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CES – is it a dying platform for technology companies?

, 12. January 2012

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CES, The International Consumer Electronics Show as it’s called, is one of the largest technology trade shows in the world. It’s held each and every January in Las Vegas. This year has been a shocking result so far. I was thinking earlier, what, over the last 3 years or more has come out of CES [...]

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Yahoo Gets Tighter Integration with Facebook

, 22. December 2011

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Yahoo is starting to breath down Facebook’s neck again, in an attempt to deepen its connection with the social giant. This will allow Facebook users to share all their activities on Yahoo’s websites, including what they are currently reading. Three months ago, Yahoo introduced the Facebook sharing option in its main new section, but starting [...]

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Indian Government asks Google, Facebook to censor User Content

, 6. December 2011

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In an interesting and shocking development today, Indian Government has asked the internet giants like Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Yahoo, to censor and moderate all the content that is generated by users from India. According to news reports, India’s Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal called the legal representatives of top internet giants into his New Delhi [...]

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Nokia Siemens to fire 17000 employees worldwide

, 27. November 2011

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Nokia Siemens Network(NSN) is planning to fire almost 17000 employees worldwide, that becomes nearly 23 percent of its total workforce,  in order to cut its costs by € 1 Billion (one billion Euros). The finnish based – Nokia – and German Multinational company – Siemens – have been working together as a Joint Venture since [...]

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Sharp to supply iPad 3 Displays to Apple

, 26. November 2011

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Japanese consumer electronics Company Sharp will supply Apple Inc. the LCD panels for the upcoming iPad 3 that is scheduled to release early next year, reports Wall Street Journal. The latest news report suggests that Apple is investing in facilities at Sharp’s manufacturing factories in Japan. The Cupertino based company is now looking towards Japanese [...]

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No Wallets required in the UK by 2016, predicts Paypal

, 25. November 2011

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It’s been a long time we heard about the concept of “cashless society”, which means more and more usage of digital and mobile payment modes than cash transactions. Interestingly, there is a new prediction from PayPal, which confirms its expected arrival and forecasts that there would be no wallets required in UK by 2016. The [...]

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It’s all good for Spotify

, 25. November 2011

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Spotify, which launched in the US in July of this year, has now hit the target of 2.5 million premium subscribers. It is considered as the direct result of its US launch. At first, the European based music service faced a great list of issues created by the US music industry. It took Spotify around [...]

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Blackberry launches BBM Music service in The UK

, 16. November 2011

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BlackBerry has announced the launch of new BBM Music service for its subscribers in the UK, in a recent email to subscribers and users of Blackberry services. The new music service integrates the social networking concept with that of music sharing. The new BlackBerry BBM Music service will allow the subscribers to choose their 50 [...]

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