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Amazon’s Appstore Name Is Not False Advertising Says Judge in Ruling Against Apple

Amazon’s Appstore Name Is Not False Advertising Says Judge in Ruling Against Apple

By Josh Wolford 27 mins ago

As Amazon planned to launch their own Appstore for Android, Apple decided that the name “Appstore” was too similar to their own App Store – and therefore a lawsuit was in order. Apple attempted to prevent Amazon from launching their …

Can HP Survive the Post-PC Revolution? Can HP Survive the Post-PC Revolution?
By · December 30, 2012 · 31 Comments

On November 20, 2012, Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced its second quarterly write-down of over $8 billion dollars in a row. That in itself is cause for alarm, but the fact that HP blamed the write-downs on two of its largest recent …

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LinkedIn's Top 12 Stories Of The Year LinkedIn's Top 12 Stories Of The Year
By · December 26, 2012

LinkedIn recently revealed its 12 most popular stories of the year, which included articles from Inc., Fast Company, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and Entrepreneur, to name a few. Yep, it really is the professional network. The top 12 were: 1. The …

Business
TED Talks Discuss Patent Problems TED Talks Discuss Patent Problems
By · December 26, 2012

These days, you can hardly go a day without seeing news about patent trolls or some kind of patent litigation plaguing businesses, especially in the technology industry. TED, which has been introducing some very interesting playlists from its numerous talks …

Business
Netflix Has A Lot To Say About IT Netflix Has A Lot To Say About IT
By · December 25, 2012 · 2 Comments

Netflix had a lot to say at the recent AWS Re:invent conference. The company released its presentations on YouTube. The company takes on: embracing the cloud, its encoding transformation, architecture, Cassandra database optimization on AWS, data science with Elastic MapReduce, …

Business
DirecTV Gets Starz Play And Encore Play DirecTV Gets Starz Play And Encore Play
By · December 21, 2012

In October, Starz announced its Starz Play and Encore Play online services, which would provide online streaming access to movies and shows to paying subscribes off the premium channels. Today, Starz announced that it has launched the services for DirecTV …

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HP Announces New EVP of Enterprise Services HP Announces New EVP of Enterprise Services
By · December 21, 2012

Back in August, HP announced a huge $8 billion write-down stemming from the loss of value seen in Electronic Data Systems (EDS). HP bought the company in 2008 for $13.9 billion. As part of the announcement, the company sacked John …

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Adobe Acquires Behance For Creative Cloud Adobe Acquires Behance For Creative Cloud
By · December 20, 2012 · 1 Comment

Adobe announced today that it has acquired social media platform Behance, which will become part of Adobe’s Creative Cloud. Adobe SVP and GM David Wadhwani says, “When we launched Creative Cloud earlier this year, we committed that we would give …

Business
Oracle Nabs Eloqua For $871 Million Oracle Nabs Eloqua For $871 Million
By · December 20, 2012

Oracle announced today that it has purchased software maker Eloqua for about $871 million. Eloqua provides cloud-based marketing automation and revenue performance management solutions, and Oracle says its “modern marketing cloud” ensures that “every component of marketing” helps to drive …

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Google Sells Off Motorola Home For $2.35 Billion Google Sells Off Motorola Home For $2.35 Billion
By · December 20, 2012

Broadband technology company Arris Group announced today that it has acquired Motorola Home from Google. Motorola Home is Motorola Mobility’s set-top box division, and Motorola Mobility was bought by Google back in May 2012 for $12.5 billion. The transaction will …

U.S. Online Advertising Hits Record High In Q3 U.S. Online Advertising Hits Record High In Q3
By · December 20, 2012

The Interactive Advertising Bureau and PriceWaterhouseCoopers announced on Wednesday that Internet advertising revenues in the U.S. reached $9.26 billion for the third quarter, marking the biggest quarter on record. Revenues climbed 18% year-over-year. In the third quarter of 2011, revenues …

Google Launches Quickoffice iPad App Google Launches Quickoffice iPad App
By · December 19, 2012

Earlier this year, Google acquired Quickoffice. Google says it has been working to make it easier for people to work with their legacy Microsoft Office files by converting them to Google docuements, and by editing them in Quickoffice itself. Today, …

HTC Cuts Shipment Outlook, Cuts Some Development HTC Cuts Shipment Outlook, Cuts Some Development
By · December 19, 2012

DigiTimes, a Tiawanese publication that monitors technology manufacturing supply chains, reports this week that HTC has shifted its product outlook for 2013, preparing investors for a tough coming year. Citing unnamed “industry sources,” the report states that the device manufacturer …

Facebook Ad Network Tests Have Been Paused Facebook Ad Network Tests Have Been Paused
By · December 19, 2012

It appears that Facebook is prolonging the inevitable. The industry has been waiting for Facebook to launch an ad network that would rival Google’s AdSense for years at this point, and finally since the company went public, it was starting …

IBM To Acquire StoredIQ For Undisclosed Sum IBM To Acquire StoredIQ For Undisclosed Sum
By · December 19, 2012

IBM announced today that it has entered an agreement to acquire StoredIQ, which the company says will help it advance its efforts to help clients derive value from big data and respond more efficiently to litigation and regulations. The company …

Zuckerberg Gives $500M in Facebook Stock to Charity Zuckerberg Gives $500M in Facebook Stock to Charity
By · December 19, 2012

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is apparently in the Christmas spirit. A few hours ago, he announced the he was donating a hefty amount to a local charity. That donation is coming in the form of Facebook stock – a boatload …

Facebook Is Planning News Feed Video Ads [REPORT] Facebook Is Planning News Feed Video Ads [REPORT]
By · December 18, 2012 · 1

After the Facebook-owned Instagram pissed people off yesterday by altering their terms of service to allow users’ photos to be used in ads, Facebook is reportedly working on another way to piss people off: Video ads in the news feed. …

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