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Facebook said to be targeting 2nd quarter IPO date

Posted on January 3, 2012 by admin

Facebook plans to finally go public with an IPO date set to occur sometime in the second quarter of next year with a registration statement said to be in the works and expected to be filed by the close of … Continue reading →

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No mobile phone-cancer link found in Danish study

Posted on December 23, 2011 by admin

A large study conducted of mobile users in Denmark discovered that there was not actually any link between cellphone use and an increased risk of developing brain tumours with lengthy use. Although the data is reassuring to those who use … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged bmj, brain tumour, brain tumours, cancer link, cell phones, danish study, denmark, investigators, mobile phone, mobile phones, mobile users, national cancer registry, risk, selection bias, subscriptions, Technology, world health organization | Leave a comment

Revelation that Jobs vowed to destroy Android

Posted on November 13, 2011 by admin

In a new authorised biography about to hit the shelves at bookstores and written before his untimely death, Steve Jobs swore that he would destroy the Android operating system and would spend his life and all of Apple’s money to … Continue reading →

Posted in Business Feature | Tagged apple board, authorised biography, bookstores, business, chief executive, galaxy, google, hardware manufacturers, intellectual property, iphone, mobile phone, motorola, operating system, pending lawsuits, relationship, revelation, samsung, shelves, smartphones, steve jobs, Technology, untimely death | Leave a comment

Google maps Amazon rainforest

Posted on October 16, 2011 by admin

Google claims that its street view mapping service can go just about anywhere, and it now seems that the company has made good on its promise, as the company just recently took some time to get out on bike and … Continue reading →

Posted in Sustainability | Tagged amazon project, amazon rainforest, antarctica, beauty of the world, bettman, camera equipment, charter, google, google map, indigenous community, interactive tour, karin, mapping service, maps, panoramic shots, photographers, search engine company, street view, Technology, timetable, tricycles | Leave a comment

Apple and major publishers face lawsuit over ebook price fixing

Posted on October 1, 2011 by admin

  A lawsuit has been filed in the United States that claims that Apple along with five major publishers including Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, and Penguin have consorted in the illegal price fixing of their ebooks.The … Continue reading →

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