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Qualcomm Invests in Gesture-Recognition Tech with GestureTek Deal
Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm acquired some of the assets of GestureTek, a privately held company that develops gesture-recognition technology for smartphones, Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but we do know Qualcomm did not acquire GestureTek’s public displays and digital signage divisions. “The plan is to add GestureTek’s technology to future versions of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors ...
Apple Says No to In-App Links, Forces More Publishers’ Hands
In an effort to better capitalize the media companies using the App Store as another channel to reach out users, Apple has taken a number of steps in the past few months, some more controlling than others. First there was the 30 percent fee on digital content purchased via the platform, followed by a now-defunct rule requiring ...
Oracle, Others Expand Linux Cloud Offering Portfolios
The Linux cloud management services market is getting more crowded as bigger and bigger players are looking to grow their share of the pie. The latest is Example is Oracle, which acquired KSplice for an undisclosed amount. The privately-owned firm has a popular zero downtime update offering that Oracle will integrate with Oracle Linux Premier ...
Today’s Executive Shuffle: SAP and AOL in RIM’s Shadow
Business software maker SAP, and the lagging web portal AOL both made some high-rank staffing changes today in an attempt to boost company strategy. SAP appointed Kevin Nix as the new head of its OnDemand business, a tech industry veteran that brings over 25 years of experience to the company. “Prior to joining SAP, Nix was ...
Analysts Forecast Growth for Juniper Networks before Earnings Call
Networking equipment maker Juniper Networks will hold its earnings call on Tuesday, July 26, and analysts forecast that the company will manage to maintain the steady growth rate, an average of 23.06 percent year-over-year, it had throughout the past four quarters. Juniper is expected to report $1.15 billion in revenue this quarter, a rise of ...
HP’s Stock Buyback becomes Part of Restructure Strategy
Electronics giant Hewlett-Packard said in a regulatory filing that its board of directors approved the buyback of $10 billion of its stock, in order to help boost declining shares on the short-run. This comes in addition to another $10 billion buyback plan announced last year, which still has $5.9 billion worth to be repurchased as ...
iPads Loses Stronghold as Android OS Mimics Smartphone Takeover
Last year when Apple launched the iPad it has a near monopoly of the market, thanks to the fact the tablet was the first to sell by the millions, compared to the mostly business-oriented alternatives that were available then. This is why iOS took a 94.3 percent share of the tablet market in the second ...
Rackspace Cloud 2.0 Tops Business Tablet Apps of the Week
The tablet ecosystem is expanding further and further into the office, and as the audience grows, the number of tablet apps for business users follows. This week we’ve rounded up five more iPad and Android Honeycomb business apps that are often a must-have for some users, starting with Rackspace Cloud 2.0. iPad Rackspace Cloud ...
Nokia to Launch WP7 Device in 2011, but already Reporting Negative Results
Nokia has lost a huge amount of market share since the iPhone launched four years ago, and it’s time to do some serious damage control. The company had its earnings call for the second quarter, where it reported a serious decline across just about every category aside from Navteq and infrastructure business JV Nokia Siemens ...
SAP Pushing Mobile Strategy on a Global Scale
Business software maker SAP has promised its investors it will double its revenue by 2015, thanks to an aggressive strategy focusing on mobile and big data, and the company is constantly pushing towards achieving this goal. Today, SAP announced that it has made some of the key offerings in the Sybase portfolio available to resellers ...
