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Nokia’s New CTO Comes in Wake of Executive Shake Up
Nokia, Finland’s mobile giant, named Henry Tirri as their new Chief Technology Officer and a member of the Nokia Leadership Team. And as Nokia embraces North America and its tech companies, Tirri will be stateside. The new appointment comes in the wake of an executive upset at Nokia after the mobile handset maker showed signs ...
Global Warming Can’t Stop iPhone’s Oct. Launch
Rumors about Apple’s launch of the iPhone 5 are all pointing to October, a rumor semi-confirmed with yesterday’s revelation that Apple will have a big event on October 4. The October launch of the iPhone 5 was later “confirmed” by Al Gore, former vice president of the US, environmental advocate and Apple board member. During ...
HP Expands in Africa, Follows IBM to New Fertile Ground
HP’s in some hot water with its board members, but in the wake of a webOS crash, layoffs and a parting of businesses, HP still looks towards global expansion. HP’s announced the expansion of their operations in Africa by establishing new entities in 10 of the continent’s fast-growing economies. The company aims to enable governments, ...
HP Layoffs May Reach Europe, Search for New CEO Raises Questions
Reports from earlier this week note that Hewlett-Packard will soon start laying off more than 500 workers from their Palm division as webOS will soon fade into the sunset. The dust hasn’t even settled yet and their already causing more disturbance. From the looks of things, the US webOS division isn’t the only one in trouble ...
Microsoft Invests Further in Online Ads with Adchemy Deal, Partnerships
FACT: You cannot browse the web without seeing at least one advertisement. In the TV industry, for you to enjoy your favorite TV programs, you have to endure countless minutes of commercial ads. Ads pay for programs’ airtime. And this is the same for Websites, well for most websites, that is. Websites take ...
Schmidt’s Leaked Testimony Pleads for Pity in Antitrust Hearing
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is set to appear at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee later today. Google is under investigation for allegations that they favor their own services over competitors’. Politico obtained a leaked written testimony by Schmidt which he would be delivering during the hearing. Excerpt From The Leaked Testimony “When you hear these ...
Apple’s Big Event is Oct 4: All Eyes on Tim Cook
Since Apple launched the iPhone 4 back in 2010, rumors for the next iPhone launch have floated around, accompanied by concept designs for the upcoming iPhone. Everyone’s dying to find out what the new iPhone will look like, and I think we’re all curious as to what new features it has to offer. And while ...
Facebook, Google+ Rivalry Sparks Back Up as f8 Nears
Yesterday, I barely opened my Facebook account because it took 10 years just to go through my home page. So imagine my surprise when I saw it this morning. It looks different – again! It seems like Facebook’s making a habit of it, especially since the launch of Google+. Could they feel threatened? That’s a ...
Windows Phone Says “Move Over Android!”
According to Connected Intelligence, a service from The NPD Group that analyzes the confluence of connected devices, access, and content, Android is the preferred operating system among current smartphone owners and those who intend to buy a new smartphone in the next six months. Android not only generates more interest than any other OS at 36%, but it ...
HP: Fire Tablet Sales to Fired webOS Workers
This is a confusing time for Hewlett-Packard employees. First the upside: After the enormous success of their first tablet fire sale, where the HP TouchPads literally flew off shelves as consumers clamored to get their hands on the soon to be extinct tablet, HP recently announced the second and last round of their TouchPad fire ...