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HP Bounces Back With TouchPad Sale, Focuses More On Big Data
Last week’s series of drastic announcements caused HP’s shares to plummet but their TouchPad sale over the weekend allowed their stocks to bounce back by 3.6% at $24.45. But this slight increase may not last long, as it is just an effect of the tablet price cut over the weekend. Investor focus is still on ...
ERPLY for iPad: Choose Card Swipes or NFC
ERPLY, the Estonian company leading in cloud-based mobile, laptop and desktop POS and retail inventory management solution, announced a credit card reader for handheld mobile devices to deliver a fast, secure way to process payments. The new credit card-reader device connects to an iPad (and will soon be available for iPhones), and transmits a customer’s ...
Google Android-Chrome Integration Available Soon
So here’s the deal, Android and Chrome are both from Google but Android has its own web browser, which is not Chrome, but the two browsers share some codes. It’s a curious affair, but one would only expect Google Chrome to be the standard offering on mobile devices, now that both initiatives are coming into ...
Apple Gearing Up A New Line Of Macs, Cheaper iPhone 4 And iPhone 5? Release
As HP continues to shock everyone with marked down tablets, a new desktop and a new health contract, Apple is not just going to sit in the corner and allow HP to get all the attention. In a move that really shakes things up, leaked information about a new line of Macs surfaced. A blog ...
HP Continues to Shock and Awe: $99 TouchPad, New Compaq Desktop and New Health Care Contract
Hewlett-Packard shook the computer world last week with their announcement to focus more on software–possibly dropping their hardware business, in talks to acquire the software company Autonomous and discontinuing their webOS. If you think they’re done turning your world upside down, be ready for another shake up. The Price Is Right Last Saturday, they lowered ...
Conference Calls and Messaging Get Smarter With Skype Acquisition of GroupMe
Skype, the leading communication service provider that connects millions of people around the globe, has acquired startup company GroupMe, a free group text messaging and conference call service on mobile phones,for an undisclosed amount. Although, an anonymous source told the Wall Street Journal they value the deal to around $80 million. Skype acquired GroupMe to enhance their ...
Music + Mobile Makes Melodic Marketing for MetroPCS, Others
Earlier this week, MetroPCS Communications, Inc. , the fifth largest wireless carrier in the US and Rhapsody, the leading on-demand music service, announced the unlimited mobile music experience for MetroPCS subscribers. The unlimited mobile music is bundled with unlimited voice, text and data plan on Android devices for $60 per month. To avail of this, you ...
Dell Sales Nosedive as PC Era Dies Off
HP isn’t the only one having PC troubles, as Dell, one of the top computer makers globally, also experienced the harsh reality of people shifting away from PC. Their revenue only rose by 1% and their shares were down by 10.1% according to their most recent quarterly earnings. Aside from this, they pulled out on ...
HP Aftermath: What Will Become of PCs?
Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest computer manufacturer, turned heads this week as they announced one shocker after another. The calm before the storm At the beginning of the week, HP announced that it will soon launch its smartphone, Pre 3, in the UK soon, to be carried by Orange. The device will be equipped with a ...
RIM In Talks For BlackBerry Music
In a “Hail Mary” pass, Research In Motion, makers of the BlackBerry devices, aims to up their sales by appealing more to teenagers, by way of music. According to two unnamed sources, RIM is rumored to be in talks with major label companies such as Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, EMI Group Ltd. and Sony ...