The United States, through pioneering companies Apple and IBM Corp. has dominated the personal computer market for three decades but China overtook the US in this industry last quarter. The shipment of personal computers in China increased 15 percent to 18.5 million for the second quarter, the first time it surpassed the US which decreased [...]
Hewlett-Packard Co. is lowering its profile in consumer electronic but expanding its line-up of business software products as it purchased Autonomy Corporation. The world’ largest technology company in terms of revenue had other dramatic moves aside from the acquisition which was announced Thursday. With the deal, HP expects to sharpen its focus from making consumer [...]
Messaging service “Shortmail” seeks to bridge the gap between Twitter and e-mail, by making e-mail simpler. This was the driving idea behind the project according to 410 Labs CEO David Troy. With Shortmail, users have to communicate concisely and efficiently since they only have 500 characters to work on. Aside from limiting the messages, Shortmail [...]
Google’s social networking service will now allow users to play games with family and friends, juts like what millions of Facebook users do. The expansion in games by Google had been expected long before its announcement Thursday, since the company unveiled its social networking site Google Plus late June. The new feature is expected to [...]
Internet search leader Google Inc expects to have more legal firepower in its battle versus Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. to gain the mobile computing market’s upper hand with its $12.5 billion purchase of cellphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. Monday’s all-cash acquisition is Google’s boldest move in its entire 13 years in history. Aside [...]
Facebook was accused by a leading German privacy official of violating German and European laws with the use of its face recognition software which allow Facebook users to locate new “Friends” with the use of the biometric data scan. Hamburg data protection expert Johannes Caspar called on the social networking company to delete from its [...]
Google’s acquisition of talent and technology is expected to help it fulfil its goal of helping people find the best daily deals on the Web. Google bought the 15-month-old startup Dealmap which compiles discount offers that have been scattered in markets by local merchants across the nation. While the acquisition’s financial terms were not disclosed, [...]
Unless Android gets its act together to saturate the market substantially, Apple’s iPad will continue to lord it over the tablet market. This was the findings of a study made by Informa Telecoms & Media and published in Mashable. The company’s market researchers believe that Apple will continue to have a firm grip on the [...]
The quarterly profit of China’s most dominant search engine Baidu increased by 95 percent in terms of strong advertising spending and traffic growth. Baidu’s total revenue increased by 78.4 percent to $528.4 million while profit increased by 72 percent per share to $252.6 million for the past three months which ended June 30. “We benefited [...]
The recent launch of what they call the smallest Windows PC/smartphone in the world has made available a new electronics toy for Japan consumers. The F-07C mobile phone provides users all the functions of a modern smartphone as well as the perks offered by the Windows 7 full version. This means personal computing convenience right [...]
