Posted on February 25th, 2010 by
ali.zaidi
At first, it seemed Apple was currying favor from book publishers by letting them have their way when it comes to iBookstore e-book pricing. Now a report indicates that Apple has required publishers to lower an e-book’s price to below $10 if the title becomes a best-seller. Was it a communication breakdown or a brilliantly [...]
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Filed under: Apple, Business Dynamics, Ethics, Global Technology Market
Posted on February 9th, 2010 by
ali.zaidi
Many important open source projects, like Firefox, are dependent on Google. The Mozilla Foundation draws most of its budget from the Google box on its software, even after Google has gone into competition with its Chrome browser. Google is proof that the open source way is the profitable way. It has aggressively pushed code out [...]
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Filed under: Business Dynamics, Enterprise Agility, Global Technology Market, Google Chrome, Google OS, SOA & Agile Applications, Web 2.0, Web Broswers, Web Browsing
Posted on January 19th, 2010 by
Zohaib
Peace everyone. An established ‘dogma’ – If (outsourcing IT) then {Territory= South Asia}. India undoubtedly stands as the undisputed giant when it comes to IT resource outsourcing. Emerging markets like Pakistan, Bangladesh (and certain middle eastern countries) have yet to come anywhere near its exploits. While we all know these things, we seldom come across [...]
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Filed under: financial crisis, Global Technology Market, IT/BPO Bundled Services, Outsourcing & Agility, Outsourcing Advice, World Economics
Posted on January 18th, 2010 by
murtaza
Google’s much anticipated new phone, Nexus One, came out in the market on January 5, 2010. This android 2.1 based phone, manufactured by HTC has already been declared as a ‘Motorola-Droid Killer’. But now it is predicted that it would not take long to parallel the iphone. In fact, it is already like an iphone [...]
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Filed under: Global Technology Market, Google OS
Posted on January 4th, 2010 by
murtaza
“We like to make bookstores more accessible, and make it easier for customers to go online and buy books.” Said Stephen Riggio, Barnes & Noble CEO on the launch of its new e-book reader: Nook. It bears striking resemblance to the Amazon’s Kindle, adding some useful features, but still there are some characteristics that make [...]
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Filed under: Global Technology Market
Posted on December 30th, 2009 by
ali.zaidi
Now that Google is translating the world through our smart phones, is there still a need for a travel guide? The death of the travel guidebook has long been prophesied because of the explosion of travel information online, but travel blogs and forums have not had the swingeing impact that the doomsayers foretold. In fact, [...]
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Filed under: Agile Applications, Business Dynamics, Global Technology Market, Google OS, Search Engines, SOA & Agile Applications, Web 2.0
Posted on December 8th, 2009 by
Zohaib
Microsoft has confirmed that it is investigating a problem described as the “black screen of death”, which affects its latest operating system. The error means that users of Windows 7 see a totally black screen after logging on to the system. The firm said it was looking into reports that suggest its latest security update [...]
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Filed under: Enterprise Software, Global Technology Market, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7
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