Windows tablets will gain market share in the coming years, but not fast enough to challenge the dominance of Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS, IDC said on Tuesday. IDC is projecting Windows tablets to occupy 10.2 percent of ...
Tags: Windows Tablet, Android, iOS
Eighty per cent of employees are potentially putting their companies at risk through use of unauthorised Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications on corporate networks. The extent of so-called "shadow IT" is revealed in a study for ...
Apple has bought Topsy Labs in a deal that will provide the iPhone maker with more insights about the chatter on Twitter. Topsy pores through the stream of conversations occurring on Twitter to identify trends and people influencing ...
Apple has acquired Topsy, a social analytics firm, for a rumoured $200m. The company specialises in crunching Twitter data, but Apple will not reveal its plans for the start-up. "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time time, and ...
Antitrust regulators in the US have approved Microsoft's $7bn (£4.6bn) acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone business. The deal, announced in September, sees Microsoft take ownership of Nokia's Devices and Services business, which ...
Apple has acquired Topsy, a social media analytics company that focuses on a range of data from Twitter, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report. Apple paid more than US$200 million for Topsy, the report said. The company ...
Tags: Apple, Acquire, Social Media Analytics
Spurred by demand from the LED lighting and mobile device markets, sapphire substrate manufacturers have been actively expanding their production capacity, according to the report ‘Global Sapphire Substrate Market 2013’ from ...
Tags: LED, smartphone
Currently 80 percent of sapphire applications are used in sapphire substrate while the other 20 percent is for non-substrate materials, according to Chinese-language online media Finance.com.cn estimations. Sapphire that is used in ...
British sales of Apple's iPhone 5S have seen it outsell its sister smartphone, the iPhone 5C, at a ratio of three to one, but Apple's overall share of the market is still smaller than it was this time last year. That's according to the ...
Tags: iPhone 5s, android, smartphone
There's no shortage of laptop computers to pick from this holiday season, even for shoppers on tight budgets. A Chromebook optimized to run Google's Internet services can be bought for as little as $200, while a few hundred dollars more ...
Tags: Laptops, Consumer Electronics
If your loved ones are looking for an easy way to watch Internet content on their big-screen TVs, Google's Chromecast ($35) is an inexpensive choice. Owners use their smartphones, tablets or computers as a remote control to tune in Netflix, ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Over 3,000 firms have signed up to the Safe Harbor deal. The European Union (EU) has confirmed plans not to withdraw from the 'Safe Harbor' deal on data protection, which allows the US firms to access European data, snubbing demands for a ...
British packaging company Rexam has developed a new can design for Mio milkshake in collaboration with Alcon Group. The companies have created a 33cl sleek can with bright and concise design for the lemonade flavored milk-based drink, ...
Tags: Aluminum Can, Milkshake
Transport for London (TfL) has overseen a rise of more than 500 per cent in its employees' use of mobile phones and tablets under its bring your own device (BYOD) scheme over the past three years. Official figures obtained under the ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Apple Siri Eyes Free technology has been made available in select Honda and Acura models in the US, furthering the brands’ smartphone-to-vehicle integration. Available as a dealer installed accessory in the Honda Accord and Acura ...