Mellisa Tolentino
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Medallia Looks to Mobile Web for Real-Time, Location Aware Feedback Loop
One of big data’s most elusive targets is customer service, a specialized area of market research that demands action. It’s presented a great opportunity for real-time data analytics, with a number of services cropping up in this space. Mobile is an important factor as this industry gets fleshed out, layering in ...
iPhone 4S Rocks First Day Sales
If Apple haters generally thought that people won’t line up to get their hands on the iPhone 4S, they are so wrong. Aside from receiving massive online pre-orders last week, Apple stores are swarming with people dying to be the first to get their hands on an iPhone 4S. And a certain Steve Wozniak ...
Google’s Not Privy to Microsoft-Android Licensing Details; Hands Tied
We learned a few things from Google’s earnings call yesterday, pushing stocks up by 7% in pre-market trading this morning. Thanks to mobile, Google’s on a steady upswing as it sweeps OS shares across a hungry audience. They’ve already manufactured 190 million Android devices, and their mobile revenue is up to $2.5 billion, or $625 ...
Skype’s Next Steps as an Official Microsoft Division
After getting the green light from the FTC and the European Commission, Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype is official. The acquisition was announced back in May of this year, in which the board of directors of both companies approved the deal. The acquisition officially introduces Skype as the newest business division within Microsoft. Skype CEO Tony Bates is ...
Apple’s Request to Ban All Samsung Tablets In Australia Denied
After winning a preliminary injunction to ban Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the Australian market yesterday, Apple appeared in court today hoping that another one of their requests would be granted. Apple and Samsung appeared in Australian court today preceded by Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett to discuss whether Samsung is allowed to sell other tablets ...
Microsoft Licenses Muscle In on Amazon Kindle Fire
Microsoft has a massive patent portfolio, which it uses to protect itself from companies illegally using their technology. If Apple deals with infringement cases by taking companies to court, Microsoft has a more readily monetized strategy: licensing deals. It may seem Microsoft’s approach is more “peaceful” than Apple’s, but they’re quite lucrative at the expense of ...
iCloud Media Hub Titilates but is it For Everyone?
iCloud, which was said to be conceptualized by the late Steve Jobs back in 1996 when he was still with NeXT, was formally released to the public yesterday and Apple fans can now experience the new cloud offering by upgrading your iTunes to version 10.5 before connecting your Apple device (iPhone 3G, 4, iPad 1 ...
Dell’s Next Steps for Mobile, PC and Enterprise
“Dell World 2011: Unlocking Innovation in the Virtual Era” These are the words used to entice technology lovers intrigue for Dell’s 3-day event, which started on October 12 and will last until October 14, in Austin, Texas. With HP taking a nosedive and opportunities abounding in the mobile sector too, we’re wondering what Dell’s ...
Occupy Wall Street: Interactive Tech Brings a Message to the World
We’ve been hearing about Occupy Wall Street for almost four weeks now but it seems like no one really has a clear idea of who they are, why are they protesting, where they are protesting and what they really want. For the first week of their protest, they didn’t really get much media coverage, it ...
Apple Wins In Australian Court While Samsung Wins Allies
Samsung tried to rain on Apple’s parade days before the iPhone 4S is to be sold in the Australian market, as the Korean company setup a pop up shop just a few stores away from Sydney’s Apple store and offered $2-Galaxy SII smartphones for the first 10 customers of the day. That didn’t even bring a ...