May 19, 2013

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Apple Launching “Mac App Store” on December 13th ?

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Rumor is going around that Apple might be targeting to launch the Mac App Store as early as December 13th. Jobs himself said that it would go live “within 90 days” back when the iOS-inspired App Store was announced on October 20th, that’s mid January, if the timeframe is carried to its fullest extent.Even though Apple [...]

WordPress to Create Windows Phone 7 App for Blogging?

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Good news for WordPress fans with a Windows Phone handset. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, is rumored to be working on an official WordPress client for your mobile platform. After posting an opening upon their jobs board in July, it looks like Automattic (the company behind WordPress) is quietly building a Windows Phone 7 app. [...]

New Verizon FiOS Internet 150/35 Mbps Broadband service launches

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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. [...]

“Apple’s white iPhone”-will it be just kept as dream?

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The white iPhone 4 has still not got a set date for release, it was supposed to be released a few weeks after the original iPhone 4 but major setbacks have delayed the release date until spring 2011. This date is only estimated but recent reports suggest this date. Apple has apologized to customers who [...]

Firefox 4 Beta 7 launched:Let’s check it out

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The news for which all the fans of Firefox are waiting that Mozilla has released the 7th Beta version of the upcoming Firefox 4b browser and the incredibly interesting thing is that this latest Beta release comes with a new, faster JavaScript engine. Instead of the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, Firefox 4 Beta 7 uses the [...]

Activision “Call of Duty: Black Ops” Makes Record Sales in a day

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Activision Blizzard Inc said Thursday it sold about 5.6 million copies of “Call of Duty: Black Ops” for $360 million on its first day, setting a new record for the video game industry. “Black Ops” is a gritty military-themed shooter game that is the seventh installment of the popular “Call of Duty” franchise. The game [...]

Infosys Reports 13% Net Profit Increase in Q2

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Infosys Technologies Ltd., India software exporter, posted profit that beat analysts’ estimates and agreed to pay a special dividend as the rebounding global economy boosts demand for information technology services. Net income rose 13 percent to 17.4 billion rupees ($394 million) in the three months ended in September, from 15.35 billion rupees a year earlier, [...]

Verizon Refund : Costs $90 Million to 15 Million Customers for False Data Charges

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Verizon Wireless Company has agreed to pay an estimated $90 million in refunds to 15 million subscribers and former subscribers who over the years have been charged for Internet access from their phones even in the absence of a data plan. The company agreed to the refunds, essentially a settlement, before the Federal Communications Commission [...]

OECD and World Economic Forum Warns Slow Global Economic Recovery Process

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Global economic recovery is slowing faster than expected and extra stimulus from governments may be needed, the OECD(Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) and World Economic Forum warned on Thursday. Recent data suggest the economy of the Group of Seven nations could grow at an annualized rate of about 1.5 percent in the second half, [...]

Did Internet Almost Kills United States Postal Service? , USPS Reports $3.5 Billion Loss

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The U.S. Postal Service reported a $3.5 billion loss in its most recent quarter Thursday, as mail volume plummets and retiree health care costs mount. The USPS, a self-supporting government agency that receives no tax dollars, said operating revenue declined 1.8% to $16 billion during the fiscal 2010 third quarter compared to a year earlier, [...]

Viacom Profit Increases by 52% But Misses the Revenue Estimates

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Viacom Inc posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday on cost cuts and improved advertising sales, but a decline in DVD sales caused revenue to miss Wall Street estimates. The results, released Thursday, marked a full year of rising profits for Viacom. Coming out of a recession that put a huge dent in the budgets [...]

Xerox 2Q Earnings Estimates 62% Profit Increase

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Xerox Corp.’s profit jumped 62%, topping expectations, as small- and mid-sized businesses continued to show renewed interest in spending. The printer-and-copier maker, which earlier this year branched out into technology services, also raised its 2010 per-share earnings forecast to between 88 cents and 92 cents from 85 cents and predicted a third-quarter, per-share profit of [...]