Mellisa Tolentino
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HP’s Uncertain Focus Leaves webOS Adrift
Ever since Hewlett-Packard announced that they will discontinue production of webOS devices, people have been asking, “what will happen to webOS?” Speculations regarding HP’s mobile platform’s future ranged from selling to the highest bidder, but Amazon is the latest possible buyer, as rumors make their rounds in the tech industry. It’s been a winding journey ...
Is Google Analytics Real-Time Update a Big Data Blunder?
Google Analytics just pushed through two updates. First, to keep up with the massive rush of data plus the never ending change happening on the web, John Jersin of the Google Analytics Team announced the launch of Google Analytics Real-Time, which is a set of new reports that show what’s happening on your site as it ...
OS War Seems to Tickle Samsung’s Fancy
It seems Samsung’s a manufacturer caught in the middle of a really bad divorce. Whether the company can take advantage of the situation is another matter. The Korean manufacturer is facing fire on one end, battling Apple across the globe. Then there’s Microsoft, with a sweetened deal that siphons royalties on Android devices as well ...
Tango Celebrates 1st Birthday With a PC App
Tango is best known as a mobile app that makes video call possible between iOS and Android devices, and it’s come a long way since their launch in September of last year. Though their service wasn’t perfect, they quickly gained a huge number or people using their free service. Last July, they raised $42 million ...
An Impending Samsung-Apple Truce In Australia
After yesterday’s hearing in an Australian court, where Apple senior executive Richard Lutton presented evidence that Apple founder Steve Jobs initiated talks with Samsung to not launch their patent infringing Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1., things took a surprising turn. Samsung lawyer David Catterns made a proposal to resolve their patent dispute in Australia regarding touch-screen technology. Apple ...
Spotify Soothes Facebook Users with “Private Listening”
After hearing tons of complaints from their users, Spotify tries to appease the angry mob with their new “Private Listening” feature. Quick recap for those of you who went back to your caves: the recent Facebook Open Graph feature and Spotify integration makes a user’s Spotify activities available to be published on Facebook. And with ...
Quora Goes Mobile, Answers to iOS First
Quora, the question and answer web service, took a big step in solidifying their place amongst web services, as well as broadening their reach as they launched an iOS app version of their service for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The iOS app features the full functionality and content found on their site, loaded with ...
Apple Wins Case Against Mac-Clones and Possibly Samsung, Too
Apple is doing another victory dance as they enjoy the sweet, three-judge ruling handed down by California’s 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The court ruled in favor of Apple against Psystar, the company that sells “OpenMacs,” which are cheap computers that come installed with Apple’s operating system plus a disc that contains an authorized copy ...
HP’s Poison Pill and a Broken Cone of Silence
You’d expect that after a change in leadership Hewlett-Packard would slowly start to rise from the ashes, but that’s not exactly happening yet. Some investors might actually try to shake things up as they aren’t happy with the continued demise of HP’s stocks. Investors are voicing their disapproval of the costly multi-billion dollar Autonomy deal, ...
Daily Deals Continue To Deal, Target Travelers and Early Birds
There’s no denying that companies offering daily deals have made our lives sweeter and our mail inboxes fuller. It’s quite exciting to find great deals every time you open your mail. But there are times when our impulsive side gets the best of us, hogging deals that we don’t really need. We buy it because ...