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December 17, 2016 SanDisk Revenue Rises as Demand Grows for Solid-State Drives
SanDisk Corp reported a surprise increase in quarterly revenue, its first rise in more than a year, helped by strong demand for its chips used in solid-state drives and data centres.Shares of the company, which is being bought by Western Digital Corp, rose nearly 1 percent to $76.50 in after-market trading on Wednesday. SanDisk has […]
ELECTRONICS December 1, 2016 HTC Chairwoman Wang to Take Over as CEO, Chou to Lead Product Development
HTC Chairwoman Wang to Take Over as CEO, Chou to Lead Product Development HTC Corp on Friday named Cher Wang as chief executive, giving its founder and chairwoman a bigger role in leading a potential turnaround of the Taiwanese smartphone maker. The return of Wang, a scion of one of Taiwan’s most prominent families, comes […]
NEWS November 29, 2016 50 Sure Fire Ways to Get People Fired Up and Motivated as Self-Starters at Work
A recent Gallup poll indicates that the percentage of U.S. employees who consider themselves “engaged” in their jobs averaged 31.5 percent, an historical low. That means nearly 70 percent of American employees don’t consider themselves engaged at work. Fired-up employees will perform their jobs more proactively. And you’ll realize benefits as well. You will find that you […]
NEWS November 28, 2016 As Samsung Moves on From Galaxy Note 7 Crisis, SDI Battery Affiliate Struggles
HIGHLIGHTS Samsung SDI’s screens and batteries were key to Samsung’s rapid growth SDI has lost around a fifth of its market value since the problem began SDI has said the battery issue was limited to the Galaxy Note 7 In the shadows of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 7 smartphone crisis, affiliate Samsung SDI is quietly […]
NEWS November 3, 2016 Microsoft Sales, Profit Top Estimates as Cloud Demand Soars
HIGHLIGHTS Estimated profit would be 68 cents on revenue of $21.7 billion Revenue from Azure cloud services more than doubled Pledged to reach annualised revenue of $20 billion in cloud business Microsoft Corp.’s first-quarter sales and earnings topped analysts’ estimates, buoyed by growing demand for cloud-based software and services. Profit excluding certain items was 76 […]
ELECTRONICS November 3, 2016 Tablet Market Shrinks as Demand Grows for Hybrids, Says IDC
HIGHLIGHTS Tablet makers shipped 43 million units in the quarter Apple dominated the tablet market with a share of 21.5 percent Samsung shipped 6.5 million tablets in a drop of 19.3 percent The tablet market shrank in the recently-ended quarter, as shipments of bargain-priced computers with detachable screens hit a record high, according to market […]
ELECTRONICS October 27, 2016 Wearable devices seen as next major platform by app developers
Wearable computers like Google Glass and the Samsung Galaxy Gear watch may not have caught fire yet, but that hasn’t stopped mobile game developers from rushing to create apps for the new devices, eager to seize what they hope is the next big moment in consumer technology.Niccolo DeMasi, the CEO of mobile games maker Glu […]
ELECTRONICS October 16, 2016 Samsung Could Face Second Recall as US Probes Burnt Galaxy Note 7
HIGHLIGHTS Second recall likely if replacement Galaxy Note 7 fire report confirmed Company’s earnings rose at the slowest pace in five quarters Owner of the phone involved in the incident said device was a replacement Samsung could face an unusual second recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones if one that caught fire aboard an […]
NEWS October 3, 2016 As iPhone Sales Stagnate, Services Promise Growth for Apple
As iPhone Sales Stagnate, Services Promise Growth for Apple Though Apple Inc is selling enough iPhones to keep investors happy for now, the world’s most valuable publicly traded company is set increasingly to rely on its apps and services to drive growth. Apple’s services business alone – which includes the App Store, Apple Pay and […]
ALL DEALS September 28, 2016 What Is Workspace as a Service and How Can It Help My Business?
Workspace as a Service, or WaaS for short, is a type of virtual desktop that gives employees access to their office applications and data from anywhere at any time regardless of geography using the device of their choice (i.e., desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones). It represents the latest step in the evolution of office […]
COMPUTERS September 25, 2016 Hardware as a Service: HP Gets Ready to Lease Computers to Businesses
HIGHLIGHTS HP to offer hardware products on lease as PC demand weakens Will monitor its device’s health and offer replacements accordingly Promises to ensure that all data is wiped-off post device’s use HP Inc., the second largest PC-maker in the world after Lenovo, on Thursday said that it will start offering computers and other hardware […]
COMPUTERS September 23, 2016 As iPhone Sales Stagnate, Services Promise Growth for Apple
Though Apple Inc is selling enough iPhones to keep investors happy for now, the world’s most valuable publicly traded company is set increasingly to rely on its apps and services to drive growth. Apple’s services business alone – which includes the App Store, Apple Pay and iCloud – will be “the size of a Fortune […]
