Category Archives: Business
In what is to be a more convenient offering of wireless services to consumers, Best Buy has managed to obtain agreement from Clearwire for the rental of network space. Cleanwire has been aiming to rent out its available network capacity in order to boost revenues and make the most of what it has left unsused. [...]
In a quarterly earnings statement, it was reported that Nintendo had made a net loss of about $289 million, sharply contrasting the high profits that they made in the same period last year. In spite of still holding the position of the industry leader, with the strong popularity of the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo [...]
Profits seem to be skyhigh for Motorola, as they had recently reported an increase of six-times in their second-quarter profit. Getting enough profit is essential for the mobile company if they want to be able to make it through as a separate entity. The increase in profits is owing strongly to the continued popularity of [...]
Sony has ordered for the recall of several of its popular Sony VAIO brand of computer laptops due to the risk of overheating that could potentially burn the laptop users. The recall comes after a recall in May by the HP company for its laptop batteries due to possible fire outbreaks due to overheating. As [...]
The problem that was being faced by Dell computers more than five years ago is something fairly well known, and that they sold PCs with faulty capacitors had been a hot topic. It seems that, based on information from recently unsealed court documents that the computer giant was well-aware of the issue. However, in spite [...]
In a bold move by the world’s leading search engine company that could potentially change the way we buy our airline tickets, Google has announced on July 1st that it will buy travel data giant ITA for $700 million. Google CEO Eric Schmidt said, “We believe we can help solve the online travel problem and [...]
The e-reader wars keep getting hotter and hotter with e-reader companies such as Amazon and Sony cutting their product prices left and right. Will they soon be paying buyers to use these digital devices? Amazon is planning to cut the prices of its Kindle DX from $489 to $379. Electronics giant, Sony, has also cut [...]
In a year that has resulted in change for many large-scale companies, the next in line seems to be Drug-maker Merck & Co. In a statement by Chief Executive Richard Clark, it was stated that, “Today’s announcement is another important step as we successfully integrate out global operations on schedule and move forward with Merck’s [...]
Following up on it’s recent acquisition of VPS hosting provider VPSSpeed, dedicated hosting provider and data center operator Steadfast Networks announced the opening of its new Chicago-based data center at 725 S. Wells St. The new opening provides the hosting company with the opportunity to expand itself as an outlet for co-location services and web [...]
Following the huge popularity of the recently released iPad, today Apple introduced the coming of iAds into their iPhones . The use of iAds aims to bring a big change in the use of targeted mobile advertising. Companies from all over the world, such as Nissan, have aimed to invest their money into the coming [...]