Archive for November, 2010
AT&T (NYSE: T) Prepping For Verizon’s Access To The iPhone 4
AT&T says that the Verizon iPhone 4 is simmering on the front burner. This is something that a company has never done to vocalize their bad news or tried so hard to show that it will be okay once this bad news is forgotten. As stated in Beatweek Magazine, “When Apple and Verizon cooking up [...]
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Puts Plan To Deliver A Mobile Development Platform On Hold
Sony Networked Application Platform (also referred to as SNAP), was Sony’s plan to leverage the open source community to give them an alternative to Apple’s iOS Cocoa Touch development frameworks. Starting out, Sony took the existing GNUstep libraries, which was an implementation of OpenStep (the basis for Apple’s Cocoa in the Mac OS X and [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad Predicted To Lead Sales For 2011 Tablet Distribution
In a recent report by Barrons, analysts from Citigroup, FBR Capital Markets, and Gartner, show how sales of tablet PCs are predicted to sell in 2011. All of the figures varied widely, but they all agreed that the Apple iPad will lead in sales of tablet PCs. According to Citigroup’s estimates, 35 million tablet PCs [...]
Roku Review: Our Review of the Roku Set Top Box
This week, American Consumer News reviews the latest generation of Roku boxes. Here’s our Roku Review. Roku the company was founded in 2002, initially offering networked music players and a solid-state digital media player. Roku launched an internet radio directory in 2007 that was accessible from its line of SoundBridge devices, but the company finally [...]
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Adds to Cupertino Site in California by Purchasing Land from Hewlett Packard
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) continues to expand. The massive sales of iPhones and iPads have brought about an increase in employment within the Company and therefore the need to expand their office space. A land purchase in Cupertino, California, from Hewlett Packard, has nearly doubled Apple’s land holdings in the area. There are aging buildings on [...]
Citigroup (NYSE: C) Plans to Target Europe’s Wealthy Citizens
Citigroup (NYSE: C) is continuing to plan a different marketing strategy in Europe. As a result of its bail out by the United States Government Citigroup was forced to close its operations in the UK, Spain, Greece and Belgium. Citigroup has a lot to do to regain its position in the market place. A banker [...]
Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Internet Explorer Nine’s Updated Features Makes Web Browsing Quicker
Internet Explorer Nine, the updated version of Internet Explorer, can be used on operating systems newer than XP. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) says the updated web browser has many features that cannot be seen but they are what make the new browser version outstanding. You will first note a less complicated design. There are fewer dialogue [...]
City of Baltimore Loses Lawsuit against Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Again
In 2008, the City of Baltimore filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) arguing the Bank’s lending practices were responsible for foreclosures that harmed the city. It was argued by the city, that Wells Fargo gave mortgages to people who did not have the resources to service the loans. As a result the city [...]
Google (NASDAQ: GOO) Street View and Bizarre Images
In November 2010, a week after launching Street View in Germany, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has run into trouble over the controversial service again. An image of an apparently naked man sitting in the rear seat of his car and another of a woman apparently giving birth on the side of a road, are the reasons [...]
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Will Pay Citigroup $100M In Lawsuit Concerning Wachovia
It’s been announced that Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) & Co. has reached an agreement to pay Citigroup (NYSE: C) Inc. $100 million as part settlement concerning the disputed acquisition of Wachovia Corp. back October 2008, at the apex of the financial meltdown. The case centers on Wells Fargo’s backroom deal to wrest the failing bank [...]
Introducing Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Office 365
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) seems poised to take on Google in a new bid to take a larger share of the emerging market for cloud-based apps, server tools, and other work-flow sharing systems. Microsoft’s Office 365 is the latest piece in that emerging strategy. Currently, the company is in the midst of a series of testing [...]
Cloud Connect Offers Link For MS Office To Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Docs
The latest word is that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has now developed simple way for users of Microsoft Office products like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to share their documents via Google Docs. Shan Sinha, one of Google’s group product managers and one of the founders of DocVerse, put it this way: “It offers a brain-dead, simple [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Dollar Share Leader in US Home PC Market
Charlie Wolf, an analyst with Needham & Company evaluated the numbers from Apple’s September quarter, and figured out that Apple’s near 30 percent share of dollars spent in September was ahead of HP, which was at only 20.6 percent, and Dell at a mere 12.9 percent. Apple was able to achieve this milestone with only [...]
Fraud Prevention Tips for the Holiday Season From Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC)
Fraud can happen at any time, and Wells Fargo is giving advice on fraud prevention just in time for the busiest shopping days of the year. Whether shopping online, on a mobile device, or in a store, these tips are sure to help everyone protect themselves against fraud. As stated on Market Watch, “During the [...]
Audio Book Rental Service: Get a Free Audiobook from Audible.com
If you are interested in an audio book rental service, consider checking out Audible.com, an audiobook service which is currently offering a free audio book and 14 days of free trial service to new listeners. Audible.com currently offers two subscription plans, the gold membership (normally $14.95) which allows users to get one audio book per [...]
Audiobooks Free Download: Get a Free Audiobook from Audible.com
If you’re looking for audiobooks free download, consider checking out Audible.com, a service which is offering a free trial offer in which new listeners can get one free audio book and 14 days of free service. Audible.com currently offers two subscription plans, the gold membership (normally $14.95) which allows users to get one audio book [...]
How to Eliminate Your Debt with a Lending Club Debt Consolidation Loan
If you have a lot of credit cards and other debts floating around that you just haven’t been able to pay off, you might find it hard to develop a strategy to pay off all of your existing loans. You’re probably paying interest rates north of 20% and are making several payments each month. Fortunately, [...]
Match.com Fees: How Much Does Match.com Cost?
If you want to meet someone online, there are all sorts of different dating websites out there. There are a few free sites, but very few singles actually use them. If you want to go where the action is, you’re going to have to pay some sort of monthly fee. If you’re going to pay [...]
Citigroup (NYSE: C) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Settle Dispute over Wachovia
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) has agreed to pay $100 million to Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C)as a result of a court decision in New York. The dispute between Citigroup and Wells Fargo was over Wells Fargo’s acquisition of the 227 year old Wachovia bank in 2008. Wachovia is a North Carolina based bank. Poor real estate [...]
AT&T (NYSE: T) Claims 20-60 Percent Faster Wireless Speeds Over Their Competitors
AT&T is the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the United States. They can now claim to be the fastest carrier as well according to the results of testing performed by Global Wireless Solutions, Inc. AT&T announced these results on Monday and even though the carrier didn’t specifically call out Verizon as being slower, it [...]
Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle Now Has Support For Gifting Books
Released just in time for the holidays, Amazon.com introduced a highly requested feature of the Kindle that allows anyone to easily gift a book to another Amazon.com user to download to their Kindle. This feature was announced in an Amazon.com press release last week. All customers have to do is visit the Kindle Store on [...]
Audible Kids: Get a Free Kids Audiobook from Audible.com
If you’re looking for a source of kids’ audio books, consider checking out Audible Kids, a service provided by Audible.com. You can get access to all sorts of audiobooks that are appropriate and entertaining for children. Audible.com currently offers two subscription plans for Audible Kids, the gold membership (normally $14.95) which allows users to get [...]
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Faces Challenge from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)and Facebook
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Facebook are allies. They are joining as a competitor against the supremacy of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). Microsoft, software specialist and Facebook, social networking, have recently announced a number of collaborative ventures. One is including Facebook user data into Bing, Microsoft’s search engine. Microsoft Office applications are to be used in Facebook’s [...]
Steve Jobs Explains Why Adobe Flash is Not Suitable for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhones, iPods and iPads
In April 2010 Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) published his reasons for deciding why Adobe Flash products are not recommended for Apple’s iPhones, iPods and iPads. Apple was Adobe’s first substantial customer when they adopted Adobe’s postscript language for their Laserwriter printer. Apple invested in Adobe and at one stage owned about 20% [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) May Use Carbon Fiber To Reduce iPad Weight
Apple is currently exploring the use of a carbon filter in order to create “reinforced housing” for their mobile devices. The iPad is a potential candidate for use of the carbon filter to help lower the iPad’s weight. This week the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a new patent from Apple called “Reinforced Device [...]
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Giving Customers a Chance to Win $50,000
Wells Fargo & Company announced their first “combined Online Banking and Online Statement Sweepstakes” that will run until December 15, 2010. Throughout the sweepstakes period, personal and business customers from Wells Fargo and Wachovia who sign up for online banking, sign into an online banking session, and/or switch to online delivery of their statement, will [...]
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Wachovia Announce Online Banking and Statements Sweepstakes
Beginning in late November 2010 Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC)and Wachovia announced to their customers the opportunity to win $50,000 or one of fifty $1000 prizes. The opportunity to win one of the prizes comes through using online banking and applying for online or paperless statements. Executive vice president of Wells Fargo Internet Services Group, Stephanie [...]
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