May 21, 2013

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BBC Global iPlayer Subscription Based App for iPad Coming Soon

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BBC has plans to launch their global version of the iPlayer as a subscription-based app for the iPad. According to a report by the Financial Times, quoting Luke Bradley-Jones, managing director of BBC.com, as saying that the network plans to expand its UK-only iPlayer platform “to initially launch just on the iPad platform, as it [...]

Apple’s Embedded SIM card-Europian carriers go on “war”

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While Apple hasn’t officially announced intentions to use an embedded SIM in its iPhone, some European carriers are already such a move could put too much control in Apple’s hands. Apple recently started working with the wireless security company Gemalto, whose programmable over the air SIM card solutions are used in big pilot projects for [...]

Report Says that Mark Hurd May Get $40 Million from HP

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Citing executive pay experts who combed over Hurd’s employment agreements, the Financial Times of London reported over the weekend that Hurd’s airtight contract with Hewlett-Packard didn’t include specific circumstances in which the company would fire him “for cause,” which would have enabled it to avoid paying severance. Hurd will get a severance payment of $12.2 [...]