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HP Sees Decline in PC Sales, But Keeps Top Position
According to separate reports from both IDC and the Gartner research group, Hewlett-Packard has seen a 0.1% decline in PC sales during Q4 2010. HP shipped around 18 million PCs in Q4 but its share of the global market declined from 20.2 percent to 19.5 percent. This lose is blamed on a weaker than expected ...
Concure Acquires TripIt for $120 Million
Today mobile trip management company TripIt announced it has signed an agreement to be acquired by travel and expense management solutions provider Concure for $120 million. That equals $82 million in upfront cash, and the condition transfer of a future sum with a maximum of $38 million. “The combination of Concur and TripIt delivers additional ...
LivingSocial Expands with Strategic Investment, Raises $130K with Holiday Promo
LivingSocial cut all of its ties with daily deal aggregators last week, but its expansion remains rapid. The Groupon competitor announced it has acquired a majority stake in Let’s Bounce, a European group buying site. This acquisition introduces LivingSocial to 25 new European markets across Spain, Italy, Portugal, as well as to Argentina and Mexico ...
Menuism Feeds the Hungry in North America
Foodie social network Menuism announced in a press release its Feeding Hunger campaign in conjunction with the San Francisco Food Bank. Menuism will donate $1 to the San Francisco Food Bank for every new Facebook fan added to its list until February 28th, and the San Francisco Food Bank will provide $6 worth of food ...
Rackspace and Akamai Join Forces, Expands Product Portfolio
Rackspace announced it is joining forces with cloud optimizer Akamai as a part of its cloud and dedicated hosting portfolio. With an aim to create a ‘one-stop shop’ for hosting, cloud, and acceleration services, Akamai features including CNAMEs, SSL and CDN delivery will be integrated with Rackspace’s Cloud Files service. The hosting company will also ...
So Who Actually Owns Facebook? The Breakdown.
After Facebook’s recent $50 billion valuation, getting to know exactly who owns what and how much of the largest social-networking site on the globe is not a bad idea at all. This infographic reveals just that in a very colorful form, summing up the stakeholder balance of powers within the privately held company. “Stakeholders shown ...
Social Gaming on the Rise from Every Angle, $1 Billion Industry
There have been a lot of industry developments lately which indicate that social games are truly on the rise, starting with a recent eMarketer report. The report predicts social gaming will exceed the $1 billion revenue mark this year, and its U.S audience will experience a 27% growth with 62 million US users playing social ...
Holiday Hotspots Reveal iPad, Android Behavior
A report by mobile Wi-Fi hotspots provider JiWire reveals some holiday Android statistics from its various locations, ranging from Dec. 25th to Dec. 31st. According to the data points provided by the company the amount of Android users in public Wi-Fi hotspots was up by 47.9% post-holiday, and the top Android locations the day after ...
Formspring Raises $11.5M. What is Redpoint Ventures Thinking?
Personal questions and answers service Formspring had raised $11.5 million in Series A financing, which is a pretty good feat for any company, especially one who admittedly doesn’t have an applicable business model. This round brings the Formspring’s total funding to $14 million. “Since Formspring was first introduced roughly a year ago, its popularity has ...
GigaSpaces Partners with CloudTran, Growing Virtualized Platforms
Virtualization vendor GigaSpaces announced today it has partnered up with cloud-based transaction management software developer CloudTran. Partnerships are still a very applicable strategy structure for cloud companies, and CloudTran is only the latest one for GigaSpaces. Its previous partnerships include Protogen and Yazino, as well as the more prominent team-up with Citrix, which we covered ...