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Trending Tech: Motorola, Amazon, Nokia Unveil New Gadgets Ahead of iPhone 5 Launch and FCC Measures Mobile Broadband Speed
Posted on September 7, 2012 | No CommentsTech giants announced several gadgets this week looking to get out ahead of the impending Apple iPhone launch at the highly anticipated media event scheduled for Sep.12. For instance, Amazon introduced the Kindle Fire HD and updated its Kindle e-readers, Motorola announced the first set... -
Trending Tech: Apple Wins Ruling in High-Profile Patent Case, Samsung Unveils Windows 8 Devices, & IBM Launches New Mainframe Computer
Posted on August 31, 2012 | No CommentsThe high-profile patent case involving Apple and Samsung drew to a close after three days of jury deliberation with Apple winning the ruling. Apple was awarded $1billion in damages and is now seeking a ban on select Samsung smartphones. On a more positive note, Samsung... -
Trending Tech: Apple becomes the most valuable company; Dell, HP report weak earnings and Microsoft rebrands logo
Posted on August 24, 2012 | No CommentsApple dominated this week’s headlines by becoming the most valuable company of all time when its stock price hit a record high. Investors now value the company at $623.5 billion. Meanwhile, Dell and HP reported a steep decline in profits and sales owing to diminished... -
Trending Tech: More Acquisitions, Decline of PC Sales and Legal Settlements
Posted on July 13, 2012 | No CommentsConsolidation continues: Salesforce.com acquires GoInstant, Oracle purchases Involver, a social media software company, Betaworks, a technology-investment start-up company buys Digg and Microsoft acquires Perceptive Pixel, the maker of CNN’s ‘Magic Wall’. In other news Yahoo and Facebook end their patent litigation battle by forming a strategic alliance... -
Trending Tech: Acquisitions, RIM’s denial of ‘death spiral’ and mini iPad
Posted on July 6, 2012 | No CommentsThe week begins with tech companies on an acquisition spree. Dell acquired Quest Software, Sony purchased online gaming company, Gaikai and Micron took over the bankrupt Japanese chipmaker, Elpida. In other news, Microsoft writes-down $6.2 billion over lackluster results from its AQuantive deal and Apple... -
Trending Tech: Google’s skydiving stunt, Nexus 7 & RIM’s decline
Posted on June 29, 2012 | No CommentsGoogle makes headlines and sets a new PR stunt bar, with an action-packed developers conference involving a skydiving stunt featuring Google’s ‘Project Glass’ and introducing its first tablet, Nexus 7. In other news, Microsoft officially buys Yammer, iPhone celebrates five years of sales with $150... -
Trending Tech: Microsoft’s ‘Surface,’ Lawsuits and Green Initiatives
Posted on June 22, 2012 | No CommentsMicrosoft enters the tablet business with the launch of ‘Surface,’ eBay undertakes a green initiative by building data centers that will use renewable energy and Sharp unveils the ‘world’s biggest’ television. In lawsuit news, Yahoo seeks to settle its patent infringement case with Facebook, Kodak... -
Trending Tech: Apple’s WWDC 2012, Cost Cuts & Facebook Exchange
Posted on June 15, 2012 | No CommentsApple dominated another week after it announced new products and updates on the opening day of its Worldwide Developers Conference. In other news, Nokia announced massive layoffs while Dell communicated plans to cut costs to grow beyond PCs. Facebook announced the launch of a real-time... -
Trending Tech: Acquisitions, New Products and Oracle Cloud
Posted on June 8, 2012 | No CommentsIt’s a week of acquisitions as Google purchased Meebo and Quickoffice, and Citrix Systems acquired Bytemobile. In other news, Oracle unveiled new public cloud-based services, Napster founders unveiled a new video chat service and Microsoft announced ‘Smartglass’ technology for Xbox 360. 10. Samsung Names New... -
Trending Tech: D10 Conference Talks Special Edition
Posted on June 1, 2012 | No CommentsThe Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital 10th annual D tech and business conference was an immense success. Industry’s most influential figures in media, venture capital and technology highlighted innovation, outlined the Internet trends, discussed the impact of cloud computing and remembered the legendary Apple...
