Say hello to The Poor Man’s Ryan Seacrest. NBC late night host Carson Daly, who cut his broadcasting teeth as the first VJing host of MTV’s now-defunct video countdown show Total Request Live, will host The Peacock’s new singing competition, The Voice. The latest addition to NBC’s primetime network is inspired by the Dutch talent [...]
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Two dairies fined for unfair competition
January 28th, 2011 |
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Serbia’s Commission for Protection of Competition issued Friday fines totaling RSD 306.15mn to dairies Imlek and Mlekara Subotica. They were found to have absued their dominant position in the raw milk market, the Commission informed Tanjug.
Apple’s Mac App Store Could Draw Strong Competition
January 11th, 2011 |
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Apple reported 1 million apps downloaded from its Mac App Store in its first day of release. How will Google and Microsoft respond? – Apple announced Jan. 7 that 1 million apps had been downloaded from the Mac
App Store. The question now is: How will its competitors respond?
quot;We’re amazed at the incredible response the Mac App Store is getting, quot;
Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrote in a Jan. 7
statement. quot;Developers have …
iPad’s Multifaceted Success Makes for Tough Tablet Competition
December 29th, 2010 |
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The iPad is expected to lead the tablet market for some time, says a new report, which also notes that Apples success is due to a culmination of different factors. –
The success of the Apple iPad is built on more than its (slick, lovely)
hardware, which portends a long road ahead for Apple competitors racing to
bring media tablets to market, according to a Dec. 28 report from
DisplaySearch.
The report comes as several new tablets are expected at the 2011 …
Apple iPad Produces Strong Holiday Sales, but Faces New Competition in 2011
December 29th, 2010 |
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Apple’s iPad is a strong holiday seller, according to an analyst. However, the tablet faces substantial competition from Research In Motion, Microsoft and others in 2011. – Apples iPad faces a host of competition in 2011, with
Microsoft reportedly readying several Windows-based tablets for debut at
Januarys Consumer Electronics Show and other manufacturers preparing their own
first- or second-generation devices.
For the moment, however, it seems that the iPads sale…
iPad, iPhone 4 Antenna, Google Competition Defined Apple’s 2010
December 27th, 2010 |
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Apple’s 2010 centered on its iPad launch, iPhone 4 antenna issues, and an increasingly fierce battle on multiple fronts against Google. – “We want to capitalize on our first-mover advantage,” Apple COO
Tim Cook told analysts and media during an April 20 earnings call, discussing
his companys decision to “aggressively” price its tablet PC.
That comment came soon after the iPads release, but it also neatly summarized
Apples broader …
Windows Tablets, Bing Features, Google Competition Marked Microsoft Week
December 19th, 2010 |
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Microsofts week involved rumors of Windows tablets, some new Bing features, and yet another round in the never-ending competition against arch-rival Google. – For people who follow Microsoft, this week offered a distinct sense of déjÃ
vu, with rumors suggesting the company plans to reveal a new line of
Windows 7 tablets during the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show. Should that
come about, it would essentially be a repeat of January 2010, when Microsof…
GLP +0.5%; Competition concerns overdone: Citi
December 9th, 2010 |
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Global Logistic Properties (MC0.SG) +0.5% at $2.14, retracing some of yesterday’s 2.3% decline triggered by competition concerns. GLP has clarified that a pact with Prologis, requiring both sides not to compete with each other in China and Japan, wasn’t disclosed in its IPO prospectus as it was deemed not material.
Microsoft USDA Cloud Contract Highlights Growing Google Competition
December 8th, 2010 |
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Microsoft’s USDA cloud-services agreement highlights the growing competition with Google over federal cloud contracts for email and other applications. – Microsoft will soon power the United States Department of
Agricultures cloud-based Enterprise Messaging Service (EMS), including its
e-mail, Web conferencing, instant messaging,
and document collaboration features. While the USDAs cloud migration has been
underway for some months, Microsofts tou…
iPad, iPhone, iOS 4.2: 10 Ways Apple Outperforms the Competition
November 24th, 2010 |
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News Analysis: Apple is tech royalty. But it achieved success through innovations such as the iPad, iPhone and the new iOS 4.2, which have made the company an industry benchmark. – With the release of iOS 4.2 on Nov. 22, Apple is proving once again that its a wildly successful company thats enjoying a level of popularity that hasnt been matched by any other firm in the industry. Speculation abounds over why Apple has been able to achieve such success where so many other compan…
Barnes and Noble’s Nook Color Ships, Ready for Kindle Competition
November 17th, 2010 |
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Barnes & Noble announced its Nook Color e-reader has begun shipment, as the bookseller looks for a repeat of 2009s holiday battle against Amazon.com’s Kindle. – Barnes amp; Noble reported Nov. 16 that shipments of its Nook Color
e-reader have begun ahead of schedule, with the first units arriving to
customers this week. The bookseller claims only a limited number of the
full-color devices will be available in stores and that customers ordering this
wee…
Google CEO Schmidt: Facebook Messages Is Good for Competition
November 16th, 2010 |
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Nov. 15 declined to proclaim Facebook Messages a threat to Gmail, opting for the company line that competition lifts the Web overall. – SAN FRANCISCO — Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Facebook’s Messages e-mail product was good for competition but refused the
bait cast at him in a question-and-answer session with media at the Web 2.0
Summit here.
Schmidt, who in an earlier keynote showed off near field
communications on an Android…
Apple iPad Sure to Lose Market Share in Face of Growing Competition
November 16th, 2010 |
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News Analysis: Competing products give consumers other choices, many of which are not tablets, cost less and are capable of doing as least as much as the Apple iPad. – The Apple iPad gives the impression of being invincible.
If you believe Apples propaganda and the clamor of the iPad partisans, the one
true religion is the iPad, and its prophet is written in the “Book of Jobs.”
The truth is, the iPads overwhelming market share has nowhere to go but
down.
Th…
AMD, Marvell Heat Up x86-ARM Competition
November 11th, 2010 |
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AMD plans to follow Intel in its efforts to move the x86 architecture into the tablet space dominated by ARM chips. Meanwhile, Marvell shows off an ARM chip for the data center. – New and proposed chips from Advanced Micro Devices and
Marvell illustrate the collision course the x86 architecture and ARM-designed
processors are on.
AMD officials, during the
companys annual analyst day Nov. 9, unveiled a roadmap
showing off a host of processors they have planned for the nex…
Chip Shot: “Superstars” Songwriting Competition 2nd Round Winners
November 10th, 2010 |
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Today, Intel, along with Cakewalk and OurStage.com, announced the Urban, Latin and Singer-Songwriter genre winners of its “Superstars” Competition. The competition invited artists to submit original music and the submitted tracks were judged by fans of the Intel Facebook page. The top five ranked artists won Intel® Core™ processor-based PCs, Cakewalk SONAR Producer Software, V-Studio 100 and V-Studio 20 recording solutions. The top 20 in each of the 6 genres advance to the final round of competition, which runs through December, for a chance to win $10,000. Check out our Facebook page for more information and to vote.
Australian competition watchdog examines ASX takeover: Update
November 10th, 2010 |
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The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission will review a planned takeover of ASX, operator of the country’s bourse, by Singapore Exchange.
The review will scrutinize the deal’s impact on “the development of competition between exchanges and associated products or services,” the ACCC said in an announcement on its website.
Australian competition watchdog to examine Singapore’s ASX bid
November 10th, 2010 |
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The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission will review a planned takeover of ASX, operator of the country’s bourse, by Singapore Exchange.
The review will scrutinize the deal’s impact on “the development of competition between exchanges and associated products or services,” the ACCC said in an announcement on its website.
Potential impacts on entry to the Australian marketplace by Chi-X Australia and other operators will also be evaluated as part of the review, the announcement said.
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