While Yahoo is facing a lot of external challenges which it must face to stay important in the tech world, there is an internal battle going on too. We reported earlier that one of Yahoo’s major shareholders, Warren Buffet, and his firm Third Point, had pointed out that Yahoo’s current CEO misstated his qualifications on his official resume.
Dropbox was the first, and perhaps the most successful, cloud storage service that made the world realize how important cloud storage is. And sooner than later, a number of other tech giants such as Google, Apple and Microsoft had jumped the bandwagon, offering their own clouds. The best part is that this has increased the competition and the result is that users are offered greater storage and better services for free.
Kodak has been struggling to stay afloat by filing bankruptcy protection back in January. The company aims to sell a number of its businesses and then concentrate on some of its main strengths. As part of this strategy, Kodak’s online photo service called Kodak Gallery will be sold to Shutterfly for a sum of $23.8 million.
Facebook is right on the verge of going public and the whole thing is expected to bring huge loads of cash to the social network. While the company announced the range of its stock and is expected to land between $28 and $35, an analyst from Sterne Agee has now stated that within a year of going public, Facebook may hit $46.
Rumor says Apple is preparing to launch a $799 MacBook Air by the second half of 2012. The price of this upcoming MacBook is $200 less than the company’s current cheapest model. Is it a new strategy against the new “Ultrabook” laptops that are coming to market? Could be. Hope, it’s not just a rumor.
We have seen mobile OS developers- iOS, Android, Windows, RIM and others- fighting for the top market position. Android lost their position during the holiday quarter. But after a long time, Android now holds almost two-thirds of the US. market. According to NPD Group’s report, Android has sold 61% of all US Smartphone.
People have demand for better wireless network performance for a long time. At last, IEEE announced the publication of IEEE 802.11-2012, which defines the technology for the world’s premier wireless LAN products. As, in the last 15 years, 802.11 WiFi has been revised only three times, therefore the new IEEE 802.11-2012 revision has been expanded significantly by supporting devices and networks that are faster and more secure.
Apple has been quite vigilant in rolling out updates for its iOS platform. This has been an excellent strategy since Apple keeps patching fixes for any bugs that are a part of the earlier release. Now, the company has announced the release of iOS 5.1.1 which goes on to take care of a number of bugs. The bugs which have been fixed in this release are mentioned below.
For long have the tech analysts been speculating about Apple’s plans of launching its own HDTV. While Apple hadn’t confirmed or refuted these rumors so far, a number of factors have been pointed that Apple will go for it. Now, an anonymous source of Cult of Mac has claimed that it has seen an actual prototype of an Apple HDTV.
Weeks ago, on April 23, we announced that Adobe had finally announced the launch of CS6 as well as its much-touted Creative Cloud. While the launch was back then, the suite has become available only now as Adobe has announced that users can now purchase it.
In the movies or cartoons, we have seen people are fighting with laser weapons. We have seen this used in the Star Wars universe. This laser swords were popularized as Lightsaber in Star Wars. Till now, a Lightsaber was a fictional weapon. But Wicked Lasers has developed a real laser sword. Finally, fiction comes to reality!
A number of sophisticated and advanced touch sensor technologies are making their way into the tech world. While some of these are already being incorporated into touchscreen devices, many are still in the realm of research. One such technology has now been unveiled by Disney Research. Called ‘Touche’, it is able to turn different objects such as furnitures into touch-sensitive objects.
Blood sugar calculation is a vital medical measurement which is used to gauge the health of a person in many ways. Specifically, for diabetic patients, it is pertinent that they stay vigilant about their blood sugar level and know if any fluctuations occur. Luckily, this can now be done by simply linking up a tiny accessory to your iPhone.
For long, Samsung has been rather pretty closed as a company. It would manufacture most of its hardware and software on its own. But with the rapidly changing paradigms of the mobile world, the company has come to realize that it may have to go out of its own box to stay abreast of the changes. And for that, if it had to acquire other mobile companies, it will.
According to a recent report, the founder of McAfee Antivirus, John McAfee has been falsely accused of different charges in Belize and has been arrested and imprisoned by Belize police. This has happened, according to McAfee, solely because of political reasons, to be exact because he refused to offer a donation to a local politician.
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