Friday’s iPhone 4S launch in China
Friday’s iPhone 4S launch in China According to eyewitness reports, fights broke out at Sanlitun among rival gangs of 30 to 50 “yellow bull” scalpers — migrant workers bused in by resellers and promised 120 yuan ($19) and a food allowance to stand in line.Although China Unicom (CHU) will begin selling the device for [...]
Posted by karanzy under business news, Electronics, gadgets, knowledge | Permalink | Comments OffAT&T launching 4G-branded network
AT&T launching 4G-branded network That network runs on a different, “HSPA+” standard, which is actually a 3G standard, but has been shown to deliver speeds on par with — or faster than — LTE.I have been using ATT 4G ATRIX phone for already a 3 months. The speeds were slower than I phone 3g [...]
Posted by karanzy under business news, gadgets, knowledge | Permalink | Comments OffAT&T/T-Mobile deal
AT&T/T-Mobile deal AT&T would get the assets it was looking for in the first place, T-Mobile would only have to handle marketing and customer support, and Deutsche Telekom would get the huge cash infusion it wants.The deals over.Unless AT&T can get the right officials properly lobbied (aka bribed), this deal is as dead as [...]
Posted by karanzy under business news, Electronics, gadgets | Permalink | Comments OffSmartphone tracking apple
Smartphone tracking apple Many bloggers and smartphone customers fretted about the privacy issues raised by Carrier IQ, an information-mining app secretly installed on many phones. But at the same time, other tech observers were beginning to say that some of those concerns may have been over the top.”Santa’s Sleigh Needs More Room for iPhones.” [...]
Posted by karanzy under business news, Electronics, gadgets, knowledge | Permalink | Comments OffConsumer demand for PCs is slumping badly
Consumer demand for PCs is slumping badly As more people do at least some of their holiday shopping online every year, retailers are looking to take advantage of digital deal-seekers — not just on the much-ballyhooed Cyber Monday, but on Black Friday and even Thanksgiving Day.ComScore, the online analytics firm, is predicting that online [...]
Posted by karanzy under business news, Electronics, gadgets, knowledge | Permalink | Comments OffHP profit plunges—–hit the bottom?
HP profit plunges—–hit the bottom? I started the week with a column about IBM (IBM, Fortune 500), so it’s only fitting that I end the week with a piece about a company I like to call IBM Lite. Or “Little Blue,” if you will.Hewlett Packard had a miserable autumn. As winter approaches, new CEO [...]
Posted by karanzy under business news, Electronics, gadgets | Permalink | Comments OffOverheating of original iPod NAOS reflects the weakness of apple
Overheating of original iPod NAOS reflects the weakness of apple Apple then issued an update to iOS 5 that fixed that bug in addition to a handful of others.Apple has made good on its promise to deliver an iOS 5 software update to address battery life bugs. But does it work?Definitely no.Have you ever [...]
Posted by karanzy under business news, Electronics, gadgets, hardware, knowledge | Permalink | Comments OffNowadays Apple is becoming ordinary
Nowadays Apple is becoming ordinary Apple’s iPhone 4S announcement on Tuesday was surprisingly, well, normal.Gadget lovers have become accustomed to groundbreaking innovations unveiled at breakneck speed every time the Cupertino, Calif.-based company calls a news conference. Prior to Tuesday, the last five major Apple launch events featured an impressive list of high-profile introductions, including the [...]
Posted by karanzy under business news, Electronics, gadgets, knowledge | Permalink | Comments OffGoogle Buys 1,023 IBM Patents For Android
Google Inc. (GOOG) has acquired 1023 patents of International Business Machines (IBM) as the Internet search and advertising company is strengthening its defense strategy against the prosecution smartphones. Transfers recorded by the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office Web site showed yesterday the acquisition of patents from Google on August 17. Jim Prosser, a spokesman [...]
Posted by nikiecsem under business news, Electronics | Permalink | Comments OffGoogle tells data center power usage
Google has started to make their data centers from the shadows. These enormous structures, including the massive Google data center in The Dalles, to manage the search engine company, billions of emails and distribute YouTube videos all over the world. But that Google had secretly hidden the operating modes and data on the consumption of [...]
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