Apple's stumble with its new mapping app is a debacle right up there with 2010's "Antennagate," analysts said today. "This ranks with 'Antennagate,'" said Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, of the 2010 ...
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With so many moving variables in the rare earth space, how can investors evaluate investment opportunities? Siddharth Rajeev of Fundamental Research Corp. finds his top prospects by zeroing in on a specific material and tracking its growth ...
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Facebook said on Monday that data collected from its partnership with loyalty-card tracker Datalogix shows people are swayed to make purchases after merely viewing an ad, even if they did not click on it. The social-networking site, which ...
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The government is to publish details of its controversial plans to make it easier for security and police services to spy on e-mails, phone calls and internet activity. The Queen's Speech in May revealed that the government would go ahead ...
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Google announced on Thursday what the company terms the "biggest ever update" to its popular and controversial Street View map imagery Web-based service. Google has doubled the number of Street View special collections and has updated ...
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The Home Office is to decide by 16 October whether to block the extradition to the US of self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon on the grounds of poor health. The timetable has been set after the High Court intervened in July to end a ...
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Business reaction to DCMS announcement Local government reaction to DCMS announcement Consultation could hold back broadband roll-out The broadband industry has said goodbye to Jeremy Hunt as he takes Andrew Lansley's old job as secretary ...
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Councillors from Cornwall Council have become concerned that backers of a controversial BT outsourcing deal have been using "undemocratic" tactics to influence councillors ahead of a December vote that will decide its fate once and for all. ...
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Capita looks set to win part of Barnet’s controversial One Barnet outsourcing plan, after it is revealed to be the preferred bidder for a back-office services contract. The contract, worth GBP 32m a year, will see IT and back-office ...
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Environmentally friendly, or green office supplies are appearing more and more often, so I thought I would take a look at the Paper Mate Biodegradable Pen that I picked up from OfficeMax and which is also available in more varieties here ...
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In the wireless communication industry, fear over a "spectrum shortage" has driven headlines for the better part of 2012. While many within the industry believe that there is a scarcity of spectrum--and that this shortage could become an ...
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It goes without saying that China has proven it is a true heavyweight global contender. The herculean growth achieved by China over the past two decades is unprecedented in the annals of human history. China has overtaken Japan to become ...
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With Windows 8 RTM, Microsoft has revealed how it will notify users of the "Do Not Track" privacy setting for Internet Explorer 10 (IE10). Last week, Microsoft's chief privacy officer repeated the company's position on Do Not Track (DNT), ...
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Marissa Mayer, participating in her first Yahoo earnings conference call since becoming CEO, outlined a broad range of areas in which the company needs to improve. “It was an active and solid quarter with some nice ...
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In the first year since SunCoke Energy's Middletown plant started operating at full capacity, there's been no shortage of coke, community involvement or controversy. The USD 400 million facility, which is owned by Illinois based SunCoke ...
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