Facebook Ads Ride their Own Wave, Increase Prices
Here’s the reality. You can’t browse Facebook without seeing an ad. Everywhere you go, all you see are ads plastered on the sides of the page, or even in News Feeds. Why? Because companies…
Baidu Joins the Crowded Browser Market, Boosts Competition
By Saroj Kar
Baidu, the Chinese search engine giant, unveiled its own web browser today. The browser will be in direct competition with market giants including Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Google’s Chrome and Mozilla’s Firefox. Baidu is marketing…
Huawei Symantec Launches First All-Flash Array
Huawei Symantec (HS), a joint venture between Chinese storage and networking equipment manufacturer Huawei and software giant Symantec, announced the latest addition to its product portfolio: the OceanSpace Dorado S2100. The all-flash array is…
Apple Sees Record Earnings, Lion Out Tomorrow
Apple held its earnings call today, and reported stellar results for its third quarter. The company has seen an 82 percent increase in revenue compared to last year’s $15.7 billion: it generated $28.57 billion,…
F1 is Back But Now as a Service
Mindtouch is bringing back F1. But this time the help function is in providing customer service in Web applications. It’s not the F1 of old, the one on your keyboard when you had a…
1 in 5 Drops their Phone in the Toilet. Hope It’s Just Your Data that’s Backed Up.
Not too long ago, a Pew Internet Project survey revealed that one third of American adults (35 percent) owns a smartphone. Plaxo, Inc., creator of the world’s most powerful address book, then reinforces the…
Verizon Driving Wireless Technology Development, Targets Rival AT&T
By Saroj Kar
Verizon Wireless is launching 4G LTE network in 28 additional markets this week, ahead from its competitors AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, expanding its network to 102 cities in the US. Consumers can choose a…
Microsoft Drops Out of Hulu Bidding (Maybe)
One of the worst kept secrets is that Hulu, the TV streaming service, is out looking to sell itself, and at one point it was speculated that Microsoft was one of the companies bidding…
Google News Taps Gamification to Enhance Social Side
Gamification, the implementation of a certain game-like mechanisms to improve business, is a much wider trend than one would think. It has proven to be effective for many companies including startups that are based…
StackMob, Joyent Expand Cloud Services for Mobile Developers
StackMob, provider of a turnkey backend development and deployment platform for mobile applications, announced a partnership with Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing software and services. The partnership and integration of StackMob with…