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Broadcom Expands 4G Goals with NetLogic Acquisition
Broadcom Corp., a leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, announced today that it has agreed to buy NetLogic Microsystems Inc., a provider of intelligent semiconductor solutions that are powering next-generation Internet networks, for $50 per share, or $3.7 billion. NetLogic makes chips for 4G wireless networks, a technology still in its developing ...
9/11: the 10th Anniversary Commemorated Through iOS, Android Apps
Ten years ago on the morning of September 11, the entire world was shocked when four jet planes were hijacked by terrorists. The first plane hit the World Trade Center’s North Tower at 8:46 AM, the South Tower was hit at 9:03 AM, the Pentagon was hit at 9:37 AM and the fourth plane, which ...
Lenovo To Dell: We’re Coming for You
Last July, the research firm IDC published that Lenovo has taken the number three spot from Acer in PC sales with 12.2% market share. They were behind Dell with 12.9%, while HP held the top spot at 18.1%. Dell did not hide their excitement when HP announced their PC spinoff as this would result in ...
Microsoft Plans a Major Comeback with Windows 8 for Cloud, Mobile
Outage aside, Microsoft has been quite busy with their Windows 8 platform, taking care of lawsuits, strengthening their relationship with other players in the industry and rebuilding an ecosystem in the mobile sector. Here’s a quick run down of what’s been going on in recent weeks. Rivals The company is all set for their Microsoft ...
Sprint Keeps Unlimited Data Plan, Even for the iPhone
Rumors of the iPhone 5 debuting in Sprint is getting bigger as October nears and expectations of a new handset continue to grow. Sources say that Sprint will be keeping their unlimited data plan for the iPhone. A move that will surely gain them more subscribers as competitors, AT&T and Verizon, already phased out their ...
HP Wants Quick PC Spin-Off, Dell Sees Opportunity
Hewlett-Packard just unveiled new all-in-one desktops which will start rolling out this month amidst an impending PC spinoff. What they’re doing is just plain confusing. The thing that should concern HP, aside from possibly losing their customer base, is losing their employees. There are rumors that HP employees are already gearing up to look for ...
Google’s Birthday Week: from Oracle Lawsuit to Zagat Deal
Google started the week by celebrating 13 years in the industry. I did a piece highlighting theirs feats in the span of those 13 years. While most were game-changing, some were just viewed as projects–it seems those Googlers get bored at work sometimes. The company has been shaking things up for the past couple of ...
Apple FTW: Samsung Tablet Permanently Banned in Germany
Apple is now doing a celebratory dance as the German court in Düsseldorf sided with them and handed down a permanent ban on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1. The court declared that the Samsung tablet clearly copied the iPad, as it too had a flat screen and rounded corners. Judge Johanna Brückner-Hoffmann, presiding judge over the ...
Samsung + Microsoft = Samsung Windows 8 Tablet?
The Korea Economic Daily reported that during next week’s Microsoft BUILD, the developer conference in California set to run from September 13-16, the company will unveil a new tablet sporting the new Windows 8 platform. The tablet is said to be the product of Microsoft and Samsung’s collaboration. “This new product manufactured by Samsung will ...
Backupify Gets Another $5M, Sets Sights on Google Apps
Backupify, a leading backup provider for cloud based data, closed a Series B $5 million round of funding, led by Avalon Ventures together with General Catalyst and Lowercase Capital. Backupify works by creating a backup of all the information from one’s social media and web application accounts. This actually helps IT backup files and move ...