May 25, 2013

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Clicker Gets Facebook’s Social Data for Video Recommendation

Clicker Gets Facebook Social Data for Video Recommendation

Clicker, video search and recommendation service on Wednesday announced that it was integrated with Facebook, and now it can take advantage of Facebook’s social graph, user and friends according to interests, to provide users personalized recommendation service. Use of Facebook’s social data, Clicker.com redesigned the site and launched “Clicker forecast” service, recommend them to the [...]

More destructive cyber attacks could be made by 2015 : Gartner

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World’s leading IT research and advisory firm Gartner has forecast that by 2015, online sabotages will become multi-modal and very damaging and that even a G-20 nation’s critical infrastructure will be disrupted and damaged by such cyber attacks . “By 2015, a G20 nation’s critical infrastructure will be disrupted and damaged by online sabotage. Online [...]

2.5 Million Kinect for Xbox 360 Sold in 25 Days: Microsoft

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According to the latest data supplied by the Redmond company, Kinect for Xbox 360 still enjoys strong momentum even as it approaches the first month after launch. Points for style, Microsoft, crossing the 2.5 million Kinect sensors sold mark a convenient 25 days into your global sales of that ever-so-hackable / sometimes-cool-for-gaming item. Kinect for [...]

Acer Unveils Three New Android Tablets

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Acer, the world’s No. 2 PC manufacturer, unveiled a range of tablet computers to help it compete with Apple’s iPad, wading into the fast-growing market. With the holidays too close for comfort, the outfit’s giving everyone pause that was considering that janky Android tablet on sale for Black Friday. All jesting aside, the flagship 10.1-incher [...]

Apple (AAPL) Earnings Increased on iPad, iPhone Sales; and Set Record Share Price

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Apple earnings have soared up for the period that ended in September this year. The announcement of Apple earnings suggests that the company has earned the highest ever revenue and profit. The surge in Apple’s earnings marks the company’s competence in mobile devices. Sales are roaring across virtually all its product lines, from smartphones to [...]

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, [...]

European Central Bank (ECB) Remains its Interest Rates Unchanged at 1% for the 16th month‎

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The European Central Bank has kept interest rates at 1 percent for the 16th consecutive month as a still-uncertain global outlook clouds optimism about the eurozone’s recovery. The ECB’s decision Thursday to leave its benchmark refinancing rate at a record low, where it has stood since May 2009, was widely expected. The ECB’s Governing Council [...]

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 [...]