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“Black Friday”-Apple announces the sale with Ad !

November 23, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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In advance of the biggest shopping day of the year, Apple has posted a teaser for a Nov. 26 Black Friday sale on its website, telling customers to come back to the Apple Online Store on Friday for a special “holiday shopping event.” Apple did not specify what discounts would be available, but noted only [...]

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New Verizon FiOS Internet 150/35 Mbps Broadband service launches

November 23, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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If you’re a Verizon FiOS residential broadband customer, with a need for Internet speed, listen up. Big Red has just announced a new plan that boasts some ridiculously fast, Verizon is launching 150/35 megabits per second (Mbps) Internet service – the fastest mass-market broadband service in the nation – over the company’s all-fiber-optic FiOS network. [...]

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Avast Software Gets $100 Million Invest From Summit Partners

August 23, 2010 By Alan Favier Leave a Comment

AVAST Software, developers of the world’s most popular antivirus program, today announced that growth equity investor Summit Partners has invested $100 million for a minority stake in the company. With the investment, Summit Partners has acquired a minority stake in the company, which markets its popular antivirus software based on a freemium model. “Summit Partners’ [...]

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Can RIM Survive the War Against Blackberry ?

August 22, 2010 By George Asad Kamel Leave a Comment

We already know that the Blackberry manufacturer company RIM is under growing pressure from various governments, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and India, to allow greater access to its proprietary security technology. Government officials claim it’s to allow them to monitor terrorists and other criminal activity, but critics say such access could just [...]

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Facebook Introduces Live Streaming Channel Service Dubbed as Facebook Live

August 14, 2010 By Alan Favier Leave a Comment

Facebook kicked off a live streaming video channel today for its 500 million users. Dubbed Facebook Live, the new service is basically a PR channel for the company. According to a representative, Facebook Live “is a natural extension of our blog and is a way to communicate with our users more directly.” Facebook will be [...]

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