Starwood Hotels&Resorts Worldwide announced it has signed an agreement with BCD Co.to introduce its destination sensation brand,Aloft Hotels,to Iraq's emerging commercial hub.The opening of the new Aloft Erbil in 2015 will mark the launch ...
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Research and advisory firm, Gartner, has released its list of technology predictions and trends for the years 2013 and beyond. According to Gartner, its top predictions focus on economic risks, opportunities and innovations that will ...
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Apple's cryptic invitation on Tuesday to an event set for next week triggered another surge in trade-in activity by consumers wanting to unload older iPhones in time to buy the new model. Some trade-in companies registered spikes on ...
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Chinese handset maker ZTE showed off a new high-end phone on Wednesday. The Z5 has a 5-inch screen, a 13-megapixel camera and a quad-core processor. The Z5 is part ZTE’s new line of Nubia devices, according to the company’s ...
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The LED TV penetration rate is expected to increase in 2013 mostly due to TV vendors increasing their number of large-size high-resolution TV units for sale, according to market observers. TV vendors such as LG Electronics and Samsung ...
Nokia has dropped off the list of the top five smartphone vendors in the third quarter, facing stiff competition from Samsung and Apple globally, and from high-growth vendors like Huawei in China, where Nokia was the dominant player as ...
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Storage specialist, Seagate, today launched its Backup Plus selection of external hard drives in Dubai during a presentation on the future of storage and backup protection. Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Mark Whitby, held the ...
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An Apple iPad with a smaller screen, if released, could create tough decisions for buyers and slow the momentum of the current 9.7-in. iPad and a number of Android devices with 7-in. and 8-in. screens, analysts said on Thursday. ...
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Infosys said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lodestone Holding, a management consultancy firm in Zurich with skills in the area of SAP software, as the Indian company attempts to move into higher-value services. The ...
ArgoGlobal SE,a subsidiary of Argo Group International Holdings has received approval from Spain and France regulators to carry out underwriting businesses through their branches. ArgoGlobal SE will now provide primary and excess ...
During the next eight years, the amount of digital data produced will exceed 40 zettabytes, which is the equivalent of 5,200 GB of data for every man, woman and child on Earth, according to an updated Digital Universe study released today. ...
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Intel shaved about a billion dollars off its third-quarter revenue forecast on Friday, blaming the global economy for slowing sales. It will announce full results for the quarter on Oct. 16. The company had previously predicted ...
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Global smartphone shipments will reach 1.7 billion in 2017, with emerging markets experiencing particularly strong growth, according to Ovum’s ‘Smartphones in Emerging Markets: Shifting Landscape’ report. The analyst ...
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Cisco has reportedly cut ties with Chinese telecom vendor ZTE after allegations that ZTE sold Cisco gear to Iran. In June, a Reuters story revealed that Cisco, HP and Oracle gear was being sold to an Iranian mobile operator despite U.S. ...
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UPM Raflatac, a part of UPM’s engineered materials business group will showcase its latest thin but high quality self-adhesive labeling solution ProLiner PP30. The Finnish supplier of pressure sensitive label materials said that the ...