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Social Network IPOs Beat All the Rest
Right now there are two things that consumers are addicted to: connected devices and social networks. When they’re on their smartphones, they can access almost any site (well, except some of those requiring Flash support), either to check their Facebook or LinkedIn, or to see the latest Groupon offer. If people aren’t glued to their smartphones, ...
Twitter Hits 200M Tweets per Day – Obama Jumps on Bandwagon
Twitter has been hit left and right, from the news of their loss of their co-founder to the FTC investigating them. Isaac “Biz” Stone, co-founder of the microblogging site, recently announced that he’s leaving the company ,but stated on his blog that he will work with the company “for many years to come.” He goes ...
Samsung Strikes Back: Lawsuits against Apple Stretch Worldwide
You’d think that since Samsung supplies the chips and screens used by Apple, these two would get along. But no, last week, Apple filed a follow-up lawsuit against Samsung in South Korea regarding the product-copying violations made by the latter. Samsung retaliates with pending lawsuits in six countries against Apple (the U.S., South Korea, Japan, ...
Dell: More than Just PC Hardware
For the past three years, Dell has been making some key acquisitions, and the hardware maker shows no signs of stopping. Their three-year stint is already paying off, as they reported a $945 million profit or 23.4% for their first quarter, which is the highest since 1992. They are more focused in saving now, helping ...
App Store Revenue Estimated to Exceed $14 Billion by Next Year
These days, apps seem to make the world go round. Everyone always has either their smartphones or tablets at hand, be it for sending messages or e-mails, watching videos, and now, for the most part, playing games. With almost everything available as an app, and with everyone on the planet downloading or subscribing to these ...
Google+ More Than Just a Social Networking Plot?
If you don’t have at least one social network that you religiously log in to, you must be living under a rock. Everyone has either a Facebook or Twitter account, to say the least, each of the networks used to keep in contact with family, friends, business partners, acquaintances or anyone at all. People log ...
Mobile Video Upswing Gains Investors, Unifying Standards for Animoto and Beyond
With today’s fast paced lifestyle, everyone seems to be running out of time; people are opting to watching videos on their mobile devices rather than watching from their own homes. Major mobile phone companies are revving up to come up with phones that can accommodate this mobile video trend, addressing the new needs of consumers. ...