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Google Is Going After Groupon And Livingsocial

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Google has failed in its $6 billion attempt to buy Groupon last month, so now the Internet giant is planning to launch their own version. Mashable has reported that Google is planning to offer a similar service to Groupon and LivingSocial. Consumers will be able to receive notifications about local deals in their email. Just [...]

Apple Reports Record Earnings

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On Wednesday, January 19, Apple Inc. shares soared after the company announced its record figures for the December period and predicted strong results for the current quarter. Trading was restrained due to worries of Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs, who announced he was taking a leave of absence on medical grounds. Apple and Jobs have not [...]

Starbucks Launches Smartphone Payment System

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On Wednesday, January 19, Starbucks launched their new mobile system for payment. The system is now available to Blackberry and Apple iOS customers in the U.S. This payment option can be used in conjunction with a Starbucks Card Mobile App. The application is downloadable from the Apple Store. It can also be downloaded from the [...]

First Cable Channel Comes To Roku

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It seems that as time goes on, more and more people are presuming the direction of cable is moving to the Internet. Many believe that it is certainly inevitable that the move will take place, even though there is an evident lack of support currently. But one station, WealthTV has taken its first step in [...]

Cyberwar Still More Science Fiction Than Fact

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The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) has just published a major report about cyber-security, which shows that a true cyber-war can never take place. The report was undertaken by two British professors. The report does state that cyber-espionage and other online attacks will be crucial to future wars. However the report makes it [...]

Apple Takes Market Share From Dell, HP

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Industry Research Firms recently announced that although HP and Dell lost shares in the third quarter of 2010, Apple had actually shown double-digit desktop and notebook sales. Unfortunately, they moved down to the fifth spot in computer sales during the last quarter of 2010 in the US. Apple was placed behind Dell, HP, Acer and [...]

Microsoft Fights Apple On App Store Trademark

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Microsoft made an announcement today informing that they have asked US officials to stop Apple from putting the phrase ‘App Store’ under trademark. Apple made an application in 2008 for trademark rights to the phrase. The BBC news reported that Apple were requesting the rejection of the application from the US Patent and Trademark Office [...]

Polaroid Goes Gaga – Lady Gaga That Is

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On Thursday, January 6, Polaroid released their new product range at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The product range is a collaboration with Lady Gaga and is called ‘Grey Label by Haus of Gaga’. The release included the GL10 Instant Mobile Printer, GL20 Camera Glasses and GL30 Instant Digital Camera. Lady Gaga [...]

AT&T Rebrands Its Network As 4G

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AT&T took advantage of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to announce some upgrades. Their HSPA+ network has gone 4G, plus their 4G LTE is due out sooner than previously expects, and they hope to launch a tablet with the Android Honeycomb OS in 2011. AT&T also announced that they would be working [...]

At CES Everything Will Be About Tablets

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The Consumer Electronics Show started in Las Vegas yesterday and the trend is already clear:  tablets. Many analysts watch the CES carefully as a preview for the trend that can be expected in the coming year. The general vibe indicates that 2011 is looking better than last year. The CES has already seen some luxurious [...]