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Apple crushes Street targets, dispels iPhone fears

(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s quarterly results beat Wall Street estimates on stronger-than-expected demand for the iPhone, especially in the greater China region where sales jumped five-fold. While iPad sales were a little lighter than expected, the overall results sent the stock up 7 percent, recouping some losses from the past two weeks that had stemmed from concerns about weakening […]

Microsoft announces paid storage and other applications for their clouding service SkyDrive

Microsoft Corporation has announced to add paid storage to its clouding service called SkyDrive in addition to a number of other services. The company started its clouding service in 2007 but commenced the official Wave 5 (Build 16.2.2907.1020) in November last year. It had been rumoured for a couple of months that the company was […]

The best inexpensive tablets in the market

Amazon introduced the first tablet to the world in 2007 with a slate-like structure. However, in the beginning its sole purpose was to facilitate in reading books and journals. Apple followed the suit in quick succession and rolled out their first colourful tablet in 2010 called the iPad. Now-a-days, tablets are not only the best […]

The best inexpensive tablets as e-Readers

Barnes and Noble introduced their latest edition of Nook series in fall 2011. However, despite being one of the cheapest tablets in the world, it could not cope with the unprecedented success of Kindle Fire. The same is expected to happen with Samsung’s latest release of Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, which was released in April, […]

The best inexpensive tablets as media devices – Part 1

  Although the current tablet culture started as an e-reader when Amazon released its first Kindle in 2007, these devices have now become more than that, thanks to Apple’s iPad. The Cupertino-based company released the first iPad in 2010 and in addition to being an e-reader, the slate was a perfect replacement of laptops in […]

The best inexpensive tablets as media devices – Part 2

On the other hand, a Kindle user can stream a video and can also download it on the device for no extra charges. Non-Kindle users have to pay extra to purchase the movies and TV shows on their tablets. Moreover, Prime membership holders all this is for free. Though every Kindle user can rent a […]

Analysis: Apple results loom large for tech – and the market

(Reuters) – When Apple’s shares fall, is Wall Street’s entire performance at risk? The outsize influence of Apple on both the technology sector and the entire stock market was thrown into sharp relief when the iPad maker’s shares fell 4.1 percent on Monday. The alpha male of the stock market, Apple accounts for a third of the […]

How, why and when should the corporate sector embrace tablet culture? – Part 1

Tablets might be the future of enterprise computing, as many tip it to be the next terminal at every employee’s work station. However, that comes not without its pros and cons. Though the tablet culture is occupied by heavy opprobrium and controversial aesthetics, but the benefits it brings, not to mention financial leverage to the […]

How, why and when should the corporate sector embrace tablet culture? – Part 2

Advantages Handy Structure The most cumbersome aspect of the laptops is that its portable and yet it isn’t. Its on-field usage is something that is of risk to the employers. Due to the delicate structure and different parts moving about to work their jobs, a laptop is prone to a minor to medium damage in […]

How, why and when should the corporate sector embrace tablet culture? – Part 3

Intel is also launching their new System on a Chip (SoC) processors, that are expected to augment the launch of Windows 8. The Fall 2012 tablets are expected to be cheaper than the already-in-the-market slates. Speaking of which… Low Cost A good laptop, suitable for a network terminal or client, costs between $700 to a […]

How, why and when should the corporate sector embrace tablet culture? – Part 4

Most of the companies do not recommend social networking and other applications like web and stand-alone chatting. Therefore, the network administrators have to go through a series of restrictions and obligations to make it sure that the terminals are not allowed such computing. For this reason, these administrators love tablets because of simple operating system […]

How, why and when should the corporate sector embrace tablet culture? – Part 5

Tablets, on the other hand, have no moving parts whatsoever. The storage device, though has very limited capacity, is a solid-state drive, there are no optical drives and the processors are SoC mostly that are energy efficient and emit no or little heat. Moreover, due to its slate like structure, they do not incorporate hinges. […]

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