]

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