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Nokia Faces Layoffs as Microsoft Deal Strengthens
Nokia’s gone through some major changes in the past year, and some of those changes are catching up with the troubled phone maker. They announced their plan to cut around 23 percent of its total workforce today, highlighting the downside of how Nokia’s been affected by the mobile industry’s shift. The company is taking this step to ...
HP Gears Up for Earnings Report, Adds New Board Members
Hewlett-Packard is all set to announce its earnings report next Monday after the close of the market. This will be the first earnings call under the course of new CEO Meg Whitman. What is interesting in this earnings call is that the CEO Whitman took some critical decisions, like keeping the much debated $40 billion-plus PC ...
Google, eBay and Others Trying to Safeguard Internet Sites from Antipiracy Bill
Leading Internet technology companies, including Google, eBay, and Twitter are taking the lead to block a bill in Congress that Hollywood studios say would turn down the foreign websites selling pirated movies and other media. Looking at the increasing losses to Hollywood studios due to presence of Internet sites selling pirated movies, Senate Judiciary Committee ...
Juniper All Set to Fight Sluggish Economy, Says CEO
Kevin Johnson who joined Juniper Networks almost three years back, is quite optimistic about the company’s performance, even in these sluggish economic conditions. Juniper – the world’s second largest maker of Internet routers after Cisco, offers custom made gears to telcos and cable companies and the giant data centers delivering the web. But the current ...
Windows Embed is Latest Big Data Outlet for Microsoft
Microsoft is fleshing out its new Big Data strategy, paving its way to the land of Big Data opportunity. Taking its efforts in the right direction, Microsoft is looking at its Windows Embedded group to play a key role in making it much more powerful, as it is entering the world of intelligent systems. The software ...
IBM Forays into Big Data Initiatives, Building E-commerce Research Labs
IBM has recently finalized a deal with Chinese electronics retailer Suning Appliance to build research centers in China and the U.S. The company will leverage this deal to develop e-commerce products as well as to help the Chinese company expand its e-commerce site and services. To put this deal into action, IBM will build a ...
Social Video Takes Lead with Spreecast and LiveLead Services
Social videos have become a rage these days and this is quite evident from lots of startup companies coming up with similar services. Two of the latest ones include Spreecast and LiveLead, who are offering live-group video session services, and help users broadcast themselves and enjoy videos together. But more or less, both these have ...
Google Faces Lawsuit by Chicago Doctors over Negative Online Reviews
Two Chicago doctors have recently filed a lawsuit against Google due to negative online reviews written against them. The story started when an Illinois woman complained on the internet that her plastic surgery resulted in facial lumps, and this plastic surgery was performed by none other than these Chicago doctors- John and Jane Doe. According to ...
Apple Fights Gadget-Porn on iPhone-Related Domains
It’s nothing new that porn and scammers take undue advantage of every connected device, even ones they shouldn’t. Besides the web, the mobile domain is another target for the porn industry, specifically the forbidden fruit of Apple’s iPhone. And while it’s been a touchy topic for years, Apple’s not mad at porn on the iPhone, ...
Asia a Favorable Investment Destination for Kleiner Perkins and Others
Venture Capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is showing its love for the Dragon country as it’s raising a second $250 million fund to invest in Chinese companies. The firm has done its filing for the same, and is calling it KPCB China Fund II. Prior to this, Kleiner raised $360 million fund in its ...


