Firefox For Windows 8 Coming In Late 2012

Mozilla Firefox has been facing tough times of late. It’s growth has slumped and Google Chrome has overtaken it as the second most used browser. However, the developers of the browser are now gearing up to launch a version of the browser for the next big thing in OS world from Microsoft, Windows 8. According to an announcement from Firefox, the browser’s version for Windows 8′s metro interface is coming in second quarter of 2012. Initially, alpha and beta versions will be released and eventually, the full version will be released in the second half of 2012.

Google Says It Will Surprise Us With Announcements About Google TV

Google has been dabbling with the development of consumer products and devices for some time. In some cases, the devices did become a success and yet in other, they were a total failure. Now Google seems to be betting heavily on yet another consumer product, Google TV. According to Google, it has some ‘big announcements’ regarding Google TV. We have been hearing about Google TV for some time. It may be that now Google may finally reveal the magic it promises to deliver through Google TV.

Valentine Day Offers From Apple, Samsung, Nintendo, Lenovo and Sony

This year the major tech companies and the accessory makers tried to top each offers when it comes to gifts for Valentine’s Day. The color of the day is obviously pink with a few reddish touches. Apple placed the bets on products and accessories in the love color. Actually, Apple is pushing forward the white line up of iPads and iPhones but paried with stylish red accessories, including the notorious Smart Cover for iPads, a twelve compass mobile stand, a reddish wireless speaker, Jambox, a stylish Michael Kors wallet clutch.

Another New Record By Apple: Apple Stock Price Reaches $500

Apple has perhaps one of the most turbulent history of all the tech companies. It rose to stardom, then declined down to near-nothing and have yet again risen to ever-greater heights. Right now, Apple has steadily surpassed nearly all rival tech companies in terms of sales volume, profits and overall revenue. Wall Street has been speculative about Apple but apparently, this new bit of news should placate them: Apple’s stock price has hit $500, setting a new record.

The iTV Brand Could Be Taken Away From Apple

After in China Apple is accusing of selling counterfeited iPads as the name was previously registered by a local company, the nightmare could happen again if Apple insists on using the iTV name for the long rumored Apple television project. This time, the company that owns the ITV trademark, British TV network, warned Apple not to infringe its rights. The warning was issued two years ago, before the hype on the upcoming Apple smart television, and apparently Apple reassured the British company that they wouldn’t get into a legal fight over the name.

Apple is Now Bigger Than Microsoft And Google Combined

It’s official. Apple has tons and tons of money. This is no news, but last week, the company surprised everyone as it made front cover news yet again. As reported by Hayley Tsukayama of the Washington Post, Apple had a great week at the market – the stock market. Apparently the company now has a market cap value of $461 billion. Remarkably this means that Apple is now worth more than Google and Microsoft put together.

Steve Jobs Served On White House Council During ’90s

There has been a lot of speculation a few days ago when FBI made a detailed file on Steve Jobs public. The file contained the fact the FBI was investigating Jobs’ background when he was being considered for a position on White House Council during President George H.W. Bush’s time. The content of the file were a bit shocking because a number of people who were consulted to gather views about Jobs described him in bad terms, calling him dishonest and someone who’d be happy only as long as he had his way. Now, we have learnt that Steve Jobs did indeed serve on President’s Bush White House Council during the ’90s.

Eddy Cue Accepts Grammy Award On Behalf Of Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs has been hailed to be someone who truly revolutionize not only the world of technology, but also the music industry, with his extra-ordinary ideas. He was the one who developed the notion of digitalized music sold through online stores, an idea which came to be at the base of modern music industry. In honor for all these achievement, he had been nominated for the Trustees Award at Grammy Awards this year.

AppleTV Out Of Stock, New Device Coming Soon

Apple has a knack of cutting down on the supply volume of a device as a pre-emptive move for the launch of a new iteration of the device, or a new device in it’s place. We have often seen device vanishing off Apple’s shelves when a new device in it’s place is to be launched. So usually, supply constraints usually hint that we are nearing the release of a new Apple device. According to numerous reports, right now Apple TV devices are out of stock with a number of retailers. This necessarily means that Apple is planning to launch a new model of Apple TV in it’s place.

[Funny Video] Gmail Reading Your Email – Microsoft Spanks Google in Recent Ads

Google reads inside your email in Gmail. Its because of keyword targeting for the advertisement they put in your free email. This sounds scary. Now Microsoft took that advantage, to pan Google for “reading” email. Microsoft made an advertisement to show this in very funny way. No hard feelings about anybody, just check the funny ads.

Apple And Motorola Continue Legal Battle Over Qualcomm Patents

Motorola launched a major offensive earlier when it had filed that Apple was misusing FRAND patents. So far, things have seemed quite promisingly in favor of Motorola when Apple was briefly barred from selling certain products in Germany. However, Apple is now working hard to be back in the game by countering this offensive by an aggressive counter-strategy.

LinkedIn Will Begin Mobile Ads Later This Year

Craig Silverstein, The Third Employee At Google, Quits Today

Crag Silverstein is not just another Google employee. He is one of the most influential and significant people in the Google team because he was the third person to join the search engine after Larry Page and Sergey Brin stated it. He was literally Google’s number third in the earlier days. After a long career with Google, Craig is now leaving the company to join Khan Academy, a revolutionary education-related platform that was launched by Salman Khan, a US entrepreneur.

Yahoo Planning To Sell It’s Alibaba Shares?

Yahoo has been running in troubled waters due to some slight financial crunch as well as managerial changes. We’ve been hearing a round of rumors about Yahoo trying to finalize a few deals to liquidate some assets and acquire some cash as a result. However, nearly none of those deals actually happened. A fresh rumor is saying that Yahoo is now planning to sell it’s stock in Alibaba, the Chinese giant. Yahoo may be looking forward to sell it’s share worth of 25 percent of AliBaba’s overall shares.

95 Percent Of All Mobile Phone Profits Go To Apple And Samsung

This may sound unbelievable but it is very true. Of the total profits earned by mobile companies in the fourth quarter of 2011, nearly 95 percent was grabbed by Apple and Samsung. In fact, Apple grabbed nearly 80 percent off all profits, leaving Samsung with a tiny 15 percent in comparison. The traditional technology giants, Nokia, RIM and Motorola are quite squeezed in their profits and from the looks of it, are barely surviving the fight put on an all new level by Apple and Samsung.