Dell has apparently been striving to go private since quite some time now. The efforts have been lead by Dell’s founder and CEO, Michael Dell, who intends to buy a majority stake in the company and conclude its status as a public entity. Once the deal is sealed, Dell will become a private company.
If you are thinking of buying any MacBook ProRetina Display then put you attention here. Amazon dropped the price of the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro now at $1515 and 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro $1980.
To bring computing power to the students, online charity DonorsChoose.org along with Google, started selling Samsung Series 5 Chromebooks for students and school teachers at $99 from December 10, 2012. With such low price, it was for sure that Google Chromebook would create a buzz, and they did. Now the machines are used in 2,000 schools, according to Google.
If any laptop model has gained signification popularity in recent months, it would be the Chromebook. Offered by multiple vendors right now, the Chromebooks are light-weight notebooks which offer a whole range of basic computing tasks and a plethora of Google apps. According to some insiders, HP is also readying to enter the Chromebook space.
Microsoft Office is the most used productivity application suite worldwide. The economics of using Microsoft Office suites by home users is very much different from organizations. Keeping that in mind, software giant Microsoft has reinvented its business model for Office suites. The software giant has begun selling year-around subscriptions for Office 365 Home Premium for Mac and PC, a cloud-based version of its office suite programs from January 29.
We recently reported that within hours of Vine’s launch as a new tool to video tweet, many users started uploading pornographic videos. As a result of this, Apple has decided to abandon promoting the app and has removed it from its section highlighting Editor’s Choice.
Last year, we reported that U.S. space agency NASA was developing a “service/orbiting robot” that will go to space, refuel the satellites and if needed will repair them. At that time NASA mentioned that it will start testing the robot in early 2013. Right now NASA is running various tests. The good news is that the robot has successfully passed the test on refueling a satellite.
Over the years, Glasgow has taken a backseat in the greater view of U.K. The city has struggled to stay up with the urban standards of a developed nation, failing often on many counts. Now, the U.K. government is determined to change this by doling out $38 million to the city in an attempt to turn it into a ‘smart city.’