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Android Apps to Surpass iOS Downloads by 2016
Back in October of last year, Google chief Andy Rubin stated that there are over six million Android tablets out in the wild. You’d think that six million is a lot of Android tablets but it’s not, especially when you consider the entire population of the world. But if you take into consideration how the Apple ...
Why is B&N Selling Off its Nook Business?
There are two major dilemmas that Barnes & Noble, the largest book retailer in the United States, is facing right now. First, Sterling Publishing, B&N’s publishing division, is said to be up for sale. Sterling Publishing is known for producing puzzle, game, and crafts books for kids and adults, which B&N bought back in 2009 ...
Roku CES: Smart TVs for Everyone
Before 2011 ended, we’d been hearing how Smart/connected TVs will flourish this year. There are already a lot of brands offering these connected TVs, where they combine the basic use of TVs and amped them up to be able to connect to the internet where you can check your mail, access social networks, stream programs ...
Japan’s “Good Virus” is an Antibody for Cyber Attacks
Here’s how our world works: every year, the human population increases exponentially and with that, the world gets more congested. The more people occupying the same space, the easier it is for viral infections to spread. And the tech world doesn’t really vary that much from the human experience. As more people turn to technology ...
Google Beefs Up Patent Portfolio, Standardizes Android Requirements
Google has been beefing up their patent portfolio through acquisitions of entire companies or specific patents. Last year, Google bought patents from IBM twice, the first batch in July followed by the second batch in August. Google already bought over 2,000 patents from IBM, and they just bought another batch, which includes 187 patents and ...
Attack Of The Siri Clones
When the iPhone 4S was launched, people, especially those who aren’t a big fan of Apple products, belittled the new iPhone and even Siri, Apple’s talking assistant. Android and Windows users kept saying that Siri’s technology is nothing new and it has been around for such a long time, it just wasn’t that popular. Here’s ...
It’s Official, Scott Thompson is the New CEO at Yahoo!
Earlier today, we reported that Yahoo might be announcing a new CEO as early as today. And AllThingsD has just confirmed that Yahoo officially announced Scott Thompson, PayPal president as the new CEO. Thompson will fill in the CEO position and has also been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective January 9, 2012. ...
A Horrid New Year For RIM and Little Hope for Change
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion suffered a lot of drawbacks in 2011. For starters, when they launched the BlackBerry Playbook many had high hopes for the tablet, but with no e-mail, calendar and other native apps, people started to think twice about purchasing the device. Aside from that, OS updates for BlackBerry devices were slower ...
Does Yahoo Have a New CEO?
In September of 2011, Yahoo! fired then CEO Carol Bartz because the board grew impatient of waiting for things to turn around. Since Bartz’s departure from the company, no one has been officially named as CEO, and what’s worse, no one seems to want to take the position. The board and interim CEO Tim Morse ...
Intel Out to Prove its Mobile Talents at CES
Intel, the multinational semiconductor chip maker, gears up as the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show draws near. Everyone is eager to see what Intel has to offer and this year, they’re offering a lot. We’ve heard about Medfield, Intel’s single core chip for tablets and smartphones pegged to come out by the second quarter, but ...