Category: Global Tech Leaders
LinkedIn to buy SlideShare
LinkedIn Corp. said Thursday that its first-quarter profit more than doubled, and the business networking company is buying presentation sharing website SlideShare for $118.8 million. Shares jumped $9.29, or more than 8 percent, to $118.70 in extended trading. If that rally extends into Friday’s regular trading session, LinkedIn’s stock price will be close to its [...]
Windows 8 to use Dolby products
Audio technology licensor Dolby Labs Inc signed an agreement with Microsoft for the use of its products in the Windows 8 operating system, and posted a second-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates. Dolby’s shares jumped 19 percent to $44.60 in after-market trade. The stock closed at $37.63 on Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange. [...]
Top 10 Facebook facts ahead of its IPO
1) Facebook has more than 900 million active users. If the company were a country, it would be the third largest in the world after China (population: 1.34 billion) and India (population: 1.17 billion). 2) With 157 million members, the United States has the most Facebook users, followed by India with 45.9 million, Brazil with 45.3 million, [...]
Apple iPad 3 review: Hotter than ever
Introduction So, the iPad is dead, long live the iPad. That’s also part of the deal. The retirement of the first-generation of the Apple tablet is nothing out of the ordinary. There used to be the iPad and the iPad 2. Now, we have the iPad and the iPad 2 is the backup, the second [...]
Samsung Securities says 7″ ‘iPad mini’ Coming in Q3 2012
A leaked document from the investment bank of Samsung has unveiled that the company believes Apple is planning to reveal its 7-inch “iPad mini” device in the 3rd quarter of 2012, and is interested in flexible AMOLED displays for future generations of its tablet PCs. As per a research note that discusses state of AMOLED [...]
LG’s bendy plastic e-reader display to be released next month
We bend back our magazines, fold our newspapers so why not our e-readers? LG Display has revealed a new flexible, plastic display which perhaps will not let us fold tablet PCs in half, but might bring the bendy-future closer to customers. The screen known as plastic EPD (electronic paper display) supports 1024 x 768 pixel [...]
Brian. T. Moynihan: Distinguished name in the banking industry
Born on October 9, 1959, Brian Thomas Moynihan leads one of the world’s largest financial institutions Bank of America. He is the current President and CEO of Bank of America since January 2010. But officially he joined Bank of America in 2004 after the company’s merger with FleetBoston Financial. He is also the member of [...]
IPL 2012: Mobile apps to feed your T20 addiction
With temperatures rising and IPL just about to begin, we give you a few apps that could help you stay updated with the latest scores while on-the-move. To start with, let’s look at some apps specially created for IPL. IPL Dugout The app uses orange and white as 2 basic colour schemes. The user interface [...]
5 big facts about Instagram
Facebook has announced it will be acquiring Instagram for cash and equity amounting to one billion dollars. So what is Instagram and is it worth the one billion dollar tag? Time will answer the second question, while we answer the first. 1. Instagram is a free photo sharing app that lets users click pictures from [...]
Microsoft deal with AOL part
AOL’s $1 billion deal to sell and license patents to Microsoft is another in a series of “Antiques Roadshow” moments in the technology world. Faded companies have been rummaging through their assets recently, and some of them have found musty old patents that turn out to be worth a great deal. Patents have become a [...]