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Thursday, 11 April 2013 21:50

Smaller Surface model to arrive soon

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Looks like Microsoft will try to take advantage of the popularity of smaller tablets like many others are doing. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company is developing one such device.

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One of the great arguments in the PC industry is always who (or what) is faster. We all want to know what CPU, GPU, HDD, SDD, etc., is the fastest. We might not be able to buy that particular product, but we want to know, and we will scour the internet in the hopes of finding out which is truly the king. In these cases, the issue is often settled by the smallest margin (1-2 frames per second) which might not even be noticeable to the average person. However, there is a new term that is being swapped out for speed, and that is responsiveness. Unfortunately, responsiveness is not the same as speed or power, but this term is being used very often. During a recent trip to a local box store it was used to push a system that while responsive, was actually quite slow when put it to the test.

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Sunday, 17 March 2013 09:09

Zuckerberg the most approved CEO

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In research done by the firm Glassdoor where employees’ evaluated the leading business people, Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg got the best results. Specifically, Zuckerberg was supported by as much as 99% of Facebook's employees during the 12 months period that ended on 24th February, while the last year in the same survey he was supported by only 85% of them. At the same time, last year leading Apple CEO Tim Cook dropped from 99% to 85%.

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Wednesday, 13 March 2013 20:36

iPad passed by Android tablets

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According to yesterday announcement from IDC's analysis, this will be the first year in which the number of tablets with Android operating system will surpass the number of Apple iPads. IDC believes that the smaller tablet size and low cost with Google's OS will win almost 49% of tablet market, while the iPad last year's 51% will drop to 46%.

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Sunday, 10 March 2013 21:32

Nokia owes money to Microsoft?

nokiamicroNokia and Microsoft made an agreement back in 2011 under which Microsoft will pay the Finnish manufacturer for support of their platform, while Nokia will pay Microsoft a license to use Windows Phone. During the term of the agreement, Microsoft's payments slightly surpassed what Nokia has paid, but a good part of the "bonus" Finnish manufacturer already used.

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Thursday, 31 January 2013 05:59

RIM is now Blackberry; Hires Alicia Keys to Help

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Research In Motion is a part of the past - the company no longer exists. In fact, it does exist, but it's no longer called like that. The new name is, simply, BlackBerry the new creative director of this company, for all worldwide markets is Alicia Keys!

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Monday, 14 January 2013 16:57

Sony aims for the top

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Sony's new mobile strategy includes a comeback to the world's leading manufacturers of smartphones. This was confirmed by the president of the Xperia marketing department Stephen Sneeden, who predicts achieving the set target in the next two years, if all goes according to plan.

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Monday, 24 December 2012 10:37

Samsung’s Brian Wallace goes to Motorola

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Motorola has acquired a new marketing specialist. His name is Brian Wallace and he previously served as the vice president of strategic marketing for Samsung in the U.S. market. Looks like Google wants to be as sure as possible that their new smartphone will really be something special [or at least to make sure they market it as something special - Ed].

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Monday, 10 December 2012 21:03

Further analysis of Surface sales

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Microsoft proudly unveiled Surface tablets during the launch of the new Windows, even though many said that the release of devices with a completely different processor architecture (ARM) was a very risky move. Although the team from Redmond repeatedly declared that they are satisfied with its initial sales, the two figures released so far appear at odds; Microsoft’s figure of 4 million tablets planned for the 4th quarter is now reduced to 2 million. Now a brokerage firm, Detwiler Fenton, that allocates brokerage ranks, said that Microsoft should be happy if they manage to sell 1 million tablets by the end of the year. Detwiler says that Microsoft has sold between 500 and 600 thousand units so far.

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Friday, 16 November 2012 10:12

Brand Power Spills Over Into the Games We Buy…

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Although this is not a new or novel concept we are seeing companies begin to use the power of branding to make their games more attractive to the consumer. The concept really started many, many years ago when software companies noted an increased demand for games that had not only similar themes, but the exact same theme and setting. To capitalize on this they began making follow-on installments to their games. Some of the more notable are Doom, Quake, and Wing Commander. Certainly there are more than this small list, but these represent some of the early franchise names that pushed the market along. For those of you wondering why HalfLife is not in there, it is simply because of the length of time between the first and the second games, but yes HalfLife is certainly one of the major Brand Names in gaming now.

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