Creating a good brand name is difficult. While almost all of us have heard names such as Coca-Cola and BMW, but which are the most valuable brands in the world? Let’s take a look at 20 most valuable brands in the world, according to Interbrand. Trucks containing cases of... [Read More]
Google Google has retained the top position as the best employer in both categories — business and engineering — for the fourth year in a row, according to global employer branding firm Universum’s global talent attraction index, ‘The World’s Most Attractive... [Read More]
It’s safe to assume that Google makes plenty of money off Android (in one way or another), but Microsoft has done its share of profiting from Android smartphones and tablets as well. How? By striking patent licensing deals with device manufacturers like HTC, Acer, Velocity Micro, and... [Read More]
Microsoft-to-acquire-Skype-for--8-5-billion Image from mtirc.org Following numerous rumors about possible Skype sales to Facebook and other entities, Microsoft has confirmed it finalized talks to purchase the online communications VoIP tool for $8.5 billion.Skype will not be an integrated... [Read More]
skype-android-featured NEW YORK: US software giant Microsoft will buy Internet phone service company Skype for $8.5 billion dollars, the companies announced. “Skype is a phenomenal service that is loved by millions of people around the world,” Microsoft chief executive... [Read More]
Astonishingly, it is nearly a century and a half since Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland first enthralled the general public with its hallucinatory charms, yet Alice’s allure remains undimmed. Last year’s Tim Burton film saw her reclaim her position at the... [Read More]
amazon cloud computing with csharp cover Amazon upped the ante in its fierce rivalry with Apple over control of the digital music market, with the introduction of a Cloud Drive digital locker and a Cloud Player service that offers streaming music via the Web and Android devices. The Seattle,... [Read More]
Mozilla-firefox Microsoft Internet Explorer’s ironic case of having a sizeable installed base and yet being considered an underdog changed with the release of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), which caused quite a scare in the Firefox and Chrome camps with a staggering 2.35 million downloads within... [Read More]
iPad2 With over a hundred tablets expected to come to market this year looking to take on the iPad, Apple’s unveiling of its second-generation tablet on Wednesday will be a critical moment for the company, one analyst believes. Brian White with Ticonderoga Securities said in a note to... [Read More]
sony xperia playThe Mobile World Congress 2011 brought quite a few interesting devices and technologies to the forefront, and while none of them were shockingly new, some stood out much further than others.Many of the bombshells were launched a few days ahead of MWC 2011, with Sony Ericsson,... [Read More]
Windows-Phone7 Such a big load of trouble for such a small update. Microsoft’s first WP7 firmware refresh has been causing some unfortunate brick-like behavior in Samsung Omnia 7s and the company has wisely decided to pull the new software back until it can correct whatever’s going... [Read More]
bing google Google has accused Microsoft of cheating, following an investigation known as the ‘Bing Sting’. Google engineers created 100 nonsensical queries such as “hiybbprqag” and inserted a fake result for each. Within weeks, the same results began to appear on its rival... [Read More]
internet explorer LONDON: Microsoft has warned that the 900 million users of its Internet Explorer Web browser are at risk of having their computers hijacked and their personal information stolen by hackers. The software giant has issued a ‘critical’ security alert over a... [Read More]
microsoft-windows-phone-7 Extensively publicized as Microsoft’s make-or-break mugging on the Smartphone market, Windows Phone 7 was made public in October 2010, prior this year. While subsequently, producers have sold over 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 (WP7) devices globally, Microsoft made public... [Read More]
apple_tvA variety of Apple TV users have reported extremely long download times when trying to rent movies. The problem does not appear to be with Apple’s servers, the Akamai Content Delivery Network Apple uses to deliver media downloads efficiently, nor the design of iTunes or Apple TV... [Read More]
iphoneMotorola has thrown down the gauntlet in the tablet wars: a new ad for the upcoming Motorola tablet takes potshots at the iPad, calling it “a giant iPhone,” and the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which is criticized for running a version of Android for the phone. The unnamed device will... [Read More]
Only a few days after its release, the Xbox Kinect by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) was hacked to work with Windows 7. Adafruit set a challenge last week, the Open Kinect Challenge, with a $2,000 reward for whoever could hack the product first. The Kinect’s main selling point is that you... [Read More]
thumb.cms WASHINGTON: Microsoft added Facebook to Outlook, giving users of its popular email program the ability to view status updates, pictures and wall posts from their friends on the social network. Outlook now lets email users view the profile picture and activity of their Facebook friends... [Read More]
