Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia was a defensive move to keep the Finnish phone maker from going under or falling into the hands of an Android-first rival, several analysts argued this week. “Had Nokia abandoned Windows Phone, ...
Tags: Nokia Deal, Microsoft
Google's Android will command 90 per cent of the smartphone operating system market in the next five to 10 years, according to Jon ‘Maddog' Hall, the executive director of Linux International, a non-profit organisation of IT ...
Tags: Android, Smartphone Market
Tablet applications have the potential to so engage school kids that the time it takes to teach a subject could be cut from four years to six months. That's what Nolan Bushnell, the "father of modern video gaming", founder of Atari and ...
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Tablets don't have the capacity to kill off PC and laptops due to their limited capabilities, which will see them gain a maximum 30 per cent share of the computer hardware market, Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and technological ...
Microsoft's acquisition of Finnish firm Nokia's mobile phone business and patents is a bad piece of business, according to Jon "Maddog" Hall, the executive director of Linux International, a non-profit organisation of IT professionals that ...
In Win is known for showing off outrageous-looking enclosure prototypes at the Computex trade show. This year, it was the Tòu, which surrounds an aluminum frame with angular panels cut from tempered glass. The case has now made its ...
Tags: Tempered Glass, taiwan, Construction, Glass
With its $7.2 billion agreement to buy Nokia’s handset business, Microsoft is in a position to surpass Apple and Android smartphone makers in providing an enterprise-class mobile platform, experts say. However, whether Microsoft is ...
Tags: Nokia, Mobile Enterprise
Google is ramping up plans to open an app store focused solely on Google Glass, the computerized eyeglasses expected to launch in 2014. The company confirmed to Marketing Land that the dedicated Glass app store will launch next year. ...
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Lenovo introduced a new wave of Yoga hybrids, shaving off size and weight so the devices are lighter when used as tablets, and faster in laptop mode. The new Yoga hybrids include the 13.3-inch Yoga 2 Pro and 12.5-inch ThinkPad Yoga, which ...
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SEACOM has embarked on an ambitious effort to dominate Africa’s regional and global Internet transit market by signing agreements with three European Internet Exchange points. The partnership with France IX, London Internet Exchange ...
Tags: IP Transit Market, SEACOM
The BWP050C cordless impact wrench from Mac Tools features an ergonomic handle design with a forward center of gravity to provide balance and control. Mac Tools has launched a new line of cordless tools that features the BWP050C ...
Rudolph Technologies Inc of Flanders, NJ, USA, which makes defect inspection, process control metrology, and data analysis systems and software for manufacturing integrated circuits as well as flat-panel displays, solar cells and LEDs, has ...
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The Orthopaedic Implant Company (OIC), a developer of orthopaedic implants, launched its clavicle plate solution, designed to meet the needs of virtually all fracture patterns of the clavicle. The set includes midshaft, neutral and distal ...
Xylem Water Solutions UK is enhancing its range of high efficiency circulator pumps with the addition of the ecocirc XL range, ideal for light or commercial applications. The new circulator has been designed specifically for applications ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, efficiency circulator pumps
EMC today announced advances in its VNX line of midrange storage, which will now be built for flash first, and new capabilities for its VXPEX Proven Architecture portfolio. The storage giant also revealed that its software-defined storage ...
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