Archive for November, 2011
New bid values Yahoo at $20.6bn
Yahoo has received bids for a stake in the company which value it at $20.6bn (£13bn), less than half the amount offered by Microsoft nearly four years ago. The US internet group’s board, which recently parted company with its chief executive Carol Bartz, is looking to sell a 19.9% stake and was considering offers on [...]
Read moreSpotify launches its own apps platform
Streaming music service Spotify has launched its own Spotify Apps platform, which developers and media partners will be able to use to build apps to run within the company’s desktop application. The platform was announced at a press conference in New York that bore all the hallmarks of Apple and Facebook’s set-piece keynotes, with chief [...]
Read moreHP’s Whitman: two weeks to webOS’s fate
“If you think the last six months of HP has looked funky from the outside, all I can say is that from the inside, it was a roller coaster with faulty brakes and a missing wheel… this disaster could be a case study for business schools for years to come.” Are those, you might wonder, [...]
Read more3D Mark is coming to Android phones near you in 2012
3DMark® Benchmark Coming to Android™ Companies Invited to join Futuremark® Benchmark Development Program to Create the First Industry Standard Gaming Performance Benchmark for the Android Platform HELSINKI, FINLAND – NOVEMBER 29, 2011 – Futuremark®, the world leader in performance benchmarking software, today announced that it has started development of 3DMark® for Android™ (working title), with [...]
Read moreTED launches iPhone app, brings spread-worthy ideas to the small screen
TED App Comes to the iPhone Award-winning free iOS app now available on iPhone and iPod touch, debuts TED Radio and other audio features, joins acclaimed iPad app NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Today TED, the nonprofit devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading,” launches its free TED app for the iPhone and iPod touch. [...]
Read moreOsborne announces £100m broadband boost
The government has set aside £100m to create high speed internet links in 10 cities across Britain. Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh and London will receive support from the fund, chancellor George Osborne announced in his autumn statement, and a competition will decide which six other cities will join the list. The money will be spent on [...]
Read moreFacebook reaches deal with FTC over ‘unfair and deceptive’ privacy claims
Facebook “deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public,” US regulators said as they announced a settlement over privacy issues with the social networking giant. Facebook has been repeatedly criticised for changing its policies in ways that disclose more [...]
Read moreSamsung Galaxy Tab: Australian court lifts Apple injunction against sale
Samsung is closer to selling its new Galaxy tablet computer in Australia after a court on Wednesday overturned a ruling that favoured Apple‘s allegations that Samsung had copied its iPad and iPhone. But Samsung will have to wait a few more days before it can begin selling the Galaxy, after Apple indicated it would appeal [...]
Read moreLumia is not yet the messiah Nokia needs
Nokia‘s second coming, if it happens, is some way off. The Finnish giant is pinning its hopes of a return to the smartphone market on the newly arrived Lumia 800. But estimates for Christmas sales of its Jesus phone are dwindling by the day. Last week, US technology investment specialist Pacific Crest revised down its [...]
Read moreChristmas gift ideas: video games
Christmas gift ideas to please the gamer in your life. From Rayman Origins to Modern Warfare 3, from a Nintendo 3DS to a T-shirt. Oh, and Angry Birds the board game. No, really … {lang: ‘en-GB’}Article source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gallery/2011/nov/29/video-games-christmas-gift-ideas
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