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iPad cannibalizing sales from laptop PCs, especially netbooks, by as much as 50%.

September 20, 2010

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(WSJ) Electronics retailers are revamping their aisles to focus on hand-held gadgets this holiday season to excite consumers who have grown weary of their traditional big-sellers: televisions and personal computers. Handhelds are changing electronics retailing. Above, a Best Buy employee in Chicago delivers iPads in April. Shoppers this Christmas can expect to see more smartphones, electronic […]

Nokia design chief, Skillman (from Palm Pre days), says that Apple’s approach to the user experience is flawed- oh yeah, and Motorola, HTC and Sony too.

September 20, 2010

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Nokia’s  new smartphone design chief criticized Apple  and Motorola’s  approach to smartphones, and said he hopes Nokia will slim down the number of phone models it produces to focus on design and quality. Peter Skillman, who was the chief designer of the Palm Pre, left Palm this summer after it was acquired by Hewlett-Packard for […]

IBM buys Netezza for 1.7B; Netezza will expand IBM’s business analytics initiative- especially in the mobile space

September 20, 2010

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IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ) today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire Netezza, a publicly held company based in Marlborough, Mass., in a cash transaction at a price of $27 per share or at a net price of approximately $1.7 billion, after adjusting for cash.  Netezza […]

Mobile gambling to exceed $48bn by 2015- Juniper Research says

September 20, 2010

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The most interesting finding in this report is that the browser based approach not APPs will be the dominant delivery portal. Mobile lotteries in emerging markets dominate short term growth while deregulation of remote gambling also key to future expansion Hampshire, UK – 2nd September 2010:  A new report published today by Juniper Research  has found […]

Facebook firm- they are not building a mobile phone

September 20, 2010

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You can’t believe everything you hear, but it remains to be seen whether Facebook will develop its own mobile phone. Frankly, it would be a bit fool hardy for them to do such a thing. Bringing hardware to market, especially tech hardware in a fast growing market, if not a corporate core competency is just […]

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