STI components are evenly mixed, with declines in banks and gains in property names. The broad market is also evenly matched, with 244 million shares traded worth $196 million.
A Verizon Tweet comparing Android and LTE to peanut butter and chocolate suggested that news of 4G Android smartphones can be expected at CES Jan. 6. – Are Googles Android and Verizon Wireless LTE (long-term evolution,
its chosen flavor of 4G) network a winning combination? In a Tweet, the
carrier compared the mobile OS and its new, speedy network to another
favorite duo, while dropping a blatant hint about what can be expected
at Januarys Cons…
Notes, rolling chip volume at MBS of about $13.5 billion surpasses house estimates for Genting Singapore (G13.SG) of $11 billion, while rise in MBS’ VIP commission rates confirm view VIP segment competition intensified.
Yahoo may be the target of a takeover bid, according to rumors. However, Yahoo’s corporate culture and its rejection of Microsoft suggest it would fight hard. – Could Yahoo find itself an acquisition target?
That seems to be the question drifting around the Web, following news that a
handful of private equity firms were exploring the prospect of teaming with AOL
or News Corp. for a Yahoo takeover. Yahoo’s stock price leapt upward, and Bank
of America M…
Biosensors International Group says a three-year results of the Leaders trial showed a continuing positive trend towards a safety and efficacy benefit for BioMatrix Flex, Biosensors’ Biolimus A9-eluting stent system with abluminal biodegradable polymer, compared to Cypher Select, Johnson & Johnson’s sirolimus-eluting stent system with a durable polymer.
Microsoft and Salesforce.com may have settled their mutual patent-infringement lawsuits out of court, but rising competition in the enterprise cloud space means other vendors could soon be starting battles of their own. – Microsoft and Salesforce.com may have settled their very public disagreement
over intellectual property, but the feud could be an indicator of things to
come in the enterprise cloud space, where a number of vendors are engaged in
ever-fiercer competition for business clients.
quot;As you take …
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer poked Google in the ribs during a talk at Microsoft’s Financial Analyst Meeting, but suggested Bing faces substantial challenges in the search-engine space. – Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used a July
29 talk at his company’s annual Financial Analyst Meeting to poke Google in the
proverbial ribs. Despite that nudging, he also acknowledged that Microsoft’s
own search engine, Bing, lags behind its rival in search-engine market share.
quot;I was flattered…
Facebook apparently earned as much as $800 million in 2009, according to unnamed sources quoted by Reuters. That would be a sizable increase over the $500 million estimated by entrepreneur and Facebook board member Marc Andreessen in 2009. While Facebook’s user base has increased over the past year, so too have concerns about its privacy policy and how it shares users information with third-party companies. Facebook has responded to privacy advocates’ concerns by insisting that user privacy is a prime concern. – Who knew that providing a place for uploading vacation
photos and YouTube links could be so profitable? Facebook apparently earned as
much as $800 million in 2009, according to two
unnamed sources quoted by Reuters. Despite pressure from outside investors
to launch an IPO, the social-networking …
Although companies such as HP may be slashing their workforce, a survey finds the majority of HR heads are planning on making IT hires in the next six months. – More than three-quarters (78 percent) of human resources managers or
recruiters who have responsibility in recruiting technology positions
are looking to hire IT workers in the next six months, according to the
2010 IT Hire Intelligence Survey conducted by Monster.com, an online
career and recru…
It looks like users aren’t ready to quit Facebook yet: A survey of the social networking site’s users finds only 11 percent of them have heard of the grassroots "Quit Facebook Day" movement, despite widespread media coverage. – A survey conducted by interactive research and technology firm Vision
Critical, which looked at recent privacy issues with Facebook and consumer
reactions to the “Quit Facebook Day on May 31st” campaign, found despite
Facebook users increasing unease about their privacy on the popular social
net…
Microsofts reputation among consumers experienced a lift after the release of Windows 7, according to the newest American Customer Satisfaction Index. While Microsofts score on the Index dipped in the two years following Windows Vistas release, the company experienced a surge in the last quarter, which the Indexs researchers attribute to Windows 7. Since its October 2009 release, Windows 7 has sold more than 90 million licenses, according to Microsoft. – Microsoft saw its reputation among consumers lift after the release of
Windows 7, according to the newest American Customer Satisfaction Index
released on May 18. Microsoft scored 76 out of a possible 100 for the first
quarter of 2010, matching ACSIs industry average for software companies, but
…
Google tried to effect a position of neutrality in a 65-page filing concerning the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to regulate broadband providers, but hinted that the agency should consider classifying broadband as a common carrier service. This would prohibit broadband providers from discriminating in charges, practices, classifications, regulations, facilities or services for their communication services. This goes to the heart of the network neutrality issue Google has been aggressively promoting to make sure users have the best opportunities possible to access its search and other Web applications.
– Google tried to effect a position of neutrality in a 65-page filing
concerning the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to regulate broadband
providers, but hinted that the agency should consider classifying broadband as
a common carrier service.
Google, who argues that carriers should …
Hewlett-Packard’s upcoming tablet PC will be priced at $549 for its base model, and include a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, inward-facing VGA Webcam, and outward-facing 3-megapixel camera, according to a purported internal presentation leaked online on April 5. Although HP has claimed that its Adobe Flash support and camera modules will give it an advantage over Apples iPad, a specs comparison shows that the iPad has advantages in battery life, higher screen resolution, larger screen, and lower price for its 16GB WiFi-only model. The iPad selling 300,000 units by midnight on April 3, its first day of release, places pressure on other manufacturers to introduce a successful rival tablet.
– A day after Hewlett-Packard posted a video highlighting its
upcoming tablet PCs video-conferencing abilities and other functions, a
purported internal document details the devices supposed specs. With Apples
iPad proving a hit with consumers following its April 3 release, the pressure
on other m…
Apple may sell standard-definition TV shows on iTunes for a dollar, according to Financial Times, in a move associated with the imminent launch of the iPad tablet PC. Along with recent suggestions that Apple may be flexible about iPad prices, the news suggests that Apple is very much feeling out how much to charge for all aspects of its new portable-media endeavor. E-book publishers may benefit substantially from the coming competition between Apple’s iBooks online store for the iPad and Amazon.com’s e-book store for its Kindle e-reader mobile devices.
– Apple may soon sell television shows through iTunes for a dollar per
standard-definition episode, according to Financial
Times, which reported on Feb. 10 that the company had been successful in
its talks with unnamed studios. The deal represents another of Apple’s attempts
to corral content crea…
A nationwide survey by Synovate finds online forum users are more likely to post reviews, share links, organize offline meetups and proactively recommend a purchase.
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According to a nationwide survey conducted November 19-23
by market researcher Synovate for PostRelease, a firm specializing in online
forum advertising, consumers who contribute to online forums are “overwhelmingly
more engaged” in influential activities – both online and offline…
A nationwide survey by Synovate finds online forum users are more likely to post reviews, share links, organize offline meetups and proactively recommend a purchase.
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According to a nationwide survey conducted Nov. 19-23
by market researcher Synovate for PostRelease, a firm specializing in online
forum advertising, consumers who contribute to online forums are “overwhelmingly
more engaged” in influential activities – both online and offline – t…
The JooJoo, a tablet PC with a 12.1-inch touch-screen, was announced by tech startup Fusion Garage during a Dec. 7 Web conference. Although legal questions loom about the devices concept and design, an even bigger mystery presents itself: will be device succeed at all in the marketplace? And if it crashes and burns, what sort of lessons can Apple and Microsoft, which are rumored to have their own tablet PCs in development, pull from the wreckage?
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Tech startup Fusion Garage announced the debut of the JooJoo,
a 12.1-inch tablet PC designed to surf the Internet, on Dec. 7. The device will
be released on Dec. 11 under a dark cloud of potential lawsuits, however, with
Michael Arrington founder of popular technology blog TechCrunch threatenin…
Apple’s rumored tablet PC received another jolt of scuttlebutt when the blogosphere uncovered a patent application submitted by Apple for a pen-based input system that would facilitate handwriting on a touchscreen. Previous patent applications have suggested that the tablet PC, still unconfirmed by Apple, will offer a versatile touchscreen. Despite Apple’s customary silence, both the media and potential Apple partners have been circulating rumors and ideas about the device for months.
– Apple’s much-rumored tablet PC could include a stylus for
writing in addition to a touchscreen interface, according to both blogosphere
rumors and a patent application filed by Apple.
As uncovered by blogs such as Apple
Insider, Apples patent application (20090279783)
describes an quot;ink …
Colin Powell, in an appearance on Larry King tonight, said that Rush Limbaugh is entitled to say anything he wants, and that he doesn’t take “umbrage” with any of the remarks Limbaugh directs at him because he “can handle his criticism. Howev…
A sort of weird moment transpired towards the end of Sen. Jeff Sessions questioning of Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday. Arguing that the Supreme Court nominee was not, in fact, upholding precedent in the controversial Ricci v. DeStefano dec…
