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Springpad Breaks Record, Adds new Features
Smart note-taking app Springpad boasted a record-breaking January with more than 250,000 new subscribers. Following this surge in activity, Springpad CEO Jeff Janer announced some updates to the cross-platform app, specifically to the web-based version and Chrome extension. ” In response to user requests and to support this record number of new users, Springpad today ...
Galaxy Tab Returns Indicative of Immature Android Tablet Market?
The Samsung Galaxy Tab reported pretty strong sales figures and the same is with other Android tablets gradually catching up with the iPad, but return rates are an entirely different thing. According to All Things D, ITG Investment Research tracked POS data from roughly 6,000 wireless stores in the U.S., and reports a 13 percent ...
Cloud Case Study: Helping the Community, Diversifying the Economy
IBM released a report of how the Windsor-Essex, Ontario, Canada region’s use of its offerings to help its 393,000 citizens community by creating jobs, building homes for the homeless, and even treating asthma. IBM Software Services for Lotus, WebSphere Portal, lBM Lotus Web Content Management software, and IBM Lotus Quickr are some of the offerings utilized ...
Surging Auto Industry Means Big Chips for Infineon
German chipmaker Infineon raised its full-year financial forecast after net-profits surged due to a lot of demand from the automotive and industrial sectors. The company expects growth figures to hit the mid-teens percentage range, compared to previous estimates of 10%. “The raised sales forecast is fueled by stronger demand from its automotive and industrials and ...
AT&T Taken to Court over “Rigged Gas Pump” Data Billing
Another public relations debacle for AT&T has emerged this week, with pricing at the core of the wireless service provider’s latest issues. Alameda County, Calif. -based Patrick Hendricks subscribed to AT&T’s $15/200MB/month limited data plan for the iPhone, but after several alleged overcharges for regular and phantom usage, Hendricks sued the company. The lawsuit seeks ...
EMC Launches Open-Source Greenplum Community Edition
Today EMC announced it launched an open source community edition of the Greenplum data warehousing software, as well as of other tools and algorithms. This move is aimed to grow Greenpulm’s developer base in order to move it further towards default status in data warehousing. EMC is not the only one competing to stay relevant ...
LinkedIn Updates Ad Options, Facebook Sees Low CTR
LinkedIn recently launched LinkedIn Ads, fresh out of beta and with the addition of specific targeting options for network marketing. The previous advertising options only included limited demographic targeting, like gender, location, industry and various other general categories, whereas the new LinkedIn Ads now also supports targeting around job title, company name and LinkedIn Group-based ...
Egypt Unrest Boosts Al-Jazeera Traffic, Citizens Tweet without Web Access
The Egypt Unrest is a receiving a lot of attention internationally, and from online viewers too. The TV network has seen its web traffic increase 2,500 percent at the time of its reporting about the violent clashes in the country. Twenty-six million minutes of live video were streamed in one Friday night. It’s yet another ...
Sandy Bridge Error Uncovered, Intel takes Hit
Intel has discovered a design error in Cougar Point, the data connection chip supporting Intel’s CPU/GPU hybrid Sandy Bridge microprocessors, specifically in the Core i5 and Core i7 quad-core chips. Intel’s stocks are down one percent after it stopped Sandy Bridge production, a move which will in turn cost it approximately $700 million in revenue. ...
World Bank Winners: Sustainability in the App World
In a follow-up to our initial coverage of the World Bank’s Open Data Initiative, challenging developers to submit apps addressing one of its 8 MDGs, we now reveal the results of this international contest. There were 107 final submissions that became eligible for final voting today, including 20 desktop, 8 mobile and around 77 web ...